In math this week, we continued a unit on measurement. Students practised converting linear measurement. Many are using the mnemonic device, "King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate Milk." This stands for km, hm, dam, unit, dm, cm, mm. Ask your child to explain how it's used to help with conversions. Students also learned about perimeter, including how to find the perimeter of irregular objects, as well as how to find the perimeter of rectangles.
This week in language we continued a unit on poetry. Students learned about personification. We also looked at the poet e.e. cummings, and students wrote a poem in his style. On Thursday we had a spoken word poet, Tanya Neumeyer, come in to the class to give a workshop on spoken word poetry. Students wrote their own spoken word poems, and many students presented their work for the class!
This week in language we continued a unit on poetry. Students learned about personification. We also looked at the poet e.e. cummings, and students wrote a poem in his style. On Thursday we had a spoken word poet, Tanya Neumeyer, come in to the class to give a workshop on spoken word poetry. Students wrote their own spoken word poems, and many students presented their work for the class!
In science the grade 5's are learning about the human body, while the grade 4's are studying habitats and communities. Grade 5's will have a quiz on the human body next Tuesday.
In drama we read the book, "Henry's Freedom Box." Students worked in groups to create a tableaux that depicted key scenes and feelings from the book.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, Jan. 18: PA day
Tuesday, Jan. 22: grade 5 science quiz on the human body
Thursday, Jan. 24: homework due; French quiz
Feb 6-8: grade 5/6 Ottawa trip
Homework:
1) Read for 20-30 minutes daily.
2) Complete the work on perimeter, and poetry. Feb 6-8: grade 5/6 Ottawa trip
Homework:
1) Read for 20-30 minutes daily.
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