This Week
It’s
already April and Easter is here! There’s egg decorating with our buddies on
Wednesday. Also we are focusing on
choosing a play for performance later in the year. The performance will likely be an afternoon
one and I’m hoping we can choose the play in the next two weeks. Exciting
news! Our class has a student teacher
coming for three weeks starting April 10.
Daniella Benloulou is with UVIC and completing her first practicum with
us. She visited the class on Wednesday
and is very eager to spend time observing and doing some lessons with the
class. In
class I have been talking with the students about the topic of “Growing
Up”. We are talking about emotional,
physical, and social changes that occur as kids grow up to be adults. On Wednesday afternoon Chris Smart, a public
health nurse, is coming to the class to speak with the girls about physical
changes and puberty while I talk with the boys.
Math: Students
are immersed in learning about area and volume. They will be designing an
island using chart paper and including measurement features.
Reading: We’ve
finished Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
and students will be choosing a
final project to present about the novel.
Writing:
Students are focusing on writing with dialogue which is one of the
hardest features of story writing.
Computer: We have finished entering book
reviews on the class wiki site. You can
read them at this link:http://bookbursts.wikispaces.com/
Social studies: We will be finishing our
Barkerville models this week and displaying them in front of the library. Come see them if you’re at school!
Art: We did some great basket weaving with Deb Magnusson
and I’ll post pictures of them later this week.
PE: Wednesday—jogging and fitness; Tuesday--dance; Monday
and Thursday are game day. This week we’re
going to learn some crazy dances from the 50s and 60s.
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