Grade 4/5 News

January 25, 2016

    This week we are at school on Friday for an extra day.  We had a great time at the Science presentation at GISS.  We were there with students from Fernwood and SSE and had a great looking at the science projects the grade 12s did on the human body.  I hope we'll be able to do it again next year!  I'm thinking of doing a science fair with our class later in the year and perhaps we can invite the grade 12s to come and visit us.

Subjects

Math:   We have begun multiplication and have started to look at multiples and creating arrays.  Students will be practicing timestables daily and I will be assigning them a page of practice to complete each night.
 "Math is the science of patterns."

Reading:  We are continuing to work on the story boards and will finish them this week.  Next, we'll be reading some Greek/Roman mythology as well as beginning to do Reader's Theatre one day a week. I plan to have each student practice reading aloud and recording it on their iPad to upload on their website.  This will probably take a couple of weeks.  

Writing:  Daily journal writing continues and students will be learning to write a memoir.
Tech:   We continue with...Website, website, website!!!

Social Studies:   Students have written 5 diary entries in their immigration diary and have chosen a 1/4 section of land in Swan Lake.  They will begin settling their land starting with building a simple house and clearing some land.  

Science: We will continue science activities at a later date.

Art:  We've been practicing mixing colours and the students are enjoying it very much.  We'll continue this for the week with a couple of art projects.  

PE:  Students continue with folk dance and basketball skills.

French:  Students continue learning simple French words and greetings. They will be learning days of the week, months, and the weather.
Recorders:  We continue with recorders and students are practicing the B, A, G notes.  They also have a binder with lots of practice music so they can practice at home if they wish.  

You are welcome to phone me or email me if you have  any questions about what is happening in class.  250-537-4962  or jlightfoot@sd64.bc.ca