Grade 4/5 News

Dec. 6, 2016

This will be a very busy week with all kinds of activities.  On Tuesday we finish graphic novels and start to make gingerbread houses with the Kindergarten class.  Your child should bring some candies for decorating on Thursday.  On Wednesday we will be choosing and wrapping gifts from the re-gifting donations.  This is Computer Science Education Week and we will be joining millions of students across the world doing Hour of Code which is program coding for computers.  On Thursday we finish the gingerbread houses and Friday is "Potato Day" when I bake lots of potatoes and we eat them with all kinds of toppings.  Plus we'll be practicing for "Grinch" and making class Xmas decorations.  Whew!

A reminder that if you haven't met with me and your child you can arrange a meeting by phoning or emailing me.  I will be sending out copies of the conference reports this week.


Subjects

Math:   We are practicing strategies and facts with adding and subtracting.    
   "Math is the science of patterns."

Reading:   This week we practice the Grinch and will read some Christmas stories. 
Students continue to read "just right" books during Silent Reading time which I have daily.   
Students must record home reading in their reading log Monday to Thursday.

Writing:   We will finish the Christmas story and I'll submit it to the Driftwood.  Deadline is Friday.

Science:  We continue to look at forces and work and completed an experiment measuring the amount of work it takes to move an object and how work could be made easier to move that same object. 
Tech:  Students continue to work on their blog.  

Art:  In art we continue to focus on developing characters for Graphic Novels and cartooning.  

PE:  This week will focus on ball handling skills and I will begin to teach students how to jive.   

French:  We continue with beginning phrases and sentences; colours and days of the week, months of the year are featured. I will teach them some Christmas words this week. 

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