Grade 4/5 News

Dec. 17, 2017

This is the last week before the holiday break.  The school has a dress rehearsal tomorrow morning and the concert is Tuesday evening at 6:30.  I hope you enjoy our presentation called,"What, No Santa!"  On Thursday the class is having a Secret Santa gift exchange.  Each student has secretly picked another student to give a gift to.  It can be homemade or bought, but priced under $10.  Students love opening the present and trying to guess who gave it to them.  If I don't see you at the concert or sometime this week,  I wish you and your family a happy and joyous Christmas holiday.

Jim

Making felt for Xmas ornaments

Subjects

Math:   We are wrapping up our math unit on addition and subtraction.  We'll spend a bit of time on estimation and then start multiplication in the new year.    
   "Math is the science of patterns."

Reading:    We continue to use "word sorts"  two days a week.  We'll be doing a bit of Xmas reading this week along with some fun word games and activities.   

Writing:    Students are back to working with paragraph development.  

Science:  We finish our study of rocks and minerals this week.    
Social Studies: We've finished our mapping unit for this term and will focus on another theme after the holiday break.

Art:  Guess what?  Xmas pixel art!    

PE:    We've finished with folk dancing and after the break I'll be teaching the students how to jive.  

French:   This week we'll do some French Xmas activities. 

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