Grade 4/5 News

May 14, 2018

This Tuesday grade 5 students are going to SIMS for bridging day which is an opportunity for the students to meet with other grade 5s from the school district and have some fun together at 4 different stations throughout the day.  It's always fun for the class!

We are well on our way with our practice with the Wizard of Oz.  Everyone is very excited about the play, the roles that have been picked, and the great songs that we've been practicing daily.  On Tuesday, May 29 at 1:00 we will be planning the sets for the play.  We'd love to have some parents there to help with ideas, suggestions, and some artistic ideas.  If you can make it please let me know.


Subjects

Math:  We continue a unit on fractions.
   "Math is the science of patterns."

Reading:   Our focus before recess is on our end of the year play, "The Wizard of Oz".  It takes about an hour to go through the play with music.  The class practices in 2 groups.

Writing:   We conclude writing memoirs and next will look at writing chapter stories.  

Science:  We continue coding with Scratch.  Students are learning to create simple games. 

Art:  We are looking at drawing 3-d objects in art and Wizard of Oz drawings.  

PE:    Our focus is track and field for the next two weeks as the school district track meet is May 23.

French:   In French we will be learning about months, seasons, the weather, as well as beginning to have some short dialogues and conversations.  Students will be using an app called Duolingo in French time for basic language practice.