April 7, 2019

We are continuing to read scripts both to practice reading aloud with scripting and to give us choices about possible plays for our year-end play presentation.  We'll do this for a couple of more weeks, then narrow down the choices and then the class and I will choose a play.  Afterwards, we'll be practicing reading and learning the lines of the play for several weeks.  I'll let you know as soon as we've chosen a play.
On Friday, April 26 we will be having a class sleepover!  There will be lots of activities and fun for the students including workshops, games, pizza, and a movie.  I've sent home the first notice with some details and have asked for parents to volunteer to do a workshop for a small group of students either at 4:00 or 6:30.  Let me know if you have any questions.
On Tuesday the girls' basketball team hosts SSE at noon and on Thursday the boys' plus some girls' basketball team plays SSE at Fulford in the gym at noon.  Come by and watch one of the games if you have a chance.  It will be a lot of fun!

Subjects

Math:  Our focus in math for the next few weeks is measurement.  We start with linear measurement: mm, cm, m, and km.  Then we'll look at perimeter, area, and volume.  
Reading:   We are nearly finished The Rats of NIMH and students will be choosing a project to complete about the novel.  We also continue with script reading.  
Writing:   Students are working on a major fiction story in writing time.  We have talked about different genres of writing and I've read several examples to them.  The have used a story map to plan their story and have been to write their own "chapter book".  It will take a few weeks to write, edit, and publish.  
Tech: Students will soon be using Mindstorms robotics in class. In this project they build an advanced Lego robot and learn to code it.  It's lots of fun and challenging! 
Science: We have started to investigate magnetism and electricity.  This unit will last several weeks and culminate in an electricity project.   
Art:   We are focused on painting using watercolours.. 
PE:    In PE we will continue practicing basketball skills and continue with fitness training once a week. Students are working at stations for basketball skills. I am teaching students how to jive. 
French:   Students learned about ma famille, names for their family members .  

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