Bonjour!
The Grade 5 students missed some class time this morning to participate in the Apple School research, which left the Gr. 4’s and I some time to work on some Gr. 4 math. We reviewed using square centimeters to find the area of a shape/object. Then we moved on to discussing square meters. Students built a meter stick out of newspaper (using rulers to help), and then used their homemade meter sticks to estimate the area of objects in our classroom. This was a great review, because it requires students to not only think in meters, but in cm. We had to review that there were 1oo cm in 1 m, and that if an object is slightly over a meter, it might be about 115 cm long, etc. Students did a great job, and there was lots of great teamwork being done.
In French today the Gr. 4 students worked on some of their new vocabulary. We have been discussing birthdays, and now we are learning some fun vocabulary that can go with this topic. Today we reviewed sweets. Some of our new vocabulary is close to it’s English counterpart, and others are very fun! Try asking your student what the following mean:
- le bonbon
- le gateau
- le sucre
- la glace
- la barbe à papa
The Gr. 5 students reviewed some of the French compliments/criticisms that they have been learning. Then we used these compliments to pair up to write conversations about clothes. Here is an example:
Sebastien: Bonjour!
Eloise: Bonjour!
Sebastien: Qu’est-ce que tu portes?
Eloise: Je porte un pantalon brun, et un t-shirt vert. C’est parfait!
Sebastien: Ehhh… moi, j’aime pas du tout.
Eloise: Pardon?
Sebastien: Tu es bien habillé!
We are going to be sharing our conversations with each other next class.
Homework: Read 20 minutes
Reading Journal (Thursday)
Spelling Quiz (Thursday)
Multiplication Quiz (Thursday)
Math: Gr. 4 – pg. 158 #1-6
Social: Regions Project – April 9th
Family Movie Night – March 21st @ 7:00 pm
Book Orders – March 28th
No School – March 22nd or March 29th
Spelling Words: comfortable, footrace, barefoot, marble, camel, metal, coral, able, motel, combat