“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”

– Plutarch

Happy Friday everyone! Another busy week finished! Can you believe there are only 10 more weeks of school left?

Today we started a new mad minute sheet. This is the third sheet that we have worked on this year. Whenever we start an new sheet, students are allowed to reset their time back to 3 minutes. Our sheet today focused on a lot of 5’s, 9’s, and 12’s, but there were plenty more mixed in. Students are reminded that the best way to improve your score each week is to practice your times tables at home. Pick a times table and see how high you can get, just for fun!

We also had computers today. Students read a comic called “Zoe and Molly Online” which was all about Internet safety. Then we visited www.zoeandmolly.ca and participated in some of the activities. Students can take a quiz, be story detectives, and write their own ending. Check it out. You can also view the comic online if you don’t have your own paper copy.

In Art today we started a Unit on watercolour painting. Today students were exploring the medium, and we practiced two techniques. We experimented with making a graded wash (colour goes from dark to light), and painting on wet paper. It was a lot of fun. We will continue to learn new techniques and to work on new projects, but check out some of our work below!

Homework: Read 20 minutes

                         L.A.: Couplet Poem (Monday)

                         Math: Gr. 4 – pg. 187 #1-4

                                      Gr. 5 – pgs. 185-186 #1-13

                         Social: Look for Our Alberta texts

                         Science: Gr. 4 – Building Things Books

                                           Gr. 5 – Unit Test (Thursday)

                         Book Orders – April 26th

                         Stuff Swap – Monday!

                         Monday – Backwards Day and bring canned goods!