Did You Know…? An Ancient Japanese legend says that earthquakes are actually caused by a giant restless underground catfish.
Good afternoon,
The Grade 4 students completed their Data Analysis unit test today. I will be sending home the marked copies, as well as students updated data sheets for the unit once I have all the tests graded – hopefully late this week or early next week. Tomorrow we will be completed a small unit project before moving on to Patterns and Equations.
This morning we were fortunate enough to attend a presentation by Earth Rangers. We saw some amazing (and cute) animal ambassadors. My personal favourite was the 4-month old skunk! Earth Rangers is a kids’ conversation organization that is meant to inspire youth to become directly involved in protecting animals and their habitats. Students who are interested can sign up for a membership at www.earthrangers.com. Students can also become involved in the “Bring Back the Wild” campagin, which has students work on different fundraising projects to protect 4 endangered Canadian species. The species this year are: Little Brown Bat, Peregrine Falcon, Wolverine, and Cold-Water Coral.
In Language Arts today, we continued to look at free verse poetry. Students were reminded of our lesson last week, in which we learned that a free verse poem does not have a rhyme or rhythm pattern. However, poets use punctuation like commas and periods to give the reader clues as to how they should be read and how they should sound. Today we added to this. Students practiced reading their found poem aloud, adding expression to the poem. Almost like a performance, rather than just reading the poem. We will continue to explore these concepts in upcoming classes.
Students also had their first quiz on the provinces today. Many students struggled. Please review the provinces with your student at home, as we have another quiz on Wednesday, and we are adding capitals. Students can practice using the map in the student agenda or by visiting some of the links on the Social page (side links).
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Practice spelling words (student Agenda, SpellingCity)
Math:
- Statistics and Probability Unit Test (Oct. 5nd – Grade 5)
- Worksheet #1-8 (Grade 5)
Social:
- Provinces/Capitals Quiz (Wednesday – Grade 4 and 5)
Terry Fox Walk Permission Forms/Donations – tomorrow! (Safiya, Brady, Mohammad, Amira missing)
Picture Day – September 30th
Class Movie Day – Wednesday (don’t wear Pajamas, bring them – it’s also picture day!)
