Miller's Minis

This Week: - in language arts this week, we finished up our novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. We also worked on some free verse poetry. Our Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing booklets are due Monday. - in math, we finished up our money unit and had a quiz. We are still working on multiplying and dividing large numbers. We have a quiz on multiplication and long division on Monday. We have a practice booklet that went home this week that we can use to help us practice for our quiz.  - in science we looked at the different types of sensory organs that animals and plants have that allow them to respond to the environment.  - in social studies we finished up our learning about Confederation and started talking about some of the impacts that Confederation had on Canada and us now.  - this week we also finished up our Alien Inline Skating residency. We had a great time learning how to skate. Next Week:   - Please return all library books - Friday is our Farewell assembly ...

This Week: - in language arts we worked on finishing up our narrative writing. We talked about how we can add showing not telling, dialogue and paragraphs to make our writing better. We also continued reading our novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. for poetry we looked at free verse poetry with no rhyming and rhythm. We created imagry, found and black out poems. - in math we worked on long division. We also worked on decimals as money and talked a little about Canadian currency and where we keep our money.  - in science we looked at the structures of animals at the zoo. We also learned about the structures and fucntions of plants. We dissected a flower to see all of it's structures and how it functions for reproduciton.  - in social studies we researched about the some of the key figures that were involved in Confederation and the creation of Canada.  Next Week:   - we have inline skating MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. If you have not already, please bring in the...

  This Week: - in language arts we will be reciting our favourite poem to the class. We also have been working on our novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, discussing point of view. In writing we are working on some narrative writing focusing on showing not telling and adding dialogue to our work to help add interest to our writing. - in math we are working on rounding, adding and subtracting decimals and on dividing larger numbers. Some of us might have some finish up work. - in science we looked at the structures of plants and their functions - in social studies we learned about the conferences that were held that led up to Confederation.  Next Week: - Tuesday is our nature/community walk with our indigenous Elder Hal Eagletail. We will be walking down to the Douglasdale ball diamonds. Please make sure that students have sturdy walking shoes (not sandals) and are dressed for the weather. This might include a rain jacket if the weather is not looking great for next week. - W...

  This Week: - in language arts we finished our novel Harry Potter. We also kept working on our other novel Tales of a Fourth Nothing. In poetry we started looking for a poem that we can recite. - in science we continued learning about animal structures. We looked at different animal eyes and how they use them to find food, see their surroundings and survive. We created macro animal eyes and also dragon eyes out of clay to go along with the conclusion of our fantasy novel.  - in social studies we started learning about Confederation and the reasons that led to people wanting to unite to form Canada. - to catch up in math we have been working on a couple of things: decimals and division. We looked at how we can compare and order decimals and how we can divide numbers. Next Week: - it's a full week! - we have swimming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - library is Tuesday - please return any zoo field trip forms or pizza lunch forms this week. If any one is interested in volunteer...

  This Week: - in language arts we worked on homophones for our word work time. We also started a new novel study- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. We are going to explain some connections and author's intent through our reading - in math we started looking at decimals and also multi-digit multiplication - in social studies we did a recap of the formation of Canada so far up to the great migrations of the 1800s - in science we continued working on animal and plant structures and their functions. We planted marigolds to observe and made some flowers out of clay with our buddies today.  Next Week: - library on Tuesday - no school on Friday May 15 and Monday May 18

  This week: - in language arts we worked on paragraphs, main idea and read our novel Harry Potter - in math we finish up factors, multiples, composites and primes.  - in social studies we have continued learning about the fur trade. We played a fur trade game and learned about some of the things that happened during the fur trade. Next week/Notices: - no school on Thursday and Friday - wear red on Wednesday - if you would like to bring valentines for the class please bring enough for the class (28 children) and do not write name on them. Also please no food, thanks! Also we would like to welcome Ms. MacFadyen to our class who will be subbing for me while I am out on surgery. I will return on April 6.