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...