Good Afternoon Families!
What did we do today? Well....
December Lunches - The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, November 20th at 3:00pm
Special of the month: Spaghetti and Meatballs which is available every Friday.
All payments are to be made through quickbooks by December 6th.
Book Fair messages from Mrs. Hayward:
Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day!
Take a look at what we accomplished today!
Inquiry into Math:
Today we explored how to measure the perimeter of a circular object. We covered 2 methods:
We had an easier time with the string method. So we spent a little extra time learning our formulas for circumference. We watched this helpful video to understand why exactly 3.14 is special to circular objects. Seeing this visual really helped to break things down:
Tomorrow we will continue working with on understand the differences and similarities between the radius and diameter. We will also focus on how to use each formula.
We had an easier time with the string method. So we spent a little extra time learning our formulas for circumference. We watched this helpful video to understand why exactly 3.14 is special to circular objects. Seeing this visual really helped to break things down:
Tomorrow we will continue working with on understand the differences and similarities between the radius and diameter. We will also focus on how to use each formula.
Inquiry into Language:
Today during language we attended the Award Ceremony for "Science - Y - Things", also know as the Science Fair Awards in more technical terms. We celebrate the first, second, and third place winners for each class. A big congratulations goes out to: Honor for thrid place, Julia for second place, and to Aashrith for first place. Well done everyone!
All spelling activities are due on Wednesday. We will have our spelling test on Friday.
Grade 4 Spelling
|
Grade 5 Spelling
|
Objective: To spell words with silent letters
Tip: silent letters – we don’t hear the sounds of those letters when we say the words
K in known , w in wrist, l in folks
H in honest, gh in flight, b in thumb
T in often *some people pronounce the t
|
Objective: to spell words with diphthongs ou, ow,oi, and oy
Tips: diphthong- two letters blended together to make one vowel sound
Ou and ow spell ow sound in boundary and crowded
Oi and oy spell the oy sound in poise and loyalty
|
The grade 4 team has also implemented a grammar practice workbook. Students will be given a grammar package on Monday that will be reviewed in class. This package to help students with developing good grammar habits, for example: capitalization, punctuation, etc. These practices will be due on Fridays.
Unit of Inquiry:
Today we wrote our Human Eye and Human Ear Quiz. Quiz scores went home this evening, please ensure that your review each diagram with your child.
After our quiz, the students got back into their sound groups to finish creating their imitations of sounds in nature. Here are the results (try closing your eyes to help you imagine the scene):
After our quiz, the students got back into their sound groups to finish creating their imitations of sounds in nature. Here are the results (try closing your eyes to help you imagine the scene):
French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.
Physical Education- Please check Mr. Orr's blog under specialist links.
Music - Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links.
Ask your child how the rest of their day went, because I'm sure they can't wait to share it all with you!
Language – Spelling lesson 11 activites due tomorrow + Test Fri.
- Grammar Practice due Fri.
- Read 30 mins
Math – Return Unit 6 Math Test
- Workbook pg. 132 - 133
-
Unit of Inquiry –
Extra - Christmas concert form + $ - due Fri. Nov. 22nd
- Scholastic book order due tomorrow
Important dates/items:
November 20 – Picture Retakes
November 27 – Casual Day – please ensure you have paid the $20 cash for casual day
November 29 – Term 1 Report Cards Go Home
Have a good evening, M s. Samuel 
No comments:
Post a Comment