Week 12

Hello!

A full week of school after our long weekend, and now that it is over only 3 more weeks until the break.

In math this week we looked at rounding double digit numbers, making it easier to multiply and estimate the product. It was a good introduction into two digit multiplication. We also worked on multiplying and dividing facts of 4.

In Language Arts we finished up writing our friendship scripts, in preparation for our readers theatre next Friday. I also introduced the students to their writing booklet, where they can write on any topic that they want. This week we gathered up ideas to write about and made a list.

In social studies this week we took our facts and opinions research further by looking into what is propaganda, and the different types of propaganda that are out there. With all of our fact and opinion knowledge we became detectives, in the hunt for facts and opinions. The students looked through the newspaper, highlighting what was fact and what was opinion.

After we shared out some of the facts and opinions we found.

In science this week we looked at pulleys, the different types, and how they help us. We started off lifting a weight with no support, lifting with a fixed pulley, and lifting with a moving pulley, trying to figure out which method required the least amount of force. Most students came to the conclusion that using a moving pulley made lifting the load easier because it had extra support. Later in the week we made our own pulleys, and experiment lifting different types of loads.

The students were pretty excited to use their pulleys.

In French this week we looked at numbers, and how to read, write, and speak different French numbers up to 60. We also finished off our Tout sur moi all about me posters, detailing our likes and dislikes.

They all look lovely and showcase what we have been looking into so for this year in French.

Next week hopefully report cards will be coming home, as well as information on the winter music showcase, and a swimming form for the 20th of December. We will be diving into two digit multiplication and looking at fact families of 5 in math. In language arts we will perform our readers theatre, and start our 6 trailts of writing unit by looking into ideas, and how important they are to writing. In social studies we will discover how using only one source of information can be problematic, and use what we know to find credible sources of information on the internet. In science we will investigate the wheel and axle simple machine by designing and building wind cars. And finally in French we will continue our exploration of French numbers by playing a few games.

Be on the lookout for those notices coming home next week, and have a good weekend.