Week 22

Hello!

Another short week, especially with the snow on Thursday.

In math, we looked at where money comes from, and how we spend it. We practiced using our addition and subtraction skills by using a menu and ordering food off it. At first there were a lot of simple mistakes, and students were losing their spare change, but after some practice, they managed to calculate the right amounts.

In Language arts, we continued looking at syllables in poetry, using cinquains and their 2, 4, 6 , 8, and 2 pattern. We also introduced rhyme and pattern into our poetry with simple couplets. The challenge was to try and fit 4 to 5 couplets together to build a poem.

In social studies, most students finished off their 2nd timeline post about Canada. Only one more to go until our timeline is complete!

In science, we powered through the circulatory system, discussing and learning about how blood travels through our body. Through some fitness tests, we measured our heart beat, and discovered that blood travels faster when our bodies are active. This is because we need oxygen to our cells faster.

We continued our Olympic coverage in French this week, and started creating our display. Hopefully it will be posted next week in the hall.

This week the Family Heritage booklets were due. By Thursday I had only received half of the booklets. I have emailed parents about getting those booklets in as soon as possible.

Next week we will be looking at creating a grocery budget in math, look into limricks for poetry in preparation for St Patrick’s day, come close to finishing our timelines in social studies, and look at the muscle and skeleton system in science.

On Thursday, we have our field trip to the curling rink. They are asking for clean shoes! If you only have 1 pair of shoes, wear boots that day, and bring your shoes in a plastic bag. We will clean our shoes that morning before we go. Try to bring your spare shoes in early next week, so we don’t forget!

Have a good long weekend, and see you Monday.