May 2, 2016

(This week's homework below)

Dinner Topics

ILPs  

The ILPs hve not disappointed (see EVEN MORE! photos below). It is wonderful to see students overcome anxiety, enjoy demonstrating speaking skills and even develop control of audience and time. It is also wonderful to hear students asking thoughtful questions ("What would happen if..." )  immediately reinforce with praise that we call 'Fireworks' ("I really liked how you knew your parts so you could speak naturally and with expression"), and even offer positive criticism that we call 'Shooting Stars' ("I loved your topic and facts. Next time if you research more facts it would be even better!").  But most wonderful of ll is to see students bring talents, interests, and their personal lives into the classroom. This week should complete the ILPs (sniff, sniff), although there may be one or two to do next week.


Take Four
This week, Wednesday and Thursday, we are presenting our musical theatre routine at 9:30 and 1:00 respectively.


Science Tests
The Grade 3s and Grade 4s will have their end of unit tests shortly. Start reviewing any weak areas.

In Math the Grade 4s are learning about Fractions of a set. This proves to be a difficult concept for a few students each year, but really fun and easy once they 'get it'.  Have your son or daughter divide a set of something (cherry tomatoes, dominoes, cutlery...) into a specific number of equal groups and then count the number of items in one of those groups or two of those groups to practice naming fractions. EXAMPLE: When having guests over, making 8 people eating at the table, have your child place a fork, spoon, and knife at each setting and then show you what is 2 eighths of 24 (6). 

Narratives
The students are putting the finishing touches using our colour-editing routine on their descriptive texts as we move along our narrative text unit. Your child will be writing a realistic narrative, practicing paragraphing, transitions, and of course how to develop engaging, effective settings, characters, plot / sequence of events, and resolution.


Book Your Time
Don't forget to record your Home Reading - remember that just 105 minutes a week earns your child XP in our Classcraft live video game!

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Brandon takes us for a ride with video clips of lamborghinis and knowledge of luxury car parts.

Sararose opens a trio of martial arts ILPs. We learn basic moves and belts.


Ella targets martial arts battle gear, such as a cushion head gear. (photo coming)

Hugh discusses philosophy, adds to uniform facts, and engages the class in mock defense stances.

Okay, so maybe Nic wasn't so enthusiastic throughout his ILP presentation on what to know when building with wood.

Jacob shot off basic facts from memory and challenges the class to a soccer game. Yay!

Ethan continues the soccer theme, interviewing head coaches in the Cumberland Soccer Academy, demonstrating and having the class practice falling on the ball while scooping it up and into the body.

Trey takes us into the world of Roblox. How do you make a character? What are the rules?

Chloe reminds us of a precious resource that we take for granted - water. Her footage brings us to parts of Africa where having clean water is not a given, to see how it is used there, and how partners from Canada help in the mission to provide clean water for everyone!

Eva shows us (and lets us taste!) exotic foods from Peru, tells us about it geography, local animals, customs, and people.

Our Grade 3 winning group. They used rolled up paper to construct cylinders that supported many text books!!! 

Amelia invites students to see first hand her rabbit after explaining in her ILP how to care for it.

Anna leads stretches in the Learning Commons as part of her Lions Club Athletics ILP presentation.

Hugh models how to draw a penguin and helps students, learning how to gage time when presenting his ILP.

Kyler and Nate divide tasks, rules and equipment, to present their interactive ILP on hockey in the gymnasium.

For Theo's ILP, he not only shows us the parts of his violin, but also how easy it was to break one! Thanks for the lovely playing, Theo!

Our class practicing our dance, "Be the Hero"

Sararose builds and then orders fraction towers, noting that equal height towers (fractions) can be made out of different-sized parts.

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THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK

May 2, 2016  (check for updates!)

DISCUSS ILPs EACH EVENING

MONDAY       Library books due tomorrow.

Words sheet #22  NO WORDS FOR BREANNA, ANNA, HUGH H, NIC THISWEEK 

Math Yellow Group:  Worksheet  (due Friday)

Math Blue Group:  Worksheet  (due Friday)

TUESDAY     HANDS ON TECH PRESENTATIONS AT 4:30
Words Pretest in booklet (a parent reads the current week's words for their child to spell. The child marks each word with a check mark or X using the word list.

Grade 3 Science: Study for upcoming test (probably next week)

WEDNESDAY      MUSICAL THEATRE AT 9:30
Words to Fix mistakes from yesterday's home pretest. Write each misspelled word correctly, adding a trick to remember how to avoid the mistake (eg draw the two 'l's in really into a really long giraffe neck and head).

Grade 4:  Keep studying times tables .  Look for fractions of sets (see note above)

Grade 4 Science: Study for upcoming test (probably next week)

THURSDAY          MUSICAL THEATRE AT 1:00      

Words to Study mistakes from home pretest for tomorrow's test.

Sentence Stretchletics  (see instructions on inside cover of Words duotang) Most students are now writing a sentence in pencil (with three circled words for the current Words list), then stretching it with a blue pen or pencil. I am expecting 4-5 changes in blue. A change could be an added adjective such as "sticky", "adorable", or "jealous". It could be a phrase that replaces such as this adverbial phrase replacing the word "later": "when all eyes had closed and the busy sounds of mice had begun." However, several students still need to do one of the expectations.



FRIDAY       WEEKEND MISSIONS (GIVEN  TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS - FOR GOLD COINS OR XP!)  
Review health sheet - (test probably next week)