June 13, 2016

(This week's homework below)

Dinner Topics

Trip
Our Grade 3 trip the Shenkman Centre will feature several arts activities. Be sure to ask your child about what they did, what they liked, learned, and would like to follow up on this summer.

Boss Battle
This week we battle a fiercesome dragon to review concepts from many subjects!

Religion
We are starting a Unit from the Fully Alive program on how, as a Catholic, we can love one another and appreciate differences, for example in different cultures. We are still tying this in to day-to-day events, such as how to help the neediest - the one that needs support the most is the one who is most easily picked on.


Science
The tests for Soils (3) Rocks and Minerals (4) are coming soon so we are reviewing all concepts and students should too! The Grade 3s will make observations on our ant habitat, create a layered sediment bottle environment, and review erosion-related topics such as how people control it, including a challenge. The Grade 4s will make mold fossils in cement (my first time using cement, so keep your fingers crossed!)


Math
Grade 4 motion geometry review this week includes geoboard challenges, Battleship games, and making patterns on grid paper. As reports are coming, yet another test . . .  Friday.

Writing
With our "writing marathon" over (phew!), we have one last test type we are studying. This one is a surprise! Stay tuned.We will definitely send home these ones for parents to read.

Clothing
Forget what I said last blog about the hot, sunny being here (wink, wink!). It seems to change by the hour. Please make sure your child arrives at school prepared to spend time outside. We will try to run Physical Education, Science, and other subjects out when the weather is not too hot, wet, or cold. So this means that you should consider packing sunblock, a hat, sweater, etc. depending on the weather.

Mr . _L.

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THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK

June 13, 2016  (check for updates!)

LOOK FOR WAYS ADVERTISERS MARKET TO KIDS
For instance, cartoon characters, contests, and jingles.

MONDAY       Library books due tomorrow.

No Words 

Grade 4 Math :  Show What You Know (answer on lined paper)

Science - review all for test Friday

TUESDAY     
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.

Science - review all for test Friday

WEDNESDAY      
NO 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).

Science - review all for test Friday

THURSDAY                

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

NO 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.

Science - review all for test Friday

Religion sheet

FRIDAY