Friday, October 12, 2018

Highlights

·      This week we started to practice using the “Reading Power” strategy of making connections.  Strong readers actively think while they read and they make connections between their lives and events in books.  We will continue to develop this strategy over the coming weeks.

·      During writing, we looked at a picture of a haunted house and brainstormed descriptive words to use in our sentences.  For example, we turned a plain sentence, such as, “There is a bat” into “A black bat with angry eyes soars in front of the full moon.”

·      In Math, we drew pictures to demonstrate whether a number is odd or even.  We also worked on counting objects by placing them into groups of 2, 5 and 10.

·      In Social Studies, students were introduced to the three communities that we will be learning about this year:  Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Meteghan in Nova Scotia, and Iqaluit in Nunavut.

·      We also read the Magic Tree House novel, “Mummies in the Morning” by Mary Pope Osborne.

Important Dates/Information

(The next day to purchase Halloween dance tickets is this coming Wednesday.)

Oct. 18- Picture Day

Oct. 25-Halloween Dance

Headphones

If possible, we would like each child to bring in a pair of headphones or ear buds (labeled and in a ziplock bag) by Oct. 30 for personal use with school electronic devices.   

Homework

-Please read and sign the home reading log

-Practice the spelling list provided at conferences

-Practice skip counting by 2, 5 and 10 forwards and backwards (A 100 chart was sent home for students to refer to when practicing.  This chart can remain at home.)

Ask me about:

How did we turn scissors into a temporary magnet?

What was the grade 4 assembly about?

How can you tell if a number is odd or even?  Is 5 odd or even?  Is 12 odd or even?