Week 36

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Reminders 

June 12 - Family Homework Project Presentation
June 12 to June 23 - Swimming Lessons
June 14 - Scholastic Book Order due
June 16 - Farm Safety
June 26 - Fun Day
June 27 - Fun Day Rain Out
               Seasonal Walk + Splash Park
June 28 - Last Day of School
Congratulations to our Student of the Week!

Language Arts

I read the book, Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber, to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities revolved around this book.Ira Sleeps Over is a delightful story about of a little boy who struggles with whether or not to bring his favourite teddy bear, Tah Tah, to his first sleep over at a friend's house. Ira doesn't want his friend to laugh at him, but is concerned that he has never slept without Tah Tah. Ira weighs the pros and cons, aided by some solicited and unsolicted advice from family members. Without his teddy, Ira enjoys the night until the boys tell scary stories in bed. When Reggie needs his teddy bear, Ira realizes it's okay to have a teddy.  1C continues to work on  Phoneme Addition (i.e. "Lane. Add /p/ to the beginning of lane. What's the word?"), Phoneme Substitution (i.e. "Rope. Change /r/ to /s/. What's the new word?" and Phoneme Deletion (i.e. "Say trouble. Say trouble without the /t/.") You can try any these activities at home with your child.

Throughout the week, the students explored the "ish, ush, ash" word families. They sorted words such as  fish, dish, wish, rush, crush, slush, crash, bash, mash. The students did a guided drawing of a fish.

In Writer'sWorkshop, the students focused on Poetry this week. They discovered rhyming words in poems we read as a class and they wrote their very own Shape Poem and Season Poem.  The students did a fantastic job using descriptive words and phrases.

Math

This week, we started our Measurement Unit. The students worked through activities that explored the concepts of length and surface area. Next week the students will explore volume and mass.

  





We continue to review skip counting by 5s to 100. You can practice counting by 5's from 0 to 100 at home with your child.

Science

This week, the students explored the topic of Animals. The students learned how to classify animals: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, birds, and fish. Later in the week, the students researched an animal of their choosing. The students really enjoyed finding interesting facts about their animal.






The seeds in our Greenhouses are sprouting!


Researchers hard at work...




Social Studies 

Students will present their Family Homework Project on Monday, thank you for your participation.

Highlights of the Week

Grade 4 Drama Performance


Enjoy the weekend!




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