Homework, Tuesday, 27th February

There is NO homework assigned for the Peace Day Memorial vacation. Enjoy your day off!

Upcoming due dates:
Thursday, 1st March:
      Maths: Practice 13-7 Try, Check, and Revise; Enrichment 13-7 Find the Mystery Number
      Social Studies: Chapter 6 Study Guide (worksheet)

Tuesday, 6th March:
English: Unit 4 Checkup/Test Practice

Thursday, 8th March:
English: Unit 4 Cumulative Review

Homework, Monday, 26th February

Maths: Review Topic 13 (test tomorrow) pp.310-313 Answer Key below.
Practice 13-6 Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number; Enrichment Air Traffic Control
    Due Thursday: Practice 13-7 Try, Check, and Revise; Enrichment 13-7 Find the Mystery Number
English: Unit 4 Checkup and Test Practice due next Tuesday, 6th March

Practice Test 13 Answers

1. C      2. B      3. A      4. D     5. B      6. C      7. D     8. A      9. D     10. A   11. B   12. C   13. C   14. A  

Topic 13 Extra Practice Answer Key

Set A 1. 18; 18.3 2. 18; 17.6 3. 69; 68.6 4. 3; 2.8 5. 7; 6.8 6. 80; 80.1	Set B 1. 28 2. 2 3. 23 4. 3	Set C 1. 0.91 2. 0.36 3. 0.68 4. 0.03	Set D 1. 21.44 2. 28.14 3. 105.59 4. 3.53 5. 5.94 6. 1.36	SET E 1. 7.11 2. 395.28 3. 1.28 4. 0.52
SET F 1. Corey made 3 baskets, Terry made 8 baskets, and Chris made 9 baskets.

Week 24

Dear Parents and Students,

I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable Chinese New Year Vacation. We were lucky to have some warmer sunny days, as it seems winter isn’t quite done with us just yet. Although this week was only three days long, we have managed to be very productive.

In Maths, we have continued our study of decimals and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals with whole numbers. We have completed the lessons for this topic, and will use Monday’s lesson to review Topic 13, with the topic test to take place next Tuesday. The following Thursday will mark the beginning of Topic 14, which is dedicated to area and perimeter.

In our Literacy Workshop, we have had quite a bit of fun reading Heat Wave!, and learning about hyperboles. After reading and discussing the hyperboles in the story, we then tried making up some of our hyperboles. We will use these to create our own Tall Stories next week. We also completed our grammar unit dedicated to using adjectives. We will use some of next week to review Unit 4, and then begin Unit 5, which focuses on capitalization and punctuation.

In Science, we have continued with the Skills Handbook and we have spent some time in the Science Lab becoming familiar with some of the tools that scientists use. Following last week’s procedure, we will continue with the handbook while we develop our projects for the Science Fair. Partners have now been set for Science Fair, and we are currently in the process of establishing our testable question. Partners have until Tuesday to develop and submit a testable question that will be suitable and appropriate to investigate for the Science Fair.

In Social Studies, we have all but completed our studies of the American Southeast, and we are currently reviewing what we have learned. Next week’s lessons will be dedicated to further review before our Unit Test takes place on Friday.

As you are aware, next week will be yet another shorter week, as Taiwan will observe the 2/28 Peace Memorial Day, and schools will be closed. I hope everyone enjoys the holiday. We do have two days of school beforehand, though, so I will see you all on Monday!

Important Dates:

      Tue, 27^th Feb:              Maths test – Topic 13

      Wed, 28^th Feb: 2/28    Peace Memorial Day

      Fri, 2^nd Mar:                Social Studies Test – Unit 3

                                          Lantern Festival

      Mon, 5^th Mar:             Semester 2 Clubs commence

      12^th – 16^th Mar:           Spirit Week

      Wed, 14^th Mar:            Race Day; parents welcome!

Students of the Week:

Albert (ESL), Jemina, Alyssa, Ryan, Ingrid (Chinese)

Achieve 3000: Certificates were awarded to students who have made significant progress in reading comprehension via the Achieve 3000 online program.

Alyssa, Aimee, Ingrid, Miwa, Ryan,

Joshua, Albert, Kigen, Aina, Sara

Student of the Week, Week 24

Congratulations to Ivan!

Ivan has only been with us for a few weeks, but he is already making regular contributions to class discussions and participating in all activities with enthusiasm. Outstanding work, Ivan, keep it up!

Homework, Thursday, 22nd February

Maths: Practice 13-5 Multiplying a Whole Number by a Decimal; Enrichment 13-5 Museum Price
Science: Continue to develop your research question for Science Fair
Reading: Achieve 3000 – Read at least one article before Tuesday

Homework, Wednesday, 21st February

Maths: Practice 13-3 Modelling Addition and Subtraction of Decimals; Practice 13-4 Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Achieve 3000: Read at least one article before Tuesday

..and here are some useful videos about One Point Perspective Drawing:

Homework, Tuesday, 13th February

No homework!  Enjoy your vacation.
But...
Please remember to read at least 20 minutes each day, and think about your Science Fair topic.

Homework, Monday, 12th February

Maths: Practice 13-1 Rounding Decimals Practice 13-2 Estimating Sums and Differences of Decimals
English: Complete Word Clouds. Email me if you have any problems.
Spelling: Review List 16  test tomorrow.  Click here for list and links.
Reading: If you would like to listen to Heat Wave, here is the mp3:

Elon Musk's car in space

Click here to watch the Mystery Science video again.

Week 22

Dear Parents and Students,

Da jia hao! We have had a most enjoyable Chinese Week this week, with many activities taking place throughout. A link to a photo album of the various activities is included at the bottom of this post. In addition to all the fun we have had, we have managed to maintain our usual busy schedule.

In Maths, we have completed Topic 12, with our topic test having taken place on Tuesday. This topic has proven to be quite challenging as we become accustomed to decimals and how they relate to fractions. We have just begun Topic 13 which will revise and extend what we have been learning in Topic 12. This week also included Benchmark and Cumulative tests of the year’s curriculum to date. Parents, please make sure that you check and sign all tests that are brought home at your earliest convenience. To give ourselves a break from all the tests, we enjoyed something a little different on Wednesday– we made our own Chinese tangram puzzles and challenged ourselves to create a number of different designs.

In our Literacy Workshop, we have continued our That’s Amazing! theme with Cendrillon. which is a Caribbean cariation of the classic, Cinderella. Discussions during Reading Circles continue to become more and more insightful, and we are making great progress in developing our comprehension skills. Next week we will read the third story in the series, Heat Wave! Then, after the long break, we will try our hand at writing our own tall stories. 

In Science, we have been working with the Skills Handbook within our Science workbooks. We will continue with the handbook while we discuss and prepare for the upcoming Science Fair. This weekend may be a good opportunity for families to discuss possibilities for Science Fair projects. Our next conference will be held on Tuesday.

In Social Studies, we have spent some time investigating ports of the Southeast, and goods trade and transportation in general. We have also been reading about the Southeast states of today, and the types of industries that our found there now. This week, we focused on the Atlantic States. Next week, we will turn our attention to the Gulf Coast states and inland states of the region.

As you are aware, next week consists of only two school days before we begin our break for Chinese New Year. As there will be no weekly post next Tuesday, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year, and a safe vacation period.  School will resume after the break on Wednesday, 21^st February, but we still have next Monday and Tuesday to go!  See you all on Monday!

Important Dates:

      Tue, 6^13h Feb:              Valentine’s Day (for HIS)

      14^th – 20^th Feb:            Chinese New Year Vacation

      Fri, 23^rd Feb:               Monthly Assembly

      Wed, 28^th Feb:              2/28 Peace Memorial Day

      Fri, 2^nd Mar:                Lantern Festival

      Mon, 5^th Mar:             Semester 2 Clubs commence

      12^th – 16^th Mar:           Spirit Week

Click here for the 4C Chinese Week photo album

Student of the Week, Week 22

Congratulations to Alyssa!

Alyssa has been making useful and insightful contributions to class discussions and group investigations throughout this week. She has also shown great dedication to her work. Well done Alyssa, keep it up!!

Don't forget to wear RED tomorrow!

Homework, Thursday, 8th February

Maths: Enrichment 12-6 Picture Patterns
English: Complete Adjectives / Word Cloud assignment. (Due tomorrow)

Homework, Wednesday, 7th February

Maths: Practice 12-6 Problem Solving - Draw a Picture
Did you enjoy the TANGRAM puzzles today? Click here to try ABC Ya's online interactive Tangrams.
English: Continue to work on your Adjectives/Word Cloud assignment (due Friday)

Homework, Tuesday, 6th February

Maths: Practice 12-5 Mixed Numbers and Decimals on a Number Line; Enrichment 12-5 Bright Ideas
English: Continue Adjectives Assignment  Click here for thesaurus: http://www.thesaurus.com/
Science: Take a look at Science Buddies to help you find a Science Fair topic.
Spelling: Review List 16   Spelling City Activities    Quizlet Activities

List 16 – /ər/, final /l/ or /əl

Core Words

harbor	final	middle	weather
labor	model	chapter	special
sugar	bottle	medal	collar
proper	towel	beggar	battle
trouble	shower	uncle	doctor

Challenge Words

shoulder

decimal

trifle

solar

cancel

Tier 3 / Advanced        Spelling City Activities

popular	anchor	burglar	mineral
quarrel	bicycle	crystal	stellar
lunar	calendar	boulder	barrier
financial	industrial	pretzel	recital
tremble	example	material	travel

Homework, Monday, 5th February

Maths: Review Topic 12; Test tomorrow  Practice Test pp.284-285  Extra Practice/Reteach pp. 286-287  (Answers below)
English: Complete Adjectives online assignment (check email)
Reading: Read Cendrillon pp.329-339


Spelling: Review List 15  Click here for Spelling City  Click here for Quizlet 

Topic 12 Practice Test Answers

1. C      2. C      3. D     4. A      5. C      6. B      7. D     8. A      9. B      10. B   11. D   12. C   13. A   14. D

Topic 12 Extra Practice Answer Key

Set A

1.      twelve and thirteen hundredths; 10+2+0.1+0.03

2.      one and nine hundredths; 1+0.09

3.      eleven and one tenth; 10+1+0.1

4.      eighty-eight and eight hundredths; 80+8+0.08

Set B 1.       <  2.       = 3.       22,981; 21,046; 14,762

Set C 1.      0.3; 3/10 2.      0.6; 3/5 3.      0.21; 21/100 4.      0.35; 7/20

Set D 1.     3 4/6 2.     3 1/6 3.     3 5/6 4.     5.47 5.     5.55 6.     5.68 7.     N 8.     L 9.     J

Set E 0.6 should be marked at twice the distance from 0 as 0.3