Dear Parents and Students,
The
weather has been fairly mild this week, but we have been busy as usual in Grade
4C. Focus has been mainly on the upcoming Science Fair, but we have had plenty
to do in all other subjects.
In
Maths this week, we have continued
our study of measurements in Topic 16.
We began the week with a review of customary units, then continued with
metric units of length and capacity, and then on to mass. We completed the week studying time, and how
to calculate elapsed time. Next week will begin with a lesson about
temperature, before we review the entire topic ahead of the Topic Test on
Thursday. We will finish the week in
Math with a Benchmark Test focussed on past lessons from Topics 13-16. Please
note that there is no need to study for the Benchmark Test, as it is designed
to gauge how much students have retained from those topics.
Our
Literacy Workshop has been almost
completely consumed by Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland, but we have managed
to spend some time practicing our skills using quotation marks. While reading Alice,
we are pausing after each chapter to discuss the story, reflect on the events
that take place, and appreciate Carroll’s storytelling craft and style. We will
continue reading the story throughout next week.
In
Science, we spent the early part of the week
preparing for the Science Fair, and we held
our in-class presentations on Thursday and Friday. The whole Science
Fair experience has been a great learning process, and we have all developed a
finer appreciation of how to be diligent scientists while following the
Scientific method. We are all very excited in anticipation of the Science Fair on Tuesday. We hope to see as
many parents as possible at the event.
In
Social Studies, we have continued with our studies of the
American Midwest. We will be completing the unit next week, with a minor test
to take place the week after.
Next
Friday, 27th April, we will be taking our annual school photographs. Please remember to
brush your hair that morning!
Links
to photo albums of our in-class Science Fair presentations and our morning of
pottery design can be found at the bottom of this post. I hope you all have a restful weekend, and I
will see you all on Monday!
Important Dates:
Tue, 24th Apr: Science
Fair – Parents welcome
Thu, 26th Apr: Math
Test – Topic 16
Fri, 27th Apr: Math
Test – Benchmark: Topics 13-16
Monthly Assembly – Parents
welcome
School photos – wear something ‘nice’
Fri, 4th May: Field
trip to Green World
14th – 18th May: Iowa tests
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