We've made it to October and the cool darker mornings of autumn.
This week we are forging ahead with units and projects and finishing some intake assessments. Students should be familiar and comfortable with routines now and have made a few friends and ....
***EXPLORATORIES are starting on THURSDAY!!!***
Don't forget PE strip on Tuesdays and Fridays! Bring extra clothes as we are outside
rain or shine!
In Math
We have just written a quiz on addition and are using PLACE VALUE for regrouping. This week we will continue with SUBTRACTION. Students will be working on the procedure for subtracting numbers up to one billion. BASIC FACTS are being used but will need to be practiced. We will begin some addition drills and mental math strategies on WEDNESDAYS after lunch, during our NUMERACY block.
In English
We have begun a class novel, Wonder as a read aloud. Last week, students compared Auggie (the narrator's) experience starting school with the stories shared during Orange T-shirt Day and the experiences of Aboriginal students in Residential schools. We are learning about genre, characters and setting.
Here is the trailer of the upcoming Wonder movie (out November 18)
Students have also been asked to chose independent reading books. Creative book reports on these books are underway and DUE OCT 15th!
In Socials
We will continue to collect headlines and plot our headlines on a map. This week will begin to categorize topics and form questions.
Running around the world!
As part of our socials and PE unit and in celebration of Journey's 25th Anniversary, we're running around the school and tallying our total milelage. One lap is 25 km. In 3 days we have run all the way to Manitoba. Our goal is to run around the world. I hope that we can learn a bit about countries as we pass through. So far, as part of our French studies too, we have been able to discuss a little of the Metis and other Francophone communities in Western Canada. The plan is to make it to Montreal this week, where we have a contact in a middle school who would like to be epals with our class.
In Science
We have begun our study of the nervous system.
Terms this week are:
1) sensation
2) sensory nerves
3)interneurons
4) brain cells
5) motor neurons
Kidshealth.org is an excellent resource
http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/brain.html
See also this introductory video from Makemegenuis
Google Classroom
We are working to get our Google classroom open this week or early next week. Students will then be able to access Chromebooks and many online learning tools and collaborative forums.
Library Books are due next Tuesday.
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