Vignettes

We began our day with math. We completed the practice questions from yesterday's lesson on predictions and actual results. Students began by understanding the problem, recording all possible outcomes, making predictions based on outcomes and number of trials, writing probabilities, and creating a tally chart. Students then conducted the experiment with a partner by spinning a spinner 50 times and by rolling a die 50 times. They had a lot of fun doing this. They compared their actual results to their predicted results and discovered that they were a match or were quite close. Great predictions grade 4s! We used the remaining class time to begin review work for Thursday's unit test on probability.

We did not do arithmetic today.

We continued with our Please and Thank You Who We Are inquiry unit. We picked up from yesterday's two questions. "What is bullying?" and "What kinds of bullying are there?" Students worked in pairs to conduct an internet search for answers to these questions. Students shared what they found with the class. Grade 4s were presented with a challenge today. They placed themselves in groups of a specified number. Each group received a vignette about a bullying scenario. Students had to work together to complete the vignette in a way that solved the bullying problem. Students were so enthusiastic about this work that they convinced me to allow them to keep working on it instead of having an arithmetic lesson. There's a first for everything. :-)

Students met up in their literature circle groups for their fourth group meeting. I heard a very good discussion with the group I sat in with today. After discussions, students used class time to read chapter 5. Students also received new role assignments for today. It is important that The Secret Garden books and reading duo-tangs be brought to school daily as we will be having daily group meetings as well as time allocated in class for reading.

For science fair remember to take pictures and record data as you go. Make time in the next week or so to purchase a tri-fold display board for the science fair.

Plants and Soils duo-tangs are coming home today so students can begin preparing for the unit test on Friday.

Look out for a letter about Carrassauga's Brazil Pavilion which will be happening at the Grace Centre/SJA soon.

Homework & Reminders

• MMS p. 186 & 187
• MMS test on Thursday - study
• Plants & Soils test on Friday - study
• Science Fair: Begin testing, record data & observations in qualitative and quantitative data collection tables, take photos as you go. Make time to buy a tri-fold display board in the next week or so.
• Novel Study - complete chapter 5 reading and response
• French test on Friday
• Carrassauga letter coming home today
• Tomorrow is Casual Day