Bowling

Our last day of school began with a convocation. Students were recognised for displaying the attribute of a thinker. Congratulations to Titus for being selected by he classmates as a student who is a thinker. Theta house leaders treated the school to a fun house game. The challenge was to decorate one of the house leaders as a snowman. This game was enjoyed by all as the covered Mr. Monaghan, Mr. Browning, and Mr. Murphy in toilet paper and cotton balls. Well done to Kappa for winning this game. We also heard the result of this year's competition thus far. Zeta is in the lead, followed by kappa in second place, and Theta in third place.

Grade 4s were then off to Streetsville Bowl for an hour of bowling. We discovered is a terrible bowler, with the preferred technique of hitting one pin at a time. We observed that the more force you apply to the ball, the more force is transferred to the pins. The lanes were very slippery with reduced friction to help the balls move more. It was a great way to spend the morning and reflect on what we have learned about forces.

 

Back in class students wrote their list 19 spelling test. This test is coming home today. We continued with our language lesson about using the writing process to write a report about Newton or Galileo. Students continued with step 3 - Write and Rewrite. Students read the rough draft they wrote yesterday and used a checklist to evaluate and revise their work. Some had to do further research to find missing information. Some students have begun work on their second draft.

Students went off to their last gym class for the year with Mr. Browning.

We ended the day enjoying how the force if gravity  reduced friction because of the snow allowed us to speed down the hills on toboggans.

 Homework & Reminders

• Sign spelling tests coming home today
• School begins on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014
• Look out for a student newsletter coming home today

Have a wonderful break. See you in January