We began our day with language. Students learned that a
pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence such as he, she,
they, and it. They also learned that the word that is replaced is called the
antecedent. Students practised identifying and writing pronouns in sentences.
We gave a lot of class time to working on science fair
projects. Students worked on typing up the various components of their work or
on entering their data into an Excel spreadsheet and converting the data to a
graph. We have only 4 more school days to finish up work for the science fair.
I met with students to direct them in their next steps for the science fair.
Please talk to your child about what portion of the project can be worked on at
home. All display boards should be at school. Decide on photographs you want to
use for the display board and bring these in to school.
In our Please and Thank You inquiry unit, we began working
on our second line of inquiry - "What are considered good manners in our
school community?' Students worked in groups to complete a placemat organiser
to answer this question. They practised their presentation and communication
skills with the class as they shared their work. We began a list of good and
bad manners and added to these lists throughout our lesson time. We read a book
called Bad Habits by Babette Cole. Students are bringing home their
Please and Thank You duo-tangs in order to complete a survey about manners.
Students need to interview 5 adults by Tuesday, May 20.
Students met up in their literature circle groups for their thirteenth
group meeting. They used class time to read chapter 14. 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.
Remember to bring in a bag of garden or black soil for our
garden. We will be planting after the Victoria Day weekend.
Students attended gym class today.
Look out for lunch order forms coming home today.
Homework & Reminders
- Science Fair - Only 4 School Days Left: Bring duo-tangs and journals daily as we are making time for science fair each day in class. Bring in your photographs. Pick up the pace on the science fair project.
- Novel Study - complete chapter 14 reading and response
- Bake
- Bring in a bag of soil for our vegetable garden
- Show Your Spirit orders will be accepted until Wednesday, May 21
- There is no school for students on Thursday, May 15 - PD Day for teachers
- There is no school for students on Friday, May 16 - PD Day for teachers
- There is no school on Monday, May 19 - Victoria Day
- Science Fair - Thursday, May 22
- Track & Field Practice - Friday, May 23
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