November update

Hello parents and guardians,
Students in 4Isaac have been finishing up lots of important work recently.  Here is a quick update...


ELA - We are almost finished our Global Read Aloud book "Fish in a Tree".  We have had the chance to connect with a few different classes around Canada and have heard what they have been thinking about the book.  Today we Skyped with a class in London, Ontario where groups of students presented character sketches of 5 different characters.  As we finish up the novel, students will get the chance to do some more writing about the book.  We will be working towards reflective thinking where they will be asked to make connections between characters and themselves as well as between the book and their lives. 


FLA - Students did some great writing this week.  Through modeled and practiced writing, students were able to complete their own short paragraph on the subject "When I arrived at home". Grade 4 students are working towards introduction sentences, conclusion sentences, logical sequence in the middle and properly conjugated verbs.  As this point, students are choosing verbs from a list that are already conjugated correctly.  As we go forward, students will be starting to conjugating this verbs themselves.


MATH - This week was all about estimation! Students talked about the fact that an estimation is an educated guess that helps you check your calculation. At this point, grade 4 students are estimating by rounding to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000 (depending on the context) and calculating with either addition or subtraction. Next week, students will be practicing their problem solving skills.  They will be learning to choose either addition or subtraction and will be verifying with estimation. 
The math games on the website are always great ways to practice math fluency, as well as math bag activities.


I was not able to hand out new math bags this week, as not enough were returned. 
**Parents, please remind students to bring back math bags each Tuesday.  If these don't get returned, they can't get handed out the next week. 


SCIENCE - We start our unit on light next week. Some of the vocab that we will be covering early on...
-transparent
-translucide
-opaque
-lumière naturelle
-lumière artificielle


Looking ahead
November 17th - Picture retakes orders due
November 20th - Grade 4 choir students singing at Moose game
November 20th - Scholastic orders due
November 23rd -No school - Report card writing
November 26th and 27th 3:30-5:30 - Farm to School order pick ups