Weekend of May 15-16

Socials - finish Explorers grid; finish good copy of Explorers map (fine-line at school - must use permanent ink for tea-staining later)
Writing - all poetry is now due. Illustration of poems ongoing.

Week of May 10-14

Poetry - I Don't Understand poem--rough draft due Friday, May 14
Social Studies- Explorer grid due Friday, May 14
Spelling test on Friday - names of explorers + 5 challenge words from Explorers reading
Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain, Ferdinand Magellan, John Franklin

Homework for Weekend of May 8-9

Writing - Can You Imagine? poem...ROUGH draft
Math - P. 185 #7-11
Spelling Test - correct 3x each, parent sign, return to school
Art - both Scratch designs due....indicate which one for me to mark.

Poetry Links

Click here for the "I am" poem link.

Click here for the full list of poems available.

Click here for a great Rhyming Dictionary

Week of May 3-7

Thanks to all Div. 7 Mom's for attending Muffins with Mom this morning!

Homework and other info:

Writing - School-wide write this week. Students wrote at the start of the year; now, they write again on the same topic to demonstrate growth in writing skills over the year. Topic is "A Favorite Place" or "A Special Time or Event". Today we did the outline.
ROUGH COPY DUE FRIDAY, MAY 7

Math - orange fractions sheet - fractions of a set

Spelling - Explorer words.

Social Studies - beginning unit on Explorers

Art - last period to work on scratch designs - Friday.

Week of April 26-30

Tuesday, April 27..
- Writing - we began our final copies of our Life of a Colour poems. Final copy due Friday, April 30.
- Math - we did a lesson on fractions - the concept of 1/2 and fractions that are equal to, more than and less than 1/2.
- LAWS - words for Friday's test - Fraction words. numerator/denominator/fraction/decimal/equivalent /whole/half/tenths/hundredths
- also 5 challenge words
Art - students will be doing 2 pastel/paint scratch projects. They will hand in their chosen best for marking.

Weekend of April 24-25

Congratulations to Cam for placing 2nd of all Grade 4's in the 2010 Alouette Public Speaking Competition! Congratulations, too, to Nolan and Avri for making it to the finals! Excellent work by all.

Math - pp.175-177 #1-11, Reflect was due this past THURSDAY, Apr. 22
Poetry - rough draft of Life of A Colour was due WEDNESDAY, Apr. 21
Art - pastel needs finished for Tuesday. I initially asked if students could bring a small, slot-head screwdriver to do our Scratch Art. I have changed the plan and will use nails instead. All screwdrivers can stay or go home. :-) Thanks!

In Math, we will be learning about Fractions over the next few weeks.
In Writing...poetry.
Social Studies...Explorers
Spelling...variety of words from curricular areas as well as certain, reliable patterns.
Art...a variety of projects.