Hello,
It was great to get a chance to meet with all of your virtually over the past couple of days. It is nice to have a check in and talk about how your child is doing.
Please note that the homework posted Sunday is a two week homework with a Science project. It will be due on December 10th and it is our last homework assignment before the break.
This week went by quickly.
In Science, we have been working on our Magnetism unit. This week we look at different materials and made predictions about whether or not they would be attracted to a magnet and then checked. Students enjoyed working with the magnets. In the homework starting next week there is a magnetic toy project. On Monday I will be sending home two magnets for your child to use for this.
In math this week we focused on 2D shapes. Students are asked to identify the shape names, tell how many sides and how many corners. They are also asked to compare two shapes - how are they the same and how are they different? Next week we will be looking at 3D objects.
In Social Studies, we are looking at Iqaluit as our second community of study. We look at the physical geography and climate this week. We talked about it differs from both Calgary and Meteghan.
In Language Arts, we have continued writing use description with our walking stories. This week students were asked to describe a favorite toy. We have also been using wordless pictures books in Language Arts. This week we focused on making inferences, predictions and connections based on the pictures. In reading our focus has been on making connections to self, the world and other texts.
This week we also focussed on some editing of our writing. One of the most common things that I am seeing is repetition in sentence beginnings. Many times students are starting all their sentences in the same way. We are also looking at making sure we are adding details through similes and the use of our senses.
I have begun to read "Charlie at the Chocolate Factory" as a read aloud so that students will have a good idea of the story before we begin prep for the spring play. Many students have seen a version of the movie but not heard the story.
Have a good weekend,
Mrs. Coulling
