IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Science Fair: As I wrote in our last blog the science fair date has been pushed back a few weeks. The new date is February 17th. Please refer to the previous week's blog for information or contact me if you have any questions.
Spelling Bee: Our two top spellers in class, Gabe Morrison and Dani Chassy, battled it out last week to see who would represent grade 4 at the National Spelling Bee. Gabe narrowly edged Dani and will be our class representative. The spelling bee will be held at Discovery on Feb. 5th. We will be hosting 25 schools from around Honduras. It is a family event, and all our welcome to come cheer on our Discovery students. The event is from 9-12.
MAP Testing: This week our students will be taking the MAP tests. If you are unfamiliar with MAP or the testing process please see the school website or contact me for more information. The MAP tests are not tests that can be studied for, but we will be reviewing test taking skills this week so that students are more comfortable with the process. If you have any questions or are curious about your child's results please contact me.
Classroom Activities This Week:
MATH: We are on the homestretch of our division unit. This week we will learn to divide using monetary values, find averages, and divide using two digit divisors. We will also be reviewing division vocabulary such as: divisor, dividend, and quotient, and reviewing how to divide using multiples of 10. Our Chapter test will be on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
READING: We will be continuing to read our class novel, 'Million Dollar Shot', and finding all the cause and effect relationships within the 3rd and 4th chapters. We will also continue to read and learn about poetry, specifically free verse poetry this week.
WRITING: In correspondance with our poetry reading we will be writing our very own metaphors for our favourite colours. (for eg. Blue is the sea shimmering on a........) We will then look at how metaphors are used to make the words in a poem come alive and add meaning, and then practice writing our own free-verse poems with as many similes and metaphors as we can think of.
SCIENCE: Unfortunately our science lessons will be curtailed this week due to the MAP testing times. But we will have time to evaluate our designs of our vehicle and look at how friction effects the effectiveness of our vehicles.
GRAMMAR: We will be learning the grammar lesson that we did not have time for last week. We will be studying the prefix and suffix de- and -er/or
I'm looking forward to a great week, and hopefully some signs of improvement in our MAP tests. Have a great week everyone!!
Sincerely,
Jordan Rose
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