Dear Parents and Students,
I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend. We have enjoyed a
full-size, busy week in Grade 4, and as always, we have been very productive.
In Maths, we have been working our way
through Topic 14, and learning some very useful formulas. We have also
discussed the importance of understanding
the formulas we learn, and not simply memorising them. We will continue our
studies of area and perimeter throughout next week, with our topic test to take
place on Friday, 15th March.
In our Literacy
Workshop, we continued our grammar unit about capitalisation and
punctuation. We have also read the first chapter of Lewis Carrol's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The
next three weeks will be dedicated to reading Alice together, and we
will be discussing each chapter in turn.
In Science, we have finalised our topics for the
Science Fair, and we are completing our preliminary research. Parents, please
support your children by signing your name in the booklet for each stage of the
Science Fair process as it is completed. While each pair of students works on
individual projects, we are also working together in class and learning about
the Scientific Process, including preparation, research strategies, and
safety. While discussing the tools a scientist might use, we had some fun this
week examining various specimens under a microscope.
In Social Studies, we been reading about the
Southeast states of today, and the types of industries that our found there
now. This week, we focused on the Atlantic States. Next week, we will turn our
attention to the Gulf Coast states and inland states of the region.
We
are all excited about Spirit Week, which begins with Superhero Day on Monday.
The rest of the week's schedule, along with other important dates, can be found
below.
I hope you enjoy your weekend, and I hope to see parents and
families at Race Day on Wednesday, if you are able to make it. Students, I'll
see you all on Monday!
Important Dates:
Mon, Mar 11: Superheroes
Day
Tue, Mar 12: Career
Day
Wed, Mar 13: Race
Day – (G4 to wear BLUE) parents welcome
Thu, Mar 14: Animal
Day
Fri, Mar 15: Neon
Day
Math
test – Topic 14
Thu, Mar 28: International
Expo – parents welcome
Fri, Mar 29: Monthly
Assembly
Mar 30-Apr 7: Spring
Break – No school
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