Week 29

Dear Parents and Students,

It appears that everyone has enjoyed a restful Spring Break, and we have wasted no time getting back into our usual routines in Grade 4.

We have continued Topic 16 in Maths this week, covering metric units of capacity and mass, and we have also spent two lessons reviewing units of time and calculating elapsed time. We will be measuring temperature next week, before we review the topic and hold our Topic Test on Wednesday.

 In our Literacy Workshop, we have enjoyed our final week dedicated to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,  watching a television production of the story, and creating our own tributes to the book. We have also spent some time learning how to correctly use quotation marks and other punctuation required for direct and indirect quotes. Next week we will be reading a new story form our Reading text, My Name Is Maria Isabel.

In Science, we are getting closer to the Science Fair, and so our in-class conferences are beginning to focus on how we are to process and present our data. We have also continued with  Part 2 of the Skills Handbook supplement of our Science books.

Our studies of the American Midwest continue in Social Studies. We have been learning about the early history of the region, and we spent some time comparing historical maps dating back as early as 1803.

Parents, I look forward to seeing you all next week at the Parent/Teacher Meetings. Please remember that there will be no clubs on Monday and Wednesday. Students, I will see you all on Monday. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy the weekend!

Important Dates:

Mon-Fri, Apr 15-19   P/T Meetings

Mon, Apr 15               No Club

Wed, Apr 17                Maths Test - Topic 16
                                    No Club

Sun, Apr 21                 Easter Sunday

Mon, Apr 22               Easter Egg Hunt

Fri, Apr 26                  Monthly Assembly

Tue, Apr 30                Science Fair