Dear Parents and Students,
I would first like to thank all parents
for taking time out of your busy schedules to come in to see me. Communication
is integral to the healthy development of your children, and it is good to be
able to discuss the progress of your kids, and share viewpoints of how to
support and encourage the students of Grade 4.
In the classroom, we have been busy, as
usual. In Maths, we have completed
Topic 16. We have studied customary and metric units of measurement, including
temperature and time. In addition to our topic test on Wednesday, we had a
benchmark test on Thursday, and a cumulative test on Friday. With all of these
tests behind us, we are now ready to begin our next topic on Monday. Topic 17
deals with collection of data, and reading and creating graphs. This will come
in very useful as we prepare our presentations for Science Fair.
In our Literacy
Workshop, we have had some very insightful discussions during our
Reading Circles. Our story for the week was My Name Is Maria Isabel, which follows the trials of a new girl
at school, and how she overcomes her problems. We also completed Unit 5 in
grammar, and have begun our next unit, dedicated to pronouns.
Who’s
been throwing paper planes in class? We
all have! We had some fun this week in Science,
comparing designs of paper planes, and then analyzing how our findings
might contribute to the designing and redesigning of real aeroplanes. We are
currently reviewing what we have studied in the Skills Handbook, and spending
the rest of our Science lessons working on our Science Fair projects.
In
Social Studies, we have continued
with our study of the American Midwest, and have begun to review the chapter.
We will review Chapter 8 early next week, before sitting a minor test on
Wednesday. We will continue with the Midwest on Thursday, shifting our focus to
what the region is like today. We will continue with this chapter though to the
following week.
For
those of you who celebrate Easter, I hope you enjoy the weekend. On Monday, HIS
will hold our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Students, don’t forget to bring your
Easter basket! (A small bag will also suffice!)
As always, important dates are listed below. Happy
Easter, and I will see you all on Monday!
Important
Dates:
Sun,
Apr 21 Easter Sunday
Mon,
Apr 22 Easter Egg Hunt
Wed,
Apr 24 Social Studies test
– Chapter 8
Fri,
Apr 26 Monthly Assembly
Tue,
Apr 30 Science Fair
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