Dear Parents and Students,
We have enjoyed an eventful week, with our Global Awareness week activities, practical experiments in Science, and the commencement of our first major writing assignment.
In the Classroom:
Maths
We held our Topic 2 test on Tuesday, and had a performance assessment on Wednesday. We have now begun Topic 3, and we are reviewing what we know about multiplication. Next week, we will focus on the properties and patterns that can be used to simplify multiplication of whole numbers. The topic test will take place next Friday.
Literacy Workshop
We began planning and drafting our Personal Narrative stories this week. We will continue drafting, revising, and editing our stories next week, with an aim to publish on Thursday. If we all publish on time, we will have our first publishing party for the year on Friday. We have also completed our first unit of our grammar lessons. Next week, we will begin a new unit dedicated to nouns.
Science
We had fun this week as we tried to build model volcanoes from different consistencies of (pretend) lava. We used our experiments to determine why some volcanoes are cone-shaped, while others are
shaped like a shield. We also worked out why some volcanoes explode, while others are comparatively gentle. We have applied our findings to our investigation into the Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska, and we will continue our investigations next week.
Social Studies
We have been focusing on natural resources this week, and reviewing the work we have done since the beginning of the term. We will continue our review next week, and prepare for our first open-book test, which will take place next Thursday.
Extra
In addition to our regular studies, we turned our attention to Global Awareness Week. The Global Goal we chose to focus on this year is Global Goal Number 4: Quality Education. We spent the first part of the week discussing education, and what makes memorable and valuable lessons. We then learned about and discussed the inequalities of access to quality education around the world. Finally, we reflected on all we had learned and discussed, and designed our very own lesson plans. Some students might choose to put these into practice later in the semester.
I hope everyone enjoys the weekend. See you all on Monday!
Dates to remember:
Tue Sep 19: Spelling test – List 4
Thu Sep 21: Social Studies open book test - Chapter 1
Fri Sep 22: Math test - Topic3
Publishing Party - Personal Narrative
September Assembly
Fri Sep 29: Moon Festival – school closed
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