Dear Parents and Students,
We’ve had a particularly eventful week, with our field trip, Thanksgiving lunch, and assembly taking place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, respectively. In addition to all of these activities, we have had a busy week in the classroom as usual.
In the Classroom:
Maths
We have completed Topic 8, which has been dedicated to division. We have used
diagrams and expanded algorithms to find the quotients of single, double, and triple digit dividends, and we have identified factors, prime numbers and composite numbers. We will review Topic 8 on Monday, with the test to take place on Tuesday.
Literacy Workshop
We read and discussed Chris Van Allsburg’s The Stranger. The story instigated some very interesting discussions in our Reading Circles, and we found that a single story can be interpreted in many ways.Next week, we will read Cendrillon, which is a story that might seem quite familiar to us all. In Grammar, we have continued our study of verbs.
Science
We have begun our next unit, dedicated to Physical Science. We will continue next week with our study of energy and motion. Of course, we had our visit to the Taichung
Earthquake Museum, which has been a great opportunity to see real examples of some of the effects of rapid surface changes to the Earth. It was also an excellent way to reflect on what we have learned about the nature of earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides.
Social Studies
We continued our study on the geography of the Northeast USA, including the design of a map of the region. We also spent some time learning about the origins of Thanksgiving and similar festivals and holidays around the world. Next week, we will continue our studies of the Early Peoples of the Northeast region of the USA.
Other important information
Photos of our busy week can be found via the links at the bottom of this post. As always, important upcoming dates are listed below. I hope you all enjoy a restful weekend, and I’ll see you all next Monday.
Dates to remember:
Tue Nov 28: Math test - Topic 8
Fri Dec 8: Christmas Concert
Tue Dec 12: Assembly
Wed Dec 13: Half Day - last school day for 2023
Dec 14 – Jan 3: Winter Break - School closed
Thu Dec 4: School resumes
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