Dear Parents and Students,
At the time of writing this post, we are all eagerly anticipating this afternoon’s performances. Congratulations to all students on your hard work in workshopping, writing, and rehearsing our skit. It is a true team effort of which you can all be proud. Thanks to parents and family for assisting in providing costumes, and for all of you who were able to join us for the show, and also for the party afterwards.
In the Classroom:
Maths
We have continued with Topic 9 this week, and we are investigating the names and properties of angles and polygons, including the various types of triangles and quadrilaterals. We are also learning how to measure and create angles using a protractor. We will review the lesson on Monday, and our topic test will take place on Tuesday.
Literacy Workshop
We have completed our grammar unit dedicated to verbs, and we are currently reviewing what we have learned. We have also begun drafting our own alternative fairy tales, inspired by Cendrillon, the Caribbean version of Cinderella. We will publish these next week, and enjoy reading them as part of our publishing party/winter celebrations.
Science
We continued our study of energy, motion, and inertia this week by building model
roller coasters and observing how energy can be stored as height. We will extend this project next week by adding more ways to convert energy along the paths of our models.
Social Studies
We have reviewed what we have learned about early times in the American Northeast, and held an open-book test on Thursday. After the break, we will be turning our attention to how the region looks and operates today, and how it compares with other parts of the world.
Other important information
Our December assembly will take place on Tuesday, 12th December. Parents are welcome to attend. As you know, on Wednesday, students will be dismissed between 1:00-1:10 pm. The departure schedule is below. I hope everyone enjoys the winter break, and I wish you all safe journeys if you are traveling. We still have two and a half days to go before our vacation, though, so students, I’ll see you all on Monday!
Wednesday schedule for Grade 4:
12:30 pm: buses leave
12:35 pm: taxis leave
12:40 pm: parents pick-up
Dates to remember:
Tue Dec 12: Math test - Topic 9
Assembly - Parents welcome
Wed Dec 13: Half Day - last school day for 2023
Dec 14 – Jan 3: Winter Break - School closed
Thu Jan 4: School resumes
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