Week 34

Dear Parents and Students,

The changeable weather has matched our week, as we have had so many different tasks and activities. We finished a major writing assignment and began a new Social Studies project. We enjoyed our Art Exhibition on Thursday, and then finished the week with our field trip. A link to photos will be posted on Class Dojo soon.

In the Classroom:

Maths

We continued with Topic 17 this week, and learned how to plot ordered pairs and calculate averages. We will review the topic next Tuesday, and the topic test will take place next Wednesday.

Literacy Workshop

We completed our persuasive essays this week, and enjoyed reading one another’s points of view on Thursday. We have also continued our study of pronouns, including the difference between subject pronouns and object pronouns. Next week, we will continue with pronouns, and we will also begin reading our final novel for the year.

Science

We have continued with Life Science this week, and we have been investigating and discussing adaptations of different plants and animals, and how such adaptations help each species to survive. We will continue with our investigations next week, with a focus on which traits of a particular species are inherited, and which are learned.

Social Studies

We have selected our topics for our Regions presentations and everyone is busy

researching. We will continue with our research next week, and then begin to compile our data, and start to plan our presentation formats.

Other important information

As you know, the MAP assessments will take place next week. Grade 4 MAP tests will take place on Tuesday and Thursday. Please try to ensure that students are able to get to bed early and have plenty of sleep. Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you next week!

Dates to remember:

Mon May 6: MAP testing begins (Tue May 7 for Grade 4)

Wed May 8: Math test - Topic 17

Mon May 20: Mid term break

Fri May 31: Assembly