October 22 Update

Here’s a peek into our past few weeks…

Literacy:

– We have been practicing non-fiction reading by making webs to organizing the main idea and supporting details of texts.

– We examined synonyms, antonyms and homophones to expand our vocabulary and improve our spelling.

– We practiced proper paragraph structure by describing what we like about the Fall season. We used the writing process to brainstorm ideas, write a first draft, edit and revise our draft, and then write a final copy.

– Our first narrative writing activity of the year was based off a picture prompt. Students wrote a story about a boy who was experiencing a problem and the stories needed to describe a solution to the problem.

– We are now focusing on persuasive writing and adding more detail and descriptive words to our writing. To practice this, students will be writing a ‘Haunted House for Sale’ ad.

FSA (Fundamental Skills Assessments): Grade 4 Students have completed the 2 numeracy parts of these government assessments. Next week we will complete the 2 literacy sections.

Grade 3 Science: While the Grade 4s work on the FSAs, the Grade 3s are completing a science unit on landforms with Mrs. Devine.

Math: We’ve been working on addition with regrouping, including word problems. Many students have been challenging themselves to complete my mystery math pictures using a grid and codes. To prepare for the FSAs, the Grade 4 students also had some lessons on graphing.

Science: We are focused on the question: How does the movement of the Earth and the moon affect living and non-living systems? First, we learned about the Solar System and how the rotation and revolution of the Earth causes day/night and seasons. Next we will examine the movement and phases of the moon and why we have tides. Then, students are starting an investigation of nocturnal animals.

Mrs. Tina from the CVRD came to teach us about our Comox Valley Watershed. We talked about the local ecosystem and ways we could protect our water.

Art: Recent art projects have included turkeys, Jack o lanterns, mystery pictures, and skeletons to decorate the gym for the Halloween dance. Next we will learn how to draw haunted houses to accompany our Haunted House for Sale writing activity.

ADST: We have been coding Indi Robots in the library.

PE: It is volleyball season and the students are learning the skills and rules of this fun game.

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