Grade 4: p. 231/232 (#1-7)
Grade 5: p. 240/241 (A-F)
Language Arts: It was such a beautiful morning, that we decided to take L.A. outside! Students chose a quiet, inspiring spot in the forest to sit and reflect on what they see, hear, smell, taste, and feel in nature. It was a lovely and quiet way to spend the morning :-). We are going to use these observations to write a nature poem next class. There is no L.A. homework today except to read and record your minutes. Check out more photos in the photos section. I asked the students to include similes, dual adjectives and triple-scoop words into their observation. We talked about what makes language juicy and interesting. There were lots of great reflections! Here is an example of what one student came up with. Math:
We wrapped up fractions today by doing an ANIE assessment. There is no math homework today except to practice times tables. Art: We are wrapping up our Dali portraits (pictures to come soon). Our next project is to make Japanese paper lanterns. We have been writing so much about nature and now we are going to incorporate it into our art. We looked at the work of the Japanese painter, Katsushika Hokusai, for inspiration and started rough drafts of the lanterns. Students practiced sketching techniques and we talked about creating balance in the picture. Hi everyone, Check out the photos page for some new photos from the grade 4 fieldtrip to the Bighouse! Today was a fun day in the classroom! Mr. Juric came in to do the FRIENDS program this morning and we talked about overcoming obstacles, setting goals and not letting fear hold us back! Math: We are wrapping up fractions. Today we did some review work. Grade 4s have a worksheet to finish for Monday, but here is the grade 5 work. Grade 5: p. 239 (#1-6) See you on Monday everyone!
Ms. Draganov :-) Language Arts: Students wrote more haikus today. We talked more about syllables and students worked in partners to peer edit their poems. Here are a couple of finished ones :-) Math: More fractions work! Here is the work for today. It is due Thursday if you did not finish it in class. Grade 4: p. 229 (#1-6) Grade 5: p. 237 (#6-12) Math:
More fractions work today. Because the students worked so well in class today, there is no homework (except practicing times tables) :-) LA: Today we wrote haikus! The kids came up with some beautiful writing and used some great triple-scoop words! Language Arts: We continued working on poetry. Today we wrote limericks! We talked about rhyming, rhythm and syllables. The students had a lot of fun writing their own poems and we even had time to share some with the class. Before we started, the kids came up with one together as a class. Here is the result: Math: More fractions work today. Grade 4: p. 218 (#6-11) Grade 5: p. 229 (#6-11)
It was a fun day in the Draganzini classroom! A couple of weeks ago we received a huge book order for our classroom and today we were finally able to read and enjoy them! Kids made a wish list of titles they wanted and we were able to get most of them for our classroom library :-) We are still waiting on a few more books and those will be trickling in in the coming weeks. Thanks everyone for taking such good care of our new books today! Language Arts: We are working on our poetry unit. Today students wrote good copies of their first poem. Those who are not finished have it for homework (due tomorrow). Art: We have been talking about surrealism and Salvador Dali. We are making Dali-inspired art. It looks awesome so far! Math: We are continuing with fractions. Today we worked on ordering fractions from greatest to least and talked more about equivalent fractions (ask your child what this means)! Grade 4 - p. 217/218 (#1-6) Grade 5 - p. 227-229 (#1-6)
We continued working on fractions in math. Here are the homework pages for today: Grade 4 (p. 213/214 # 1-7) Grade 5 (p 223 #7-12)
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a fun and relaxing spring break. Here is what's been happening in our classroom: Language Arts: We have started a poetry unit! We have been talking about Triple Scoop Words (ask your child) and starting to use them in our poetry. The Biographical Poem is due on Thursday Math: We are working on fractions. Here are the homework pages: Grade 4 (p. 211, # 7 - 12) Grade 5 (p. 222, # 1-6):
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It's hard to believe it's the last week of Term 2! Today we spent most of our time wrapping up unfinished work. |
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