April 26 - 30

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 Upcoming Events

  • May 5 - Hats on for Mental Health. Wear a hat to show your support for mental health (no silly hats please)
  • May 7 - Last Sound Kreations

Hearing and Sound

Grade 3 students have been working with Mrs. Glowacki to design instruments. Students have been hard at work creating their masterpieces. Their final instrument needs to change pitch and volume.



French

Grade 4 students have been working on learning about seasons and weather. They have begun putting together statements to answer questions about what the weather is like in each season. "Quel temp fait il en hiver? Il fait froid."

Math

Students are wrapping up an exploration of fractions with some work with Cuisinaire Rods. Students created pictures last week and calculated the value, and this week returned to their picture to look at the fractions connected to rod's value. 

We also started work around measurement by discussing different types of measurements, units of measurement and tools used to measure.



Coding

Students continued work on their coding skills this week using Code.org. Many students have completed the "Dance Party" lesson and are now working on moving Angry Birds to reach targets. This lesson will introduce the concept of problem solving errors in code.



City and Country Research

Students continued work on their research into different cultural groups (grade 3) and important individuals (grade 4) and their stories. Next week we will begin to look at creating news articles to showcase their research.






Wonder Centres Round 3

This week, we began a new round of Wonder Centres for Building and Testing. Students began by researching topics related to the concepts of Force and Function. Grade 3s are learning about different types of bridges and towers, and what types of structures are put in place to overcome forces and to meet certain functions. Grade 4s are learning about the simple machines and how they work to overcome forces and make work easier, and how they can be combined to meet specific functions.
















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