Dear Parents, Today, we started off with Science where we learned about solutions, solvents, solubility, and solutes. I went through an example with students and we talked about an example of each part of the mixtures. We also watched a video on plasma and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and…
Tuesday, June 15th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with finishing off our novel, “Animorphs” and then students had time to work on their Math Art project. I want it finished by Monday (they’ve had a lot of in-class time on this). Then, students we had snack and students went to Music and…
Monday, June 14th, 2021
Dear Parents. Today, we did our last lesson of the textbook. I taught how to rotate about a point that isn’t connected to the corner of a shape. It’s a bit tricky, but the students seemed to get it after a bit of practice on the board. With Grade 4s,…
Friday, June 11th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with reading some of our novel and then students had more of a chance to work on their transformations artwork. After, students had Music, DPA, and then Gym. In Gym, we played benchball and then a bunch of variations of dodgeball. After lunch, I…
Tuesday, June 8th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with some of our novel and then students worked on their transformation art pieces for Math. After, students went to music and we had DPA. Before lunch, students worked on a secret father’s day art project. After lunch, students had the rest of the…
Monday, June 7th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our last set of new spelling words. Then, I explained a bit about stop motion and some important elements for students to consider. After, we had snack and DPA and then students had the iPads to work on their stop motion projects in…
Thursday, June 3rd
Dear Parents, Today, we had our spelling test. I have already handed them back and will be posting them on Fresh Grade. Then, students had community time. After DPA, students started up their computers. I talked a bit about the stop motion project we will be doing starting next week…
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with reading some of our novel as a class. Then, I assigned students a Math-Art project using various transformations. We started working on this before Music. After Music, we went outside for DPA and then went to the library. Ms. Z taught the kids…
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with going over rotations and how to rotate clockwise vs. counterclockwise. We also talked about quarter turns, half turns, three quarter turns, and whole or full turns. We also talked about the corresponding degree angles with each turn. We also discussed what a point…
Monday, May 31st, 2021
Happy last day of May everybody! Today, I read a bit from our class novel and then Grade 5s worked with their partners to practice various transformations. At the same time, I worked with the Grade 4s on Multiplication patterns. Then, I did some more review with the Grade 5s…