A reminder that there is no school this Friday due to parent teacher interviews! Here's what we are up to this week: French In French, we will work on our reading groups. We will also start "Noémie: le secret de Madame Lumbago." We will look at examples of figurative language in French, and start learning some French expressions. Here's a fun little link of quebecois expressions: www.je-parle-quebecois.com/lexique/definition/expression-quebecoise.html English In English, we will be working on r-controlled vowels. Check out our "Vocabulary Words of the Week." We will also be learning about onomatopeia and looking at some examples in the media. Speaking of the media, this week (in both French and English), we will be looking at how to view media with a critical eye. Students will look at some tricks advertisers use, and how to determine if something they see on tv or on the internet is true. I'll be starting with this classic commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE Maths In math, we are continuing to look at long multiplication. We have gone through a number of strategies, and this week we will be moving up to one digit times three digits. Here's a worksheet students can use to practice: www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/math/505756 Social Studies We will finally be starting social studies! Students will begin by learning how to read a map, then studying the map of PEI. At one point we will look at Google Maps to find our homes, our schools, and to explore other locations. Here's a link: www.google.com/maps A few reminders for this week: Don't forget to book your interview time! We are skating this Friday. A blue permission form went home on Monday. Here's what we're up to this week: French We will do a quick procedural text this week in French. The focus will be on transition words, and the writing process. We will be working on high frequency words this week (check out the Vocabulary words of the Week). All students have French guided reading books in their homework bags. They can practice these at home! English This week we will be working on figurative language. Specifically, we will look at personification and hyperbole. Here's a website that looks at different forms of figurative language: www.opschools.org/Page/7294 Maths In math, we are working on long multiplication. We will look at lots of different strategies to solve them. suncatcherstudio.com/printables/math/multiplication-worksheets-2-1/ The link above have some practice sheets students can work on.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Islander Day! Here's what we're doing this week:
French We are continuing with our guided reading groups this week. All students have a selection of French books in their homework bags. I am encouraging them to practice reading their books out loud at home. English We are working on three letter blends in English spelling this week. Check out "Vocabulary Words of the Week" to see some examples. We will also be finishing our good copies of our informational texts. Maths We are finishing the multiplication and division tables, and moving on to one digit times two digit multiplication. Our quiz will be moved to Wednesday. Here's a question from the quiz: Écris quatres opérations réciproques pour chaque ensemble de nombres. a) 9,8,72 Also, if anyone would like to practice one digit times two digit multiplication here's a live worksheet: www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/math/505728 NOTE: I've sent an email to parents and guardians, but here is a copy of the message:
French This week, we will be working on French vocabulary words with the sound [an]. Check out "Vocabulary Words of the Week" if you'd like to practice the words at home. We will keep reading the book "Mammouth Rock." We are also starting new guided reading teams. Over the next few days, students will be assigned books. For extra practice, they could read them at home. English We are continuing to work on our informational texts. This week, we are working on our introduction and conclusion. Some students may be asked to bring their texts home to make sure they are keeping up. Maths We are starting simple division this week! We will have an evaluation on the multiplication and division tables on Friday. Here are some division games for students to practice their facts: www.fun4thebrain.com/g/division Typing We are continuing to learn to type! The best way for students to master this is to practice for a few minutes a day at home. Here's the site we use: www.typing.com/student/login Hello everyone! Here's what we're up to this week: French: We will be finishing up our guided reading "expert" groups this week. I will start collecting the books and sending students home with new books to read. We will also be starting the book "Mammouth Rock," and looking at non-fiction text features in French. We will explore some alternative non-fiction texts. English: We are continuing to write our non-fiction texts. This week I'm hoping we will be able to finish the body of our text. Our vocabulary words this week are digraphs such as th, sh, ch, wh, and ph. Check out "Vocabulary Words of the Week" on the blog to see some practice words. I might use some worksheets from the following page to practice: www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics-digraphs.html Maths We are really getting into the multiplication table this week! The kids will start looking at what multiplications they need to practice. Timetables.com remains a great practice site. Another way to help your child is to spend a few mintues a day reviewing some multiplications. Concentrate on the ones they don't know! Sciences We are putting together our volcanoes, fossils, and other models this week to show the class. If time permits, we may start our erosion project. |
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