Dear Parents and Students,
We have made it through our first full week, and already, we are beginning to establish our routines and standards in the classroom. We have completed all of our primary assessment tasks, and we have commenced our regular curriculum for Grade 4.
In the Classroom:
Maths
We have almost finished our first topic, dedicated to numeration. This topic is largely review, so we have felt quite comfortable with most of the material. We will review the topic on Tuesday, before holding our first Math test for the year on Wednesday.
Literacy Workshop
We have been very busy in our Literacy Workshop, having already completed reading tasks, a number of short exercises in writing, a Spelling pretest, and two grammar workshops. Next week, we will be reading Grandfather's Journey, the first of our many selected stories from the Reading textbook. We will also try our hand at writing a Haiku poem.
Science
In Science, we are exploring and discussing what it means to be a scientist, what scientists do, and how we can become good scientists. Please don’t forget to bring a small bouncy ball for our practical task next week!
Social Studies
In addition to establishing the best ways to locate and record information from a text, we have been learning some new vocabulary in Social Studies, along with different ways to describe a place's location. Next week, we will turn our focus to landforms in the USA, and how they compare to other parts of the world.
Congratulations, everybody, on a very successful week. I hope you all enjoy a relaxing weekend, and I will see you all on Monday!
Dates to remember:
Tue Aug 30: Spelling test – List 1
Wed Aug 31: Math test – Topic 1
Mon Sep 12: Clubs begin
Fri Sep 9: Moon Festival – school closed
M-F Sep 26–30: Global Awareness Week
Wed. Sep. 28: Dress in blue
Fri. Sep. 30: Monthly Assembly
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