Week 31

 Dear Parents and Students,

It was good to see most of the class back from break, fully refreshed after a week’s vacation. Many thanks go to the teachers and staff who were able to support Grade 4 during my brief absence after picking up a bug and being required to stay home to recover. I am pleased to say that I had complete confidence that the class would still run smoothly, as we have a very well-behaved and disciplined class this year. Thank you, everyone!

In the Classroom:

Maths

We have continued our studies of measurement, focusing this week on the metric system and units of time. We will review how to measure temperature next Monday, and then we will review the entire topic next Tuesday, with the topic test to take place Wednesday. Our next topic deals with the collection of data, and reading and creating graphs.

Literacy Workshop

We spent most of our week in Literacy planning and drafting our latest assignment: Writing an Opinion. In English Grammar, we have completed our unit about Capitalization and Punctuation, and we will begin our next unit about Pronouns next week.

Science

Our studies of energy have continued, with this week being all about light. We have learned how white light refracts into its different wavelengths to create a spectrum, better

known as a rainbow if seen in the sky. We also experimented with different methods of

refracting light, including using prisms, mirrors, tanks of water, and clouds of vapour.

Social Studies

We are still learning about the American Midwest. This week we were focused on the Great Lakes States, and we took another look at the Plains States. We will begin reviewing

what we have learned about the region next week before sitting a team test next Friday.

Other important information

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held next week, 17th-21st April. I look forward to seeing you all then. These, along with other important dates, are listed below, as always. Students, I will see you all on Monday!

Dates to remember:

M-F Apr 17-21: Parent/Teacher conferences

Fri Apr 21: Social Studies team test

Thu Apr 27: Science Fair

Fri April 28: Field Trip

M-F May 8-12: MAP Tests

M-W May 15-17: MAP Tests

Mon May 22: Midterm Break

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