Blog Entry –Week of February
10th
LANGUAGE
READING
Students did a great job
making inferences over the past month about characters, words, and themes. This
week students started to use the reading strategy questioning to think about
the books they are reading. They are focusing on asking questions when reading
and trying to answer the questions that they are asking. The answers may be
found in the text, an outside source or they may have to infer the answer using
clues from the text.
WRITING
The Grade 4’s finished
up their first independent Procedural Writing piece this week. They went
through the writing process really focusing on revising and editing their work
in a different colour to see/show the changes that they were making to their
writing. They had the opportunity to conference with a peer and get feedback on
what they might be missing in their writing (e.g. success criteria) and things
they did well (“Stars”). Next week students will be writing their final procedural
piece on a recipe of how to make their favourite food.
The Grade 5 ‘s finished
up their first independent Explanatory writing piece. They also went through the
writing process really focusing on revising and editing their work in a
different colour to see/show the changes that they were making to their
writing. They had the opportunity to conference with a peer and get feedback on
what they might be missing in their writing (e.g. success criteria) and things
they did well (“Stars”). Next week students will be learning more about The
Digestive System in order to gain knowledge to help them write an explanatory
piece about how the digestive system works.
MATH
We have finished up our Decimal unit and are
moving into Measurement focusing on Perimeter and Area.
Grade 4 Expectations
* estimate, measure,
and record length, height and distance using standard units (e.g. mm, cm, m ,
km)
*estimate
the perimeter and area of polygons using a variety of tools and strategies
*draw items using a
ruler, given specific lengths is mm, and cm
*describe the
relationship between various units of length (e.g. cm, mm, dm, m, km)
*select and
justify the most appropriate standard unit to measure side lengths and
perimeters
*determine
the relationship between length and width of a rectangle and its area and
perimeter (A = LXW) (P=2XL + 2XW)
* create
through investigation using a variety of tools and strategies 2D shapes with
the same perimeter and area (geo boards, dot paper, and pattern blocks)
*pose and solve
meaningful problems that require the ability to distinguish perimeter and area
Grade 5 Expectations
*estimate
the perimeter and area of regular and irregular polygons using a variety of
tools and strategies
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*determine
using stacked congruent rectangular layers of concrete materials the
relationship between height, area of
the base,
and the volumes of a rectangular prism to create a formula (V=area of base X
height)
* create
through investigation using a variety of tools and strategies 2D shapes with
the same perimeter and area
*solve
problems requiring the estimation and calculations of perimeters and areas of
rectangles
*select and
justify the most appropriate standard unit to measure length, height, width,
distance, and perimeter
*determine
the relationship between length and width of a rectangle and its area and
perimeter (A = LXW) (P=2XL + 2XW)
* solve
problems requiring conversions from m to cm, km to m
* measure
the perimeter and area of regular and irregular polygons using a variety of
tools and strategies
E-Text Pages
Grade 4 318-361 Grade
5 – 306-347
