Skating and Snow Days

This week in Language, we read "Le loup qui voulait être un artiste" as a shared reading. We ran out of time to complete the follow-up questions but we will continue with them on Tuesday. The students have really come far this year with the amount of writing they do regularly in their journals. 

Playing a harder level of the reading game

Guided reading

Writing

Writing

Making words

Cursive writing

In Math, we looked at the differences between prisms and pyramids. We also discussed the name patterns (prefix/suffix) in 2-D shapes to help them better identify bases. 

A group math game

In Science, we looked at what forces do: move an object, stop an object, and change the speed or direction of an object. We looked at gravitational force again and discussed how gravity affected each of the 4 things that forces do. We looked specifically of the example of the students going down a slide. 

In Social Studies, we looked at mining in Ontario. We discussed why mining primary happens in the north of the province. We discussed the difference between the fertile lands along the St. Laurence River and around the Great Lakes and contrasted this to the mineral laden rockiness of the Canadian Shield (le bouclier canadien) We spent some time discussing mining in relation to the important cities we had previously seen. We will look a bit more at mining in those cities next week, as well as begin discussing the Tourism industry. 

On Tuesday, our class went skating for the final time this year. We will be going swimming on Tuesday, March 8. Swim to Survive will take place in April. Look for more information and permission forms to come home soon. 

Wednesday's cancelled buses gave those who did come lots of opportunity to complete unfinished work. Mme MacKenzie's class also joined us for a block to practise using Explain Everything. As there were enough iPads for everyone to each use their own, they got to try everything we have learned about. 

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!