Star Wars, Road Races, Baking, and Jump Rope Kick-off Assembly

I can hardly believe we are now into May. The end of the school year is coming so quickly. In Literacy this week, we read "Des galettes pour Geneviève" with the hard and soft "g" sounds. And, as this story contained a recipe, the students asked me every day this week if we could make them. In guided reading, the students continued to read narratives. In guided writing, they began writing narratives with dialogue. I also began doing GB+ reading assessments. 

In Math, we continued to work on our measurement unit. We also had a mini-lesson on how to find missing terms in multiplication and division. We have been doing multiplication and division activities in our centres. The students have also been working on money questions in "Explain Everything" on the iPads. 

In Science, we began our final unit on soils. We looked at why sol is important. We also made connections to the food chain, which we learned about in our plant unit in the fall. 

We also began our final Social Studies unit on pioneers. We had a discussion on how North America was discovered by explorers (searching for shorter trade routes), why people decided to move to North America from Europe (overcrowded cities, poverty, disease, lack of land/resources), and what kind of conditions in which they had to travel. The class then completed a journal entry on how they would feel when land was spotted after crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a schooner for a couple of months. 

On Wednesday we celebrated Star Wars Day. We had lots of Star Wars themed costumes. Mme Jacques disappeared for the day and Siri Tachi took over the class. 

On Friday morning, we made the "galettes" (cookies) from our story. The recipe made a couple of dozen and the class seemed to enjoy eating them. 

We also had our Jump Rooe for Heart kick-off assembly. The even will take place on Monday, May 16th. 

Have a fabulous weekend and Mother's Day. I'd share what we did in Art, but it would ruin their surprise!