May 1- May 8

This week in math students continued to learn about measurement, and solved problems involving perimeter and area. There will be a quiz on Tuesday on metric conversions, perimeter and area.  

In language students we began a new unit on poetry. Students are going to create a collection of their own poems over the next few weeks. They will present their poetry in author's chair and at a class poetry cafe next month. Students also used the strategy of text coding to show their understanding of an narrative story that was read aloud, entitled, "Geraldine Moore, The Poet." In guided reading we have read a variety of texts, from hybrid cars and solar power to poetry. 


Student's science projects will go home today. I was really impressed with the class' creativity and problem solving skills, as well as their Dragon's Den pitches. 

We have started a final inquiry on art and social justice. We're asking questions like, "How does art tell the story of people?" and "How can we use art to express ourselves and our opinions?" This unit will be integrated, pulling together art, social studies and language. This week we visited the Fox theatre to see how a director used film as his medium to speak out about the environment in the documentary, "The Dark Side of the Chew."

Important upcoming dates:

Tuesday, May 5th: math quiz

Wednesday, May 6th: pool, spring concert (Please be in room 21 by 6:45.)

Thursday, May 7th: field trip to Brickworks (dress for the weather and bring a litterless lunch)

Friday, May 8th: homework due

Homework for this week:

1) math: area

2) "Trail Blazers" text and writing practice

3) Read!!!

Best, 

B. Davidson