Ruth King Division 3

Hello!

We did it! We made it to Spring break! We had a lot of fun this last week, learning new skills, and playing lots of games.

In math we used Flipp to search up grocery items, and created meal plans for different days. Students learned a lot about the price of a days food. We then played The Price Is Right, where students had to make a running balance sheet while estimating the process of objects.

In science we learned how to use Google Slides to make presentations. We made one on pizza as a class, then students made their own. They were very excited to experiment with the program. We also created human  body organ system cut outs.  They are on display in our window.

In social studies we finally got to share our timeline posts, with additional ‘Canadian heritage minute’ videos. They are on display across our classroom.

In language arts we got all of our novel studies finalized and posted. It took a couple of lunch work periods though.

For our last day on Friday, we had a board game day. We started with a quick Boggle match, then played Point Salad. For the middle of the day I gave students some options, the most popular being: 5 minute dungeon, Stupefy!, and a Mario life/monopoly. After lunch we played more games! Taught students Surive and El Dorado. It was a fun last day before the break.

A reminder for students to get their family survey complete for when we return.  I will be email our a reminder just before returning.

Have a good break, and see you in a couple of weeks.

Hello!

We had an interesting week, with our Curling field trip on Thursday. It seemed like most students had a great time trying something new out.

In language arts we finished our novel study story, and worked on our book report. We finished up the synopsis, and half of the mini projects.

In social studies more students have been able to finish off their timeline posts. We are still missing a couple, so those students will have to catch up on Tuesday.

In math we practiced more perimeter and area work, taking it a step further, by trying to figure out the dimensions of our rectangles with missing information. Of you are given an area, say 20, you have to find the length and width options,  so 1×20, 2×10, 4×5. Once you have the sides, you add them and double it, to get the perimeter, so 4×5 is 4+5=9×2=18, perimeter 18.

We finished off our human body unit in science with a review and a test. Because I wasn’t there for the review, I gave hints to help students with the test,  as it was a little challenging. Those students who were prepared did well.

In french we have started learning about preferences. We learned adore, aime, n’aime pas, and deteste. We then created a survey to ask others what their preference was.

Next week we will finish off our Social Studies unit, as well as our novel study. We will get back into poetry, and start out money unit in math. We have a visit to Spencer next Friday for a performance. Should be a good week.

Have a good weekend, and see you next week.