Hello!
Well that was our first really short week, with the half day on Thursday, and a Pro D on Friday. We still managed to get a lot of work done.
In math we took our final test focusing on place value, rounding, addition, and subtraction. Most students did very well with the unit, and others now know what to focus on. We also started our multiplication unit by looking at two different strategies: drawing and array and skip counting. Both of these are grade 4 strategies to help with multiplication, they just tend to take a while.
In science we finished off our review of energy by building our paper rollercoasters. Here is a video of the completed ones.
In social studies, we reviewed our government work with a trivia jeopardy game, then I had students write a cheat sheet study guide from their notes, and finally we took our final government test. Many students used their cheat sheet well, while others did not.
That was about it for this week, we were supposed to do some French, but the aper rollercoasters took too long.
Next week we will look at the break up strategy with multiplication (7×6, break 7 into 5 and 2, multiply broken up pieces by 6 (5×6=30, 2×6=12) and add pieces back together 30+12=42). We will start some descriptive writing in language arts, start and review the Canadian regions unit in social studies, and start our simple machines unit in science. Should be a good time.
Have a good weekend, and see you next week.