The past two weeks have gone by so fast!! We have been busy busy busy, as usual, and even had some exciting visitors!
Our First visitor came on Tuesday, a Fur Trader! Tuesday afternoon, the students walked into the class to find a Fur Trade Post set up, and a Fur Trader who shared the tales of how the Fur Trade came to be, who was involved, and how the system would have worked. They even got to see real furs and act out some trade situations!
Our next visitor was just as exciting, if not more! Joe Lomnicki, former Edmonton Eskimo, came and worked with all the Grade 4's on some breathing, relaxing, and yoga! Joe has a different style when it comes to yoga, and we are excited to have him back in the last few weeks of school!
In Language Arts this week, our spelling focus has been on plural and singular forms of common irregular nouns. This was a nice review from our grammar lessons earlier in the year, and it was interesting to see how much the students remembered!
We also continued with quotations, and how to use them in dialogue. We experimented with some reader's theatre activities and students had some time to write their own dialogue during Daily 5.
In Math, we are continuing with fractions and spent some time comparing and ordering fractions. A couple of the key understandings we discussed are:
In Science, we have been working on lots of different experiments around bending and refracting light! First, we used a prism to separate white light into the visible spectrum. Using the projector light, we were able to spot the rainbows around the room!
Next we looked at how light refracts (bends) as it passes through different densities. One way to observe this over the summer is looking at your legs when you're in the pool! They look a bit different, as the light passes through the water is bends and changes how you see objects!
Then we used a bowl of water to change the pathway of light! This allowed us to see the light beams crossing and changing direction.
After, we checked what materials make good reflectors! After testing out various objects and materials, we decided the best qualities for reflecting are: shiny, metallic, flat.
A Few Reminders:
- Track Day is Tuesday, June 6th.
- Drama Performances June 8th (day) and June 12 (evening).
- Swimming is the week of June 12th
- Devon Days are coming!Students are invited to walk in the parade on Saturday, June 10th.
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