No School Monday February 1, 2016 due to a PD Day.
Please practice your multiplication tables up to 10X10 every night for at least 10 minutes. You can play card and dice games, use online games, or quiz your family, etc…
Gymnastics starting in February. In Gym we will be starting our Gymnastics unit. Please ensure the following:
- Students with long hair have an elastic to tie their hair back
- Girls are not wearing dresses, or are wearing leggings
Today We:
- Read our class novel “Hoot” by Carl Hiaasen.
- Had Music.
- Had our last session of Badminton in Gym. We will be starting Gymnastics in February.
- Started our final Author Study books.
- Practiced one of our songs for the Grade 4 Celebration Of Learning in February.
- Had a brief class review of the six simple machines, and how they make work easier. We then got into our small teacher assigned groups, and began working through 9 Simple Machine Experiment Stations.
- Learned a neat way to memorize our 9 times tables by using our fingers.
- Played multiplication war in partners.
Student Quotes:
“I liked badminton because we got to pick any partner we wanted.”
“I liked Hoot because we got to learn what the ground beef and medicine were for.”
“I liked doing Science Centers.”
“I liked Music because we got to play the drums.”
“I learned in Science Centers that a screw that has closer threads is harder to push in.”
“I liked Gym because we had our last day of badminton.”
“I liked Science Centers because I got to do two really enjoyable centers.”
Question: What is one thing you learned during Science centers today?