Happy belated Father's Day to all our Dads and Grandpas!
Hope you liked your poem-tie!
(Poets were encouraged to use at least one comparison in their poem - see if you can find it!)
We have been working with our computer buddies for several weeks now. We don't have a lot of time with them, but some students have finished their first comic or two. You can see them by clicking here.
We've also been coming along very quickly in our probability unit. We've been playing games where we have to predict the probability of various outcomes. For example, there are 3 blue cubes and 7 red cubes in the bag. What is the probability that I will draw a blue cube? What is the probability that I will draw a yellow cube? Check out the new math link on probability. It's in English, but it's a good review of exactly we've done at school. This week we will be playing some spinner games!
In science, we are learning about the characteristics and needs of living things by completing a partner research project on an animal. Each group is using a book to find information on where their animal lives and what it eats. We are also drawing a picture of our animal and labelling its body parts, and trying to find out other interesting details that we can include. We're trying to present out work very neatly in the hope that we can turn our projects into a class book! The scientists seem very enthusiastic about this project (some would rather work on it than go out to recess!) and have been doing a good job working together on it. Ask your student what animal he/she is researching!
You've probably noticed already that I'm beginning to send home work that I've been hanging on to. Most of our art has already been sent, and I'll also start sending other duotangs or packages of work as we finish using them. Tomorrow, look for our yellow writing folders. We haven't had much to store in there, but you'll want to check out your writer's fairy tale (especially if you weren't at our open-house) and the accompanying rubric. It's a fairly complex rubric, but I think you'll understand why there are so many components. I tried to make a simpler one to send home, but in the end, I thought you would appreciate the more specific feedback on where your writer is particularly successful and where there is still room for improvement.
Have a great week,
Tamara