Sorry, with Family Day last week, I guess it has been a few weeks. Some little updates:
- on Tuesday we are receiving a French concert from Roland Bibeau in the afternoon.
- this Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day (Anti-Bullying Day)
In Math, we have moved onto measurement. Last week, we made our "Metric Staircase" to help us understand the differences between kilo-, centi- and milli- units. We will be continuing some measurements of length, weight and capacity this week.
In Language, there has been a focus on writing short stories. Specifically, we have been working on a short story called "The Day I Got to be Principal". I have been trying to spend extra time with the class on the editing process, wanting them to focus on sentence structure, punctuation and what a paragraph looks like.
In Science, we have moved onto Strong and Stable Structures. Today, we had a brief experiment where they tried to make the tallest tower out of paper that they could, but they had to lift it from the floor (while it stood on a small whiteboard) to their table without it falling over. It was a lot of fun to discover what made some towers more stable than others.
We have also started some dance classes through the National Ballet School of Canada. Right now, we are learning about Hip-Hop dance, and learning some of the basic moves. Lots of fun!
