3/4 Week 29

by | Apr 19, 2019 | In The Loop

History & Geography

Our weekly objectives were to:

  • Recognize the importance of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Appreciate key concepts articulated in the Declaration, including individual rights, consent of the governed, and limited government.
  • Define constitution and explain the relationship between a constitution and ordinary laws.
  • Explain the general form and content of the states´ constitutions.

We had a fun end of unit celebration.  We made butter, played jacks and marbles, listened to colonial music, and wrote with a quill pen.  We finished up the American Revolution and are starting a unit on The Constitution.

We also had a special visitor, Fernando, teach us how to do 3D sculpting. I am certain your kiddos will be begging to do this program at home.  If so, the way to get to it is by googling sculptgl and it will be the first link that pops up.

 

Mathematics w/Laura

Week of April 15, 2019 – April 19, 2019
Chapter 13 Area and Perimeter
  • Composite Figures – Perimeter
  • Composite Figures – Area
Prodigygame.com practice for at least 45 minutes each  week.
Puzzles available for extra credit and Friday (Math) Bingo
Remember:  MATH …. It’s everywhere

La lectura

This week we read a great expository that was really interesting. In this article from the magazine Current Science we learned about the youngest person to ever publish the results of a scientific experiment in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ask your child what they understand about Therapeutic Touch and the experiment conducted by Emilia Rosa. (We had great vocabulary words that included: skeptic, controversial.)

We also continued working on our grammer and identifying correct noun verb agreement.  We have started writing a friendly letter to learn letter writing and to share about our class with others.

Ciencias

We continued conducting our water tolerance investigation, with each student being an expert in one type of seed. Our objectives in this investigation were to:

  • conduct experiments with four kinds of plats to discover their range of tolerance for water.
  • Describe the optimum water conditions for early growth of seeds.
  • Analyze data from plant experiments.
  • Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, and relating.

Specialists

Character Ed with Ms. Jennie

Over the past few months we have focused on the themes of Courage (February), Overcoming Adversity (March), and Appreciation of Nature (April). We’ve finished reading Wonder and had some wonderful discussions about the book and the quotes that go along with our theme each month. We’ve also continued to focus on one poem each month and in June will have a special poetry day to celebrate. Kids are encouraged to find a poem they love and either practice reading it in order to present it, or go for the extra challenge of memorizing it. This is NOT required but highly encouraged! It strengthens kids’ confidence to stand up in front of the class and read or recite something! Poetry day will be on June 5th.
In May, we will continue to focus on appreciating nature along with our annual May tradition of talking about and celebrating other cultures. Our culminating project for this topic will be our 4th Annual Bake Sale to raise money for a special cause. This year we will be raising money for the Ryan’s Well Foundation, which was born out of a six-year old’s desire to help dig a well for people without access in Uganda. Check out this inspiring story here: https://www.ryanswell.ca/about-ryans-well/ryans-story/ This ties in so well to our own water fountain “project” this year and hopefully will remind our kids that no matter what your age, you can make a difference in the world! The Bake Sale will be held outside after school on Wednesday, May 29th. We will ask for your participation in donating a batch of baked goods to sell. More information to come!