March 31st, 2015

Today in class, Mrs. Witmer started poetry with the students. Students were asked to read excerpts from various poetry books and write down any observations they made about the characteristics of a poem. Ask me what I found out about poetry today! As they learn more about poetry going forth they will be writing their own Native poetry to be included in the books our parents saw just before the break at student-led conferences.

In math this afternoon, Mrs. Jackson's class took some measuring tools outside and measured various objects and parts of the playground. It was pretty windy but otherwise a lovely day to learn outside! We found the area and perimeter of each, using rounding for the bigger numbers we collected in our data. One student realized that when they were multiplying bigger numbers like 2000 and 4000, they could just multiply 2 and 4 then add on the zeros afterwards to get the answer. Other students found that they were amazed at how big some of the areas were, especially the ones who measured the entire commons! We also practiced converting our measurements between metres and centimetres.

Mrs. Cooper's math class continued to work on fractions using the iPads to take pictures of fractions around the school.  From this activity, students should be able to recognize the numerator and denominator and be able to represent a fraction using pictures, words and numbers.

This afternoon we looked at acid rain, its effects and how it is caused. Since one of our variables in yesterday's experiment was vinegar and water, it is necessary for us to understand what this means for our bean plant. In order to understand this concept we read an article with a partner and highlighted only the information that we deemed to be important to know. Ask me to show you the article and show you the important info that I read about!


Please take a look at our safety website put together by the School Bound and Safety Committee if you haven't done so already. There is important information on there for parents and students about safety in coming and going from school. 

Reminders:

1. Miss Jackson's Scholastic Book Orders are due on April 2nd.