Cinquain Poems

Yesterday grade 4s began their day reviewing our MMS Whole Numbers unit. We managed to ge through our review and most children wrote their unit test too.Today a few children completed their math test. The tests are coming home today. Please take time to review the test with your child as the class will be writing a retest tomorrow.Grade 4s students worked in groups to solve a unit problem using the skills they have gained in this math unit. They are planning a 7-day car trip anywhere across Canada. They may not travel more that 500 km a day. They have to calculate the difference in distance traveled each day as well as the total distance traveled. They also have a to stick to a budget of $1000 allocated for gas, accommodation and food.
Grade 3s worked on a math strategy for solving word problems called Guess and Check yesterday. Today they worked on estimating when adding or subtracting by using rounding and front-end estimation.
In yesterday's arithmetic students practiced subtracting when there is a zero in the minuend and today we practiced dividng when the divisor is 3. The children spent time both today and yesterday preparing for Friday's spelling test.
In our poetry, drama and dance unit, students learned about the form of cinquain poems and discovered why they are called cinquain poems. Students read cinquain poems and reflected on their message. They then chose a topic of their own and brainstormed and wrote their own cinquain poem. Students have revised, edited and published an illustrated version of their poems. Some even chose a new topic and through the writing process wrote a new poem.
We have also spent time reviewing capitalization rules already learned and learning a few more rules:

• Capitalize words referring to God and the Bible 
• Capitalize proper nouns

The children attended gym, music and french class today.

Reminders:

• Spelling
• MMS 3 p. 44 & 45
• MMS 4 Sign and review tests. Prepare to write a retest tomorrow
• Arithmetic p. 49 & 50
• Look out for piano letters coming home today
• Some students are bringing home french homework