Indoor Shadows

In our inquiry today, we reviewed what the terms transparent, translucent and opaque mean. We also discussed how these properties affect our lives. Our new lesson on light was about the absence of light - shadows. The children used a light source to put on shadow skits. The class had to guess what the students were doing from their shadows. The children noticed that the distance between the light source and the object causing the shadow affected the size of the shadow. Ask your child where they need to stand in relation to the light source to make a large shadow and a small shadow. We ended our inquiry into shadows with the class making shadow puppets. What a fun lesson!

The children attended gym, drama and French class today.
In math, the grade 3s learned about measuring temperature with a thermometer in degrees Celsius. They learned about some benchmark temperatures such as when water boils or freezes,  room temperature, and the temperature on a hot day. The grade 4s are still working on measuring time. Today they worked on elapsed time. They created schedules for a fun day, where the activities had to include hours and minutes, allowing for meal times and travel time between activities.
We ended the day working poems and speeches. Grade 4s were introduced to the Expository Pillar organiser which helps them organise their ideas and supporting details. Some of the grade 4s have chosen topics that they need to do research on. Think Pads will be available in the classroom. If students do not collect enough information to complete their paragraph at school, they will need to do additional  research at home. The students also worked on spelling, agendas and reading

Homework & Reminders

• Spelling
• MMS 3 p. 118 & 119
• MMS 4 p. 94 & 95
• Poems and Speeches
• Children wh have ordered a hot lunch for February 6 (Orchestra Games trip) will get a credit note for March 6 instead