In class, grade 3s and 4s wrote this week's spelling and arithmetic tests. Spelling tests have gone home and arithmetic tests will come home on Monday. There is no arithmetic homework this weekend.
The children attended gym, French and had reading buddies with Ms. Genco's SKs. This time is much enjoyed by all students.
In math, grade 3s used pictographs to display data using scales of many to 1. Grade 4s used ThinkPads to generate pictographs on the SoftSchools website and using Micrsoft Excel. Visit the following site for more practice: http://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/make_your_own_pictograph/
For instructions on how to used Excel to create pictographs, see the following site: http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excelcharts/ss/pictograph_4.htm
Students used the remaining class time to begin comparing their medieval person or artefact to the modern equivalent. This will be the focus as we finish up our inquiry unit, along with a lot of fun activities that the children have chosen to do. For our final inquiry week on the Middle Ages, students will working on and completing an art and building project. Friday will be our final day of the unit and the students have asked to celebrate the unit with a Medieval Day. Children spent time brainstorming, researching, and voting on the activities for Medieval Day. Monday and Tuesday will be spent working on the Medieval art project. On Wednesday and Thursday, students have chosen to build bows and arrows, trebuchets, catapults, castles, ladies' hats or knights head gear. Ask your child what they have chosen. They need to start collecting supplies to have them ready for building beginning on Wednesday. We have many books in our classroom with ideas and supplies for these projects and the supplies are inexpensive and easy to work with. Alternatively, students can research supplies and ideas from home.
Students may come to school dressed in a Medieval costume. Please don't purchase a costume. Rather use imagination with clothes you already have.
On Friday, the students have planned the following schedule:
Medieval Day, Friday, January 18, 2013
9:00 - 10:00 Treasure Hunt
10:00 - 10:30 Gym (Bocci, Oranges & Lemons, Blind Man's Bluff)
10:30 - 11:00 St. George and the Dragon Play (performed by grade 3s & 4s)
11:00 - 11:30 Reading Buddies (Grade 3s & 4s to select a book on or about the Middle Ages)
11:30 - 11:50 Medieval Feast (See menu below)
11:50 - 12:10 Recess (or feast clean-up)
12:10 - 1:00 Medieval French (students still need to speak to Mme. Stella on how to make their French lesson a Medieval one)
1:00 - 1:50 Make & bake bread, unit reflections while the bread is baking
1:50 - 2:10 Lunch - enjoy hot bread
2:10 - 2:30 Recess
2:30 - 3:30 Bow & arrow, trebuchet, and catapult contests; Jousting with noodles tournament, Capture the Flag
Students do not need to bring their regular lunch. Instead everybody needs to contribute a dish to our feast. Some students have already chosen a dish to bring. If your child has not chosen a dish, please see what is still needed below and let us know what you will be sending.
Menu (We will be using fingers for cutlery) and trenchers (bread) as plates
Bread (to be used as trenchers)
First Course
Pottage (Kunsh)
Small savoury tarts, or mini quiches (Adam)
Mixed green salad (Jessica & Meena)
'Gilded' meatballs (Julia, Alex)
Honeyed carrots (Carter)
Second Course
Roasted chicken decorated with parsely and apple slices (Temi, Braeden, Jewel)
Apple sauce with cinnamon (Braeden)
Third Course
Small fruit tartlets ( Lukas)
Medieval gingerbread (Rachel)
Grapes (Shannon, Zain & Lara)
Dried apricots and dates (Victoria)
Spiced cider (Ghazi, Nathan, Ms. Ahmed)
Reminders & Homework
- Sign, correct & return spelling
- MMS 3 p. 104, 105
- Read the information about our Medieval Week above and start collecting supplies and ingredients. Also respond as to which dish you will be contributing
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