Guitar Building

We began our day working on building guitars out of materials that we had collected. Some children even managed to make changes to their strings (rubber bands) so that they produced different pitches. The children took time to record their work as a drawing and to reflect on how they could improve their design.
The children attended gym  and French class today.
They wrote their list 23 spelling test. Tests are coming home today. Please take time to review the test with your child, sign it, and return it to school on Monday. They also worked on speed drills today.
In math, the grade 3s learned about rotations. They used a clock face to help them understand that when a figure rotates, it's image is congruent but may move to a new position in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction around a turn centre, similar to the hands of an analog clock. The grade 4s practised a strategy called "working backwards" to solve word problems. The children can apply this strategy to problems in many walks of life.
We ended the day with a slice of history. The children learned about the Dutch in the New World. Ask your child to tell you about this time in history.
Right at the end of the day, we had a convocation where we heard the results of the Oral Competition. Congratulations to Braeden for first place, Carter for second place, Rachel for third place, and Abel for fourth place in the grade 3 poetry competition. Congratulations to Lara for first place, Shannon for second place, and Kunsh for third place in the grade 4 expository speech competition.

Homework and Reminders:

• Sign and return spelling tests coming home today
• MMS 3 p. 140, 141
• MMS 4 Study for Wednesday's unit test on Transformational Geometry
• Mood machine - test, revise, and retest your mood machine. Complete p. 12 & 13 of your package