Research Skills

The children began their day with our inquiry unit, How We Organise Ourselves. The continued the lesson they began yesterday. They are working in groups to practise their research skills by using non-fiction text to discover more about Canada's 6 regions, such as the region's landforms, resources, industries, cultures and economies. Today each group shared some of what they learned during their research yesterday. They then chose a new region to research and started working on their new region. We have some interesting questions arising during today's lesson. What are New Foundland and New Brunswick called 'new'? (Or Nova Scotia for that matter?)
The children attended gym, music and French class today.
In spelling, students continued revising list 26 spelling words. We began working on arithmetic again today. Students are learning to write Roman numerals 13 to 30.
In math, the grade 3s learned to represent fractions as part of a set using concrete materials. The grade 4s did a strategy lesson, where the used modeling as a strategy to solve problems involving fractions.
We ended the day working on language. the children practiced writing thank-you letters and addressing envelopes. They will write a language test on Monday to show what they know.

Homework & Reminders:

• Please return report card comment pages if you haven't already. I will make a copy for our records and return them to you ASAP.
• Return student binders and portfolios
• MMS 3 p. 150 & 151
• Arithmetic p. 147 & 148