Thursday January 28

Notices:

We began the day with a reading and writing assignment on the Ozone layer.  A Science topic.  We are looking at energy.  We have been talking about the sun as the source of all energy on earth.  Exploring the topic of the Ozone layer helps the students realize that all energy is not good, or that too much energy can have negative harmful effects on mineral, plant and animal life on earth.

At 9:30 we went to library to learn more about searching for information and were introduced to grade appropriate books by Mr. K.  The students then had an opportunity to take out books.

After recess the Grade 4 students carried on with the longer write from the provincial FSA test.  The writing topic is "finding a special pair of glasses"  When writing fiction the students have to consider characterization, setting, plot, perspective and imagery. The grade 3 students worked on a one page report on the Ozone layer based on our discussion and information at the start of the day.

At 11:30 the students went to Music with Mrs. Awalt where they are learning the recorder.

After Lunch the students had P.E. where they are working on group games.  After P.E. the students designed a cover for the Novelette Velveteen Rabbit,  and made characters to put into a stop action movie on the book.

The grade 4's went to the computer lab to work on FSA online component of the test.  The grade 5's joined us and helped the grade 3's with their Velveteen rabbit puppets.  We opened the bank and those students with work completed cashed out their work. This took us up to the end of the day.

On the test will be spelling, A description of the ozone layer and what it does, and some ordering in math.

take care everyone. I will post the pictures shortly.

See you all bright and early tomorrow.