We have wrapped up our final Social Studies task this week. Grade 5s built city models of Franklin - a 'ghost town' located near my hometown of Mount Albert, ON - based upon the analysis of growth statistics. Grade 4s researched different methods of soil and water conservation and built farm models (with $275,000 in grant money) to demonstrate their practices in action.
Grade 4s worked so well on their models! They are detailed, on-point and creative. I am really impressed!
In Mathematics this week we began our new unit on Fractions & Decimals. Please take time this weekend to review these concepts with students. Pre-testing revealed that - perhaps through 'summer loss syndrome' - there seemed to be a large gap in knowledge regarding fractions. We have taken the last few days to review the types of fractions (parts of a whole and parts of a group) as well as how to write a fraction (numerator/denominator). I have stressed to students that it would be a great idea to review fractions more over the weekend with their new Mathletics subscriptions!
On that note, all students should now have received their Mathletics log-ins and passwords. If you have not yet paid the $10 subscription fee (a discount of $89 from the commercial price) please send the money to school this week.
Please note the following for the upcoming week:
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