Mrs. Wells' Blog

Wow, I can't believe that December starts next week!  Where has the time gone?  Things continue to go well in class.  We did have a discussion on Friday about Friendships, Lunch Time Behaviour and Talking at Inappropriate Times.  Together we came up with 2 strategies for each topic that we are working on for 2 weeks to make improvements in these areas because the are in need of a tune up.

Language:

• Main Idea
• Summarizing
• And Then It Happened Good Copy by Friday

Math 

• Geometric Shapes - quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, rhombus, square
• Benchmark Angles - acute, right, obtuse, straight
• Measuring perimeter and area of squares and rectangles

Science 

• How the 3 types are created
• Mining

Drama 

• Picking parts for our Holiday play which was written by one of our very own students!
• Practice for assembly

Important Dates 

• Wed. Nov. 30th is final day for Movember Donations
• Thurs. Dec. 1st is picture retake day
• Wed. Dec. 21st is our Holiday Assembly from 11:30 - 12:30

Thank you to all parents and students for coming in to meet with me.  It was great to sit down and talk about the students and let you know how well they are each doing.

 Language:

• Main Idea 
• And Then It Happened stories 
• Working With Words the same as last week 

Math:

• Introduction to Geometry 
• Sorting and classifying 2d shapes 
• Benchmark Angles: Acute, Right, Obtuse, Straight 

Science:

• Difference between 3 rock types 
• Sorting and Classifying Rocks and Minerals 

The students were well behaved and focus last week, even with all the extra Halloween sugar and treats in their system!  I am hoping next week will be the same, with the extra hour of sleep everyone will get this weekend!  I know I will be using that extra hour to get caught up on my marking.

Language:

• Main Idea and Summarizing 
• Writing - And Then It Happened stories (based on the book we have been reading in class, students will make up their own chapter) 
• New Working With Words: any, day, same, right, look, think, also, around, another, came 

Math:

• More Stem and Leaf 
• Introduce Median 
• Double Bar Graph 
• Interpreting Graph 

Science:

• How Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks are created 
• Rock Cycle 

Computers:

• Introduction to the Cloud (www.ugcloud.ca) 
• Graphing 

Interviews:

I will be sending home reminders with students who's parents have already booked an interview on Monday to confirm the date and time.  I will be calling all other parents Monday and Tuesday night to book a date and time for our interview. A reminder that Fri. Nov. 18th is a P.A. Day, and this time has been set aside for teachers to do interviews. I will also be doing some on Thursday evening, for those that can't make it during the day.