Welcome to the Grade 4/5 class blog.

When the students came back after the holiday, they were asked to respond to a question. The question was, "If you could change the world for the better, what would you change?"

There were many wonderful responses (e.g., stop war, more housing, recycle more...). So...we've been trying to explore how we can make changes for the better in our classroom community and we have been learning about people who did make a difference (e.g., Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges...).

This blog is a space where I'll be posting links to the videos that we watch in class. It's a space where I can share with parents the essence of some of the discussions that we have. It's also a space where I'll be posting some assignments and talking about some of the activities that we do.

We "have a dream" that our classroom community will be an exciting and compassionate space where the conversations will continue at home.

This blog is a work in progress. Over the next week or so, the format will gradually change.

Monday, February 7, 2011

The blog is back!

After two weeks of silence....the Grade 4/5 Class Blog is back!

First of all, I'd like to welcome our new student teacher Mrs. Simon to our classroom community!

During our speech unit, the students took a break from their science research projects. Today, we spent some time with them. We added to our jot notes! Later this week, the notes will be coming home for students to turn them into paragraphs for the project! They are finding out ALL SORTS of interesting things!

We have also been starting to practice cursive writing and typing skills to help students communicate more efficiently! Any practice that they can get with this at home would be beneficial!

The words of the week will be coming home tomorrow! Since we have just started our math unit on Fractions and Decimals, our words will be "math words". I am hoping that this will help students communicate their thinking in math more effectively!
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