I was absent yesterday but Ms. Jean said things went well and things were accomplished. I saw the work that was completed on congruent vs. similar shapes. Congruent means equal or same size and shape, while similar means same shape. Ms. Jean started a series of lessons on healthy food choices and using the Canada Food Guide. The students completed a spelling test for Lesson 10 and began work on Lesson 11.
Today was busy and we noticed early in the day with our temperature graphs that there was a very large difference between the high and low temperatures. After we did the temperature, the students were asked to complete the Journal entry they started on Monday. They had the choice to write about :
a) What did they learn from their parents after the interview ?
b) How could Mr. Singbeil change the class to make it better?
After recess, Ms. Jean taught the class about fact families in Math.
The class grasped this concept very quickly.
eg.) 6+4= 10, 10-6=4
4+6=10, 10-4=6, is a fact family.
After lunch, we started to look at expository writing. That is, writing to persuade somebody about one side of an argument. In our lesson we talked about whether pizza was a healthy food or not. Some thought it was healthy, and some thought it was unhealthy. The goal was to give an opinion and support your answer. We then used the Smartboard to look at the structure of expository writing. It needs a title, an opening statement of opinion, reasons and support, and finally a concluding statement. Again the goal is to convince someone that your way of thinking is correct.
We then moved into our Literacy groups. The yellow group read with me, the blue group completed their posters, the green group completed work in Science on the water cycle reviewing condensation, precipitation and evaporation. The red group did grammar focusing on singular and plural nouns. Do you add "s', "es", or "ies" to make something mean more than one?
After recess Ms. Jean looked at different foods, we sorted them into their food groups and talked about what a serving size means.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 11 sentences
Journal: Complete writing from yesterday and today ( 45min. given in class)
Read.
