March 11th - 15th

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English Language Arts

Reading 

Students continued with their small reading groups this week, developing a variety of reading strategies. They focused on summarizing in detail and making predictions based on context clues.
  • I can use strategies that support my comprehension.
Questions: Can you summarize what happened in your novel this week?
Predict what you think will happen next in your read aloud of Edward Tulane. What makes you think that will happen? 

Writing

The grade fours wrapped up their poetry books this week and they are so wonderful! They wrote a final poem demonstrating their understanding of all of the figurative language they have learned. They also wrote other parts of books, including an About the Author page and an About the Book page. 
  • I can identify how a variety of poetic structures contribute to creative expression of ideas.
Questions: What was your final poem about? Can you share one example of figurative language you used?
Why is figurative language important?




Mathematics

Students applied their understanding of multiplication to a problem this week. They used the different multiplication strategies they know to find a solution. They persevered and did a fantastic job demonstrating their understanding. They solved a problem about pies which luckily happened to be on pi day!
  • I can multiply natural numbers within 10 000.
Questions: What strategies did you use to solve the problem?

















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