Weekly Update

 Good Evening Everyone,

I would like to take a minute to welcome our new students and parents to our classroom blog. This is a great way for you to stay up to date on what is happening in our classroom. Here, I will post weekly updates, daily challenges, test reviews, as well as agenda notes. You should be checking the blog regularly. (See science challenge below- We will take this up tomorrow)

 Week at a Glance

Literacy:

-We will be starting to draft our first writing assignment, which is a personal recount

In reading we will be working on a genre study and starting our class novel Word Nerd

Math:

- We will be continuing to work with large numbers and working through the first 20 days of mathematics

- For our multiplication tracks we will be focusing on 4 and 5's times tables 

Science:

-We will be continuing to investigate the kingdoms of living things

-Students will be beginning a research project on an animal class (more info will follow on this )

Agenda items:

-Terry Fox Fundraising - https://secure.terryfox.ca/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?TeamID=910388

-Orange Shirt Day- Wednesday

 

Science Challenge (same post as Friday)

For this activity I will give you an animal and you need to research what its group name is. We will take this up on Tuesday.

Animal Name	Group Name
Bears	Example: colony
Beavers
Bees
Finches
Fish
Grasshopper
Donkeys
Deer
Goats
Horses
Gorillas
Caterpillars
Butterflies
Kangaroos
Mice
Sheep
toads
Woodpeckers

Part 2:  Look up the official baby name for the animals below.

Baby Alpaca
Baby Clam
Baby fish
Baby Fox
Baby hawk
Baby pig
Baby jellyfish
Baby hare