We have started a new math unit. Homework is to find if a polygon with a different number of sides (côtés) and vertices (sommets) exists! We also learned about right angles, obtuse angles, and acute angles today. Try having your child find these three types of angles at home!

We had a great walk up to the main school yesterday. The students got a tour and were given some advice by the grade 4s. As we get closer to the end of the year, more and more questions may come up. Encourage your child to write their questions in their agenda, and we can try to answer them at school.

We are working on a few songs in class. In case they want to practice, here is one we have a video link for: On ecrit sur les murs

Whoops! I forgot this weekend is a long weekend, so writing will be due next Tuesday, when we are back at school instead of this Friday which is a district closure day. 

We have been working hard on planning out our stories and write out a plan of our book. Students brought their work hole as optional homework. Rough drafts will be due next Friday, and we will have time every morning to work on them in school. We have spoken a lot about how to best work on a long term project. One idea we came up with that we have been practicing in class, is to set a timer for 20-25 min and do that much writing every day. That's about the length of time we write for in class before taking a break. Doing 20-25 min of work every day will make the load much easier. 

The students are at the step of planning what text and images they would like to put on each page of their book. Just a reminder that the whole half of the planning page does not have to be completely filled with text. This is the draft that we will be editing ourselves, and editing each other's work. 

As you all know, I'm not a big fan of homework. Please make sure that you find balance this weekend. No need to panic about the story. 

I came across this wonderful list this morning, which is full of the kind of homework I love. Take a look for some inspiration. http://www.cbc.ca/parents/play/view/24-ways-every-child-should-play-before-age-12

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! I have to share, the students worked so hard on their Mother's Day projects. Everyone learned to sew a button very well, and we had minimal finger pricks! 

We are now done our graphing unit for math, but will be incorporating it into our plant and Canada unit still. Today in math, we started looking at fractions. Be sure to ask about that! 

We have been doing lots of great exploring recently! We have been discovering all about Canada by learning about each province. 

Our plants are coming along nicely, and we are now learning about each part of the plant and it's role. 

With the wonderful weather, please make sure that your child is bringing a water bottle to school.