Friday April 8

First thing in the morning the students focused in and worked hard to complete their Friday Test

Apparently the district thinks I am irreplaceable as I was absent yesterday and the district did not send anyone in to replace me. So recess to Lunch Mrs. Whithers working on mini-books and took the students to the computer lab to create a comic book on a web site Pixton. From Recess to Lunch Mrs. Holt did a reading workshop on the story hiccup champion. In the afternoon Mr. Duyndam did a special presentation on recycling and took the students to the Gym for their Tennis lesson.

Notices:

Div 1. Mr. Duyndam's class is having a coin drive for Japan

nickels Monday / dimes Tuesday / Quarters wed / Loonies Thursday / Toonie Friday

Scholastic book forms

We started the day with our weekly test. Regular tests give the students practice with study skills, and let the student overcome their fear of tests.

After Recess we did our weekly graph. Today we graphed the students favorite type of pizza. Graphs are a great way to talk about fractions and percents in a fun and creative way. Graphing was followed by group work where the students compared 50 facts about bees and fifty facts about ants and then did a poster to show how they are the same. Group work helps students develop community skills through conversation. Having to compromise and work together is an important skill and not always present in grade 4 students.

After lunch all but four of the students went to buddies with Mrs. Dagg's grade one class to read and do math with them. After buddies we did 30 min of reading then a silhouette art project.

Have a great weekend everyone.