Pocahontas, Fears, Music and P.E.

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Field trip to the Friendship Center tomorrow dress warm

We began the day with a math sheet on time.  The sheet had 15 blank time clocks.  The students had to write and draw 15 different times, analog and digital.  (a same time activity will be on the Friday Test)  The hard concept for students in learning to tell time is not the counting by 5's but that the hour hand moves as the minute hand moves. 

After Math we looked at a Calvin and Hobbes strip where he was being put to bed.  The mom says "Sleep tight. "Don't let the bedbugs bite."  To which calvin says "What's that supposed to mean? Do we have vermin in this house?? and it goes on from there with Calvin imagining a huge bug is under the matress.... Today's topic is 'Dealing with your Fears.'  We talked about where we get  our fears from, in the comic Calvin got it from his parents.  Very funny. If you click on the small cartoon you can see it bigger. Talk to your child about the cartoon or have them tell you about it.

We then read the book "There is a Nightmare in my closet" by Mercer Mayer which is described by School Library Journal

"Childhood fear of the dark and the resulting exercise in imaginative exaggeration are given that special Mercer Mayer treatment in this dryly humorous fantasy."

Students sharing a skit and a story

After our discussion and all the students wanting to share their stories and their parents stories we ran out of time.  So the students did not have time to write about one of their fears so it will be be an essay on tomorrow's test.  Having the students Telling stories orally is one of our big goals in Language arts, so an excited telling of anecdotes is a great way of passing time, sharing and learning at school.




 After recess we watched the movie Pocahontas and created a Venn diagram to compare the differences between the First Nations and the Europeans at first contact.  This Helps us in our discussion of the BC learning outcomes in grade 4 Social Studies [B3 to  identify effects of early contact  between Aboriginal societies and European explorers and settlers]

 The movie went on  for 15 minutes after Lunch.

After Lunch We went to computers and until At 1:15 when the students went to Music with Mrs. Awalt.  The students in our class are doing an amazing job in Music.  They are able to to figure out complex melodies and musical patterns.  Mrs. Awalt is very proud of them.

The students are working with a variety of musical toys and instruments with a variety of performance based activities that develop their musical and rhythm skills. It is fun it is complex and it is educational.

We ended the day with a game of P.E. with Mrs. Carlton's class.

 Things for Friday Test:

-Spelling

-Describe the two types of books found in the library:  describe and give an example
(fiction and non-fiction)

-Short Essay question from Science: Would you like to visit the hottest place on Earth? Why or why not?

-Science: List or draw 5 survival items you would need if you visited the hottest desert on Earth.

-Math:  Draw the analog time given a digital time (2:43) or a written time (half past 3)

-Essay question fromLanguage arts:  Fear.

Paragraph 1

1)   What are you afraid of

2)   How did you get your fear

3)   How do you deal with your fear (for example if you’re afraid of spiders what do you do when you see a spider?)
…Paragraph 2           

4)   How do others say or make you deal with your fear (What do your parents say? What do your friends say)

5)   How do you think you can overcome your fear.

See you all tomorrow sharp and focused ready for our regular test.