May & June Curriculum

Swimming:

Our class will be participating in the "Swim to Survive" program at the YMCA this month. The schedule will come home shortly.

Language:

Students are continuing to work on developing good answers to comprehension questions, using strategies such as looking back to highlight key information in the text to support their answers. In writing, we are reviewing the different forms of writing such as narratives, letters, paragraphs, persuasive, and procedure, many of which will be asked of them on EQAO. We have also started a poetry unit whereby students are reading and learning to write a variety of different types of poems. As a culminating task, students will create their own poetry collection. They will also be asked to present a favourite poem by an author of their choice to the class.


Math:

We are finishing up an algebra unit whereby students have to find missing numbers in equations and balance equations. For example,  7 x 3 =  16  + 5.  We are also reviewing numbers to 1000 which includes representing, comparing, and ordering 3-digit numbers, as well as adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers with regrouping.

Our final two math units are Probability and Transformational Geometry. Students will be conducting simple probability experiments in class using dice, spinners, drawing tiles etc. We will discuss how to represent probability as a fraction. In geometry, students will explore translations, reflections, and rotations. Of course, continued practice of times tables is encouraged!!!

Social Studies:

We are continuing our unit on "Early Settlers". Students are applying what they've learned on our field trip to the Simcoe County Museum, as well as through their Pioneer Webquest to create pages for their lapbook about different facets of life in the early 1800's.

Please check the important dates on the side panel, as May and June are very busy months here at school! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!

Mrs. Hale