This past week, students studied mentor texts to write introductions to their information texts, as well as taking all that they have learned these past few weeks and doing large-scale revisions to one chapter of their book. We also began exploring our first two simple machines in our new science unit (wheels/rollers and pulleys). We also continued talking about emotional literacy in our Health lesson, and had a fun challenge in math (ask about the 7s Challenge) while the internet was down!
This week we began our grade 4 collaborative literacy blocks with Mr. Firth and Miss Welch's classes. The students were introduced to their specific literacy-focused activities and were introduced to the expectations and procedures that will guide their independent learning over the next few school weeks.
**Please see the gallery below for a picture of the card students use to guide their Metacognition reflections in Math. There are three questions they are asked to consider and answer in each and every reflection.**
Some notes on our Learning this week:
Writing
Finishing up our Informational Writing unit
Information Text Features
Paragraphing
Benchmark #3
Reading
Read-Aloud: Friendship unit (continued)
Finish our novel - Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship
Reflect on what these books have taught us about Friendship
Math
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Science
Continue our exploration of Simple Machines with lessons on Levers and Gears
