Happy Family Day! Question - What fraction of the kids in TT's family are represented in this photo. Oh, that's easy!Hello,
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. We have had oodles of interruptions as of late (most of them for worthwhile reasons, mind you), but still, we must soldier on. Hope your child had the chance to tell you about the amazing play we saw last week - El Numero Uno. Thanks to Ms. Park for making the arrangements. I am arranging to have mime artist Noriko (whom we saw at Eglinton Square Library last year), come to Clairlea soon. I'll keep you posted. Our class will be performing in the African Heritage concert this coming Friday. I'll post details in case you are able to attend. We could still use wallpaper remnants or fancy scrap paper for our blues quilts. If you have anything you think we could use, please send it in with your child. Thanks a lot.
Have a short and sweet week!
E. Hawkins
Here are a few things we'll be working on this week:
Language: Langston Hughes and the blues - Students will aim to complete his/her blues poem. For homework, they will create a visual interpretation of a place (or mental space) they like to go to when they have the blues.
Writing: Students should have their explanation of their ancient Egyptian artifact completed in class.
Math: Our student teacher Miss Esling will continue her unit on fractions. Don't forget to Google online fractions activities to reinforce at-school learning.
Science: We will begin our unit on Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms. This week we will brainstorm different types of forces and we will review simple machines, last covered in Grade 3, I believe. Forces is an incredibly fun strand and you know we'll be doing numerous experiments and hands-on activities.
Social Studies: Miss Esling will continue our unit on Ancient Mexico. * Students will begin presenting their Egyptian artifacts in class. They look fabulous, from what I've seen.
Homework:
1. Blues illustration (details in class) - due this Friday
2. Script for TV commercial parody - due next Monday (Feb. 22nd). We will review elements of a script in class.
3. Fractions sheet - due this Friday.
That's all for now,
Please check the Clairlea blog or the calendar in the top, right-hand corner for more news you need to know about.
P.S. Nobody built an underground house for their eco home. Here is a Swiss underground home. For more pictures, visit the Feb. 16th post on Love You Big http://love-you-big.blogspot.com It's an Australian (yeah!) blog, hence the time difference.
