October 13th to October 16th

It was a short and sweet week in room 4!

We worked on our descriptive paragraphs on pomegranates. The writing that came from this activity was incredible.  The students worked on adding interesting words and descriptions to describe their pomegranate.  They then worked to edit their work with a focus on a variety of sentence beginnings and sentence lengths.

"When you eat the seed it pops and all the delicious juice squirts into your mouth." C.M

"The smell of the pomegranate is like a freshly cut apple." A.D

"When you plop one in your mouth, your taste buds go wild." K.W

"They cling to the white spongy membrane that is like armour for the seeds. It protects them." N.K

The students put the final touches on their "Me In A Box", adding a poem, photograph and words to describe themselves.  We have begun sharing our work. It has been so wonderful to see the confidence as the students have shared their work.

Me In A Box

In math, we continued to look at a variety of patterns.  One of the more challenging skills has been to predict how the pattern will grow or change.  Today we challenged ourselves by looking at the Fibonacci Sequence.  The sequence begins with 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5.  Students, can you see if your parents can figure out the pattern?  We then looked at examples of the Fibonacci Sequence in nature.  Have your child share some of the examples with you.

Building A Growing Pattern

Representing The Fibonacci Sequence On Grid Paper

In health, we have been working on how to be positive and effective communicators.  We discussed the questions below as a tool to help us when working with others.

All students in the school will be bringing home a work sample to share their work in writing and mathematics. Please take the time to have your child share their work with you.