Social Studies Project

Students will be working on a Social Studies project this week. Today students will have chosen a social issue they would like to address and begun brainstorming ideas. They will have to suggest a solution, discuss the level(s) of government that would be involved, and their plan of action. The success criteria is:

-clearly state the issue and your proposed solution

-in what way will you present the problem and suggested solution (what is your plan of action)? This will include actions such as petitions, protests, writing letters etc.

-identify the level(s) of government that you will be presenting the issue to

-identify the actions that the appropriate level of government should take to help with the problem

-identify the actions that citizens should take to help with the problems

Students will have time to work on these projects in class, but it will be beneficial for them to have extra time at home to work on it as well.

Answering questions on characteristics

Students have been reading biographies and answering questions about the people. One of the questions they have been answering is listing characteristics about the people and the backing up their answer with proof from the text. We have been working on an A.P.E. format to help them create their answers:

Answer the question

Prove your answer with supporting details or evidence from the text

Explain how your supporting details prove your answer

A sample answer may look like this:

Bob was a timid person. In the story "The Quiet Day", It states that when Bob saw the crowd gathering around the statue, he moved away from it and "went to another exhibit that was not so crowded". As well, when they asked for someone to speak up if they believed that the woman's story about the painting was true, he did not say anything, even though he knew it was true.  A brave person would have been able to speak up in the crowd, but Bob is too shy to speak, even when he knows it is important.

It would help students if they could practise this at home. They could verbally tell answers to questions about characters in stories they have read about at home, or even about real people or characters they have seen on TV.

Remembrance Day Wreath

The students created poppies for our Remembrance Day Wreath which will be presented in the gym tomorrow during our Remembrance Day assembly.

Multiplication

We will be beginning multiplication on Monday. We will review multiplication facts for single digits, but we will be working on 2-digit multiplication. In order to be able to complete 2-digit multiplication more efficiently, students should know their single digit multiplication well. Practising their times tables will assist in this. Please review students' multiplication facts with them each night to ensure they are remembering them. Breaking it into small chunks of information each night over time can alleviate frustration at home (trying to learn too much at once) and at school (when they have to use the knowledge to do two-digit multiplication.

French test

There is a French test on Friday. Students should be reviewing their numbers.

November 4 Homework

The students have been working on subtraction of 4-digit numbers. Tonight they have been assigned #2-5 on page 46 in their textbooks. It is important they practise these subtraction skills so that it becomes easier for them when they have larger digits and decimals.

Class Pumpkin

Parker's father did an astounding job carving a pumpkin for our class! Thank you so much!