Week 33 (May 15-19)

 In Literacy this week, we began our work with fairy tales and folk tales.  Together as a class, we read some of our favourite fairy tales and created a list of what story elements are in fairy tales and folk tales.  Then we talked about changing them or fracturing them.  Then we planned our own fractured fairy tale, changing one or two elements from the original story.  Some students chose to change the point of view of who is telling the story, others chose to change the characters or the setting.  On Friday, we began to draft our fractured fairy tales, starting with Once Upon a Time.....  We also learned about THE APOSTROPHE, and used it to make contractions.


In math this week, we worked on measurement.  We talked about the metric system and how we can use millimeters, centimetres and meters to measure a variety of items.  We also measured different parts of our body and compared them to our partners.  



In Social Studies this week, we continued our study with Ukraine.  This week, we started researching about attractions and landmarks.  Next week, we will take the information we researched and create posters about Ukraine.  


Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will continue with our fractured Fairy Tales.

2. In math, we will look at the Imperial measurement system.

3. In Social Studies, we will create our All About Ukraine Posters.

Important Reminders:

1. Library Day - this Thursday!

2. Please continue to work on your READO- home reading Bingo's 

3. Healthy Hunger Lunches - Pop Corn on Fridays

4. PJ Day in on Spirit day this Friday!!


Happy Weekend,

Mrs. Stringer


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