Week 33 ( May 27 - 31)

 In literacy this week, we read a book called Sometime I feel like a Fox.  This is a story about children and their totem animals, written by a Metis author.  It is about the connections between the behaviours and characteristics of animals and children.  Each student choose an animal to write about that they felt they connected to.  In word work, we talked about more prefixes. This week we focused on sub, super, mal and mis.



In math this week, we continued our focus on fractions.  This week we worked on comparing fractions that contain different wholes, the same denominators and same numerators.  



In Science this week, we continued learning about fossils and got to meet an expert in our school who has volunteered on several digs throughout the province and brought us some fossil samples to look at in the library.  In Social Studies we, continued looking at Peru.  This week we focused on their economy and Peruvian culture.  On Friday, we began creating Inca masks out of gold paint.






Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will begin work on a diary about a (secret animal).

2. In math, we will finish fractions and begin looking at measurement.

3. In Science, we will begin looking at living systems.  In Social Studies, we continue working on Peru, interesting places to visit and comparing Peru to Canada.

Important Reminders & Upcoming Events:

1. Please, NO Toys at school! (Including Pokémon cards & stuffed animals)

2. Library Day - Thursdays!  Our last Library exchange day is JUNE 7th, this week!

3. Continue with Home Reading - READO!!

4. Healthy Hunger lunches - please sign up on-line 5 Days before

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