Friday May 11, 2012

Dear Friends,

To all the Moms this Sunday: Happy Mother's Day! Here's a poem and flowers for the occasion:

When Mother Says

By Charles Barnes

When mother says, "Do this," or "that,"

Don't say, "What for?" and "Why?"

But let her hear your gentle voice

Say, "Mother dear, I'll try."

Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Reading
*Literature Circles meet on Monday May 14th. 

Come prepared with:
1. section read (section 2)
2. 3 strong questions on a post-it note
3. pick a passage to read aloud and explain your choice (write explanation on a post-it note)
4. a written journal entry from last week's reading

Tips & Strategies:

The passage can include:

-your favourite part

-the most important part

-something that confused you

-something that surprised you

-an excellent description

-a part that reminded you of something

Visual Art
*We met Kevin Sylvester, a Canadian author and artist.  His lessons on drawing teach us to keep a loose wrist, experiment and use geometric shapes!

Science

*We designed cover pages for our unit on Matter and Energy.

Gr. 4 - Sound and Light

Prism of Light

Gr. 5 - Properties and Changes in Matter



The 3 States of Matter



What do you know? What do you want to know? What have you learned?

P.P.T. Presentation Schedule

*In June, you will present your final presentation on the category you haven't done yet - is it PERSON, PLACE or THING?

June 6 - Sultan
June 11 - Inaya, Lauren, Min
June 12 - Dejaun, Jaiden, Victor
June 13 - Thomas, Roman, Adea
June 14 - Dany, Amir, Satyam
June 15 - Inas, Daravone, Afnan
June 18 - Yosef, Aaron, D'Wayne
June 19 - Ziad, Sabrina, Ann-Marie