Week at a Glance

Language
Grade 3 Spelling words are: threw, through, thoughtless caught, fault, taught, because, one, once, water, watch, wanted, wonder, wonderful, walk
Grade 4 spelling words are: anyone, however, everything, himself, birthday, herself, somewhere, afternoon, chalkboard, daydream, downstairs, grandparents, breakfast, outfield, scarecrow, nobody, dragonfly, keyboard


This week we'll be writing a final persuasive writing piece.  Students will have a choice to write to an author (Brian Cretney) to persuade him to visit our class, ask Mrs. Vandenhaak to allow us to use the large soccer field once a week at recess, or writing about allowance.

Students need to read/listen/quiz 2 books on Raz-Kids this week.

Math
Congratulations to the top finishers in this month's math contest.
1st - Anthony
2nd - Gabriel
3rd - Brianna
We are going to working on bar graphs this week.

PBL
We are finishing our letters to the 5 people moving to Canada.

Special Days
Wednesday is Tacky Tourist Day.  Friday is Track and Field day.

Week at a Glance

Special Day Friday
We are having a Creation Care day on Friday.  Students are encouraged to bring in clean recycle items to use for activities.


Language
This week we are going to be learning about persuasive writing.  There is homework for Monday night.

There is some spelling homework that is due on Friday.  Students are required to read 2 books on Raz-Kids.

Math
We are continuing to learn about graphs.  We are going to do a Brock Math Contest on Wednesday.

PBL
This week we will be writing letters to the folks who want to come to Canada.  Some may come home for homework if they are not completed in class.
Feel free to talk about the people.  Their profiles are lower on the blog.

Mushroom Boy - A Superhero Story

     Mike was shoved off of the mountain cliff by his furious brother Jack.  He tumbled into an enormous mushroom patch.  The mushrooms sent spores into his cuts and wounds.  The spores gave him life, but he looked like a mushroom.  He also had incredible super strength and an extremely pleasant aroma.

      Back at home Jack was captured by alien Godzilla.  He snatched him and zapped him with a laser beam.  He terrorized the city.  He ripped buildings and flung them at people.  He went around and took buildings apart piece by piece until they were dust.

     Mushroom Boy heard his brother's screams and ran to Godzilla.  Using his super strength, Mushroom Boy punched Godzilla's foot, but he didn't hurt him.  It only made him furious.  Godzilla threw a building at Mushroom Boy, then tried to stomp on him. Quickly, Mushroom Boy zoomed out of the way.

     Godzilla picked up Mushroom Boy and put him in his mouth!  He chewed Mushroom Boy.  Then, he swallowed.  His stomach began to rumble. Godzilla dropped Jack, and spit out Mushroom Boy.  He made a face, whimpered in fear, and ran away.

     When Mushroom Boy saw his brother, he forgave him.  Jack and Mushroom Boy finally liked each other again.  Mushroom vowed to protect his brother Jack.  Soon, he made Jack his sidekick.  For a long time Godzilla was not seen. 

PBL Project - Where to go?

Now that we are familiar with different communities in Ontario we can help others.  Mr. Lee has found five people who would like to come to Canada.  They all come from different countries and have different backgrounds.  It will be your job to advise these people about where they should move to in Ontario.

You will need to write them a letter explaining where you think they should move to and why.

You have a great opportunity to help them in their decision.

Husan Lee

Name: Husan Lee

Gender: M

Age: 36

Country: China

Occupation: Rice Farmer

Family Status: Married with one child

Languages: Mandarin and some English

Description: Husan and his wife have dreamed of coming to Canada to give their children a chance to go to university.  They work hard as rice farmers on a small plot of land.  They have saved up some money to begin a new life in Canada.

Country Information: China has the largest population in the world.  They have some very large cities with factories that make products that are shipped all over the world.  

Kylee Lewis

Name: Kylee Lewis

Gender: F

Age: 23

Country: Australia

Occupation: Chiropractor

Family Status: Married with no kids.

Languages: English

Description: Kylee met her husband at university. Ken had come from Canada to go to university in Australia.  They enjoy adventures in the wilderness, camping, and biking.

Country Information: Australia is an English speaking country  in the South Pacific.  It has a market economy with low unemployment.  Australia has some breathtaking places to see as well as modern cities.

Nadarkhani Yousef

Name: Nadarkhani Yousef

Gender: M

Age: 35

Country: Iran

Occupation: Pastor

Family Status: Nadarkhani has a wife, Tina, and 2 sons, Daniel and Joel.

Languages: Persian

Description: Pastor Yousef was arrested in 2006 on the charge of apostasy (for converting to Christianity) and evangelism.  He has been sentenced to death.  He has been given opportunity to avoid his death sentence by renouncing his Christian faith.  There is pressure on the Iranian government to release Pastor Yousef.  He would like to come to Canada so that he can practice Christianity without being arrested.

Country Information: Iran is located in the Middle East.  It has a very old civilization. They are an oil producing country (the 3rd largest in the world).  The official religion is Islam.  

Ara Sahar

Name: Ara Sahar

Gender: F

Age: 17

Country: Afghanistan

Occupation: None

Family Status: Orphan

Languages: Pashto

Description: Ara lived in a small rural village near the city of Kandahar.  Her parents were killed in an explosion and she has been living in a house for orphan girls.  At that house, she was able to go to school for the first time in her life.  She would like to come to Canada where she can be safe, continue to go to school and have a career.

Country Information: Afghanistan is the world’s most dangerous country.  It has a population of 29 million people.  They have had war in their country for many years.  

Francisco Álvares

Name: Francisco Álvares

Gender: M

Age:  32

Country:  Brazil

Occupation:  Electrician

Family Status: Married with 3 children ages 4, 2, and 3 months.

Languages: Portuguese, some English

Description:  Francisco has worked in the mining industry all his life.  He is a trained electrician.  He wants to come to Canada, to have better opportunities for his children.  He lives in Corumba, a city with 96,000 people.

Country Information:  Brazil is the largest country in South America.  It has a population of 192 million people.  It is the only Portuguese country in the Americas.  It has the world 6th largest economy that is growing quickly.

After Easter

Language
This week our grade 3 spelling words are: catapult, unhappiness, anyone, aren't, partner, warning, father, straight, vacation, against, blame, awful, medal, around, birthday


This week our grade 4 spelling words are: composer, discovery, encouragement, musician, unfriendly, impossible, richest, hopeless, governor, expensive, beautiful, depression, impression, submarine, transportation.


Students are required to only read 1 Raz-Kid book this week.

PBL
We had to push back the date of our presentations for PBL.  They will happen on Wednesday.  The students have done an excellent job on their projects.

Bible
We are going to be learning about the Exodus in CLC.

Math
We have finished learning about time, and now it's time to move on!  There will be a Math Contest next week on April 18.

April is Here!

Bible
This week we are going to learn what the Easter holiday is all about.

Language
This week we will be practicing seeing and explaining cause and effect relationships in stories.  We have new Word Wall Words for spelling.  They are also, always, almost, lovable, whole, hole, thought, independent, impossible, weather, whether.
Students need to read Raz Kids books too.

PBL
This week we will finish our brochures by Thursday so that we can tell our classmates all about the community we chose.  That presentation will take place Thursday morning.  On Thursday afternoon we will be going on a nature hike to experience a rural setting.

Math
We will finish a mini-unit on time with a quiz on Thursday.

Running Club
We are running Monday and Thursday at lunch.  There are 2 students who have committed to go on the 2 km race so far.