An Exciting Week

This week we are going to do some great things.  We are writing books.  We will begin a Reader's Theatre play.  We are learning o the 10 Commandments.  We have mastered long division.  And, to top it all off there's the Science Fair project we're working on.

For spelling, I am going to test the students on the Word Wall Words.  They chose which words they wanted to get extra practice on.  That homework is due on Friday.

I am not requiring Raz-Kids this week.  However I will begin assessing the students on their reading this week.

On Friday we made some robots using paint and markers.  Below is the student's work!

Choir Award

Recently, our class won a $25 award for the Port Colborne Music Festival.  They voted to donate the money to Persecution.org.  It is a group that helps those who are persecuted for believing in Jesus Christ.

You may see the website here.

Amalekites Vs. Israelites

Who will win?

Long Division Rap

This Week

We've got a big week planned.

PBL
We are going to be participating in a Science fair.  I have put the instructions in a previous post.  The students will work in groups and they will do the experiment in class.  The experiment is scheduled to begin on Wednesday.  They will need to bring their materials to class.

Math
We are learning to do long division.  They should be great at it by Thursday.

Language
Students are going to get a chance to create their best writing ever.  We will be typing these works onto the computer!

Spelling
Grade 3 Words: useful, quietly, slowly, careful, careless, quickly, useless, worthless, fearful, fearless, joyful, smarter, fastest, funniest, happiest.

Grade 4 Words: leaf, leaves, wolf, wolves, potato, potatoes, roof, roofs, family, families, library, libraries, journey, journeys, hero, heroes, ditch, ditches.

Confederation Park Run

The video for the Confederation park run is here!  See the video after the jump!

Science Fair

Introduction 


     In your PBL groups you will do an experiment (comparison, observational, or test a theory). You will need to present your experiment on a bristol board. You should have descriptions of the purpose, the method, a hypothesis, your observations, and a conclusion. 


     You will be marked on 

•  Whether you have the purpose, method, a hypothesis, observations, and a conclusion 
• The quality of work and writing in your purpose, method, a hypothesis, observations, and conclusion 
• The quality of presentation How well you work with your group 

 The science project will be due Friday June 1.  You will have 9 days to work on the project in class. I am expecting that most of the work can be done in class.

We Watched a Video

We learned about the crossing of the Red Sea in CLC.  This is a video that looks for evidence for the crossing.  In this clip divers see coral that is shaped like chariot wheels and axles.  See for yourself.

CAT 4 Week May 14-17

This week we are going to be doing a lot of CAT 4 tests.  These tests will help us know where we are at academically.

Our grade 3 spelling words are: ghost, neighbour, high, knew, knot, unknown, rewrap, wrong, written, wrapper, unwrap, climb, limb, gnaw, gnat.

Our grade 4 spelling words are: early, earth, search, service, wonder, surface, curly, shirt, thirty, doctor, sailor, shower, bakery, another, barber, collar, worse, world.

We are beginning a unit on the Ten Commandments in CLC, and Geometry in Math.  We will also be learning to do long division this week!

A Week to Remember!

We had a great week last week!  People did really well on the Monday Math Test.  Same for the Tuesday Bible Quiz.  On Wednesday we had grandparents day.  Thursday was parents night.  On Friday we saw the high school displays in the gym and some presentations in the chapel.  On Saturday the running club went to Hamilton to run in the Confederation Park 2K and 5K runs.  

PBL Communities Project

For PBL we wrote letters to people who were thinking of coming to Canada.  To help them, we researched different communities in Ontario and made recommendations to help them decide where to settle.  The people were very glad to get those helpful recommendations and they have decided where they will move to.

Francisco Alvares has decided to move to Fort Erie.

Pastor Youcef has decided to move to Fort Erie.

Husan Lee has decided to move to Fruitland.

Kylee Lewis has decided to move to Huntsville.

Ara Sahar has decided to move to Kitchener-Waterloo.

A Busy Week

There are many things happening this week.  I will try to put them in by days.

Monday
We did a math test today on graphs.  I have not marked them yet, but I am confident that things went well.

Tuesday
We have a Bible Quiz on the plagues in Egypt.  Students have a booklet that they made and a practice test to study from.

Wednesday
This is Grandparents Day!  We will have an open house in the school for grandparents to visit from 1-2pm.  Then we are showing the grandparents a presentation in the chapel.  Students will need to have a green shirt, jeans, and dark socks!

Thursday
Thursday night is the Parents Night.  It begins at 6:30, but we need to be there 15 minutes before to prepare.  Students need to wear a green shirt, jeans, and dark socks!

Friday
On Friday we will have a spelling quiz.  The grade 3 words are: phone, photograph, orphan, alphabet, graph, nephew, enough, father, half, Friday, cough, unhappy, happier, happily, happiness.
The grade 4 words are: cleaner, cleanest, bigger, biggest, earlier, earliest, quicker, quickest, busier, busiest, rougher, roughest, heavier, heaviest, happier, happiest, lazier, laziest.

Hamilton 2k run

The Hamilton run is coming up this Saturday!

Date: Saturday May 12^th,2012

Location: Confederation Park, Hamilton , 680 Van Wagners Beach Road, Hamilton, Ontario.  

Race times:  2k – 9:20 a.m.  5k – 10 a.m.

Race Day Registration and Race Kit Pick up: 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Edge Water pavilion

2k participants please pick up your kits early. At close of kit pick up race kits become the property of In Stride Productions Ltd.

Transportation: We will be leaving the school between 7:45 and 8:00 am.  We will be returning after the 5k race (around 10:45).  We should arrive at the school at 12:00. You have three options:

Option 1 - Drive your child to the race and back home.

Option 2 - Drop your child off at the school to go with the team.

Option 3 - Come with your child and the team to the race!

Supplies: Runners should be dressed for the weather (we will be outside for all of the time.) Runners should have clothing to run in too.  Having some food and drinks would be a great idea too. 

Questions: You can leave a comment on the blog if you have a question, or email Mr. Lee, or send in a note.

Links: The official website.

Google Maps Directions

Recently we had a persuasive writing contest.  The goal was to convince me that you should get the prize.  Below is the winning entry.

Hello fellow students of NCC elementary school.  I am here today to ask you if we deserve the Smartfood popcorn award.  Please think about us, because we have never tasted Smartfood in our lives.  We are hopeless because we aren’t allowed to eat it unless we eat our brussels sprouts and we can’t do that.  REsearch shows that 98% of the class likes us. Research also shows that we are extremely funny.  If we don’t get the award, we will be heartbroken and cry.  We are crying right now because we really want it.  Please, please help us win.  This is your only chance to help us!  We are just like you, kids with parents who won’t let us eat Smartfood.

In conclusion, we say good day and please help us by voting for us.  

Thank you.

Port Colborne Music Festival

I am so proud of how the class sang Wednesday at the music festival.  It was absolutely incredible.  It was an indescribable wonder.  They had to make a new category above the gold standard to describe it.

Wednesday Homework

For students who didn't get their card for Pastor Youcef finished, it is homework.  This is what we discussed about the assignment.

May 4th Spelling Words

Grade 3 Words: colour, odour, store, calendar, dollar, party, liar, after, number, better, doctor, weather, every, forty, sugar.
Grade 4 Words: lived, living, rattled, rattling, studied, studying, traveled, traveling, changed, changing, appeared, appearing, raced, racing, hoped, hoping, wrapped, wrapping.

May is Here!

Bible
This week we will be finishing the plagues in Egypt.  The memory verse is "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts" Hebrews 3:15b.

Language
This week we have spelling homework that is due on Friday.  The spelling words are on that page.  (I will update the blog with the words.)  Students are expected to do Raz-Kids during the week. (2 read, 2 listen, 2 quizes).

Math
We are continuing to work on graphs and now we are creating surveys.  The next math competition will have a interactive game called Mastermind.  You can play it here.

PBL
Students have been interested in pastor Youcef.  He is currently in prison in Iran for the crime of apostasy.  He has been sentenced to death.  We have found an organization that will help us to write letters to him and to his family to encourage them.  You can find information about him at wikipedia or at Present Truth Ministries. 

Special Days
On Wednesday we will be going to a music competition in Port Colborne.  Please wear a blue shirt and tan pants.