Literacy
Ruby arrived at the Big Top Mall today. Poor Ruby, but I think she's found a champion in Stella. Remember the green questions you ask yourself while you read help you understand what is going on. The red questions help you dig a little deeper and read with an open heart. Think about some of the words we read today. Can you identify the speaker?
"It will never, ever be okay."
"Thing is, people love babies. Baby elephants, baby gorillas, heck give me a baby alligator and I could make a killing."
"Poor kid. Welcome to the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Home of the One and Only Ivan."
Characters so far.....

• Ivan
• Stella
• Bob
• Mack
• Julia
• Ruby

Our bulletin board will expand next week with traits of each of these characters.

Math

Today we determined the relationship between length and width and perimeter. What happens to the perimeter when the length increases by 1? What happens to the perimeter when the width increases by 2? Tomorrow we will do some application questions on perimeter such as......

• The length of a room is 12 m. It has a perimeter of 36 m. What is the width of the room?
• A square room has a perimeter of 24 m. What is the length of each side?
• Mrs. Hollis is building a rectangular garden with 18 m of fence. What are the different option for rectangles?

Social Studies

We leave the Arctic with the last critical question. What are the positive and negative effects of mining and drilling on the people and the environment (land, air, water, plants, animals) in the Arctic? Think about the effects so you are ready to complete your chart tomorrow. Are there any positive effects to the environment???

Next up.... Canadian Shield.

Reminder:

• Off-uniform day tomorrow.
• Complete the corrections on your math test and you will be given your grade on the test!