Literacy
Today we began our discussion of LITERARY DEVICES. Authors often use literary devices to make their writing more descriptive. The first literary device we talked about was ALLITERATION.

We listened to a poem by Jack Prelutsky to inspire us to come up with interesting ice cream flavours. Write your ice cream flavour in your agenda and be prepared to illustrate it tomorrow. Feel free to do two flavours (double scoop) or three flavours (triple scoop)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuPlUQvViX8
Examples:

Don't forget to practice your word sorts tonight.



Our response today was a connection to Ivan's words, "With enough time you can get used to almost anything." If you haven't done so already, think about a time in your life where you had to get used to a new change. It can be a big or small event.

Math
We focused on representing decimal tenths on a number line. I was very pleased with everyone's level of understanding. Complete your MathUP exercises carefully.

Extra practice: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-decimals/arith-review-decimals-number-line/e/decimals_on_the_number_line_1

Health
What are all the different things that a nutrients fact label tell us? The ingredients label? Why might it be important for someone to know the ingredients?


Why is sugar listed first on the label below?

Welcome back everyone! Thank you to all students who braved the weather to come to school. It was a great day to play in the snow.

Literacy

Our word sort for the week (r controlled vowels)

er	ear	eer	ear = ur	oddball
her herd perch fern germ clerk term	hear fear spear clear dear year near	deer steer cheer peer	heard earth learn	there here

We also started new bell work for the month. In a pink notebook there are little assignments to finish each day. Today's assignment was writing a paragraph about 5 New Year's Resolutions. Most of you were able to follow the model in class. The focus of the bell work is CORRECT MECHANICS (spelling, punctuation, grammar, capital letters) and explaining thinking in math.

Math

Today we reviewed the different ways to represent decimal numbers using:

• number lines
• pictures
• base ten blocks
• metre sticks
• coins 

Represent 1.08 using each of the above ways for practice.

We will continue with measurement this week. After two weeks holidays, we will review units of length before continuing with perimeter.

Please fill out your assessment folder and get your math test signed. There are a few questions I'd like to go over with each grade when the entire class is present.

Social Studies

Why did people IMMIGRATE to the Interior Plains hundreds of years ago? Why do people immigrate there today?Two reasons for each time period were discussed in class.

I hope everyone finds the brochure a little easier now. Everyone has the document set up. It is much easier if you complete the brochure starting from the panels on the left and moving to the panels on the right of the page. 

Religion

What do we celebrate on the Feast of the Epiphany?

Questions to think about for tomorrow:

For whom did the star shine?

What is the message / big idea of the gospel reading?

Two video clips below. One the kings visit Jesus as a newborn, the other Jesus is older.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lpv77EdxF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhD8lG9VDVc
Treat for all students who find out the names of the three kings!

Health

Thank you to students who brought in labels. If you haven't brought in a food label, please try to have one for tomorrow. If you can have two of the same kind of food that would be AWESOME. For example two cereals, granola bars or snacks. Try to include the INGREDIENTS as well.

Reminders

• Indoor shoes and gym clothes for tomorrow!

Grade 4/5 Minions ,

Have a wonderful holiday filled with

love and laughter!

Love,

Mrs. Hollis

What a wonderful day we had making Christmas elves and tree ornaments. A special thank you to Joseph's parents, Ava's mom and Domenic's mom for helping making the day such a success.

Math

Today we solved some problems involving a bit of reasoning and some understanding of the relationship between metres and centimetres / centimetres and millimetres. Most students seemed to understand the problems. For example:

Jack and Jill both jumped between 3 m and 4 m. Jill jumped 6 cm further than Jack. What are two possible jumps? 

I like these questions because there are so many different answers. You know that there are 100 cm in 1 metre and both jumped over 3 m but not more than 4 m. So if Jack jumped 3 m 60 cm than Jill jumped 3 m 66 cm. Choose any measurement in cm for Jack then add 6 cm more to get Jill's jump. Don't forget the 3 m.

We will continue with decimals and measurement in the new year.

Religion

Today's story involved the person shown below....

What was Joseph's response to the Angel Gabriel's message?

Reminders:

• Movie and pajama day tomorrow. Everyone I asked wanted to watch a movie in the classroom.
• Don't forget to put your ornaments on your tree!
• Don't forget to take home your beautiful poinsettia. Place it on a special gift at Christmas.

Math
Today we talked about expressing metre and centimetre measurements as decimal hundredths. For example:
Four students today jumped from a standing position in class. They jumped 99 cm, 1 m 28 cm, 1 m 45 cm and 1 m 52 cm. How else can we express these measurements:

We can express them in centimetres and metres.
1m = 100 cm
1 cm = 0.01 m

99 cm = 0.99 m
1 m 28 cm = 128 cm = 1.28 m
1 m 45 cm = 145 cm = 1.45 m
1 m 52 cm = 152 cm = 1.52 m

More practice:
http://math5.nelson.com/quizzes/math5quizzes/gr5_ch2_les7.htm

Here's Bill Nye explaining why a metre is as long as it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U04nHNUMfPA

Here are some tricky ones:

Social Studies

I think everyone understand how to read a climograph. Hooray! Most students are finished their conclusions. We will pick up Social Studies in the new year.

Religion

What event is shown in the picture below?

Share with a parent the video of the ANNUNCIATION.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7NFiZL6ak

Reminders:

• Off uniform day tomorrow
• Christmas craft day. Thank you to parents volunteers. If you could bring a GLUE GUN that would be wonderful.
• Pajama day on Friday. Dress cozily for the the movie.

We have many students who are leaving personal items at school each evening. Please check the lost and found for missing articles. We are still looking for a pair of North Face black snow pants. Check at home to make sure you have not accidentally taken them home.

Math
Today we continued discussing decimal tenths. We also linked decimals to fractions (a bit of a leap for some). Several students are struggling with decimals. Please review the decimal place values. Decimals are less than 1 whole so they are to the right of the ones place. A decimal (.) separates the ones and the tenths.

If you are having difficulty, start by writing a few decimals and reading them. If you can read them correctly, then the place value is easy. The decimal is read as AND. For example:
0.7 seven tenths
9.3 nine AND three tenths

Here's a game to help with decimal place value (it does go to thousandths):
http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/decimal/towncreator/tc-decimal.html

Health
Today we reviewed the importance of a variety of macro and micro nutrients to our today.
Great website:
http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/vitamins-minerals.html


Social Studies
The climate in the Interior Plains is different than that of the Cordillera. What is a chinook?

Many students are still having difficulty reading climographs. Look at the climographs below. What conclusions can you make?



Reminders:

• Intermediate garage sale tomorrow
• Red and green day
• Craft day on Thursday morning
• Pajama and movie day on Friday

Literacy
Slowly but surely all the "Show Don't Tell Emotion" small moments are being completed.
Word sort today involved the "r controlled" a vowels.

-ar-	-are	-air	oddballs
part dark harm sharp start shark	square stare care pare hare bare fare	pair chair fair hair stair	where pear wear bear heart

Homophones: words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different spelling.

pair-pare-pear

fare-fair

bear-bare

hair-hare

where-wear

Math

We are taking a bit of a right turn from measurement to learn about DECIMALS. Today we talked about a decimal being part of a whole and the tenths and hundredths place value. My apologies to those with homework from Math Quest. I said I would scan the page for you, but unfortunately all the books went home. I do have a copy at home, but I won't be able to post it until later. If you don't finish tonight, please make sure you complete it during bell work in the morning. DO NOT FORGET A MATH QUEST BOOK AT HOME.

When you read decimal numbers, the decimal is read as "and". So 3.87 is three and eighty-seven hundredths. You should be able to express a decimal in:

1. Standard Form

2. Expanded Form

3. Words

4. Expanded form words

5. Number line

6. Base-ten blocks

Grade 4s practice expressing 7.2 all six ways, grade 5s practice with 3.01

Video clip from today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6ILNOiMgM&t=33s

Social Studies

We continued our discussion of the physical features of the Interior Plains. Some students have completed their chart and their paragraph. If you have not, try to complete the paragraph during bell work tomorrow. We will discuss the climate next.

Health

Thank you to all students who researched information about their macro or micro-nutrient. Some students even finished their poster using Publisher today! We will continue working on this assignment throughout the week.

Reminders:

• Christmas Concert tonight! It's exciting, but remember to be respectful to all performers tonight.
• Intermediate garage sale on WEDNESDAY
• Red and green day on Wednesday
• Christmas crafts on Thursday. We will be doing our crafts in the morning.
• Movie day on Friday. Select your favourite Christmas movie and put the title on the board.