4R Experiences: Khwahish, Volume 23: February 9, 2015

Hassaan and I doing standing tree pose after lunch.
It helps digestion and just pure fun!

What a cool week it has been. We started our weather unit and kids are already super excited about it. For homework, students brought in weather proverbs from their native country and shared them with the class. We analyzed them and illustrated the figurative and literal meanings of the proverbs. The posters are very funny and cool.

In math, students have created an activity/game that has clear directions and shows their understanding of probability. We also worked together to solve some challenging problems on whiteboards with partners. We shared our answers and explanations out loud together.

We have been tackling poetry head on with writing cinquains, a poetic structure that follows the syllabic pattern 2-4-6-8-2. Also, Ms. Magda did a killer lesson on poetic devices like assonance, consonance, and alliteration. Students practiced using these with their ideas and different topics about weather. "The flood flooded the funky flamingos face" wrote Braelyn. They just get even funnier after that.

Next week in math will launch into a new study called "Landmarks in the Thousands", a study of place value, number sense, and operations. I am looking forward to it. Also, in UOI we will discover more about weather through the many non-fiction books Ms. Sayyora has found for us.

Owl of the Week

Khwahish...

Homework

Monday: Finish 12 month calendar
Tuesday: Using directions activity
Wednesday: IXL B.6Addition patterns over increasing place values AND W.1Calculate probability (Grade 4)
Thursday: A Map for Today activity
Friday: Read and have fun playing outside!

Dates to Remember

Thurs-Fri, Feb 19-20 Asian New Year - No School

Wed Feb 25 Staff Development - 1/2 Day for students