I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! Tuesday began with Grade 4's presenting their infographics to the class. We projected them onto the whiteboard as well as printed them off in colour to display on our bulletin boards. For the presentation, students were reminded to speak in a loud voice, face the audience and not speak too fast or too slow. Students were encouraged to ask questions about the presentations which gave the presenters a chance to share extra knowledge or facts. All students have been given back their rubrics as well as a self reflection sheet they filled out. Anytime a mark comes home, we ask that a guardian signs and sends it back to school to indicate you have seen it.
Grade 4's also did an activity where they had to highlight keywords in a short paragraph about each region with their table group. Then they had to match a picture to the correct region and provide reasons on why the picture went with the description. I encouraged students to think of more than one reason for their explanation. For example, saying the picture had lots of trees in it so it must be the Boreal Forest is not enough explanation. Students should really be pushing themselves to come up with multiple answers, details and reasons to validate their ideas and opinions. We are now working on poems about the regions. Students started writing sense poems. They are required to write two poems on two different regions and include what they would see, hear, smell and feel in the region and if they can think of what they might taste in the region that would be great! Below is the outline of how the poems starts as well as an example. We also talked about adjectives and juicy words. Poetry is a very expressive form of writing and is a great time to use more descriptive, unusual and vivid words to help paint a picture in the reader's mind. Next week they will be finishing writing the poems and then will use Google docs to type up the poems. Title of Region I know I am in the (region) because I (sense) … I can (sense) …. I know I am in the (region) because I (sense) … I (sense) …. I can (Taste- is a bonus/challenge) Rocky Mountains I know I am in the Rocky Mountains when I hear howling from a pack of wolves through the tall, slender trees. I know that I’m in the Rocky Mountains when I smell minty, pine needles from a pine tree. I know I am in the Rocky Mountain region when I see emerald and lapis lazuli spruce trees and wild life all up the side of the mountains. I know I’m in the Rockies when I taste smoky, cheesy hotdogs and melted, fluffy marshmallow and warm, gooey chocolate when I eat s’mores. I know I’m in the Rockies when I feel sharp gravel on my feet when I stand on the dirt road.
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AuthorMrs. Moldovan has been teaching for 9 years. She has taught Grade 4 for the past 6 years at Nose Creek! Archives
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