In humanities this week, we continued our focus on poetry by creating some Haiku poems and artwork around the season of Spring. Haiku are three-line Japanese poems about nature that follow a strict syllable scheme. The first and third lines are five syllables, and the second line is seven syllables. Students did a great job crafting their poem before drawing some spring artwork, and then finally finishing with watercolour paint. Some of these pieces will be on display during the “Taste of the Arts” evening next Thursday. We also had fun creating couplets in class. A couplet is a two-line poem which rhymes. Each line begins with a capital and both lines are about the same length. After mastering the couplet, students then tried writing a triplet (a three-line poem which rhymes). Here are some student examples below: My furry friend he is a cat, Sometimes he wears my hat! In my house I have a rat, He eats all my cheese and is very fat! On my lawn I have some trees, In the winter they all freeze, They all blow over in the breeze! This week we looked at and discussed a timeline of important events in Alberta that have shaped our province in some way. Students were tasked with picking two events they wanted to learn more about with particular focus on events in the 1900s and 2000s. They researched each event and wrote jot notes in their writing journals. When done researching, they turned their jot notes into a summary of the event in their own words, and discussed why or why not they felt this was an important event in Alberta’s history. Today, all grade four students were also introduced to our year-end project entitled “The ABC’s of Grade 4.” This is a culminating project that allows students to show their learning and understanding from everything that was covered this year. This major assignment will be due Wednesday, June 26th. Each day, students will be working on their YEA for at least one period. For each letter of the alphabet, students will choose a topic from each of their subject areas that we covered this year to write about. As a final project, they will create a scrapbook with pictures and decorations as well as their writing that will be shared with the class and marked by the homeroom teacher. Students have already been working on their topic-planning page, and they will start their rough copies next week. Students are incorporating their writing with a visual representation. They will have some supplies in class to get creative with, such as: stencils, magazines, colored paper, stickers, foam letters, stamps, yarn, and decorative tape to name a few! Donations are greatly appreciated and students can bring in their own supplies to add to their project if they wish. Students are also encouraged to keep in mind the calendar goals and timeline in order to complete their project for the June 26th deadline (see below).
Happy June! —Ms. Jagger
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June 2019
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Reading: ReadTheory TumbleBooks Word Activities: Sight Word Bingo Sight Word Game Letter Blocks Bookworm TextTwist Coconut Vowels Word Toss Spelling: Spelling Practice Spelling Spree Story Writing: Story Writing Game Create your own Comic Storyboard Creator Poetry: Poetry Tools Rhyming Dictionary |