Hope you are staying safe and enjoying some sunshine. Today for Literacy students will be focusing on completing final descriptive writing essay. This will be complete independent work, as it is treated as a final test for descriptive writing. Also, on Friday, June 12th, students will be given their final spelling test. Their spelling list can be found on Microsoft Team. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
May the Lord bless you and keep you; May He make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.
Always remember that God is in control, and that He is never to far to hear the cries of your heart. When it seems like no one hears or understand He does.
John 16:33I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Hope you are staying safe and encourage. Today would not be class as usual. Students will use their time today to catch up on assignments that are outstanding. An email has been sent out to parents, concerning assignments that your child is missing. However, even though there is no classes, students will have books assigned on Epic for reading. Students will also need to complete their Math test, which is on Seesaw.
We know that in this time many things can seem overwhelming, however always remember to trust in God. If you have any questions or concerns about today, please contact myself or Mrs. Seerattan.
Hope your are keeping safe and encouraged. Please remember that the students will have a Grammar test today at 12:30pm. They will still meet Ms. Benjamin for a brief live session, before they do the exam.
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
Students will meet with teacher to discuss their Turtle farm projects. Student will then use this time to tell their classmates the concepts behind the projects.
Complete first descriptive writing Graphic Organizer
Students will meet with teacher for a short time for an instructional time. They will then use the remaining time to complete their graphic organizer, on Seesaw.
This week in Literacy the students will be focused on developing their own narrative writing. Each student will be given a rubric that highlights the specific areas that I would be grading. They are allowed to bring the rubric home, so that they parents know what areas and skills to work on at home.
On Friday, November 29th, the students were given a comprehension packet that is due Friday December 6th. Please encourage the students to work hard. Students also are task with reading everyday, for at least 15 minutes, at home.
Bible:
The students will take home their Bible Test today. They are to revise and review the answers. I will reexamine them on Thursday December 5th. Please assist your child with this revision.
Social Studies:
This week we will be rapping up Christopher Columbus and Land Explorers. Next Friday (December 13th), the students will be test on Christopher Columbus.
We spent the past week exploring Pronouns (Subject and Object Pronouns). We will continue with pronouns this week, which will lead to a review to take students into an assessment on Friday June 14th. Students completed their final oral book summary assessment for Grade three, for the next two Mondays students will continue to practice book summary both in writing and oral. Students will be given pointers to look over while they are on summer break so as to not lose what they have grasped so far. No more Spelling Tests for Grade Three, however we will continue to practice Spelling in class and in writing.
Social Studies Update
Students have been working on their traditional song/poem in class, they will begin presentations Tuesday June 11 and those who still need time to work on theirs will continue to do so. Thursday June 13 students will carry out an open book test, this will assess how well students are able use text to locate relevant information.
We were able to wrap up multiplication and division and start Geometry.Students are bringing home their math notebooks so you can assist in their revision for a final summative assessment in multiplication and division on Monday 3, June. They have stuck in their books the two quizzes we did and corrected as well as a Unit test with my feedback and their corrections. Please use this to revise. The test on Tuesday will have questions just like these.
In Geometry we looked at identifying and drawing a point, line, line segment, rays and angles and polygons with up to ten sides.
Science Update
Students worked in class on a project related to the water cycle. Their task was to create a mini booklet imagining that they are a water droplet moving through the processes of the water cycle. Some students were allowed to take it home on Thursday to complete it for Friday 31 May. However, some students may have been given an extension to complete it for Monday 3rd June.
There will be an assignment due on Friday 7 June. This will help prepare for an assessment in the week of June 11. Please let your child use the power point attached to help with the worksheet.
SCIENCE FIELD TRIP
There will be a Science Field Trip on Thursday 6 June to the Consolidated Water Co. Please sign and return the Company’s waiver form that will be coming home today. We will leave at 9:00 am and return by 10:45 am for the latest.
Happy weekend! Mrs. Seerattan
Literacy Update
This week we reviewed Capitalization and punctuation, students practiced using commas and quotation marks correctly in a sentence and writing capital letters where necessary. We continue to explore the topic of Informational Writing and students wrote pieces in class and received feedback. We spent time practicing vocabulary words. Students continue to carry out reading comprehension and practice using comprehension strategies. This week students listened to audio readings of the book we are presently reading in class and responded to questions both orally and in writing.
Reminders
Monday June 3
Oral book summary (graded)
Tuesday June 4
Spelling test
Tuesday June 4
Take your two new words to class
Thursday June 6
Test – Capitalization and punctuation and
writing book titles correctly.
Social Studies
Students continue learning about The Government of the Cayman Islands. This week, students learned about other government systems that influence that of the Cayman Islands, such as that of the British – Her Majesty the Queen. Students began researching and writing their songs/poems which they will perform on June 11.
The end of the school year is almost upon us. We have been robustly learning a variety of ways to multiply and divide numbers. All students should know their x 2, x 5 and x 10 fluently but I notice there are a few that are still struggling, Please work with your child on these. If your child knows all the times tables up to 12 then that is great. However, if not –then do not be dismayed as they have learnt a number of strategies to obtain the answer. They will eventually have to be fluent in all their timetables as they go up the grades.
Here are the strategies we did in class (except the strip diagram)
Science Update
We are focusing on sources of water and the water cycle. The students are required to know the processes involved and a description of what it is. We will be planning a field trip to a water treatment plant very soon so the students can have a real life experience of their learning.
Let your child use this link to revise and reinforce what was taught in class. If your child missed any lessons this week then this will be helpful. Link
Literacy Update
We are reading the book the Secret Garden, we continue to practice using reading strategies while reading: readjust reading rate, use context to determine meaning of unfamiliar words, decode multisyllabic words. Students also carried out comprehension; responding to questions about the chapters they have read from the Secret Garden. Students continue to practice to use comprehension strategies: drawing conclusions using the text as support, compare and contrast settings and characters by using a graphic organizer. In Grammar we covered Capitalizing nouns, writing book titles correctly, using commas in a series and using quotation marks in dialogue.
Reminders: Tuesday May 28:- Spelling Test; Take two new words to class Monday May 27:- Oral book summary
Social Studies
Students continue to learn about Cayman’s culture and how tradition influences modern time. We are presently exploring the topic of Government – what the Government of traditional Cayman was like, compared to now.
