Reading– The Bookworms and Word Sleuths reading groups start work on their Book Reports. An outline of what will be expected in their Book Reports has been glued into their Reading Book. An online copy is also available on this site under the category Assignments and Projects. Book Reports will be due Friday 26 February.Writing– We start work on writing an Opinion Essay. This week we will be identifying fact and opinion in an Opinion Essay and discussing features used for this type of writing. A homework assignment linked to this Opinion Essay work has been given to the children and should be in their Agenda. This assignment is due Friday, 12 February. Please also check out this site www.eduplace.com/kids/hme for help with the assignment and other writing related projects.Math – We continue to work on improving accuracy and speed when recalling our multiplication basic facts. We start to look at division this week, relating this to equal groups and sharing.Science – A variety of Science lessons and experiments will start to take place in class to help children prepare for the upcoming SAT tests.
Janine Nyyssonen