Hello again.

A short week this week.

We continue to work on our tower project, multiplication, and division. On Monday we'll be starting fractions and decimals.

In science we worked on building a car that used potential energy to move. Students used elastic bands, balloons, and other materials to move their vehicle.

Our challenge with the other grade 3/4 classes using these vehicles to move at least 2m will occur Monday. If your child did not bring any materials to build their vehicle, try to work with them this weekend to build one. They must do the work, however, and re-build their creation at school to demonstrate their understanding of what they did. I sent a handout home earlier this week. So far, we have about 3 or 4 cars.

In literacy, we started a poetry unit, focusing on using simile, metaphor, and other literary devices to write a poem about spring. We discussed what made a simile or metaphor a good one, examined some bad ones, and will now write our own.

We also continued to work on researching and writing about tigers and elephants for our Field Guide.