St. David 4/5 Class
December/January 2011/2012 Miss Rea
Dear Parents/Guardians, dents are learning how to Every Friday stu-
construct and interpret dents are learning about a
Christmas is upon Volume 1, Issue 3/4
us and the snow is start- pictographs, bar graphs new grammar rule and are
ing to fall. Don’t forget to with intervals, and circle applying the rule to many
graphs. They will be given different writing pieces. December 2011
dress warm and spend
time with family and a quiz on Dec. 9. Every 3-4 weeks we will January 2012
friends. Students will ex- have a grammar test which
press their dramatic abil- will focus on all the gram-
Over the last few
mar rules taught up until
Special Dates:
weeks, students worked ity in drama over the next
few weeks. I have divided that date. Spellings prac- Mass on Wednesday
very hard on their ecosys-
tice and tests have also
tem diorama for our unit the class into small December 14, 2010.
groups. Each group will been going very well.
on Habitats and Communi-
present a skit on anti- This month we are Spirit Day (wear red
ties in science. Students
demonstrated a good un- bullying. Students will focusing on the Write Trait and green) and movie in
derstanding of the inter- practice tone of voice and “Organization” and the im- the gym on Dec. 23.
actions that take place in facial/body expression. portance of keeping your
the ecosystem they re- Students will read from a details organized and on
script and incorporate topic with the main idea. Each student will be creating a
searched. We also had
props into their dramatic healthy menu at the end of
students from another Students have been reading
presentation. this week. Their menu will in-
classroom visit our room a variety of narrative texts
clude healthy meal choices
to view the amazing visual In Social Studies, and identifying the charac-
from all the food groups. This
representations of the the grade 4’s have been teristics of a story
activity is teaching the stu-
different ecosystems stu- learning about different (characters, plot, setting).
dents about media literacy and
dents created. landforms and will con- Now that they know the
healthy living.
In Math, students tinue to study all the im- characteristics of a story,
Our new unit in Family
have been working on chal- portant aspects of our they are being challenged to
life focuses on each and every-
lenging tasks related to beautiful country Canada. write a Christmas story in-
one of us being a unique gift of
our new chapter titled Our Medieval Times unit cluding all the characteris-
God. Students will reflect on
“Data Management.” Stu- will begin after term 1 tics. Students will take
the uniqueness of their family
report cards in February. their writing through the
and the importance of the
writing process and will
friendships in their lives. In
even practice peer-editing.
Thank You Please Remember Religion we are reflecting on
To send a cheque with Students have been
For the Kleenex box Advent and stories of the vir-
learning about nutrition and
donations. There are your scholastic orders. tue hope.
exercise during Phys. Ed and
many runny noses in Scholastic does not
Health. We have been dis-
our classroom accept cash. Please remember to visit our
cussing the effects of
Phys. Ed clothes on classroom website on a daily
For signing agenda’s on healthy eating and the impor-
Tues. and Thursday’s. basis for homework updates.
a regular basis. tance of eating a variety of
Library books are due foods from all the food
on Wednesday’s. groups. reaclassroom.blogspot.com