Math: As we finish algebra this week, students will look more closely at multiplication and division.
language: We will review grammar this week as students finish their adventure stories. We will also begin to look at poetry.
Homework: Homework will be coming home on paper as grade 3 students begin review for EQAO. Grade 4 students will be bringing home a math workbook they have been working on while grade 3s will be bringing home EQAO review work. Please have your child work on this review work each week. Please let me know if there is any area your child is finding particularly difficult.

Math: We will begin to investigate algebra this week. Grade threes will determine the missing number in equations involving addition and subtraction while grade fours involve multiplication and division. This concept is familiar to students as they have seen it in class before.
Language: We continue writing adventure stories. When these are complete we will move to grammar. 
Homework: In addition to Raz Kids and Dreambox this week, have your child practice telling time. Grade fours need to tell time to the nearest minute and grade threes to the nearest five minutes. Students should also practice timing events such as driving from place to place, taking a bath or watching tv. This will help them in our upcoming unit on telling time.

Math: Students are determining the area of classroom objects as well as 2-D shapes. Grade 3s are using the grid square method or adding up each side of shapes labeled with a variety of units. Grade 4s are using these methods as well as the LxW (length times width) formula.
Language: We continue to work on adventure stories. Students are very excited about them. They must write in paragraph form, use dialogue to convey information to the reader, and have exciting or dangerous events for the main character to lead to the climax of the story.
Homework:          grade 3                 grade 4     

Math: We will explore how to find perimeter with a side length measure missing before moving on to area.
Language: We will continue our study of adventure stories as we look at how descriptive language can enhance our writing and help create visual images for the reader.
Homework: Please watch this video which discusses perimeter with a missing side and answer the practice questions. This is the language homework for both grades.

Language: We looked an at adventure story today and will continue to look at what makes up this kind of narrative writing this week using graphic organizers and sample texts.
Math: We continue our exploration of perimeter.
Homework: Please use Dreambox and Raz Kids several times this week.

Math: Students will use their linear measurement skills to work with area and perimeter.
Language: We will begin to write adventure stories this week, after students share some of their persuasive writing with other students.
Homework: Please watch this video that will be shown in class, to help your child understand perimeter. Please do the practice questions that come after the video. Also, have your child practice multiplication facts each night this week. Knowing multiplication facts are especially helpful when figuring out area and perimeter.

I hope everyone had a refreshing March break!  Students shared some of their highlights yesterday.
Math: We are starting our linear measurement unit this week. Grade 3s are measuring to the nearest centimetre and grade 4s to the nearest millimetre. Students are also finding personal benchmarks for measure, e.g. my index finger is about 1 cm wide, my foot is 20 cm long.
Language: We are looking at components of media literacy and text features this week. We will also revisit persuasive writing.
Homework:  measure 4 items in your home (gr. 3s to the nearest cm, gr. 4s to the nearest mm). Choose 4 new items and estimate their length based on prior knowledge such as the items just measured. You can use personal benchmarks for the estimation. Measure these 4 items to see how accurate your estimates are. Please record all this information including the units of measure.