How are we in May already?!?! There will be a lot of special activities and events coming up in the next two months. Please take the time to read through our reminders and make note of the dates.
Important Dates and/or Reminders:
- Our Inquiry Museum will be open tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. We will be hosting visitors from 12:15-2:45pm in our classroom to share our learning. We will leave the presentations up so if parents would like to drop by after work on Tuesday or in the morning before school on Wednesday, please feel free to do so.
- No Trail walk this week due to the Grade 5s visit to ROMS. Hopefully we will resume next week.
- Grade 4s will be experiencing a Emergency Preparedness program on Thursday at Lochside.
- NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 8th. It is a non-instructional day for students, the last one this school year. Teachers will be meeting at Lochside and reviewing new reporting practices around the core competencies and the new BC curriculum.
- We have space in the computer lab in the morning for Reflex Math. If your child could use some extra practice, our lab is open at 8:00am every morning and is supervised by an EA. Let me know if your child would like to use this time to practice their facts and I can put their name on the list.
Reading Studio
- Students are continuing their Matchbook Summary assignment. As students complete a chapter summary (matchbook) they have been checking with me for feedback on their summary and picture of a key event. Students are aware if they are beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary, and have received input on how they can improve the next matchbook.
Math
- This week we will continue to look at fractions. How do we compare and order fractions with like denominators? What are equivalent fractions? We will be using benchmarks to help us compare and order.
Social Studies
- Students will be presenting their projects on Tuesday to their peers and the Lochside community in our museum. What a great way to celebrate student learning!
- On Thursday Lochside will be visited by several election candidates from Saanich South. We will be learning about the voting process and will have a chance to ask the candidates some questions about their platforms. On Friday Lochside will be participating in the Student Vote and will have an opportunity to cast their ballot.
Gym
- We will finish off our hockey tournament this week after a wonderful week of folk dancing.