October 13

Health/ Science/Art / Literacy

As part of our inquiry on Hearing and Sound, we are working collaboratively with Ms. Nair. Students interviewed Ms. Nair this week and some of them wrote about her as an expert. 

We also examined different parts of the ear and its function. Please ask your child what they learned about hearing and sound this week.

This week, we explored frequency, high pitch, low pitch, and how to make sound through exploration of different instruments. In groups, they used an IPad to observe the frequency and the pitches.

Students listened to 6 different music pieces and imagined the animals that associates to each of the music piece. 

Here is the soundtrack to the Carnival of the Animals. What is your favourite track? How do you know what animal it is just by listening to it?

Mathematics
Students are learning to represent numbers. (1000 for Grade 3 and 10, 000 for Grade 4). They are using math vocabulary such as equality, inequality, greater than, less than, and place value. Through exploration, students represented numbers through number sentence and math manipulatives.



French
Students learned the basic greetings such as hello, goodbye, and feelings.

Health
Students have been learning about the Zones of Regulation. The Zones of Regulation is a way to teach students how to self-regulate the feelings we experience. We learned that it is okay to have feeling in each zones, what is important is the choices we make in the zones. For example, if we are int he red zone, are we able to use strategies to bring us back into the green zone so both others and ourselves are safe? There are strategies we are learning to help us become more aware of our feelings and how to solve our sensorial and emotional problems. Ask your child what the four Zones are and what each colour represents. Discuss what strategies they can use to help them get back into the green zone.







To extend our learning about hearing and sound, Zones of Regulation and the Art element of line, students listened to four classical music tracks and drew lines that best represented what it felt like to be in each zone. Music has the ability to affect our mood. For example, some students thought that the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven made them feel like they were in the green zone, because it sound calming. Others, thought that it sounded more like a blue zone piece because it was smooth and slow.

Upcoming Events:
- PD Day on Monday October 16th. No school
- Field trip forms due October 20th.
- Grade 4/5 Leadership Club Meeting on Tuesday October 17th at lunch. Grade 4 who are interested, please write a short message explaining their interest.
- Volleyball clinic next week
- Field trip on October 23rd. Please return the forms as soon as possible
- Crazy Hair Day October 24th.