Hello, 4A families!
This is the last week before the holiday—and so much learning and excitement continues!
In Bible, we have been studying the Nativity story in the books of Luke and Matthew: please see the previous blog post (scroll down) for details on our approach.
We have been working on a dramatization of the story as well, using costumes, puppets and green screen technology. (I am working on using iMovie on my phone for editing and I import AI backgrounds made with Sora and ChatGPT).
This is a hugely time consuming editing project since we are starting the story with Zechariah and Elizabeth and trying to work in meaningful parts for every student—so thank you for your patience if the final movie isn’t ready until closer to Christmas—but I will email the link when it’s ready!) Above are some screenshots.
Reminders:
Tomorrow (Tuesday, December 16) is the Relove Market. Students are asked to bring a donation item. In exchange, they’ll be able to shop for one or two second-hand items as gifts for someone in their family. Please also send an extra reusable bag so they have something to carry their gifts home.
Gifts will be wrapped at school. Also, on
Wed, Dec. 17 we have Whoville Day at our school. So please come dressed as your favourite “Who”character from The Grinch.
In Language Arts, we are wrapping up our /k/ spelling unit tomorrow with a writing activity and self-quiz.
In Math, we are learning to multiply 1-digit by up to 4-digit numbers using both the traditional method and the box method. Scroll down to the previous blog post for the tutorial video.
In Science, we are learning about what plants need to grow and studying the lifecycle of wheat. We are growing wheatgrass in class and main connections to wheat in the Bible. For example…
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” — John 12:24 (NIV)
Tiffany Poirier 