Month: February 2020

We discussed information about the Coronavirus and watched a short Youtube clip about it.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/26/809650625/a-guide-how-to-prepare-your-home-for-coronavirus

Students were given back their written assignments about Muhammad Ali and we looked at some common errors that students are making in their writing. We did some extra practice using the simple past tense. We also went through the “What Kind of Person are You?” booklet to make sure everyone understood the concepts taught in this unit. There will be a test on this unit on Monday, March 2.

Students ended the class working on writing a paragraph about their personality, appearance and interests. Hand this writing in for marks.

More information about topics discussed today:

Today we looked at common word endings and word patterns. We also identified the main idea, details and hidden messages in the story about Muhammad Ali. Students continued to work on writing and revising their paragraphs about Muhammad Ali.

Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern or groups of letters with the same sound. For example, the “ain” word family includes brain, chain, gain, pain, rain, and so on.

Examples:

–ick: lick, pick, stick, chick, quick

–ound: around, ground, found, pound

–ight: fight, light, slight, night

Today we finished reading the biography about Muhammad Ali and created a Mind Map about him. Students used the mind map to write a paragraph about Ali.

Students finished the reading comprehension booklet and we corrected it together. We brainstormed about what students knew and learned about Muhammad Ali. We read about him and discussed some vocabulary from the book. We discussed poetry and rhyming words.

https://bookriot.com/2018/05/23/what-is-a-poem/

REMINDER:

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Feb. 24

Students continued to work on the reading comprehension booklet and on the unit, “What Kind of Person are You?” Students also started reading the biography about Muhammad Ali.

Students continued to work on the reading comprehension booklet and on the unit, “What Kind of Person are You?”

Students worked on a new reading comprehension booklet and continued to work on the unit, “What Kind of Person are You?”.

There is NO SCHOOL today because it is Louis Riel Day.

REMINDERS:

The Special Language Credit Exam registration forms (blue form) are due TODAY.

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Feb. 17 because it is Louis Riel Day.