We Can Skate!

Over the past 3 weeks our class was privileged to be part of the RBC learn to skate program sponsored in part by the City of Toronto and the TDSB.

Friday was our last session and I can not tell you how proud I am of our class!  They truly took the opportunity that they were given and enjoyed every minute of it.  I was amazed at how so many of you were so hesitant that first week, and by week three you were skating along without a care in the world.

We were also lucky enough to meet Cheryl Pounder, a two time Olympic gold medalist with the Canadian Woman's Hockey Team.  She truly was inspirational to hear, and it was neat to get her autograph and see her in person.

The Toronto Sun also came and interviewed Jeet about his thoughts on the skating program.  You can see the video and the article here:

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/19/young-new-canadians-given-chance-to-skate

Below are some pictures of us skating this week.

I also want to applaud you all on your behavior when we were at the rink.  You were very polite, respectful, and represented Bellmere well. 

Way to go P2!

Thanks again to RBC, The City of Toronto, Ms. Legassie, Ms. Klipa and the TDSB for making this happen for us. 

Ms. Pike :)

Cheryl's Two Gold Medals

Mr. Hollywood - Jeet! :)

Cheryl giving us our medals, and autograph signing.

Math From Today

Hello P2!

Here is the problem from today.  It is due tomorrow. 

Enjoy!

Ms. Pike :)

Create a variety of rectangular prisms using connecting cubes. For each prism, record the area of the base, the volume and the height.

I'm So Sorry!

Hello my cupcakes, pumpkins, cheese doodles and peanut gallery.

I AM SO SORRY!  I got busy marking your work yesterday afternoon and totally forgot to put the question up on the blog :(

So, if you do not have it done, you have an extension until Friday. 

Here is the question:

A company wants you to design a box for their new cricket gear. It must be a rectangular box with a volume of 480cm3. Create three examples for them to choose from. Justify why you think that one box is the best.

Ms. Pike :)

Math Problem

Here is the problem from today.  Just in case you need it to finish your homework.

Ms Pike :)

Mr. Humphrey is trying to build the garden that the eco-team planned for the school. He knows the area of the garden is 50m2 and that one side of the garden should be 25m. How long should he cut the wood for the other side of the garden? How much wood does he need in total?

Letter Writing

Hello P2!

We are well on our way in writing our persuasive letters to Ace, the Toronto Blue Jays mascot to convince him what a healthy, active school Bellmere is, and that he deserves to visit us!

Here are some tools which will help you write your rough draft of your letter.  Remember - You only need to write the draft tonight using ideas from your idea web.  We will revise, edit and publish in class.

Happy Persuading!
Ms. Pike & Mr. Chen
:)                   =)

Our Anchor Chart

Some Helpful Advice

Sample Letter

Shape Up for Shapes!

And figures....and angles :)

We are just finishing up our pre-assessments to find out what we remember from Grade 4 about shapes and figures.  We hope to be done by the end of the week and then move into our unit on Geometric Relationships and Properties.  We hope to spend about 4 weeks learning about this topic.  Here are our learning goals for the unit:

I will…

·                     Talk about the difference between polygons, regular polygons and other two-dimensional shapes;

·                     Talk about the difference between prisms, right prisms, and other three-dimensional figures;

·                     Use nets to identify pyramids and prisms;

·                     Create nets of different prisms and pyramids;

·                     Identify, classify, measure and construct different types of angles;

·                     Identify and sort triangles based on their angle and side properties;

·                     Construct different types of triangles using an angle and a side length;

 

Here are some websites that may help you learn at home:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U122

I also suggest cutting apart empty boxes to see what the nets look like and then tape them together to create new nets and sketch those nets.  If you do this, bring it into school so we can see!

 

Stay Warm!

Ms. Pike :)

Science Experiment Day

 Hello,                                                                                                Today we did a lot of experiments. The experiments were: plop plot fizz fizz, green pennies, in suspense, magic potion, up in flames. We had a guest . Can you guess?? I don't think so we will tell you. It was Justin!! We did the experiments in the library! Ms. M. Prezens was helping us at the library. For plop plot fizz fizz and green pennies we did it by ourselves. For the in suspense Justin was there. For the experiment  magic potion Ms.M. Prezens was there. For the experiment  up in flames  Mrs. Pike was there.  It was alot of fun. In the morning we did math. Pay attention!!! Don't Forget to Study For the Math  Test On Friday!!!
                              Group 4 :)