May 1- 5

Two months and counting! We are on to our last science unit of the year, and still have a fair amount of math to cover. Grade 5s will be studying wetlands for science, and we will be moving on to triangles, shapes and angles in math. Grade 4s are working on their plant unit.
This upcoming week should be exciting, as they say a change is as good as a rest. Our school staff will be at a fantastic conference on Wednesday - Friday this week. The Reaching & Teaching conference is a fantastic experience with very famous author/speaker/educators all in the same place at the same time.
Below are some useful websites that we will be using in class, and that you can also play around with at home. Have a super week!

Wetlands

http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chclass.htm
Wetlands types found in Canada. This website can be used to do our writing assignment comparing/contrasting two different types of wetlands.


Plants

http://www.page.gc.k12.va.us/public/presentations/downloads/Plants.ppt
The plant life cycle powerpoint

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml
This plant page talks about the basic parts of plant and their function.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml
This is a virtual flower dissection we will be using it in class to look at flower parts and answer questions.