Language Homework

This week in Language Arts we are focusing on making notes into paragraphs (what we have been doing for our Peacemaker reports). The students have been given a list of 7 notes on Princess Diana. It is their job to number the order of the notes (1 would be the note they would use first in the paragraph and 7 would be the note used last) and then put them into full sentences, creating a paragraph. They must remember to indent their paragraph and double space their writing (write a line, skip a line, etc). This exercise will lend itself well to the stories that we will soon be writing in class.

Due Friday January 29

4D's Assembly!!!

This Friday Fantastic 4D has their assembly! We are going to be talking about our current unit 'Peace Begins with Me', so please come on out and learn what we have been studying and how to be a good problem solver! 4D must practice their lyrics for our song. The lyrics are below!

Problem Solving Song


We will we will solve it!
You can you can do it!

Sometimes we have conflicts on the yard
But you can fix the problem
It’s not hard.

You need respect for me
Respect for you
Solving our conflicts
It’s easy to do.

Because
We are mediators!
You are mediators!

This child wants the ball, but so does she
They need a mediator
To help, you see

One person speaks first,
The other goes next,
Taking turns speaking is always the best.

Because we will we will solve it!
You can you can do it!

If you’re a mediator, what should you do?
Promise not to take sides
Or gossip too.

Always respect
Never place blame
Focus on the problem
Our goal is the same.

Because we will we will solve it!
You can you can do it!

Because
WE ARE MEDIATORS!!!
YOU ARE MEDIATORS!!!

Maths for the week beginning Monday 25th January

This week we will continue working with 2D shapes. We are so happy with the knowledge the classes have demonstrated about different shapes now - lots of children will be able to tell you facts about shapes from the quadrilateral family. You will also notice some super shape vocabulary being used - look out for words such as parallel, vertices and polygon!

We will continue by looking at the different shapes that are made when you combine different 2D shapes and we will also be exploring tesselation - watch out for some exciting artwork soon!

In number we will continue to look at division and will focus on the use of halving when dividing by 4 and 8. We will also see how multiplication is used to check answers.

As you can see we will be working hard on lots of maths this week!

Maths Homework - due Friday 29th January
Complete pages 18 and 19 in your new textbooks to help you revise your times tables. Please remember to bring your maths textbook everyday in case we use it in class. Thank you.

Maths Practice
Monday and Wednesday - use doubling to x4 and x8.
Tuesday and Thursday - use halving to divide by 4 and 8.

Welcome Goncalo!

Hello Everyone,

Today we have a new boy in our class. His name is Goncalo.He comes from Portugal.

Goncalo has aready started fitting in with the other children and has made some friends. Goncalo has aready started working hard. We really like him.

We hope he has a lovely time in 4LB.

From Carla 4LB

UoI homework due in Tuesday 26th January

The Unit of Inquiry homework this week is to find a picture or photograph of the peacemaker you have been researching and draw a realistic, full size A5 ‘sketch’ of your Peacemaker’s bust (their head and shoulders). It does not have to be PERFECT (we know you are not all famous artists) but no stick people with dots for eyes and bananas for mouths please! It must resemble your peacemaker as much as possible. You may sketch it in pencil and leave it in black and white or colour it in once you have sketched using coloured PENCILS – no felt tips. Please put your name on the back and do not include any text (writing) on your picture.

So for example – if your peacemaker is Nelson Mandela and you found this photograph...

You might draw something that looks a little like this...

Or like this...

As I said, we are not looking for PERFECTION – all we want to see is that you have tried your best! Make sure you colour all the same way and stay inside the lines of your sketches if you are colouring it in.

This is supposed to be a fun exercise which will help to improve fine motor skills (co-ordination of small muscle movements). It will also give you some practice for the illustrations for a book we will be making in our third line of inquiry about conflict resolution strategies.

Happy drawing!

Miss Lamb

URGENT appeal to all St Dominic's families...

Hi everyone,

We would like to recommend an URGENT appeal to all our St Dominic's families to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Three million people in Haiti (that's practically everyone in Lisbon) need emergency aid. Each and every one of us could make a difference by making a contribution, large or small.

It's really simple - donations can be made on-line to big organisations such as the International Red Cross and the United Nations (see below for details) to name a few.

Follow the links below:
United Nations - (click on the word 'donate' next to Haiti)
International Red Cross - (click on 'make a donation').

Thank you.

If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.