April 27 – May 1

Grade 4/5 students:

Excellent job on your ‘Home Learning’ students!  I am very proud of your efforts and thank you to those who have sent me their autobiography to my email (cheryl.carroll@nbed.nb.ca).  I enjoyed reading them and gave students some feedback.  Here is your schedule for the week (Don't forget to also read each day, 30 min of physical activity and social/emotion learning):

1. Math – Login to Dreambox and complete a minimum of two activities each day (10 activities for the week).  Remember that the activities with a calendar icon are ones that I have assigned.

   I am happy to report that 9 out of 11 students completed all 10 activities last week and the class completed 175 lessons in total!

2. Writing Journal – Spend 15-20 minutes each day writing a journal entry.

3. Weekly Writing Task - Spend 15-20 minutes working on the assigned writing task so that you have a finished good copy by the end of the week (remember to spend some time revising and editing your work).  Email to cheryl.carroll@nbed.nb.ca

   This week you will write an opinion piece (persuasive writing).You can choose a topic from the choice board below or choose your own topic.  This writing piece should include 5 paragraphs (an introduction, 3 body paragraphs that explain or give details for your reasons for or against the opinion, and a conclusion).

   This week, let’s focus on writing a great introduction and conclusion.  The feedback that I provide will mainly focus on how you did writing your introduction and conclusion.  Continue to make sure you have paragraphs that are easy to find and that start with a good topic sentence.

• The introduction should introduce your topic and catch the reader’s attention.  State your opinion clearly and give the reader a ‘preview’ of your reasons for or against by saying the three reasons that support your opinion (without giving details).  You should finish the introduction by restating your opinion. 

• The conclusion sums up the things you have said in your piece of writing so remind the reader of your opinion.  Restate the reasons you gave in each of your body paragraphs (or write a sentence that summarizes each body paragraph). Write a concluding sentence that clearly states your opinion in another way.

   

  In the attached document, I have included some opinion words and phrases, a graphic organizer, a sample of how I used the graphic organizer and a sample persuasive essay that I wrote.  Use these to help you and remember to pay particular attention to your introduction and conclusion.  I wrote about why I have the best mother.  You could do the same topic (different reasons and examples of course) and give it to your mom on Mother’s Day.

  Here are some possible topics to choose from: