May Update

The school year is winding down, but we still have a lot on our plates between now and June 12th!

First of all, Welcome to 4B, Gaia! We are happy to have you join us in 4B. I am sure that you will make many new friends, which will help make the start of school next year much easier!

Spring Concert
May 15th is our Spring Concert! Please have your child come to school in their concert clothes on Thursday morning for the 9:00am school concert. They should also bring their school uniform to change into following their performance. Then we will see you that evening at the 7pm concert for the parents. Students should come to the classroom first, around 6:50pm, and then we will all walk together to the Activity Room to await our turn on stage, as we will perform after the third graders.

Duathalon
The PE dept. has planned a duathalon (running and swimming) for Friday, May 16th. Please see the school Link for more information.

Field Trip- "Amazing Race!"
On  Monday, May 19th we will be taking a field trip around mont Kiara. Students will be completing a scavenger hunt game as they answer real world math problems and logical thinking questions. The students will be working in small groups so we need at least five chaperones. Please email me if you might be willing to join us.  A field trip permission form with more detail will be coming home later this week.

Field Day
The annual Field Day will take place on Friday, May 30th after lunch. We will also need parent help with this event, so please let me know if you are available.

Student-Led Conferences

Each year, the ES at MKIS holds Student-Led conferences in lieu of the Parent Teacher Conferences. These will be held on Wednesday, June 4th. This is an opportunity for students to showcase their achievements from throughout the school year. Parents will be given a time to come in, as with regular PTC's except the time for these student-led conferences will be a bit longer. Students are expected to accompany their parents, in order to show their classroom portfolio, walk them through through their online Google Site, and escort their parents to the Specialist teachers to show off their work in those areas as well. More information regarding this will be sent home, closer to the date.

Poetry Café
Students would like to share their poetry with you on Friday, June 6th at our Poetry Café. This will mark the culmination of our poetry unit as students share a few poems with you in the school library at 8:45am. Following the readings, we will return to class for morning breakfast treats and juice.

Follow-up from Ipoh
Following the trip to IPOH, students put together a memory book about their adventures and experiences. Please take a moment and peruse their highlights of the trip!   Ipoh Trip ABC Book by 4B.

In Class:

Students are working on Non-Fiction writing in class. We have read through various articles and are taking note of the differences between Fiction and Non-Fiction text. Students will be writing a non-fiction piece based on their research about their chosen country in South East Asia.

We have been working hard on Geometry, studying polygon attributes, classifying triangles, and naming angles. Currently we are working on reviewing terms such as symmetry, reflections, and congruency. Section P, Geometry, in IXL is our focus. Students are enjoying this unit and they are doing very well learning all of the geometric vocabulary. iThey have been working hard on creating a poster called "The Shape Shifter" to show understanding of these terms and concepts.

Students have been working on taking notes about a country of SE Asia on a note taking chart found on their drive. Next week they will begin to use their notes to write at least one paragraph about their topic.  We discussed how important it is to have plenty of notes to build upon and then use elaboration to extend their facts into well constructed sentences.

Term 3 book reports will be completed at school this time, so no need to worry about completing them at home.  We will be creating book reviews in the IT lab that will be used in the school library. Students will choose their favourite book from this term and create an oral book review that will be available to other students in the library. It should be a fun project!

Although it seems as though students have a lot of assignments at this stage of the year, they are being given class time to work on their projects in the computer lab and on the classroom Chromebooks. depending on how well they manage their time in class, they may also need to spend some time at home working on completing their projects.

Congratulations to Mridu for her efforts at Novel Knock Out, representing one of the 2 MKIS teams. They should be really proud of their accomplishments! 

Also, great effort was put forth by Mridu, Ruhi, Florencia and Marina for submitted a story for The Scholastic Writer's Competition!  Best wishes to these girls, and I look forward to hearing the results, which will be announced in October 2014.