Thank You to Our Four Visiting Artists from Phnom Penh Society!

As part of our current unit based on the theme "How We Express Ourselves", students have been inquiring into how artists are influenced by the society in which they create.

Students have had the opportunity to meet with four fantastic and dedicated artists so far, Mr. David Holliday, Mrs. Mia Jordanwood, Ms. Dina Chhan, and Mr. Stephen Bimson.

The Grade 4 team would like to thank all these artists for spending their valuable time chatting with, answering questions from, and teaching our students about their own art forms.

                                   

See more photos from our class here!

Up and Coming this Week (March 30 - April 3) in Room 37

Welcome back from a refreshing weekend everyone!

Here are a few things to look forward to this week in Room 37:

Field Trip

On Monday morning at 9:45, grade 4 students will make a short field trip to secondary in order to view the artworks of the Diploma Art students. Grade 4 students will fill out response sheets about different works of art that they see. They will also ask the Diploma Art students how society has influenced their creations.

As we will miss morning break at elementary as a result of this trip, please send your child to school on Monday morning with a snack, as he/she will not be able to purchase one on this day. 

Mathematics

This week we will be adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators before beginning a study of adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators using the ideas about renaming and finding fractions with common units from last week.

Unit of Inquiry / Language Arts

This week during reading workshop, students are developing their proficiency with the reading strategy of visualisation. They will begin the week by investigating how descriptive language causes them to visualise images and scenes from texts that they are reading. During class, they will pick a descriptive passage from "Charlotte's Web" and sketch a scene based on what the text describes. This also connects to a weekly homework assignment that students had last week, in which they had to similarly pick a descriptive passage in the book they were reading and sketch it.

In writing workshop, students will be finishing drafting and publishing descriptive sensory poems about their bedrooms and school places. Students will publish these poems on photo collages they will be making by using Picmonkey.

Student Led Conferences on Friday, April 3 (No class for students)

Students will be discussing their learning with you while guiding you through their blog/portfolio. Your child will also take you to his/her specialist classes to share work from there. If you are unsure of your scheduled appointment, please ask Ms. Kaltrina in the office at kaltrinarexhepi@ispp.edu.kh.

The week in PREVIEW!

It will be a short but action packed week for the Grade 4s here in room 37 this week.

Special events include:

• Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 - 10:10: Field trip to Sovanna Phum Shadow Puppet Theater at No. 166, St. 99
• Wednesday, March 11, 3:00 - 5:15: YAPP T-Ball

Class Break Reminders

Also, please remember that there will be an early dismissal on Thursday, March 12, at 12:00 and no classes on Friday, March 13 or Monday, March 16. School will resume as normal on Tuesday, March 17.

Mathematics

In math this week, students are inquiring into ordering fractions, improper fractions, and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. Students will be practicing ordering fractions correctly using ideas they have been forming about fraction sizes when compared to a whole and concepts of fraction equivalencies. 

Understanding these concepts will give students more reasoning power when we move into adding and subtracting fractions next week, and multiplying fractions the week after. 

Unit of Inquiry / Language Arts

Students have continued to inquire into various ways in which artists express themselves and personal responses to the arts. As part of this inquiry, students have: 

• completed and shared their final blind contour drawings of a classroom objects based still life;
• made and analysed aesthetic choices while digitally enhancing photos using www.picmonkey.com to achieve certain sought after and preconceived effects; 
• and read, recited, and responded to poetry from many authors while creating a poetry anthology.

Homework for this Week

Our weekly homework will always be published in this section of our blog. To find it, search for homework, or click on the label in the list that says "Weekly Homework". Also, please check the IMPORTANT REMINDERS section of the homework every week, as it contains information about special events of each week.

"Purple Day" a Grape Success!!!

Here is everyone in their purple best for last Friday's ISPP Elementary Spirit Day!

Good thing there were no "One Eyed one Horned Flying Purple People Eaters" out and about!

Congratulations to our new ISPP Class Representative, Moto!

Last Wednesday, volunteering students presented speeches detailing why they would make good Grade 4 ISPP class representatives during the split for the Exhibition this year. The class was duly impressed by the arguments students carefully drafted and presented as to why they should represent the class, but ultimately Moto was chosen in a closely contested vote by secret ballot.

Congratulations Moto!