Science Tests

The students recieved their science tests back today and will be bringing them home. I was quite impressed with how well the class did, they probably have been telling you about recycling all month:)Have a good weekend.

October 30- L.A.

Hi everyone, the 'Campread Well' program will start officially next week for November. What I am asking is that each student has written proof of what books he/she has read, which should include the time period, number of pages, and a brief description of the story. Our Monster Video Conferencing Project is on the go and we will start building the monster next week. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Math Oct. 30

We worked on estimation in class. We finished p. 69 in class.

Students are doing mad minutes on basic math facts. The sheets are going home after they are marked. Some students need some more practice. Knowing their basic facts are essential when we go to add 3 and 4 digit numbers.

Math Oct. 28

Math test should go home today. They were handed back in class. The next unit is on addition and subtraction. WE will be doing basic math facts everyday as a warm up. Many students need to practice the basics or they will struggle with adding 3 and 4 digit numbers.

Math Oct. 22

We reviewed the assignment from yesterday. They will do a practice tomorrow in class and review on Friday. The math test will be on Monday instead of Friday.
They have a big science test Friday.

October 22- Video Conferencing

Myself and the grade fours will be participating in two seperate video conferencing events relating to Language Arts and Social Studies. For language arts the students are creating a 'monster' which another participate class somewhere in Alberta will have to create and share with our class via video conferencing. In Social Studies, the class will be presenting their region, 'grasslands' to other grade 4 classes in Alberta relating to the regions of Alberta. The language arts conference will be a one time event, where as the social studies conference will occur a multiple of times over the next month or so. If you have any questions or concerns about your child using video conferencing, feel free to contact me. Thanks!

October 29 Concert

On Wednesday, October 29 we will be having our first concert of the year. The Grade 4 class will be singing "Do-Re-Mi" from the Sound of Music and will be performing it with the Grade Three class. The students need to be at the school at 6:30 in their homeroom and are simply asked to "dress nice"! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Miss Christie

P.E and Health

We have just finished our wiffle ball unit in P.E. The students seemed to really enjoy the unit and they are excited to start our next unit, volleyball!

We have been learning about body image in health and how we are all made differently. We have been studying media and how the media portrays body image. The students might have questions about body image and so I wanted to let you know beforehand. Have a great week!

Science

Today in class I had the students put check marks on all the pages that they need to study for their science unit test. The test will be on Friday like I mentioned in my last post. If the students study those pages they should do great on the test. Have a great week!

Math Oct. 17

Finish #5 on p.52
Some students need to review number lines. They have handed in Questions #3 & 4. I'll look at them and see if more review is needed.
The unit test will be next Friday. The test is very similar to the review at the end of the chapter. p. 61 & 62

Science

We are finishing our science unit on "Waste and Our World." We will have the unit exam on Friday the 24th of October. On Tuesday I will have the students put a red star on the pages they need to study. I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving.

October 16- Social Studies

We have started our unit on 'Sense of Land' and students have their first homework assignment where they are to draw or write in pictures and descriptions of Alberta's unique land features (mountains, hills, rivers, praries). Information can be found and used from the textbook on pages 18-23. Next week on Tuesday, the students will be given a presentation from Waterton Lakes National Park by Waneeta Fisher and it will be on 'National Parks in Alberta.' It is a free service and an interesting learning experience for the students.

Math Oct. 16

We started working with number lines to help place large numbers. We will continue the assignment tomorrow in class.

October 15- L.A.- Camp Read Well

Hi Parents:
Your child will be bringing home a letter describing the "Camp Read Well" program that we will be completing in our class. The letter is coming home later than it should be but we will be starting the program permentantly in the month of November. The goal is for each student to read two books a month at his/her reading level. Once the goal is achieved, the student earns a free kids meal at 'Montana's.' I am excited to be implementing this fun program into the grade 4 L.A. class, and I hope you also enjoy it with your child as well.

Math Oct. 14

We marked there review from Thurs. and did another quiz on this same topic. They will get them back tomorrow. We go on to practice writing 4 digit numbers in words.

Scholastic Book Orders

Book orders are due the 15th of every month. Bring them tomorrow if there are any books you want to purchase.

math Oct. 8

We're doing a quiz on the stuff covered so far in unit 2. Expect to see it come home (tomorrow I think) so you can see how they are doing.

Non perishable Food Item

All students are asked to bring a nonperishable food item for the food bank for the celebration tomorrow.

Math Oct. 7

Review
p. 47 #1 - 7 due tomorrow

Language Arts Mr. H

Language Arts - Due to the fact that I'll miss my regular time with the students and we miss the Monday for Thanksgiving and the divisional PD day the students are to complete the "Powerful Paragraphs" handout for Monday October 27th. This will be a homework assignment.

Mr.H

Math Oct. 6

Standard form and expanded form of numbers.
p. 43 #1,2,3,5,7 due tomorrow

Math Oct. 3

p.39 #1-5, 8 & 9

Due for Monday

Science Quiz

We are going to have a science quiz on Tuesday about waste and how we dispose of waste. On Friday I will have the students put an "X" on the pages that they need to study.

Science October 1st

In science we are studying waste and the students are excited because we are monitoring a composter which we have created. There will be a quiz coming up shortly as well.