Social Studies Test!

Hello Parents and Students,

On Tuesday, October 20, the Grade Four students will be having their Chapter One Test in Social Studies. This chapter is called "Explore The Land" and we have spent our time taking a look at the different geographic regions of our province.

Following is a guide for what the students will need to study:
1. Know about natural vegetation, landforms, climate and bodies of water for the 6 geographic regions of Alberta. These regions are:

Canadian Shield
Boreal Forest
Rocky Mountains
Foothills
Parkland
Grassland

2. Know the cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass rose.

3. Give examples of a landform and describe what it looks like and how it was formed.

4.Use a scale to estimate a distance on a map and explain how you made your estimate.

5. Know how to explore different points of view on an issue.

6. Be able to describe how climate affects the quality of life in an area of Alberta.

The modified test will include:
1. Know about natural vegetation and landforms for 4 of the 6 geographic regions of Alberta. These regions are:

Canadian Shield
Boreal Forest
Rocky Mountains
Grassland

2. Know the cardinal directions on a compass rose.

3. Describe how glaciers created landforms.
4. Use a scale to estimate a distance on a map.
5. Know how to explore different points of view on an issue.
6. Be able to describe how climate affects your life here in Coaldale.

The pages in the text to review are pages 17 to 45. Also, the pink handouts in the students' binders have all of the information that they need, including the above study guide.

Ms. Christie

Math

We're refreshing our addition facts. These seem to be pretty good. I'm looking for them to get 55/55 three times to prove they know thier basic addition facts.

In multiplication we're working on 2 and 4 time tables. It's still not automatic for everyone. Keep practicing them at home.

Once a week they get a review booklet. It always comes out on Friday and is do on Wednesday.

We're also working on place value and understanding the meaning of numbers up to
10 000.

Grade Four Social Studies Mapping Quiz

Hello everyone,

Here is the study guide for the mapping quiz on Monday, September 14:

GRADE FOUR MAPPING QUIZ
STUDY GUIDE

1. Name the seven continents.
a. North America
b. South America
c. Africa
d. Europe
e. Antarctica
f. Asia
g. Australia

2. Name the four oceans
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. Arctic Ocean

3. Define the following
a. Equator
b. Northern Hemisphere
c. Southern Hemisphere
d. North Pole
e. South Pole
f. Prime Meridian
g. Degrees

4. Match the capital cities with the correct province or territory:

British Columbia Victoria
Alberta Edmonton
Saskatchewan Regina
Manitoba Winnipeg
Ontario Toronto
Quebec Quebec City
Newfoundland and Labrador St. John’s
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown
Nova Scotia Halifax
New Brunswick Fredericton
Yukon Whitehorse
Northwest Territories Yellowknife
Nunavut Iqaluit


5. Identify the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) on a compass rose and the four intermediate directions (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest) on a compass rose.

Science June 8th

If anyone has a carnation flower in white we could use it tomorrow. (Cut off we don't need roots)
We could also use some different colors of food coloring.
Thanks

Math June 8th

P. 229 #1-6 due Tuesday June 8th & p. 231&232 #1 - 5
Review #2 due Wed. Morning June 9th

Math May 19

A short math assignment is due tomorrow. it is 2 pages but there is not much too it. We're starting with fractions.

May 11

Math test on division on Thurs.

Science May 4

Science Test tomorrow.

Math May 4

P. 354
#6,7,8,9
p. 357
#4 (same method as we used before)
p. 359
#3,4,5,6 & 8

Social Studies Chapter 5 Test

Hello everyone,

The Chapter 5 social studies test will be on Wednesday, 5. The study guide has been handed out to students but it is below as well.

Miss Christie

CHAPTER 5: NEW ROOTS FOR ALBERTA
STUDY GUIDE
For this test you will need to be able to:
1. Describe the fur trade by telling who was involved in it, where they came from, how they traveled, what they traded for and why.

2. Discuss who the explorers from the British Isles were and what they did.

3. Describe who the Francophones and what important parts of their culture are still in Alberta today.

4. Describe who the Métis were, what they did to help the fur trade and how they traveled.

5. Define what a missionary is and describe what missionaries and nuns contributed to Alberta.

6. Describe the two perspectives on how people felt about the work that missionaries did.

Math & Science April 30

Math homework sheet on division.
Science review sheet due Monday. We'll go over it and the test is Tuesday.

Science April 29

As I was absent the last 2 days the students didn't get the science review that I had planned before their test. They will get the review tomorrow and Friday with the test on Monday instead of tomorrow.

Science April 24

We're coming to the end of the Light and Shadow unit.
There will be a test next week on Thurs. We'll finish up some more today and then thye will b reviewing.

Math April 24

Finish up to the end of Lesson 5. We'll finish the rest on Monday. Test will be on Tues. The Review from the book p. 343 could also be looked at for extra practice.

Math April 21

Mult by 3 digit page in booklet due tomorrow.

Math April 9

In the multiplication booklet have R77 and 78 due for the monday when they come back.
Keep practicing their timetables.

math April 8-1

In the math booklet, 1st page is due.

Math April 8

We'll continue working on multiplication. They will get a booklet to work on today. It will be due after EAster. WE won't have a test before Easter as I originally hoped.

There are examples on the front as to how we are breaking it up into steps.
It helps a lot if the students are quick with their multiplication facts.

Math April 6

We're looking at different ways to multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit.
We will practice different ways to do this Tue. and Wed.. They will have their test on Thurs.

Monday

Language Arts - Spelling for Wednesday as this is a very short week. Unit 9 Write the Words 1-7. Word Power 2 and Challenges with Words 1&2. the test will also be on Wednesday as well.

Poetry - Poems must be complete and turned in on Thursday.

Tuesday

Lang Arts - Please check out the SAYZ me link on the right if you want the computer to help your child with their reading. It is a WIndows basked link that will allow your child to listen to the text you put in the screen. It highlights and will read at a comfortable speed.

I will be posting some sites with a good selection of different levels of reading for the students.

Spelling Unit 8 is due tomorrow as is the letter to Katie for her Super-kid presentation.

Math March 31

p.313#1-6 for tomorrow.

Science March 30

Please bring a sample of an object that you think is opaque, translucent and transparent. 3 objects total. For tomorrow.

Friday

Language Arts - students had a spelling test today. They are to complete a five stanza poem for class on Monday March 30th. They may decorate them and I have given them the following as an example for content and rhyming pattern. Have a great weekend!

Don't Bring Camels to School

Don’t bring camels in the classroom.

Don’t bring scorpions to school.

Don’t bring rhinos, rats, or reindeer.

Don’t bring mice or moose or mule.

Pull your penguin off the playground.

Put your python in a tree.

Place your platypus

wherever you think platypi should be.

Lose your leopard and your lemur.


Leave your llama and your leech.


Take your tiger, toad, and toucan


anywhere but where they teach.

Send your wombat and your weasel

With your wasp and wolverine. 


Hide your hedgehog and hyena

Where you’re sure they won’t be seen.

Please get rid of your gorilla.

Please kick out your kangaroo.

No, the teacher didn’t mean it


When she called the class a "zoo."

Math March 27

Review for math test. The test will be very similar to the work pages 201 and 202. They should do these to practice for their test.

Math March 25

Finish p. 194-5 #1-11
Work on times tables.
Test on Unit 6 on Monday. We'll then continue multiplying by 2 and 3 digit numbers

Wednesday

Language Arts - Students have three things to get ready for class tomorrow.

1. Super kid letter to be completed - must be decorated and be one page long.
2. Spelling Unit 7 Word Power 1, 2, 3a
3. Simile - Create similes on the short worksheet.

Math March 24

Practice times tables all.

P.194 #1 -6 Due tomorrow.

Math March 23

Students need to practice their times tables and do them quickly and easily up to 9 x 9.
They can use strategies like doubling, or working from a known answer or the finger math for the nines.
Practice these 10 minutes a day. I will test them before Easter Break. They need to be a able to answer out load and in written form.

Thursday

Language Arts- Study for your spelling test tomorrow.

Complete the loyalty web on page 19 of your textbook.

Also do viewing the illustrations at the bottom of page 19.

Wednesday

Lang Arts- Study for your spelling test on Friday. You have had the list of words for quite some time so don't forget to review. also make sure you have five good sentences practiced for the test.

Math March 18

We worked on a mental math sheet (back side) and a review on times questions. Both are due Friday.

Wednesday

Language Arts - Please complete your questions "Instant Replay" for the Cornerstones story. As well please complete the Frindle Word Web for Tuesday March 17th.

Tuesday

Language Arts - Spelling Tests are going home today. Please sign and return them to school.

Spelling list for March 9-20 is in the hands of students so they can study during the time off.

Students are working on the story "The Moccasin Goalie so they may/should be asking you about the kinds of recreation you had when you were their age.

A large "Frindle Word Web" is to be completed for class on Tuesday March 17th.

Science March 6

We are starting new unit called Light and Shadow.
On Tues. students are to bring in pictures of objects that give off light. Just the picture not the object itself. We're going to make a group collage of the pictures. Use newspapers, magazines, print from the internet. Whatever works. Students must explain why they brougt the picture. Be able to answer that the object gives off light in some way.

Math March 6

Write out 2, 4,8 ,5 and 10 times tables on the front.
Write out 3 and 6 times tables on the back.
Due Monday

Social Studies Chapter 4 Test

Hi everyone,

Here is the study guide for the Chapter 4 test that will take place on Tuesday, March 10:

Chapter 4: Living with the Land Study Guide

Who Were Alberta’s First Peoples? (p. 98-99)
1. I Can….
Name First Nations groups that have lived in Alberta in the past, and understand that they continue to live here today by:
• reviewing the map on P. 99 and identifying which Nations belonged to which region of Alberta.
How Did Land Shape Ways of Life? (p. 100-109)
I Can….
Explain how natural resources help communities be successful by:
• reviewing the diagram on P. 103 to list what parts of the buffalo were used and why.
Share how stories show that First Nations people feel a strong connection to the land by:
• Reviewing, listing and describing all of the natural resources used by the First Nations for transportation, food, shelter and tools. Use your blue “Connections to the Land” sheet and re-read pages 101 – 109.

How Do We Know About the First Peoples? (p. 111-116)
I Can….
Tell how stories provide an important source of information about the land, culture and history of Alberta by:
• Describing three different ways that information was passed on from generation to generation. Review your jot notes and pages 111-115.

I Can...
Talk about ways people might decide who owns an artifact or cultural item by:
• Giving two different points of view of why cultural objects should be kept in museums and why they should not be kept in museums. Review pages 118-119.


Words Matter
I Can….
Define the following:
First Nations
Bison
Travois
Technology
Environment
Elders
Oral teaching
Archeologists
Artifacts

thursday

Language Arts - Students will be working on their own "Frindle" words for next week.

There is a Spelling Test from words chosen by the students on Monday. Students will be required to write a complete sentence using 6 of the list words.

1. delighted
2. introduction
3. orchestra
4. phase
5. launched
6. pounced
7. slammed
8. grammar
9. blackbird
10. smoothly
11. hula
12. reason

Math March 3

p. 187 # 1 -7
practice times tables

Science March 2

Science test tomorrow. GO over outline, review handout and glossary words.

Math March 2

p. 184 finish #3, then do 4 & 5

Science Feb. 26

We're going to review our last science unit. They will get a study sheet today. On Tuesday we will do our Unit Test. March 3rd

Math Feb. 25

Finish math handout. This focuses on 2, 4,5, 8 and 10's for multiplication.We've used doubling and halfing as a strategy.
Quiz on these timetables.

Math Feb. 23

p. 177 #1-5

Monday

Language Arts - I have an assignment that students will be working on in school this week, They will be given class time to work on it but they may do additional work at home. If they are not finished by Friday the break the following week is there for them to complete it. I want the students to take ownership of their learning on this so I am asking them to evaluate their work as they go by filling the chart in on the back of the assignment. Your help as a parent is important to the success of this as if you ask questions and just offer suggestions my hope is that your child will take responsibility for their learning and produce something they are proud to share.
The following is the assignment the students need to complete:

Frindle Four – due February 23

Now that you have read the first six chapters of the book these are the tasks that I want you to complete.

1. From the book find at least five interesting words from the chapters. Two of them may be one syllable (beat) and the others must have at least two syllables (beats).

2. Copy the sentence from the book where you found your words in your very best handwriting. Record the page number and paragraph where your word is located.

3. Word meanings – If you can tell from the sentence what the word means write the definition for the word. Otherwise look it up in your dictionary.

4. Write a paragraph with at least four sentences using your words. Please underline them.

5. Pick your favourite two-syllable word and make a web of synonyms (words that have the same meaning) for your word. If your word has a homonym (word sounds the same but spelled differently) example: hear – listen, here – a place. Add that to the web. Decorate the web with pictures and colour.

6. Choose the word you find as the most interesting or is your favourite (the word must be at least 6 letters long or you have to check with me if it’s OK before you use it). Write me a letter explaining why you want this letter to be included on your spelling test next week.

7. Plan a creative way to help your classmates learn your word for the spelling test or figure out a pneumonic device to remember how to spell your word.
Example “Frindle” f -found r -red I -ink n –near d –doug’s l –little e –elephant
Frindle – Found red ink near doug’s little elephant.

8. At this time create a web in your Frindle scribbler where you choose your favourite character and make a web describing the character. For each quality your character has find something in the book that shows that; for example if Nick is kind where do we know that from in the story.

Math Feb. 5

We're reviewing. Test is Monday.

Science Feb. 5

Thanks for the glue guns. We're just about done building them.

Science Feb. 4

We need the glue guns and glue sticks for tomorrow. If you could send one that would be great.

Math Feb. 3

p. 160 #1 -3

Science Feb. 3

We're going to start building our catapults. If you have a craft style glue gun can you send it with your child for Thurs. & Fri.
Thanks

Math Feb. 2-A

Unit 5 test is scheduled for next Monday. FEb.9th

Science Feb. 2

They got their quiz back on simple machines.
We're talking about pulleys in class.

Math Feb. 2

Lines of symmetry
p. 155 & 156 #1 -3 due for homework

Social Studies Chapter 3 Test

The students will be having their Chapter 3 (Natural Resources In Your LIfe) test on Thursday, Feb. 5. This chapter took us quite a while because there was a lot to cover.

Students will need to:
1. Give reasons why the fossil fuels are so important to Alberta. (p. 68)
2. List 3 fossil fuels and describe how we use them. (p. 69)
3. Discuss the advantages and challenges of mining the oilsands. (p. 72-73)
4. Understand the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources and give examples of each. (p. 75-77)
5. Describe why agriculture is such an important part of Alberta and how the land is used for farming, ranching. This will include the topic of irrigation as well. (p. 78-82)
6. Identify which regions of Alberta have forests, describe how forestry products are used and discuss ways to protect our forests. (p. 84-87)
7. Describe the steps that show how communities grow because of natural resources. (p. 88)

In order to be consistent with our report card program, eLuminate, each question will be marked as "excellent", "proficient", "acceptable" or "basic".

We will be finishing the chapter on Tuesday and doing a full, in-class review on Wednesday.

Thanks!

Ms. Christie

Science Jan 26

In science we've been looking a the 6 simple machines. There will be a quiz on this material Friday. They will have 2handouts in their duotangs to review.

Math Jan 26

We're working in Chapter 5. On lesson 2 questions 1 - 4 were to be completed. They should be done already. We started question 5 in class and will continue on Thurs.

Math Jan 20

Math tests were returned today and should have gone home.
We've started unit 5 on 2D objects.

Math Jan 13

Finish Lesson 8 yellow booklet
p. 137 & 138 Review
Test yourself yellow booklet
We'll go over these at the end of class
Test Thursday

Math Jan 12

Reminder Math test on Ch. 4 Thursday.

Religion

Religion test on unit 2. They have the study sheet. Test is on Friday.

Scholastic Book Orders

Book Order due Thur. the 15th of the month.

Math Jan 9

Finished Lesson 7 in Review booklet and in Text. We'll do Lesson 8 on Mon & Tue. Review Wed and test on Thurs.

Social Studies Homework

The students have been working on describing and drawing how oil is taken from the oil sands and this assignment will be due on Tuesday, January 13. Also due the same day, are the answers to three short questions that the students wrote in their binders. These questions are:

1. Why is oil, gas and coal so important to Alberta? Name 3 reasons.
2. Describe how we use oil, gas and coal in our everyday lives. Give one example for each fossil fuel.
3. How is the land used to extract oil from the oil sands? What happens to the land after they are finished?

Next week, we will be discussing alternative sources of energy as well as the role of agriculture in Alberta.

Have a good weekend!

Ms. Christie

Thursday

Language Arts - For Friday Jan 9th Please complete DLR Mon-Fri

For next Monday I would like students to complete their Spelling Unit 16 booklet and their weekly handwriting booklet. we will have a test on the words for that unit.

Curtis will be doing his Superkid next Friday so we look forward to that.

Math Jan 8

Finish Questions 1-3 from p. 133. A copy of this page from the text has been provided for them.
WE have Lesson 8 to finish and then review. The test for this unit is scheduled for Thurs. Jan. 15.

Math Jan 6

Finish review package lessons 1-5.

Social Studies

Hello everyone and welcome back!

Mrs. Pederson has left to embark on her new career and I will be resuming Social Studies with the Grade 4 students. We've just started Chapter 3, titled, "Natural Resources In Your Life". Today, the students began a title page which includes their name, the name of the chapter, 2 inquiry questions (found on p. 67) and pictures of natural resources found in Alberta. This will be due on Thursday, January 8.

On the back of the title page sheet that I handed out, you will find a list of "I Can" statements. Chapter 3 is divided into 4 parts and the students should be able to confidently respond to these statements at the end of each section. We will be working on the "Leduc Discovery" for all of this week and then moving on to the importance of agriculture next week.

Health

Please bring a non-perishable food that has a label for health on Thurs. After we learn about labels we wil donate these items to the food bank.

Science

We started Unit C No homework given.

Math Jan5

We worked on review booklet. Lesson 1, 2 & 3 need to be completed. Most have finished up to Lesson 5.