Grade 4 - It's a Wrap!

 Some of the activities we shared this week were celebrating each other's Calgary Stampede projects, showing our favourite part of the year using loose parts, and scavenger hunt at the pond. 

Thank you everyone for being part of the grade 4 experience. You are each a treasure. 

Activity Day Tomorrow, June 23

It looks like perfect weather for our Activity Day! We will be outdoors from 9:00 - 11:00 AM. Dress for fun in the sun (hat, sunscreen, running shoes). 

Calgary Public Library - Read With Me Program

 The Calgary Public Library is currently accepting applications for their Read with Me program.

Read with Me (Grades 1 – 6)   

Do you have a child who is struggling to read, speaks English and could benefit from free one-on-one reading support? Read with Me pairs adult volunteers with elementary school students for fun literacy activities for an hour every week. 

Guardians contact: ReadWithMeProgram@calgarylibrary.ca

Link for more information: READ WITH ME

Bubbles

 Bubbles is looking for a new home!

Details: He is quiet, will eat from your hand, hides under a cloud of bubbles when hungry, comes with a fish bowl and lots of food. 

If anyone is able and willing to adopt him, please reply to deallan@cbe.ab.ca

June 16

Today we are grateful for ...

• Everyone in the class.
• Math - money!
• Math - 
• Calgary Stampede.
• Chance to be the leader.
• Fish in a Tree. 
• 9 more school days!

June 13

Today we are grateful for...

• drumming in music.
• creating a surprise for someone special.
• Calgary Stampede build. 
• obstacle course in gym. 
• rain!
• Kakyosin at the pond. 
• decimals, working with money.
• recess at the blue park. 
• book clubs.

How can we reflect the history, voices, legacy and vibrancy of Alberta? What can we add to the Calgary Stampede? We have designed a machine that will answer these questions. 

The store is open! We have been given a credit card and $100. What can we purchase? Can we create our machine and still have money left over? 

Kakyosin - being keenly observant on the land. What are the animals, plants, and land teaching us? 

Thankful for wagons and sit-upon mats. They make our outdoor work easier. 

Thankful for sunshine, beautiful parks, and FRIENDS!

June 6 happenings, and list of resources needed

 Today we are grateful for...

• drumming in music. 
• Dr. Dodgeball in gym. 
• Calgary Stampede design, time to sit square and talk about it. 
• reading book clubs. 
• recess in the sun. 
• solving 2 digit multiplication problems in math, and checking the answer with division. 

We have been looking closely at the Calgary Stampede with this question in mind: 

Does the Calgary Stampede reflect the history, voices, legacy and vibrancy of Alberta? Who or what is missing? What could be even better?

Yesterday we designed something that will reflect this question. Today we "sat square" with a partner and asked each other these questions:

1. What is this design, what does it do?

2. How does it reflect the legacy or history of Alberta? 

3. How does it make the Calgary Stampede better? 

4. What simple machines does it include? 

5. What materials might you need to build it?

Here is a list of resources that students came up with for their Calgary Stampede Build Project. Please send any items to school if you have extra to share: