Veteran's Food Bank, Mindfulness Club, Home Reading

Click for information: VETERAN'S FOOD BANK

Mindfulness Club

Please see the link (Click HERE) for information regardeing a lunch recess club being offered beginning November 15th. Signed letters are due by November 3rd for those students interested. There is a limit of 40 students.

Thank you for supporting our home reading program. Click for information: Grade 4 Home Reading Program

October 27

 We worked on...

• Science experiments. 
• Researching Alberta's regions. 
• Learning a new song for Remembrance Day, watched Skeleton Dance, and played a game in music. 
• Skittle soccer in gym. 
• a game called "I Spy" in math. 
• Learning to read facial expressions. 
• Reading. 

October 26

Today we enjoyed...

• Symbols of Alberta.
• Book exchange.
• Playing a math game. 
• Hoop puzzle in gym (traffic jam). 
• Reading.
• Writing stories (some of us are authoring books). 
• Calgary Public Library presentation - Digital Collection. 

The sun has been rising later, but continues to be colourful. 

 

October 25

 Some of our learning included...

• Submitting questions for Mayor Jyoti Gondek, as she will be virtually reading to us on Monday (Halloween). 
• Challenging group work in gym, crossing the lava. 
• Secret Path - summarizing the Chanie Wenjack's story. 
• Home Reading chart was filled out the package is in backpacks. 

October 24

Some of our work today included: 

• Empathy map for Morgan, in Barren Grounds. 
• Laptops for writing and research. 
• Medicine wheel, adding healthy lifestyle choices. 
• Indoor recess break in the afternoon. 
• Math game - "target". 

October 19

 Today was "Take Me Outside" day! It was gorgeous weather for us. 

Some of our learning included...

• Sun print art at the pond. 
• Scavenger hunt in nature. 
• Scoops and ball toss in gym. 
• Drama and writing interesting sentence starters. 
• Math problem solving, finding the difference between numbers. 
• Book exchange. 
• Reverse transparency art outline. 

DRESS FOR PAINTING TOMORROW!

October 18

 Today's happenings included...

• A successful fire drill (during PE). 
• Laptops - speech to text or typing our Alberta Gem story. 
• Music - recorders.
• Playground with a grade 5 class.
• Math game, "Jackpot 9". 
• Frisbee in PE. 
• Social Skills story, "Should I Think it or Say It?"
• Reading quietly. 
• Wink Doctor. 

Think it or Say it?

Roll 9 Jackpot

October 17

 Today included:

• Solving tricky subtraction math problems.
• Building numbers to 10 000
• Building scenes of reciprocity. 
• Making text-to-self connections through our read-aloud novel, Barren Grounds.
• Considering natural resources and reciprocity through a survival enactment at our pond.

Hallowe'en Happenings...

Halloween is just around the corner!  If students wish to dress up on Monday, they are asked to bring costumes to school in a bag and put them on after lunch. There will be an afternoon of Halloween themed learning activities. Please note: 

• An easy costume to pull on over clothes is the best.  
• Students can wear face paint to school.
• Weapons are not allowed. 
• Face masks can be worn on top of the head. 
• Leave accessories at home so they don't get lost. 
• No sharing of candy or food treats at school please. 
• We will be participating in learning challenges, so inflatable costumes may be challenging. 

October 13-14

• Distracted by a beautiful hot air balloon!
• Writing description of an Alberta gem. 
• Showing numbers to 10 000 in a variety of ways. 
• Experimenting with shadows. 
• Surveying our peers and creating bar graphs. 

October 12

 Book orders have gone home today. Our class code is RC2145

• Scholastic Books

Today we...

• Completed a survey on laptops with Mr. Magowan. 
• Played Place Value Junk It. 
• Played at the school playground. 
• Listened to the story "Henny Penny" and we practiced mindful breathing. The sky is not falling!
• Read books. 
• Listened to a chapter from "Barren Grounds". 
• In gym we played "Boulder Dash". 

October 11

Some events today...

• School photos were sent home. You can order online at lifetouch.ca.
• Created shadows using any loose parts. 
•  Quest Theatre - Hello Friend was a fun performance.
• We had music with drama games. 
• We played "Place Value Junk It". 
• Started a Holistic Framework Wheel. 
• We practiced reading. 
• Played at the school playground. 
• Zombie tag in gym. 
• We worked hard and had fun. 

October 6

 Look for a School Messenger email regarding MORNING MUSIC CLUB.

Another busy day in grade 4...

• Looking closely at graphs.
• Sculpture depicting a favourite sport.
• Light and Shadow research. 
• Terry Fox assembly and run. 

October 4

Click here: Terry Fox Information

Some of our learning included: 

• Alberta research.
• Building and representing numbers using 12 base ten blocks.
• Successful fire drill practice. 
  
  
  

October 3 - Toonies for Terry

See link for information regarding Terry Fox Marathon of Hope this week: Terry Fox

 It was a busy, fun day. Some of our work included...

• Using natural resources in Alberta in a survival enactment at the pond. 
• Learning about Alberta's regions.
• Working on our throwing aim with frisbees in gym. 
• A new math game called "Doubles". 
• Switching to new table groups for October.
• Making connections with events in the novel "Barren Grounds".