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:

 

June 1

 Today we are grateful for...

• math, practicing doubles, and doubles plus one again. Please work on this at home if you haven't memorized your multiplication facts. 
• early recess. 
• a new month, the last month of grade 4!
• playing prodigy.
• seating change. 
• playing volleyball in gym. 
• 28 more days of school. 
• last health (puberty) class. 
• research about the Calgary Stampede. 

May 31

 Yesterday we were able to join Calgary's LitCon 2023 

The virtual presentations included a keynote speaker Kenneth Oppel, "A Life's Scribbling". He talked about how he got started as an author. We learned that anything around us can be turned into a story!

In the afternoon we had a virtual tutorial with a children's book illustrator Vanja Kragulj. She taught us how to create characters using circles. 

(These presentations were not recorded, and our camera was off.)

Today we enjoyed the grade 2 assembly. It was about the 7 Grandfather Teachings. 

We went outside and participated in the Iron Campers challenge. We were rated on creativity, use of materials, and collaboration. 

Order Yearbook

Yearbooks

Yearbooks continue to be sold on your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. Select School Based Optional fees and then add the fee to your cart. Lifetouch requires us to submit the order by May 31. As we try to not order many extras, your preorder will help us with our financial commitment. Yearbooks will be delivered end of September.

May 24

 We are grateful for...

• our novel, "Fish in a Tree". 
• health lessons. 
• recess outside in smokeless air. 
• two games to celebrate birthdays. 
• capture the flag with adapted paintball version. 

We have been working on multiplication and division. Today we learned a new method for division called partial quotients. 

Some of our math work: 

The duck art added some flair.

Some students tried the more challenging problem.

                                              Even more challenging...

Click her for a video tutorial:  Video Example

OH

At OH Ranch yesterday we were grateful for...

• petting Missy the horse. 
• rodeo games (making ropes, lasso, barrel racing). 
• walking up the hill. 
• sketching the scenery. 
• Napi story about the quaking aspen. 
• a smooth bus ride. watching the dogs help round up cattle that might be sick. 
• the museum artifacts. 
• a hot sunny day.
• FOR VOLUNTEERS!!!! It would not have been possible without you!

Ranching Dangers

We have been researching about ranching in Alberta. Today we brainstormed possible dangers that ranchers face these days. Here is a list that we came up with...

We then listened to news casts about three big problems that ranchers face here in Alberta. Can you guess what they are? (Mrs. Allan re-enacted one of the dangers by becoming a species of animal that invaded the classroom and ate paper.) 

MAY 9 - OH Ranch Information and Rollers

OH Ranch field trip on Monday, May 15th:
We learned about the ranch yesterday during our meeting with the field trip coordinators. 

Important information: 

The weather can change quickly, especially close to the mountains. This is mainly an outdoor field trip. OH Ranch staff have asked for the students to wear/bring the following: 

• Lunch and snack, with reusable containers. There are no composting/trash/recycling receptacles on site due to the location.
• Long pants and long socks (in case of ticks)
• Extra pair of socks
• Appropriate shoes or boots for walking (We will be playing tag games and walking up a hill.)
• Layered outerwear (rain gear, sweater, jacket, hat gloves)
• Sunscreen (will need it if we're lucky)
• Water bottles can be refilled on site.
• iPads will be provided to groups for taking pictures. Cell phones will not be taken out on the bus or at the ranch. We will be following usual protocols regarding technology. 

If you are volunteering, it is important that you also come with the things listed above! 
Thank you so much! 

Today we were introduced to a simple machine. Ask me about how rollers work. 

A quick video of success...

ROLLERS IN ACTION

May 8

 Today we are grateful for...

• learning about branding. 
• OH Ranch meeting.
• gym, capture the fish/flag. 
• Dance Mat Typing. 

May 5

Our class has a virtual meeting with OH Ranch facilitator on Monday, May 8th. Please read for more information: 

OH RANCH VIRTUAL MEETING

Field Trip Form, Math, Mental Health

 Field Trip Forms are due Monday. Please print, sign and return. 

Click here for the parent risk form: OH RANCH FIELD TRIP FORM

We reviewed multiplication using landmark numbers (x10 or x20) as well as the area model. Yes, we continue to work on any flat erasable surface that we can find!

Mental health begins with our inner voices. What are we telling ourselves? We can be aware of any negative self-talk. We have the power to change our mental and physical health by flipping that inner voice! 

Remember, help is always just a phone call away! 

Some links if you or someone you know needs support: 

Calgary's Child - Help is Just a Phone Call Away

Hats ON for Mental Health on Wednesday!

WEAR A HAT  ON WEDNESDAY, TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH!

 May 2nd: Today we are grateful for...

• looking closely at plants outside, by perspective drawing. 
• math - multiplication and fractions. 
• music - a test!
• playing hoop tag outside for gym. 
• all the great helpers in this class (E). 
• Miss Rumphius, a read-aloud story.

Here is an inference we made today after listening closely to the story, Miss Rumphius. 

- I think Miss Rumphius will go close up to the sea and see how the plastics are harming the environment. She will clean it up. Then her grandpa will say she has completed the mission to make the world a better place. The clues we used to make this inference are that she is planning to move closer to the sea, and also that she promised to make the world a better place. 

Blind perspective drawing

My partner described what she could see. 

I did my best to draw what she described. 

This is good practice for speaking about our perspective, and listening to the perspective of others. 

May 1

 Today we are grateful for...

• Gym outside, football skills!
• Planting seeds.
• Math - multiplication 10x and 5x.
• new book clubs. 
• new seating arrangement. 
• Dance Mat Typing practice. 
• 4 square and playground games at recess. 
• time to Work on Work (WOW) and projects. 
• Poetry, Cinquain poem
• research about ranching in Alberta. 

April 26

Some of our work this week has included...

• fractions
• multiplication
• writing poetry
• creating with clay
• studying changes in plants outside
• researching Ranching in Alberta

Redwing Blackbird!