November 22 2019

Date: November 22 2019

A Look Ahead: Grade 4 is working on practicing for their upcoming assembly for Puerto Rico. We are also working on single digit multiplication to 9x9. We will be learning about simple machines like wheels and levers.   Upcoming dates and due dates: November 27thàPasatiempo Presentations Begin November 25thà Sound Kreations Residency Begins *******December 5:à Puerto Rico Assembly (afternoon) ******** Due Dates: November 15:àSki Snowboard Forms due back to teachers Skiing and Snowboarding begins December 16-19

In Science, We are beginning our new unit on simple machines. We are going to learn about wheels and axles, gears pulleys, levers, screws, inclined planes, and wedges. We are going to learn why they are important and how they impact the world around us.

In Social Studies we have been working on our Alberta Region Map. We have also finished our coding and our script to make our map interactive. We are presenting this at student led conferences. We are excited to learn more about social studies in regards to Alberta’s history.

In English Language Arts, We are doing literature circles and the books are included in the last blog post. We have been practicing “making connections”. Examples include: Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World. An example by K: One time in the wild robot there was a time that she went into a cave and there were bears. I can understand how Roz felt because a bear came into our campsite and I felt terrified. We are writing responses in our “reading quilt” for our books.

In Spanish Language Arts we are working on “Mi Pasatiempo” presentations. These presentations will begin Wednesday November 27th and we will explain our favourite hobby to our classmates.  We are also working on our parts for our Puerto Rico Assembly. We are practicing as we are excited our assembly is on DECEMBER 5. The groups include “actors” which will speak and act. The prop makers who will create the props and the set that we need. The Slide Creators will make slides about Puerto Rico including location, food, money, symbols, flag, art, music, and dance, as well as traditions. There will also be salsa dancers to show a type of dance famous in Puerto Rico.

In Math we have been working on multiplication including single digit and double digit by one digit multiplication. We have been using blocks to create equal groups. Also, we have been using a lattice and standard format to break down multiplication equations. We have been continuing with math games and math exercises. We have also been doing “math talks” and discussing strategies. We have been talking about “separating numbers”, “partial products”, “doubling”, “halving”, “repeated addition”, “using math facts that we already know to find out more difficult ones”.    .

In Music we… Music in Grade 4 We continue working on the recorder.  The notes that are a focus of the Grade 4 recorder unit are the B, A, and G (above middle C).  With these notes, we play a variety of pieces where we explore the beat and rhythm as well as begin a more in-depth focus on reading music notation. Song: El Pirata Tú has visto, visto, visto En tu larga, larga, vida Un pirata, rata, rata Con dos largas, largas patas Nunca he visto, visto, visto En mi larga, larga vida Un pirata, rata, rata Con dos largas, largas patas. This song includes playing the recorder, the singing voice, partner hand jive body percussion as well as the xylophone.

Please Celebrate my learning at the Puerto Rico Assembly on December 5th and help me practice for my pasatiempo presentation.

You Can Help Your Child By: -Reading every day in English and in Spanish - Practicing our 0-10 times tables

Overheard in grade 4: I really like working on the Puerto Rico Assembly-A I love playing prodigy-K I really liked doing the scratch with my group for my Alberta Region project-N I really like practicing the assembly-C I really enjoy reading the books in English Language Arts-A I am excited to present the assembly-J