November 8 2019

Date: November 8 2019

A Look Ahead: Grade 4 has finished our STEM residency and finishing up on our Alberta map projects in the classroom. We are beginning looking at single digit multiplication through times tables, arrays, and in word problems. In Spanish, we are exploring Puerto Rico for our upcoming assembly on the 28th. In English, we are forming reading groups and doing books studies. Upcoming dates and due dates: November 14:à S4 Presentation November 21: à Student Led Conferences (early dismissal) November 22:à Student Led Conferences (No classes) November 28:à Puerto Rico Assembly (afternoon) Due Dates: November 15:à Minimum 4 entries about novel for literature circles November 15:àSki Snowboard Forms due back to teachers

In Science we are finishing our unit on Waste & Our World. We presented our posters to kindergarten through grade 5 classes to teach about garbage, refundable, compostable, and recyclable materials. We are teaching what goes in all the containers/bins. In this unit we learned about consumers, producers, and decomposers. We learned what is biodegradable and non-biodegradable. On Fridays, the Green Leaders will have a task to do in order to make our school a greener place!

In Social Studies, we are doing a project on the six regions in Alberta. We are using makey-makey and scratch to create an interactive map to teach about the regions. We also learned about the animals that live in each region. On our map, we are also teaching about the landforms, vegetation, climate, bodies of water, and natural resources in each region. We did some research about our First Nations on Orange Shirt Day, and we learned which First Nations groups live in the different regions of Alberta.

In English Language Arts, we are doing “literature circles” with different books. In some of the groups we have been listening to reading and exploring different novels. Every day we are responding to the books that we are reading to show our reading comprehension. Some of the titles of the books we are reading include: Wonder A Wrinkle in Time Mr. Lemoncello’s Library James & The Giant Peach Matilda Shiloh Stone Fox Frindle The Wild Robot In our homeroom classes, we are reading “The City of Ember” which takes place in a city that suffers from constant black outs and shortage of electricity and materials.

In Spanish Language Arts, we are working on our assembly about Puerto Rico. We have been divided into four groups: Dancers, Actors, Prop Makers, Slide makers.  The theme of the assembly is The Magic School Bus goes to Puerto Rico. Everyone is invited to the assembly on November 28th!

In Math, we have been reviewing our times tables up to nine and we are still continuing with numero del dia. We just finished our time unit. Please help me practice by telling time using an analog clock.

In Music we… More to come J

Please Celebrate my learning by joining me at Student Led conferences as well as the Puerto Rico Assembly. The school is doing a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House through a bake sale and there are lots of great volunteer opportunities with the bake sale and in our classroom. Please sign up on the school website.

You Can Help Your Child By: -Reading every day in English and in Spanish - Practicing our 0-10 times tables -Helping me determine elapsed time  -Discussing my SMART goals with me

Overheard in grade 4: I really liked making the posters for science-S I am really enjoying working on the Puerto Rico Assembly-E I am really enjoying reading all the different books in English-C I can’t wait to start the next science unit…whatever it is. –D