February 18th - 21st

February 18th - 21st

We are still looking for skating volunteers for next week. Please contact me if you are able to skate with our class. We need a minimum of 2 volunteers on the ice each day or we will be unable to skate.

The Grade 4 Bake Sale for Camp Warwa was a huge success. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed baking and/or purchased items. The total amount raised to help reduce the cost of the camp was $1,160.70. Your contributions and support with the fundraising is greatly appreciated. 

Language Arts

Our Kidblog writing schedule this week included:

Long Weekend Update

WeSearch Wednesday - Basketball

3, 2, 1 Thursday - Week in Review

Buddy Bio Poem Writing

A “Buddy Bio Poem” is a fun partner writing activity in which students interview a classmate and write a bio poem about him or her. Bio poems are easy to write because they follow a specific format and they don’t rhyme. The students started by interviewing a partner to gather facts and information about his or her classmate. Then they started to compose short bio poem using information learned during the partner interview.

Reading Comprehension

The students independently read an article about Milton Hershey entitled “The Man Behind the Kiss.” The students were then asked to answer questions to assess their comprehension of the article.

Cursive Writing

We reviewed 3 cursive writing letter this week - Ll, Ee and Nn.

Math

This week we started our Number Sense - Division unit. Goals focused on include:

- recognize which information is provided and which is not among: how many sets, how many in each set, how many altogether. 

- translate among division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction equations.

- use skip counting to divide.

- understand the relationship between division and multiplication

Congratulations to our XtraMath Superstars this week!

Social

We had the Technology Integration Facilitator for Black Gold out to our class on Tuesday. Mr. Maltais spent half of the day showing our students how to explore Devon and famous landmarks using Google Maps. They used this knowledge and Google Earth to create a virtual tour of the six geographical regions of Alberta. The students really enjoyed working with Mr. Maltais and we are looking forward to having him out to our class in the near future to do a coding activity with the students.

Science

The students worked in partners to answer reading comprehension questions based on more detailed information about 3 types of Simple Machines - pulley, lever and wheel and axle. 

Art

The students were given an opportunity to work on their Digital Memory Album pages this week. This will be an ongoing project throughout the year where they will continue photos to capture memories from each month.

Mrs. Suter's grade 2 class asked for some help with google slides. We partnered up with a student from their class and assisted them with the completion of their Polar Bear presentation. The grade 4 students loved this extra responsibility and took the job very seriously. 

Congratulations to our Student of the Week!

February 10th - 14th

February 10th - 14th

Valentine’s Day

We took some time this week to create Valentine envelopes. This was an open ended art project and the creativity was impressive. On Friday, the students exchanged Valentines with their classmates and spent some time playing various board games with friends from 4A. Thank you to the parents that sent in food for the party, it was delicious!

Riverview Transition Pancake Breakfast

The grade 4 students walked over to Riverview Middle School on Thursday for a pancake breakfast and school tour. They really enjoyed the pancakes, bacon and juice! Following the breakfast, the students were divided into groups and escorted around the school by the junior high drama students. They were welcomed into many classrooms, the learning commons and the gymnasium. 

Skip-A-Thon - Jump Rope for Heart

The students participated in various skipping stations this week during our P.E. block and were introduced to many new jump rope techniques. On Friday, the classes rotated around the gymnasium skipping in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. 

Language Arts

Our Kidblog writing schedule this week included:

Journal Writing Monday - Weekend Post

Talk About it Tuesday - Qualities of a Good Friend

This week we did a fun Valentine’s Day writing project about a “Magic Box of Chocolates.” We began with the students closing their eyes and imagining that they have walked into a candy shop, looking for a Valentine's Day gift for a loved one. The sales lady shows them a special box of MAGIC Valentine's chocolates. When their loved one bites into the chocolate, the students' wishes for that person comes true. The students were asked to choose three different flavours of chocolate fillings and three wishes to go along with those chocolates. Each student was given a Pot of Gold chocolate to inspire them when thinking of possible filling for their chocolates. Then they recorded the three chocolate flavours and the three wishes on a planning organizer. The students continued the writing process by completing their rough draft, which included a topic paragraph, a detail paragraph for each chocolate, and a concluding paragraph. The focus of this project was to use descriptive words and elaborate detail to draw the reader in.

The students typed up their paragraphs on the chromebooks and illustrated their wishes on three separate circles to represent the chocolates. These chocolates were glued on a heart to create a Magic Box of Chocolates.

Math

This week we continued with our Multiplication unit by focusing on 2 and 3-digit by 1-digit word problems. We also completed an assessment of the students’ knowledge of the multiplication unit. 

Please be sure to have your child practice the multiplication flashcards that have come home. The ability to memorize their multiplication facts will help a great deal with being able to answer

more complex multiplication questions. 

Congratulations to our XtraMath superstar!

Social

Mrs. Spreen brought in some Indigenous artifacts that her grandpa collected. The grade 4’s spent some time in 4C while she shared the spear heads, mallets, and various other tools made from rock. She also brought in a buffalo hide that the students were able to touch!

Science

We started our new unit on Wheels and Levers. The students were introduced to the topic with the following video Simple Machines, which explained the 6 simple machines. The six simple machines include:

1. Wheel and Axle

2. Pulley

3. Lever

4. Screw

5. Wedge

6. Inclined Plane

There are three types or classes of levers, according to where the load and effort are located with respect to the fulcrum. Class 1 has the fulcrum placed between the effort and load, Class 2 has the load in-between the effort and the fulcrum, and Class 3 has the effort between the load and the fulcrum. 

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!