February 24th - 28th

February 24th - 28th

The students participated in their second Wellness Day this week. They rotated through various food, fun, mind and body stations with mixed grade groups. 

Wednesday was Pink Shirt Day. On Pink Shirt Day, students are encouraged to wear something pink to symbolize that we, as a society, will not tolerate bullying anywhere. It is so important that victims of bullying know they are not alone and there is help and support available. Often, the simple act of wearing a pink shirt can start conversations - conversations can be a big step towards healing and helping! As part of Pink Shirt Day, our class completed a “Pinkitforward” mock Instagram post where they sent positive messages to their peers. They loved this activity and so much kindness was spread!

Thank you so much to the parents who helped us out on and off the ice this week. The kids had a blast and have improved so much. They especially enjoyed the instruction they received from the NAX coaches on Wednesday and Thursday. 

 

Language Arts

Our Kidblog writing schedule this week included:

Journal Writing Monday - Weekend Post

Talk About it Tuesday - Best Toy to Build

WeSearch Wednesday - Pink Shirt Day

3, 2, 1 Thursday - Week in Review

We completed our Buddy Bio Poems and they are up on display in our room. 

Prefixes

This week we focused on prefixes. A prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word. The letters change the meaning of the word. The students were specifically assessed on their ability to identify the meaning of the prefixes un, pre, dis, and re.

 

Math

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

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

-understand the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition.

-understands the relationship between division and repeated addition.

-understand when to use multiplication or division to solve a word problem.

The students were also assessed on their knowledge of the division unit to this point.

Congratulations to our XtraMath Superstars!

Science

We continued to learn more about simple machines in preparation of our Building Devices and Vehicles that Move unit. Specific concepts that we focused on in more detail included the screw, included plane and gears.

The students enjoyed watching the Bill Nye “Simple Machines” video to reinforce the concepts learned throughout the unit. We are looking forward to starting our building project on Monday. If you haven’t already, please be sure to send in any materials that you have gathered for this project.

Congratulations to our Student of the Week!

Congratulations to our Laser City winner for the month of February!

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!