September 30, 2020

Dear Parents,

The students have been learning about the importance of Orange Shirt Day and the impact residential schools had on indigenous people. Our class created an iMovie about Orange Shirt Day. It is a read aloud of the book titled "Shi Shi Etco". Please take some time to view it with your child.

here is the link.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JdPb7-c7Qrw4McIq3PamdUcxMAuGy4et/view?usp=sharing

In math, we conducted our first class survey. The students asked an essential question to their classmates and collected the data. The next day they made a bar graph and analyzed the graph. We are looking forward to learning about pie graphs next week.

We are engaged in learning about "Waste in our World". Feel free to ask your child about what happens to the garbage at the landfill. The students now know about the gases that are bad for the environment.

Important Information:

• Terry Fox Run on Friday October 2 - students will participate in a walk/run for 20 minutes outdoors

• Practice IXL Math and Read for a total of 30 minutes daily!

Have a great day!

Ms. Sayani

Week of September 21-24

 Dear Parents,

This week in Literacy, the students have been writing using "Brain Pockets". Today they spent time writing about "Fact Pockets". Basically, they think of a topic that they have prior knowledge about and write factual information it. Topics included; turtles, pandas, cats and games.

In science, our students have been engaged in learning about the 5 R's of zero waste. We are going to look closely at this, and begin some experiments. The students picked colors of nature and glued the objects onto an artist pallet. Later during the week, we will be writing the colors in french. Feel free to ask your child about Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot.

Students are engaged in various math centers that provide them with hands on learning about the different strands in math. One of the centers involves your child skip counting from various starting points to make the biggest scroll.

In humanities, we are learning about "Orange Shirt Day". Please ask your child who Phyllis Webstad is?

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Sept 24 - Meet the teacher virtual night

Sept 25 - NO SCHOOL due to PD DAY

Practice IXL math and read for 15 minutes each

Photos Corner:

Have a great day!

Ms. Sayani

Week of September 14 - 18, 2020

Dear Parents,

Key Information:

We've had a fun start to Grade 4. Last week we learned about the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch". We were saddened by all the trash in the oceans killing the sea animals. We will be looking at the 5 R's of zero waste this week. Feel free to ask your child about it.

We explored our Google Classroom today. The students are familiarizing themselves with the various subjects; Literacy, Math, Science, Humanities, Mindfulness and Art.

In math, we are looking at addition using single, double, and triple digit numerals. We will be learning math using a cyclical approach. On Mondays, we will look at Number, Patterns and Relations and Graphing. On Tuesdays, our focus will be on Number Sense. On Wednesday, we will spend time working on Number Operations. On Thursdays, our learning will involve, Shape/Space, Estimation and Measurement. Finally, on Fridays we will look closely at Word Problems and Critical Thinking skills. We will try to follow this cycle of learning throughout the year. Our class is doing a great job wearing masks and keeping our learning community safe. We look forward to blogging weekly.

Important Information:

- Please kindly send your child to school with a new mask daily.

- Practice IXL Math daily

- Read for 15 minutes daily.

- Meet the teacher night on September 24 - more information to follow

- NO SCHOOL on September 25 due to PD

Have a wonderful day!

Ms. Sayani