4C Update Monday May 25th

Hello Grade 4 Parents,

Can you believe we are entering our 11th week of isolation? It’s crazy to think that students have been away from our building for that long. We certainly miss having their physical presence and look forward to seeing them again in our classrooms and hallways. We hope that you are all well and that you are finding some success with our ongoing learning program.

We would appreciate your feedback as we enter the last 5 weeks of school Please click on the following link: https://forms.gle/DkD7a2JA5seN1iup9. We know that it’s not always easy to stay on top of assignments so we are seeking your input to improve what we are doing. As always, you are in charge of what your child is completing. You have full discretion to lower the workload for your child if they are finding it challenging to keep up with.

Food Drive:
If you are able please drop non-perishable food items off at the school on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Thank you so much!

SOCIAL:
Our animal research project will continue this week.  This week we will be focusing on animal characteristics, and they may need to expand upon what they have already found. We will be expanding on the other topics they researched slowly each week.

SCIENCE:
Thanks goes to one of our wonderful parents for passing on this fantastic video about Alberta’s bottle recycling program. Students need to watch the video and then complete the 10 question quiz about what they watched.

MATH:
We will be moving into our unit on Area this week. This will be a lighter set of math lessons with no quiz this week so enjoy the break.

LITERACY:
Students will continue to practice their inferencing skills this week. They will be given another mystery that they need to solve using the clues from the text and their background knowledge. We are looking for answers to be written in complete sentences.

4C Update Monday May 11th

Hi Parents

We are pleased to remind you that the next 2 weeks are short weeks and next weekend is a long weekend! Hopefully your family will enjoy a bit of respite and enjoy some outside time together. On Friday May 15th, there is a PD day and Monday May 18th is Victoria Day so there won’t be school meetings on those days. On both these weeks we will be adjusting the classwork to reflect a short week and we will be hosting our classroom meeting on Tuesday May 20th instead of the regular Monday meeting.

Science:
This week in science students will be learning about producers, consumers and decomposers. They need to watch a short video to learn the differences between these organisms, do a Google Draw sort activity and then have some time outside in order to find examples in their environment. They can take pictures, draw or simply write what they have seen. Please do this activity in whatever way is most comfortable with your family. That might be a walk on Nose Hill, time in your backyard or simply looking for pictures online if you are uncomfortable with getting outside at this time.

Math:
This week in math, students have 2 math lessons and a quiz. The quiz will cover the work that students did last week as well as the lessons they will do this week. Please ask them to complete the work before attempting the quiz so they can show a true understanding of the work they have done.

Social Studies:
This week the students are assigned a locked room. They will need to have explored the Social Studies Website created and shared with them last week, as it will contain all the information they need to solve the locked room.  They may need help to follow the clues given in order to open each lock. Teachers are available each day for support. Please direct them to join their teachers at the appropriate time if they need help.

Literacy:
This week students will be working on making inferences when reading. After watching an introductory video about inferencing they will complete a reading detective activity and record their answers.

4C Update Monday May 4th

Dear Parents,

It is hard to believe it is already May. The relaunching plans for Alberta sound both hopeful and exciting. We hope that you are all doing well and have been enjoying the warm temperatures and signs of spring! Please reach out if you are needing support with what your children are doing. Thank you for your continued support and patience during this time.

Social Studies
Students will watch the video and fill in the posted work. They have to use their accumulated knowledge to make an educated guess to match each teacher with the region they are in. Then they have to write a reasonable explanation as to why they chose each region. The second activity is a sorting activity similar to the science one from a few weeks ago.

Math
Students have been assigned 2 Jump math lessons this week. Please remember, if your child needs help with the math we are available every day for support. Please check on your child’s classroom for specific times.

Science
Students will be learning about biodegradability and waste disposal methods. There is a short google slide presentation along with some short videos to watch. Following this students need to complete the Google form and the sorting activity.
They will also continue to observe their mold growing activity.

Language Arts
We are integrating Language Arts into the Social Studies activities for the next few weeks. In addition to that, students will be completing their weekly reading log activity.

May the 4th be with you.