Nov 30 - He/She Shoots, He/She SCORES!!!!!

Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow
3 Scholastic due Dec 5
4 Festive Evening Sheets - please return if you are coming
5 Go to Gregtang.com and try Kakooma
6 Science Title Page due next Wed - no more class time for it.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned floor hockey in gym.
How did you show what you learned?
We practiced shooting the puck and stick handling.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to play a game.

Nov 29 - Back In Time

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Scholastic is due Dec 5
3 POTW due Thursday - last week's will be marked this week
4 NO SCHOOL Friday - Teacher Professional Development Day
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to draw a landscape.
How did you show what you learned?
We drew a part of a timeline of Alberta which was an ocean landscape from 300-400 million years ago.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to create the next part of our timeline which is Alberta 50-200 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.

Nov 22 - What Large Ears You Have!!!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 May be a re-treat day tomorrow
4 Handbook forms for those who have not completed yet. You have until DEC 1
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to sketch ourselves in a self protrait with some strange twists.
How did you show what you learned?
We sketched ourselves and added animal features from the animal profile card we created in Science. We then started to paint it. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to know if you can figure out which animal we are, Mom and Dad.

Nov 21 - SLAM DUNK!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Treat Day - bring quarters
3 Twin and Triplet Day
4 POTW - due Thursday
5 Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday and Friday this week
6 No School Friday
7 Practice MNM for next week.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We practiced basketball skills in gym today.
How did you show what you learned?
We did chest passes and bounce passes and we played different games in the four corners of the gym.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to play a basketball game.

Nov 18 - The Dabbers of Garbage Island

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Parent Teacher Conferences next week
3 Twins and Triplet day on Tuesday
4 Animal Profile is due Monday if you are not done
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that during our performance it was ok to make mistakes and sometimes it adds to the show, we learned not to litter, how to dab, that a nervous feeling is normal during acting,  

Nov 17 - Stack It Up!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Take script home and practice
3 Evergreen Theater Performance at 11 am - parents welcome!
4 Twin or Triplet day next week - Tuesday Nov 22
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about cup stacking in gym today.
How did you show what you learned?
We got a partner and timed ourselves if we wanted to to stack 12 cups.
What do you need to learn next?
We will continue with basketball next week.

Nov 16 - MNM

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow
3 Fun Lunch tomorrow
4 Evergreen Theater Production on Friday am
Highlights
What did you learn today?
In music we did rhythm sticks and played on the xylophones.
How did you show what you learned?
We sang the song with the rhythm sticks and metalaphones.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn the next part of the song.

We also learned about a new math program that we are going to start:MNM which stands for Multiplication Ninja Monday. Students must practice certain multiplication facts in order to earn belt colours. Practice websites are in the links section. Students must practice their facts at home, in any way that works for them, and may try the practice test at home as many times as they would like. In order to earn their belt (which is actually a bead) they must complete the test at school on a Monday. The first belt is white and students must complete the 1's and 5's and achieve 100% in under 4 minutes to achieve their belt. Once they have achieved their orange belt, they will get their ninja pencil. Mondays will be belt testing day. Students must move through the levels in order to achieve their black belt of multiplication.

Nov 10 - Are You A Topic Twistermeister?

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Scholastic due Monday
3 No School tomorrow
4 Evergreen Theater starts next week
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about more of the unthinkables that our class were felt were most important to learn about.
How did you show what you learned?
We used a yellow sheet of paper to sort them in order of importance.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to use strategies to defeat the unthinkables.

Nov 9 - Remembrance Day Assembly Tomorrow

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Remembrance Day Assembly at 10:50 am - Please try to wear black (dark) bottoms and white (light) top
3 Last day for Fundscript fundraiser 
4 Last day tomorrow for food bank donations and cash donations for poppies
5 Scholastic due Monday
6 POTW due tomorrow

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned word work in Daily Five.
How did you show what you learned?
We have a sheet of paper that has letters on it and we have to try to make at least 20 words from the letters and try and find the secret word. After that, we have to sort them according to their word family, then we have to use those word families to transfer our skills to help us spell other words and the challenge is to write a story using all the words.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to try to use the spelling skills from word work to spell correctly in our other work.

Nov 8 - Did You Say Lettuce, or Lattice?

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Food bank items for the Veterans's food bank by Thursday
3 small $ donation for poppies by Thursday
4 Scholastic due next Monday
5 Fun Lunch online order due today
6 POTW due Thursday
7 Google hearing frequency and life span of your chosen animal
8 Remembrance Day Assembly on Thursday - please wear a white top and black pants (if you have it - otherwise dark colour on bottom and light colour on top)
Highlights
What did you learn today?
Grade fours learned about lattice math and gr 3 worked on equal groups in multiplication.
How did you show what you learned?
Grade 4 watched a video about the lattice method of multiplication and worked on a sheet. Grade 3 continued working on the textbook questions.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to write our answers to our math questions in our notebooks so that Ms Cowdy can read it!

Nov 7 - PPAP

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Scholastic due Nov 14
4 Food bank donations Nov 14
5 Next fun lunch Nov 17 - deadline to place orders online is Wed Nov 9
6 School Council’s Fundscrip Gift Card fundraiser is underway until November 10
Highlights
What did you learn today?
The grade threes were working on equal groups in multiplication. The Grade Fours were practicing multiplication.
How did you show what you learned?
Grade threes were working in the textbook and grade fours were using a computer game called the amoeba game. Click to try: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths/ma12pape/game/ma12pape-game-written-multiplication/multiplication.swf
What do you need to learn next?
We need to continue to learn different ways to multiply.

Nov 4 - Old, Dusty and Very Heavy!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Scholastic due Nov 14
3 Bring headphones 
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how to be paleontologists. We watched a video about a day in the life of Thomas Carr, a paleontologist. We learned that to find fossils, they walk around a site and try to find things that catch their interest - this is called prospecting. Then when they find a site they map it out with a grid and GPS.
How did you show what you learned?
We took tools out to the Whispering Woods and we built a 2 by 2 array (which was 1 meter squared) with bamboo sticks and string. We then recorded the observations we made in our paleontologist journals that we made this week. Some groups took a GPS coordinate to locate their grid.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to now dig a little bit in our location and try and find some clues about Alberta's past.

Nov 3 - We are High Tech!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Bring in donations for Veterans fund
3 Grade three - finish your story in your journal
4 We will be spending time in the Whispering Woods tomorrow so please dress appropriately.
5 Scholastic Nov 14
6 Raz kids for listening to reading
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to use our email today.
How did you show what you learned?
We emailed our teacher and we emailed a friend.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to practice good digital citizenship skills.

Nov 2 - Raz Kids

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Grade 4 finish Spooky story 
3 Raz Kids is up and running https://www.raz-kids.com/
Teacher login is kjcowdy. Student passwords are with Ms Cowdy. Some students took theirs tonight.

Nov 1 - Listen to Reading

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Scholastic due Nov 14
4 Grade Three finish plot sheet in blue duotang
5 Please bring a pair of headphones in a ziplock baggie with your name on it. They need to remain at school in your desk for "Listen to Reading" activities. These can be purchased for under 5$ at dollar stores. Your child would be more than happy to do any chores you need done to finance this purchase. Most students said they would happily clean their rooms.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about what it looks like to do listening to reading in our daily five.
How did you show what you learned?
We made an I-chart to show what our job is when we do this.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to try doing listen to reading using Raz kids.