Agenda:
1 Read
2 Have fun and be safe trick or treating if you are going out tonight.
3 Please look below for some WOW#7 Student Work Selfies!! Thanks to Dhvani, Akshita, Angelica, Chelsea and Evelyn for sharing their good copies of WOW#7 - Describe your Halloween costume without giving it away.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We did our pumpkin estimating activity today.
How did you show what you learned?
We examined the pumpkin and then our main task was to take out all the seeds and estimate how many were in the pumpkin. We chose a referent to help us make an estimate. One group was only 7 seeds away from their estimate!!! There are some pictures of our exploration below!
What do you need to learn next?
We made some mistakes today, which is great because we can grow our brains. Here are some that we made and fixed:
-our groups were not as big as our referent group so we had to start over.
-when we made our piles we missed some seeds, so our estimate was way off
-lots of our seeds fell off the table so our estimate was wrong also
-we at first counted the exact number first, when we should be estimating.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Greg Tang Halloween Challenge - you can fill in the board game at home as well as during school time. Last day to do the Challenge is Nov 1
3 You may bring your Halloween costume tomorrow. We will have time to dress up after you get in from lunch recess. The parade will start at 1:15.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to estimate the number of jellybeans in jars by using strategies of layering for 3D and 2D shapes and using fractions. We also learned that making mistakes makes our brains grow because more synapses are fire.
How did you show what you learned?
We had to guess how many marbles were in a jar. It ended up being 257 marbles in the jar. A student from room 4 won the prize for closest guess. Her strategy was counting by 25s.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to estimate how many seeds are in a pumpkin tomorrow.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Treat Day is tomorrow - bring $0.25 if you would like to purchase a treat
3 Halloween Parade is on Wednesday - please bring your costume to school to wear after lunch
4. Math homework (red duotangs)
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about editing our writing with juicy word, different sentence starters, and including an introduction.
How did you show what you learned?
We brainstormed ways to start sentences with transitions, how to write an introductions, and using different juicy words (nouns/adjectives/verbs) for our Halloween costume journal entries. Then we started going through our journal entries to look for areas where we could make them more interesting.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to edit the journal entries and embellish it with at least one juicy noun, verb and adjective, and make sure our sentences are not repetitive by using different sentence starters. We will then write our good copies.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Please remember to bring in your own headphones
3 No school tomorrow
4 You are welcome to purchase a treat on Oct 30th for Treat Day
5 You are invited to bring a costume for Oct 31 Halloween Parade
6 We are still accepting T-shirts for Green Team masks
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about verbs, nouns and adjectives.
How did you show what you learned?
We read a story as a class (The Scarecrow's Dance) and picked out extraordinary verbs for our Ideas Bank. Then, we read a story book to a partner and looked for more juicy words to define and add to our Ideas Bank.
Finally, we identified and sorted various words into the categories of verbs, nouns and adjectives.
What do you need to learn next?
We might need to learn about other types of words like pronouns and adverbs.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 No School on Friday
3 Please bring headphones to school in a plastic bag or some kind of container by Monday. We need these for computer work that we do.
4. Bring t-shirts for Green Team Superhero masks
5. Return School Council forms by Monday if participating
Highlights
What did you learn today?
In music, we learned about the music notes and we are going to make the two pianos into big yellow taxis and the gym into a parking lot for the production.
How did you show what you learned?
We, split up into the following teams: production, singing, instruments, and started to figure out our roles.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to practice playing our different parts together as a whole class.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Bring in any t-shirts you want to donate for Green Team mask making
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that there is a lot of garbage thrown on the field and around the school which should be put into the proper bins for landfill, compost, or recycling.
How did you show what you learned?
We sorted through the garbage that we picked up from around the school and categorized them into groups. We counted the total number of items in each category and identified common brands of garbage found.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to figure out what we can do to prevent further waste from being littered on the ground.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Scholastic book orders will be placed at the end of the month
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about instruments such as the snare drum, french horn, double bass, saxophone, and trombone. We also learned more about the CBC music contest.
How did you show what you learned?
We finished listening to student presentations on the various instruments in music. And we got placed into groups for the CBC music contest. Each group is responsible for a different instrument and musical part for the contest.
What do you need to learn next?
We still need to get our music parts and learn to play it with our instruments.
Agenda:
1Read
2 Scholastic order will be placed at the end of the month
3 Bring in your old t shirts to make Green Team superhero masks.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned what the humans in our Nutrient Game can do to all the decomposers, herbivores and carnivores.
How did you show what you learned?
We played the nutrient game outside and then we wrote about it in our FAF journals. We also picked up garbage that we found in the schoolyard.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to sort the garbage that we collected and we are going to survey the types of garbage that we picked up and see if there is a type of garbage that is higher than the others. Tell your parents about the Greenpeace garbage pick up and Nestle. See if you can find out more about Green Peace's findings.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Tonight is Literacy Night
3 Red duotang homework
4 Spelling Test tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Venn Diagrams and representing numbers in Math. We also learned how to add pictures into IRIS.
How did you show what you learned?
We answered some math questions from the textbook and added pictures to our IRIS accounts.
What do you need to learn next?
We need keep adding to our portfolio.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Literacy Night
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about producers, consumers (herbivores and carnivores) and decomposers.
How did you show what you learned?
We played Nutrient Tag which demonstrated how nutrients are passed along.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to write about our experience and what we learned about the nutrient cycle in our science journals.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Photo Day Tomorrow
3 Literacy Night is this Thursday night from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about our Alberta regions and word work strategies for sorting.
How did you show what you learned?
We continued our research of our Alberta regions and added facts to our region's pennant page.
What do you need to learn next?
We still need to do our final good copies on colored paper.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Fun Lunch is tomorrow and Photo Day is Wednesday
3 Book Orders are due at the end of the month
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about different instruments, such as the viola, violin, trombone, tuba, triangle, clarinet, the conductor, and the harp.
How did you show what you learned?
We had to finish our posters and Google Slides about our instrument. Some people got to present their Slides while others listened.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to hear from the other students about the instruments they researched such as the cymbals, chimes, and cello.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Thursday Oct 18 - Save the date - Literacy Night 6pm-7pm
3 Fun Lunch Tuesday Oct 16
4 Wednesday Oct 17 - Photo Day
5 Scholastic Orders will go out at the end of the month
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the term BIODEGRADABLE. It means that objects can break down into nutrients that the earth can use to grow more plants.
How did you show what you learned?
We created our own landfill by burying some objects in the soil. See the pictures below.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to dig them up on June 12 to see if our predictions are correct.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 WOW#5 Homework - please finish your PSA about Dr Coffin's Garbage
3 Fun Lunch orders are due by Thursday, Oct 11 (tonight before midnight)
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more in-depth about our Alberta regions that we are researching.
How did you show what you learned?
We went on the computers and researched the region, and had to find four facts about each category: landforms, climate, vegetation, and wildlife.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to create our good copies of our research.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Fun lunch is on Oct 16th
3 Photos are on Oct 17
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to take better care of our coatroom. We need to keep our "boots on the bottom and shoes on the shelf" and mitts/hats/earmuffs/scarves/etc. go in the sleeves.
How did you show what you learned?
We took time to properly clean the coatroom and the teacher and the principal checked our coat hooks.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to continue to keep our coatroom clean and tidy by organizing our stuff every morning, after recess, and after lunch!
Agenda:
1 Read.
2 Finish homework (Red duotang - math).
3 Picture Day is Oct 17th and Fun Lunch is Oct 16.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about what to do during a lock down when in the gym. We also learned that if you are in the washroom during a lockdown, we have to lock the door and squat on the toilet seat so our feet are not showing.
How did you show what you learned?
We practiced, as a school, doing a lockdown drill in the gym.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to do the lockdown in our classroom.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Orange Fun Lunch Form
3 WOW#4 finish and bring back on Tuesday
4 No School on Monday - Happy Turkey Day
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that 500m is half a kilometer.
How did you show what you learned?
We ran 247 laps as a class for the Terry fox run today. We figured out the math and that meant we ran 123.5 km
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn division.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Red Duotang homework
3 Black Journal WOW#4 - Terry Fox writing - please finish, grade 3 8-10 sentences, grade 4- 15-20 sentences
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about the regions of Alberta.
How did you show what you learned?
We read about Grasslands, Parkland, Rocky Mountains, Canadian Shield, Boreal Forests, and the Foothills. We read about landscapes, climate, vegetation, animals, the parks, landforms, permafrost, and tourism.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to do more in-depth research and report about one region we are interested in.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Terry Fox Run on Friday. Please dDonate to Terry Fox online: http://www.terryfox.ca/drewcoffin2018
3 We are also accepting Toonies for Terry until Monday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the different regions in Alberta, such as where they are and unique characteristics.
How did you show what you learned?
We colored in the different regions on a map of Alberta.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about the each region.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Toonies for Terry until Monday
3 Terry Fox Run School Pledge Sheet is going home today
4 Picture Day is Oct. 17, 2018
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned where some cities in Alberta are, as well as our Capital (Edmonton).
How did you show what you learned?
We used an Atlas to locate the cities and Capital then we plotted them on a blank map.
What do you need to learn next?
We might need to learn more about the cities in Alberta.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Please complete any Math homework and return tomorrow (Red duotang)
3 Terry Fox Run this Friday Oct 5th (we are accepting donations until Monday Oct 8th)
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about lines of symmetry.
How did you show what you learned?
We drew half of a pumpkin along it's line of symmetry.
What do you need to learn next?
We have to complete our pumpkin art by finishing the patterns and going over the design in sharpie.
