Week of Oct. 30

Monday:  Spelling comes home

Tuesday: Halloween - students are invited to wear simple costumes for the day or to change into their costumes after first recess.  Please ensure that no weapons (even plastic) are part of costumes and that students can still comfortably sit in their desks and move around for the day:)

Classroom Halloween activities will happen in the afternoon.  

Wednesday:  

Healthy lunch reminders - please minimize candy coming to school and help remind your child that this should be eaten after putting healthy food in our bellies.  A good rule of thumb is a small handful or 5 small items would be lots for the whole day.  

Thursday:

Friday (half day):  Spelling assignment and test for list #4  

Week of Oct. 23

Parent-teacher-student interviews this week.  These are goal setting meetings so please ensure your child is with you.

** Interview times are 15 minutes - Please be respectful of everyone's time.  Arrive at your beginning time and plan to leave the classroom before the next meeting block.  If the door is still closed and your booked time is about to begin, please knock on the door.  

Monday: Math weekly #3 comes home.   Bus Safety in the morning and Knowledge Keepers visit in the afternoon

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: RR are due completed and signed by parents       

• Interviews 5:00-8:00

Thursday: Math weekly is due      Please wear Purple for Rhett's Awareness month      

• Interviews 4:00-7:00

Friday (no school for students):   

• Interviews 8:30-11:30,    PD afternoon

Interested in knowing more about the new Math or LA curriculum in grade 4 this year?  

Here are a couple of links to an overview for parents:

• English Language Arts & Literature (4-6)
• Math (Gr 4-6)

* It's also important to note that with the new changes that have just started taking place in our curriculum (and especially the jump in expectations in math) you and your child might see more Progressing (Pg) grades on their report cards in January.  This makes our goal setting meetings next week even more important so I hope to see you all with your child! *

   Week of Oct. 16

Parent-teacher-student interviews are happening next week.  You will have received an email by now from the office about how to book your time.  Please be sure that your child can come with you since we will be setting an academic goal and discussing how they are doing this first part of the year.  The booking system closes Friday at 4:00 so please sign up ASAP.

** Interview times are 15 minutes - if you require more time that can be arranged during the evenings (or Friday morning) that I am already here at the school so please let me know if you would like to book a double block for a longer conversation ***

Monday: Spelling #3 comes home for studying and to complete the assignment

Tuesday: New Reading Records start in class - students complete these using a chapter  book that they can read at their level.  These will be due Oct.25th.

Wednesday:

Thursday: We've be working on syllable counting and rhymes for a couple of weeks now to help us build our own limerick.  Student good copies should be completed by Friday.  

Friday (full day): Spelling assignment #3 is due and the test will take place in the morning.

 

With our mold farming lab the last few weeks here are a few of our observations and thoughts.

Kael: The most fun part was the observation (looking at the things)

Alok: The rice didn't grow mold

AJ: Seaweed did not grow mold either

Sullivan: My bread didn't grow mold

Tora: mold seemed to grow better in a smaller airspace (bag)

Aleah: It's pretty gross watching it mold.

Charlie - the store bought cookie grew no mold.

Will: I was surprised my French fry or chip didn't grow mold.

   Week of Oct. 10th

I hope that you all had a family, food and outdoor filled long weekend!  I was very thankful for the wonderful weather and chance to be outside in the sunshine!

Monday Thanksgiving - no school

Tuesday: Math weekly comes home.  We'll be working on creating some poems this week.  Ask your child about the rhyme pattern and syllables needed for a limerick poem.  This style of poem has 5 lines with lines 1,2,5 having a final word that rhymes (and 8 syllables each) and lines 3+4 having a final word that rhymes (and 6 syllables each).   

Can you create one at home about a favorite stuffy or pet?

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday (half day): Math weekly #2 is due

Goal setting - with Parent-teacher-student interviews coming Oct. 25,26,27 you should be receiving instructions soon from the office bout how to set up your interview time.  Please let me know, or call the office, if you would like more than the standard 15 minute block to discuss your child's progress or address questions, otherwise to respect everyone's time please be sure to arrive promptly and leave on time.  

In class we will begin reflecting and thinking about our celebrations and challenges in grade 4 so far to look towards building our first goal of the year.  You'll be able to see these in your child's Google Classroom as we work on them.  

 Community Cleanup and activities with Mr.Kelly from our Outdoor Learning Center!

 Who wears hardhats at the Canmore Recycling facility?  We all do!

Ask your child about the bailing machine that compacts plastic, paper and metal into big cubes or ask them if you are allowed to put pizza boxes in the food compost bins (and why?)

  Week of Oct. 3

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Canmore recycling center field trip

Wednesday: Dibels reading comprehension assessment will be completed in class.  Students will also be reading 1:1 with my over the next week to assess their fluency.   

Thursday:  Reading Records (RR) are due - they should be handed in, with a parent signature on them, in the morning.  Although our RRs are mainly completed in class I ask parents to sign these assignments so that you are aware of the level of detail your child is able to give related to their own reading choices, as well as grade level expectations.  

Reading at home, and talking about what is being read, is STRONGLY encouraged on a daily basis.

Friday (full day): Spelling test and assignment #2 are due      

- Afternoon community cleanup and activities with Mr. Braden Kelly from the Outdoor Learning Center