This morning we worked on using water colour paint and Sharpie markers to create something beautiful. It will be a surprise that your child will bring home this weekend.
Our work in science was also quite successful. Some students have finished gathering data for their projects and are working on figuring out how to present it visually (graphing). Many groups also got a chance to conference with the teacher to discuss next steps or edit their written work. Miss Nanavaty was away today so we had a guest teacher in physical education. We continued to have soccer rallies. The students are lots of fun to watch. They have become very good at passing, making themselves open for a pass and taking shots at the nets. In math we are focusing on using base ten blocks to give us a visual of how division with remainders works. Reminders: May 12 - Scholastic Orders Due May 19 - PD Day (No School) May 22 - Victoria Day (No School)
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This morning for an Eye Opener students really had to stretch their thinking. They were given the following word problem: Mr. Turnbull's class raised $3100 to buy new computers. If a computer costs $800, how many computers can they buy? Students were told that they could figure it out using addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. Ask your child to explain the strategy they used. Our expertise of Google Slides and Google Docs is growing. You can logon and access your child's profile from home and have them explain what they have been working on in Science. We also had the chance to catch up on some work. Students have finished their character poems based on the novel "Al Capone Does My Shirts" and they've turned out great. Check them out below. After lunch students continue using mathematical vocabulary related to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They are being asked to think deeply about specific vocabulary words and give examples. Students continue to practice their soccer skills in physical education and are working on their song for their Celebration of Learning.
A very big thank you to all the families that participated in Walking Wednesday and Wasteless Wednesday Lunch. It was a success. Reminders: May 12 - Scholastic Orders Due May 19 - PD Day (No School) May 22 - Victoria Day (No School) Today we began our morning with a hidden message. Students had to use the alphabet code to find: When you are dividing you are splitting objects into equal groups.
In word work, we created small flip books similar to what we did yesterday. We talked about how suffixes change the meanings of words. Like when we add an -s/-es it means plural (more than one). We continued on with division and multiplication. Students completed their division questions/word problems and used multiplication to find a hidden message. Today we had another beautiful afternoon to play several games of soccer outside. The students are doing a great job of passing and encouraging each other to keep trying. Students looked at Google Slides as part of science. Students can now see what others are working on and help edit/improve each other's written work. As part of our Legacy Projects we are sending out the following information to families: Waste Free Lunch In an effort to reduce the amount of waste we produce at New Brighton School some of our grade 4 students are challenging their peers to pack a waste-free lunch. Currently many students bring lunch items in single-use plastic bags, aluminum foil, or wax paper. That results in an average of 8500kg of waste per year! You can find more information about how to pack a waste free lunch here (http://www.wastefreelunches.org/what-is-a-waste-free-lunch-program.html#what-does-it-look-like). Walking Wednesday Each Wednesday, beginning on May 10, students at New Brighton School are encouraged to participate in WALKING Wednesday! This means students can walk, ride or scooter to school in an effort to promote a healthy lifestyle and a healthier environment. A fundraising letter was sent home with your child in their backpack. Reminders: May 10 - School Council Meeting May 12 - Scholastic Orders Due May 19 - PD Day (No School) May 22 - Victoria Day (No School) Today we began our day with an "Eye Opener" that had us look at data. Students had to answer questions that required them to add or subtract. Students also used the information to create a bar graph. In word work we learned about what a prefix is. A prefix is something that comes before a word to give it meaning. For example, some students gave suggestions such unwanted, unkind, pregame, non-biodegradable. We were outside to play a game of soccer today for gym. There was a competitive and recreational side. Students that were feeling confident in their skills were on the competitive side and those who felt less comfortable were on the recreational side. Students continued on our poems that were connected to our characters from the novel "Al Capone Does My Shirts". We helped our peers edit and wrote the good copies in our visual journals. Check out our wok in the slideshow below. In math we practiced division. We continue to recognize how fact families help us divide and how multiplication is connected to division. Your child needs to know their basic facts :) Our read aloud was very exciting today! We have read that Natalie's birthday is the day before her interview. Her family is nervous she will have a fit. Piper visits her and sets her off. She begins getting upset, tearing up her drawings. Moose takes her for a walk and she sets off to see the prisoner 105.... she has never followed her own path. As part of our legacy project we are writing scripts to help us prepare what to say for our presentations at the Celebration of Learning. These will be marked and sent home later this week. Reminders: May 9 - Kernels Popcorn Day May 10 - School Council Meeting May 19 - PD Day (No School) May 22 - Victoria Day (No School) Today our friend Haven celebrated her 10th birthday! We began the day by looking at prepositions. Students had to look at several different preposition words and fill in the appropriate preposition word to complete three sentences. They then had to come up with a paragraph where they used prepositions independently. During math students were given a big challenge! Using the May calendar they created earlier in the morning they had to make 3 (3x3) squares on their page. They then had to find a way to find a total for all nine digits as quickly as possible. Mrs. Otterson demonstrated one example to the class. There was a hint: there is a faster way to find the total if they looked for a pattern and used what they knew about multiplication to help them. A few students have already discovered my trick and the rest will learn it tomorrow :) Students continue their journey into Alberta's past and we have just reached the year 1905, when Alberta joined Confederation and became a province.
In the gym students continue to practice their soccer skills. They focused on dribbling the ball, trapping the ball, side lunge kicks and passing to a partner in a controlled way. We also continued our work in science. Students are getting the hang of working in Google Drive (you can access this from home to see what your child has been working on) and being contributing members of a team, delegating tasks to ensure the work gets done. Tomorrow is Hats on for Mental Health Day! Don't forget to wear a hat to raise awareness for good mental health. Reminders: May 10 - School Council Meeting May 19 - PD Day (No School) May 22 - Victoria Day (No School) Happy first day of May! Spring is finally in the air and we are enjoying playing outside during recess. This morning we began our day with some math questions. Students had to answer the following:
In social studies students have been looking at the history of Alberta, from the FNMI people that first inhabited the province to the present day. We have been researching and having discussion about some of the events and people that helped shape the province. The students have been very opinionated! During math Mrs. Otterson spent time showing the students how base ten blocks can be used to provide a visual for what numbers are found in the quotient. Have your child try a 2 digit by 1 digit division question at home and explain their thinking using place value (base ten drawings). After lunch we came to the climax in our read aloud novel. Moose has become a much bigger risk taker and is sneaking through a hole in the fence that attaches the prison to the rec yard. He is searching for a convict baseball in hopes to secure his friendship with Scout. After looking and finding nothing, Moose returns to find his sister Natalie is gone!! While listening to the novel read aloud, students are completing a CSI (colour, symbol, image) visual journal page. We began new literacy stations today. Students are being asked to sort and complete sentences that use the math vocabulary we have learned and then show their understanding by showing an example of a matching equation. We are also writing scripts for our legacy projects. Reminders: May 3 - Hats on for Mental Health (here is the link) May 10 - School Council Meeting May 19 - PD Day (No School) May 22 - Victoria Day (No School) |
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