We have been very busy in Grade 4! As many of you know, last week we had a Musical Ride Show come visit us! It was lots of fun. What a great experience for the children! On Tuesday this week, we got to go plant flowers for the City of Leduc! This summer, Leduc Communities in Bloom entered a contest through the Canadian Garden Council to be one of 150 communities across Canada to receive 1000 red and white tulip bulbs as part of Canada’s upcoming 150th Birthday in 2017. The bulbs are to be planted this fall to become a 150th Birthday Celebration Garden, blooming next spring. We were recently told that we had been chosen as one of the communities to have a Celebration Garden, and have received the tulip bulbs! Both grade 4 classes and their grade 1 buddies walked to the Stone Barn Garden site for a “planting party” to plant the bulbs with some of our Communities in Bloom group along with some members of the community! What an awesome opportunity! The kids had a fantastic time! In Language Arts, we are working hard on our Daily 5 program. Students know the rules and expectations are getting to work quickly. Recently we have been working on each center for about 15 minutes! Work on Writing has been our "We are thankful for" writing projects Listen to Reading - Students have been listening to chapter books on their USB or going on Tumblebooks Read to Self - Students are reading a novel of their choice quietly Word Work has been a mix between working on spelling worksheets or working on Spelling City! Students are working on the "words our way" spelling program during class to earn themselves beads! After every 10th bead, students earn a prize. (see picture below) For those that are unfamiliar with this program, I will go through it a bit more during parent teacher interviews! Read to Someone - will start next week when we start reading the novel "Rules" in small groups together! In Math, we had a "Place Value" Quiz this week. The students should be very proud of themselves as the class average was ....... Next week we are going to really dig into our basic multiplication skills and start using these skills to apply them to bigger numbers.
We are also using the program called xtramath.org everyday in the classroom. Xtramath is a great tool to help students master their basic math skills. Congratulations to Ella, Mujtaba, Cameron, Wesley and Juluis who have already mastered the addition and are now working on their subtraction. Xtramath is a great program to practice at home as well. See the students password cards for login details.
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Miss SmithWelcome to my first Grade 4 class. I am excited to take on this new role this year and I am excited to see many of the same faces and lots of new ones as well. It will be a fun filled year. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns throughout the year. Archives
November 2016
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