Wednesday June 5
Agenda:
- Field trip forms went home today. Please sign and return them.
- Parents who want to volunteer, you should have received and email from the class volunteer coordinator. Please click the link on the email to sign up for the field trip. We have a maximum limit of 5 volunteers.
Agenda:
- Field trip forms went home today. Please sign and return them.
- Parents who want to volunteer, you should have received and email from the class volunteer coordinator. Please click the link on the email to sign up for the field trip. We have a maximum limit of 5 volunteers.
Friday, May 31
Agenda:
- Fraction quiz next week
- Congrats Aliz for winning the Laser City draw for the month of May
- Great job in the talent show everyone!
- Author Marty Chan came in to speak with us
- Have a great weekend
What we have been learning:
- We did fraction bowling!
- Our tomato seeds have started germinating
- We learned how to write a scientific hypothesis
- Mobile escape rooms (grade 5)
- Completed our circuit boards
- Created fraction kites
- Started presenting our foods of the world presentations
- Finished Human sexuality
Agenda:
- Fraction quiz next week
- Congrats Aliz for winning the Laser City draw for the month of May
- Great job in the talent show everyone!
- Author Marty Chan came in to speak with us
- Have a great weekend
What we have been learning:
- We did fraction bowling!
- Our tomato seeds have started germinating
- We learned how to write a scientific hypothesis
- Mobile escape rooms (grade 5)
- Completed our circuit boards
- Created fraction kites
- Started presenting our foods of the world presentations
- Finished Human sexuality
Friday, May 24
What we have been learning:
- We planted our tomato seeds
- Scientific variables (independent, dependent, controlled)
- Amazing author Marty Chan came to the school
- Continued with fractions, focusing on equivalent fractions
- Finished working on our health presentations (foods of the world)
- Started learning about human sexuality in health
What we have been learning:
- We planted our tomato seeds
- Scientific variables (independent, dependent, controlled)
- Amazing author Marty Chan came to the school
- Continued with fractions, focusing on equivalent fractions
- Finished working on our health presentations (foods of the world)
- Started learning about human sexuality in health
Friday, May 17
Update:
- The form for human sexuality that went home, only needs to be signed and sent back to school if you DO NOT wish your child to participate. If you want your child to participate, you do not need to send the form back to school. If you do not sign and send the form back to school, it is assumed you give your child consent to participate.
Update:
- The form for human sexuality that went home, only needs to be signed and sent back to school if you DO NOT wish your child to participate. If you want your child to participate, you do not need to send the form back to school. If you do not sign and send the form back to school, it is assumed you give your child consent to participate.
Thursday, May 16
Agenda:
- Science test next week on electricity (bring home your study guide)
- Math quiz next week on long division (practice at home this weekend)
- No school Friday or Monday
- We need to practice our basic math facts! Try playing these games at home every couple of nights.
https://gregtangmath.com/games
- Work on your health presentation if you can. It is due Friday May 24.
- We are starting human sexuality next week. Please get your parents to sign the consent form.
What we have been learning:
- We are making a circuit board with our science folders.
- We finished building our electric cars!
- We wrapped up division, and started learning fractions
- Starting a new science unit and we had an amazing special guest!!!
- Brainstormed adjectives for our french zoo diaries
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
Agenda:
- Science test next week on electricity (bring home your study guide)
- Math quiz next week on long division (practice at home this weekend)
- No school Friday or Monday
- We need to practice our basic math facts! Try playing these games at home every couple of nights.
https://gregtangmath.com/games
- Work on your health presentation if you can. It is due Friday May 24.
- We are starting human sexuality next week. Please get your parents to sign the consent form.
What we have been learning:
- We are making a circuit board with our science folders.
- We finished building our electric cars!
- We wrapped up division, and started learning fractions
- Starting a new science unit and we had an amazing special guest!!!
- Brainstormed adjectives for our french zoo diaries
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
The grade 4's had a great time at Glenbow Ranch!!! Check out some photos!!!
Friday, May 10
Agenda:
- "lotsa" math questions long division sheet is for homework
What we have been learning:
- Continued learning how to do long division
- Created adjective monsters
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
- Cultural/traditional foods from around the World
- Mother's Day art
Agenda:
- "lotsa" math questions long division sheet is for homework
What we have been learning:
- Continued learning how to do long division
- Created adjective monsters
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
- Cultural/traditional foods from around the World
- Mother's Day art
Wednesday, May 8
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is Math Night!!!! Bring your family to the school from 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is Math Night!!!! Bring your family to the school from 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Tuesday, May 7
Agenda:
- Grade 4 field trip tomorrow to Glenbow Ranch. Please be sure to pack a lunch, and dress appropriately. We will be outside the entire day so make sure to dress warm. We will also be going on some easy hikes so please wear appropriate footwear.
Agenda:
- Grade 4 field trip tomorrow to Glenbow Ranch. Please be sure to pack a lunch, and dress appropriately. We will be outside the entire day so make sure to dress warm. We will also be going on some easy hikes so please wear appropriate footwear.
Friday, May 3
Agenda:
- Kaitlyn and Julia make sure you bring me your field trip forms
- Still looking for volunteers for the field trip (May 8 @ Glenbow Ranch)
- Math night is next Thursday May 9
What we have been learning:
- Continuing reading 21 Balloons (summary writing, vocabulary)
- Brainstormed animals for our French zoo assignment
- We started long division!
- Paint chip art with our buddies
- How to use apostrophes correctly
Agenda:
- Kaitlyn and Julia make sure you bring me your field trip forms
- Still looking for volunteers for the field trip (May 8 @ Glenbow Ranch)
- Math night is next Thursday May 9
What we have been learning:
- Continuing reading 21 Balloons (summary writing, vocabulary)
- Brainstormed animals for our French zoo assignment
- We started long division!
- Paint chip art with our buddies
- How to use apostrophes correctly
Tuesday, April 30
Agenda:
- Grade 4 field trip to Glenbow Ranch on May 8. Please return forms.
Agenda:
- Grade 4 field trip to Glenbow Ranch on May 8. Please return forms.
Thursday, April 25
What we have been learning:
- We started making our electric cars (grade 5)
- We are making cat art!
- We had an area and perimeter quiz
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
- Learning about the First Nations and Missionaries (grade 4)
- Parallel and series circuits
- Finished our book trailers
What we have been learning:
- We started making our electric cars (grade 5)
- We are making cat art!
- We had an area and perimeter quiz
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
- Learning about the First Nations and Missionaries (grade 4)
- Parallel and series circuits
- Finished our book trailers
Thursday, April 18
- No school Friday April 19 and Monday April 22
- The grade 5's had a wonderful time at the Military Museum
- Have a good weekend and happy Easter!
What we have been learning:
- Math number talks (mental math)
- Insulators and conductor (electricity)
- Series and parallel circuits
- Confederation of Canada
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
- Area and perimeter math tasks
- Finishing up our book trailers
- No school Friday April 19 and Monday April 22
- The grade 5's had a wonderful time at the Military Museum
- Have a good weekend and happy Easter!
What we have been learning:
- Math number talks (mental math)
- Insulators and conductor (electricity)
- Series and parallel circuits
- Confederation of Canada
- Continued reading 21 Balloons
- Area and perimeter math tasks
- Finishing up our book trailers
Friday, April 12
Agenda:
- Grade 5 field trip on Tuesday April 16
What we have been learning:
- Area and perimeter of rectangles
- The relationship between the shape of a rectangle (long and skinny, more square like) and area and perimeter
- Open and Closed circuits
- Implementing a switch into an electric circuit
- Grade 4 Social Studies - First Nations, NWMP, Settlers, Missionaries
- Grade 5 Social Studies - Canada Confederation
- Using adjectives to describe our monsters
- Continued reading our novel "21 Balloons"
- Practiced visualizing, questioning, connecting, and making predictions from our novel
Agenda:
- Grade 5 field trip on Tuesday April 16
What we have been learning:
- Area and perimeter of rectangles
- The relationship between the shape of a rectangle (long and skinny, more square like) and area and perimeter
- Open and Closed circuits
- Implementing a switch into an electric circuit
- Grade 4 Social Studies - First Nations, NWMP, Settlers, Missionaries
- Grade 5 Social Studies - Canada Confederation
- Using adjectives to describe our monsters
- Continued reading our novel "21 Balloons"
- Practiced visualizing, questioning, connecting, and making predictions from our novel
Friday, April 5
Agenda:
- Wear green on Monday to support the Humbolt Broncos
- Science electricity safety sheets are for homework
What we have been learning:
- Electricity safety
- French animals
- Started division in math
- Plot summaries of our book club books
- Storyboards for our book trailers
- Started reading 21 balloons
Agenda:
- Wear green on Monday to support the Humbolt Broncos
- Science electricity safety sheets are for homework
What we have been learning:
- Electricity safety
- French animals
- Started division in math
- Plot summaries of our book club books
- Storyboards for our book trailers
- Started reading 21 balloons
Tuesday, April 2
Agenda:
- Overdue homework, common and proper nouns sheets. (Pilot, Victoria, Nuriyah, Kendal, Kian, Rinalds)
Agenda:
- Overdue homework, common and proper nouns sheets. (Pilot, Victoria, Nuriyah, Kendal, Kian, Rinalds)
Monday, April 1
Agenda:
- Welcome back!
- Math division worksheet is for homework
- Pajama party tomorrow afternoon
- You may bring snacks to share with the class (no peanuts) Aliz bring your special popcorn ;)
- Also be aware if your snacks contain gelatin
Agenda:
- Welcome back!
- Math division worksheet is for homework
- Pajama party tomorrow afternoon
- You may bring snacks to share with the class (no peanuts) Aliz bring your special popcorn ;)
- Also be aware if your snacks contain gelatin
Thursday, March 21
Agenda:
- Make sure to finish your book club books over the break
- Common and proper nouns activity sheets are both due homework over the break if you did not finish them
- Have a great Spring break!!!
Agenda:
- Make sure to finish your book club books over the break
- Common and proper nouns activity sheets are both due homework over the break if you did not finish them
- Have a great Spring break!!!
Tuesday, March 19
Agenda:
- Subtracting decimal sheet is for homework
- Read your book club books to catch up (Pirates, Space case, Hatchet, Vermeer)
- Book fair purchasing is on Thursday!
- Student conferences Thursday/Friday (sign up)
What we have been learning:
- Continuing our learning of multiplying decimals
- Writing reflections of our Mindful Art
- Continuing common vs proper nouns
- Finishing our book club books
- Elements of a story (setting/visualization/character traits)
Agenda:
- Subtracting decimal sheet is for homework
- Read your book club books to catch up (Pirates, Space case, Hatchet, Vermeer)
- Book fair purchasing is on Thursday!
- Student conferences Thursday/Friday (sign up)
What we have been learning:
- Continuing our learning of multiplying decimals
- Writing reflections of our Mindful Art
- Continuing common vs proper nouns
- Finishing our book club books
- Elements of a story (setting/visualization/character traits)
Wednesday, March 13
Agenda:
- bring back your science test (signed)
- sign up for parent teacher conferences (next week)
What we have been learning:
- Multiplying decimals
- Visualization (book club)
- Poetry (limericks)
- Started our new science unit (Electricity)
- Wheels in motion (gr. 4)
- Mindful Art project with our buddies
- Working on our grammar (common vs proper nouns)
- Residential schools and the history of the people of Alberta (gr. 4)
- History of the peoples of the Atlantic regions (gr. 5)
Agenda:
- bring back your science test (signed)
- sign up for parent teacher conferences (next week)
What we have been learning:
- Multiplying decimals
- Visualization (book club)
- Poetry (limericks)
- Started our new science unit (Electricity)
- Wheels in motion (gr. 4)
- Mindful Art project with our buddies
- Working on our grammar (common vs proper nouns)
- Residential schools and the history of the people of Alberta (gr. 4)
- History of the peoples of the Atlantic regions (gr. 5)
Thursday, February 28
Agenda:
- Math party budget is due on Monday. ($2000 budget, you must spend as much money as you can)
- No school tomorrow (PD day)
- Ski trip next week! (Make sure you bring a jacket, snow pants, gloves, and a lunch or money to buy lunch)
- You may also bring your helmet and goggles!
- Bring a book to read on the bus if you like
What we have been learning:
- Frayer model for vocabulary building
- Atlantic region of Canada (histories of the people)
- Planning a fake housewarming party in Math (budget of $2000) adding and subtracting decimals
- Continued developing questions arund our book club books
Agenda:
- Math party budget is due on Monday. ($2000 budget, you must spend as much money as you can)
- No school tomorrow (PD day)
- Ski trip next week! (Make sure you bring a jacket, snow pants, gloves, and a lunch or money to buy lunch)
- You may also bring your helmet and goggles!
- Bring a book to read on the bus if you like
What we have been learning:
- Frayer model for vocabulary building
- Atlantic region of Canada (histories of the people)
- Planning a fake housewarming party in Math (budget of $2000) adding and subtracting decimals
- Continued developing questions arund our book club books
Tuesday, February 26
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is pink shirt day! Wear pink to support compassion and fight against bullying!
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is pink shirt day! Wear pink to support compassion and fight against bullying!
Monday, February 25
Agenda:
- Science test on Thursday (light and shadows)
- Pink shirt day is on Wednesday
- No school on Friday
Agenda:
- Science test on Thursday (light and shadows)
- Pink shirt day is on Wednesday
- No school on Friday
Friday, February 22
Agenda:
- Lens Art is due for Monday
- Some forms went home to students who mentioned their parents were interested in volunteering for the ski trip
- Have a great weekend!
What we have been learning:
- Convex and concave lenses and how they refract light
- Continuing work with decimals (ordering, estimation, addition, subtraction)
- What type of materials are good reflectors (lab activity)
- Focusing on questioning while reading our book club novels
- How some optical devices work (glasses, magnifying glass)
- Light pollution (what causes it, how it affects humans and animal life)
Agenda:
- Lens Art is due for Monday
- Some forms went home to students who mentioned their parents were interested in volunteering for the ski trip
- Have a great weekend!
What we have been learning:
- Convex and concave lenses and how they refract light
- Continuing work with decimals (ordering, estimation, addition, subtraction)
- What type of materials are good reflectors (lab activity)
- Focusing on questioning while reading our book club novels
- How some optical devices work (glasses, magnifying glass)
- Light pollution (what causes it, how it affects humans and animal life)
Wednesday, February 13
Agenda:
- Donnie's Pizzeria math sheet is for homework
- No school until Tuesday February 19
- Ask me about my kaleidoscope that I brought home
- Need parent volunteers for the Ski trip ( March 4-7) let Mr. McClellan know if you are interested in volunteering for any of these days.
Agenda:
- Donnie's Pizzeria math sheet is for homework
- No school until Tuesday February 19
- Ask me about my kaleidoscope that I brought home
- Need parent volunteers for the Ski trip ( March 4-7) let Mr. McClellan know if you are interested in volunteering for any of these days.
Monday February 11,
Agenda:
- Please bring more Pringles cans!
- Choir notice going home (performing Wednesday afternoon)
- No school Thursday or Friday
What we have been learning:
- Reflection and refraction
- Jenna and Ayesha did their science fair presentation to all the grade 4 classes
- We made valentines bags with our buddies
- Estimating decimals
- Spectrum of light (roygbiv) with prisms
- 3 primary colours of light
- Reading groups (practicing connections and vocabulary)
- Finished our boundless storyboard
Agenda:
- Please bring more Pringles cans!
- Choir notice going home (performing Wednesday afternoon)
- No school Thursday or Friday
What we have been learning:
- Reflection and refraction
- Jenna and Ayesha did their science fair presentation to all the grade 4 classes
- We made valentines bags with our buddies
- Estimating decimals
- Spectrum of light (roygbiv) with prisms
- 3 primary colours of light
- Reading groups (practicing connections and vocabulary)
- Finished our boundless storyboard
Wednesday February, 6
Agenda:
- Math sheet is for homework
- Comics are due on Friday
- Bring milk jugs for gym
- Still need more Pringles cans!
Agenda:
- Math sheet is for homework
- Comics are due on Friday
- Bring milk jugs for gym
- Still need more Pringles cans!
Thursday January, 31
Agenda:
- Math worksheet due for Monday (pg. 208)
- No school tomorrow!
What we have been learning:
- We finished reading The Boundless
- We learned about shadows and how their shapes can change depending on position of the light source (where will the shadow be?)
- Had the science fair! Great job everyone!
- Continued adding and subtracting decimals
- We learned a new math game! (decimals)
- A student did a short presentation on climate change
- Started our presentation on regions of Alberta (Grade 4)
- Self evaluated our reader identities
Agenda:
- Math worksheet due for Monday (pg. 208)
- No school tomorrow!
What we have been learning:
- We finished reading The Boundless
- We learned about shadows and how their shapes can change depending on position of the light source (where will the shadow be?)
- Had the science fair! Great job everyone!
- Continued adding and subtracting decimals
- We learned a new math game! (decimals)
- A student did a short presentation on climate change
- Started our presentation on regions of Alberta (Grade 4)
- Self evaluated our reader identities
Friday, January 25
Agenda:
- If you have not completed the online ski form you MUST complete this by Monday January 28. This is extremely important because after Monday we will likely not be able to add or remove students from this list as per the Master Agreement with Winsport. (bit.ly/hwswinsport )
- Reader identity is due for Monday
- February 7 is literacy night
- Choir is going to perform at a church on February 13 @1:30 pm
- Please bring in an empty Pringles can
- Science Fair is January 29 (projects are due January 28)
What we have been learning:
- Science experiment to see if light travels in a straight line
- Continuing comparing and ordering decimals
- Adding and subtracting decimals
- Onomatopoeia comics
- SMART reading goals
- Started Duolingo accounts for French
Agenda:
- If you have not completed the online ski form you MUST complete this by Monday January 28. This is extremely important because after Monday we will likely not be able to add or remove students from this list as per the Master Agreement with Winsport. (bit.ly/hwswinsport )
- Reader identity is due for Monday
- February 7 is literacy night
- Choir is going to perform at a church on February 13 @1:30 pm
- Please bring in an empty Pringles can
- Science Fair is January 29 (projects are due January 28)
What we have been learning:
- Science experiment to see if light travels in a straight line
- Continuing comparing and ordering decimals
- Adding and subtracting decimals
- Onomatopoeia comics
- SMART reading goals
- Started Duolingo accounts for French
Wednesday, January 23
Agenda:
- This is the last week of option classes
- Grade 4 has gym tomorrow
- Math decimal addition sheet is for homework
- Reader identity is due for Friday
Agenda:
- This is the last week of option classes
- Grade 4 has gym tomorrow
- Math decimal addition sheet is for homework
- Reader identity is due for Friday
Friday, January 18
Agenda:
- The Fun Lunch date is being moved to Wednesday, March 13th. (so you no longer need to cancel)
- Math decimal ordering sheet is due for homework
- Science fair projects due January 28
What we have been learning:
- decimals (comparing and ordering)
- Started light and shadows in science
- natural vs artificial light
- Vocabulary (transparent, translucent, opaque, reflection, refraction)
- AMA (ask me about) my Reader Identity!
- creating comics only using onomatopoeia
- finishing our social studies powerpoints
Agenda:
- The Fun Lunch date is being moved to Wednesday, March 13th. (so you no longer need to cancel)
- Math decimal ordering sheet is due for homework
- Science fair projects due January 28
What we have been learning:
- decimals (comparing and ordering)
- Started light and shadows in science
- natural vs artificial light
- Vocabulary (transparent, translucent, opaque, reflection, refraction)
- AMA (ask me about) my Reader Identity!
- creating comics only using onomatopoeia
- finishing our social studies powerpoints
Tuesday, January 15
Agenda:
Ski & Snowboard School
Please return the A of R form along with payment by Tuesday, January 22. You must also complete the online Ski and Snowboard Participant Information Form (bit.ly/hwswinsport ) by this date. See the forms that were sent home for more information.
Furthermore, please make sure to cancel your fun lunch on Wednesday Mar. 6 as we will be on the ski hill.
Agenda:
Ski & Snowboard School
Please return the A of R form along with payment by Tuesday, January 22. You must also complete the online Ski and Snowboard Participant Information Form (bit.ly/hwswinsport ) by this date. See the forms that were sent home for more information.
Furthermore, please make sure to cancel your fun lunch on Wednesday Mar. 6 as we will be on the ski hill.
Monday, January 14
Agenda:
- grade 5 gym tomorrow
- bring your recorder tomorrow for music
- Ski field trip forms are due January 22
- Young writers conference April 27. It costs $50 if you are interested (must be in grade 5)
- Math decimal ordering sheet is for homework if you did not finish it
Agenda:
- grade 5 gym tomorrow
- bring your recorder tomorrow for music
- Ski field trip forms are due January 22
- Young writers conference April 27. It costs $50 if you are interested (must be in grade 5)
- Math decimal ordering sheet is for homework if you did not finish it
Friday January 11, 2019
Agenda:
- New grade 5 student joining the class on Monday so make sure to be extra welcoming!
- Grade 4 has gym on Monday
What we have been learning:
- Vocabulary lesson 2
- read stories with our buddies
- finished multiplication
- different parts of our eyes and why it is important to protect them
- practiced addition with 4 digit by 4 digits numbers
- finishing our PowerPoints on regions of Alberta (grade 4)
- started PowerPoints on Canadian regions (grade 5)
- wrote about our winter breaks
Agenda:
- New grade 5 student joining the class on Monday so make sure to be extra welcoming!
- Grade 4 has gym on Monday
What we have been learning:
- Vocabulary lesson 2
- read stories with our buddies
- finished multiplication
- different parts of our eyes and why it is important to protect them
- practiced addition with 4 digit by 4 digits numbers
- finishing our PowerPoints on regions of Alberta (grade 4)
- started PowerPoints on Canadian regions (grade 5)
- wrote about our winter breaks
Wednesday January 9, 2019
Agenda
- Addition worksheet is for homework
- Multiplication quiz tomorrow
Agenda
- Addition worksheet is for homework
- Multiplication quiz tomorrow
January 8, 2019
Agenda:
- Welcome back everyone!! :)
- Wear sporty clothes for gymnastics, if you have any warts etc. you need tell Mr. J and cover them up. Girls bring hair elastics.
Grade 4 has gym Wednesday
Grade 5 has gym Wednesday and Thursday
- Math multiplication homework if you did not finish in class. (99 x 99, 73 x 64, 97 x 69, 98 x 28, 42 x 32, 75 x 24)
- Multiplication quiz later this week 2 digit x 1 digit and 2 digit x 2 digit
Agenda:
- Welcome back everyone!! :)
- Wear sporty clothes for gymnastics, if you have any warts etc. you need tell Mr. J and cover them up. Girls bring hair elastics.
Grade 4 has gym Wednesday
Grade 5 has gym Wednesday and Thursday
- Math multiplication homework if you did not finish in class. (99 x 99, 73 x 64, 97 x 69, 98 x 28, 42 x 32, 75 x 24)
- Multiplication quiz later this week 2 digit x 1 digit and 2 digit x 2 digit
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays grade 4 and 5s! Have a wonderful holiday and great job on our winter lanterns!
Thursday, December 20
Agenda:
- Report cards went home today. Please sign the envelope and return it.
- Pajama day tomorrow! (Sleepy Santa)
- Bring treats for the class if you like!
Agenda:
- Report cards went home today. Please sign the envelope and return it.
- Pajama day tomorrow! (Sleepy Santa)
- Bring treats for the class if you like!
Monday, December 17
Agenda:
- We are going on a community walk on Wednesday afternoon
- find sticks/twigs for our lantern art project!
Agenda:
- We are going on a community walk on Wednesday afternoon
- find sticks/twigs for our lantern art project!
Friday, December 14
Agenda:
- Multiplication sheets 3 and 4 due for Monday
- Choir will be performing at the assembly next Friday
- Practice memorizing multiplication tables (1-12)
- You can work on your Vocabulary words on your google drive
What we have been learning:
- Code breaking (math)
- Creating Pokemon for our regions of Alberta/Canada
- Hamburger paragraphs
- Continue reading "The Boundless"
- Multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit number (box method)
- Reviewed estimation strategies (compatible numbers)
- Did some team building activities
- Finished our forgotten poem performances
Agenda:
- Multiplication sheets 3 and 4 due for Monday
- Choir will be performing at the assembly next Friday
- Practice memorizing multiplication tables (1-12)
- You can work on your Vocabulary words on your google drive
What we have been learning:
- Code breaking (math)
- Creating Pokemon for our regions of Alberta/Canada
- Hamburger paragraphs
- Continue reading "The Boundless"
- Multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit number (box method)
- Reviewed estimation strategies (compatible numbers)
- Did some team building activities
- Finished our forgotten poem performances
Wednesday, December 12
Agenda:
- Math 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication sheet 2 is for homework
- Please bring your science test back signed
Agenda:
- Math 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication sheet 2 is for homework
- Please bring your science test back signed
Tuesday, December 11
Agenda:
- 2 digit multiplication sheet is for homework
- Please return your Science test signed by your parents
Agenda:
- 2 digit multiplication sheet is for homework
- Please return your Science test signed by your parents
Wednesday, December 5
Agenda:
-No school Thursday or Friday
- Coloured math sheet and easy multiplying by powers of 10 worksheets are for homework
- Practice your times tables up to 12 for 30 minutes.
What we have been learning:
- We decked the halls with our buddy class!
- Improving our vocabulary! Learning about root words, prefixes, and suffixes
- Performed our forgotten poems in Poetry Cafe (class)
- Working on multiplication, powers of 10, and 2 digit by 1 digit
- Finished our Pokemon for the Atlantic region (Grade 5)
- Continued reading "The Boundless"
Agenda:
-No school Thursday or Friday
- Coloured math sheet and easy multiplying by powers of 10 worksheets are for homework
- Practice your times tables up to 12 for 30 minutes.
What we have been learning:
- We decked the halls with our buddy class!
- Improving our vocabulary! Learning about root words, prefixes, and suffixes
- Performed our forgotten poems in Poetry Cafe (class)
- Working on multiplication, powers of 10, and 2 digit by 1 digit
- Finished our Pokemon for the Atlantic region (Grade 5)
- Continued reading "The Boundless"
Friday, November 30
Agenda:
- Ugly sweater day on Monday
- Deck the halls on Monday
- Talk to your parents about your culture/heritage. Research flag, and how to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" in your language.
- Spend 20 minutes reviewing your times tables (1-12)
- Thank you for bringing all the snacks!!
What we have been learning:
- Reviewed the 5 ws (Who, What, Where, When, Why) and applied them to the article about the new probe that landed on Mars.
- Learned about different parts of the brain, and how they help you make decisions. (prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus)
- Strategies to help us make better decisions when we are upset.
- Continued our novel study of "Boundless"
- Had our Museum of Forgotten Objects
- Grade 4s working on their powerpoint on their region of Alberta
- Grade 5s working on their Pokemon
Agenda:
- Ugly sweater day on Monday
- Deck the halls on Monday
- Talk to your parents about your culture/heritage. Research flag, and how to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" in your language.
- Spend 20 minutes reviewing your times tables (1-12)
- Thank you for bringing all the snacks!!
What we have been learning:
- Reviewed the 5 ws (Who, What, Where, When, Why) and applied them to the article about the new probe that landed on Mars.
- Learned about different parts of the brain, and how they help you make decisions. (prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus)
- Strategies to help us make better decisions when we are upset.
- Continued our novel study of "Boundless"
- Had our Museum of Forgotten Objects
- Grade 4s working on their powerpoint on their region of Alberta
- Grade 5s working on their Pokemon
Thursday, November 29
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is pajama day!
- You may bring a snack to share with the entire class
- Students who are in the option Art with a repurpose, try to bring 1 CD, bottle caps, plastic knives, and 1 small twig or branch for tomorrow.
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is pajama day!
- You may bring a snack to share with the entire class
- Students who are in the option Art with a repurpose, try to bring 1 CD, bottle caps, plastic knives, and 1 small twig or branch for tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 27
Agenda:
- Make sure you bring your forgotten object for the museum tomorrow
- Bring back your signed math test if you already haven't
- Forgotten object poems must be done by tomorrow!
Agenda:
- Make sure you bring your forgotten object for the museum tomorrow
- Bring back your signed math test if you already haven't
- Forgotten object poems must be done by tomorrow!
Monday, November 26
Agenda:
- Museum of forgotten objects is on Wednesday and Thursday. MAKE SURE you bring your object.
- Class party on Friday (maybe), possible pajama day.
- Math sheet is homework if you didn't finish in class (multiplication by 0,1,2)
- Forgotten object poems must be completed by Wednesday
- Grade 5s have snack and chat Thursday
What we have been learning:
- Continuing our novel study of Boundless
- Finished writing our forgotten object poems and working on typed version
- Reviewed estimation and rounding
- started reviewing multiplication (multiplying by 0, 1, and 2)
Agenda:
- Museum of forgotten objects is on Wednesday and Thursday. MAKE SURE you bring your object.
- Class party on Friday (maybe), possible pajama day.
- Math sheet is homework if you didn't finish in class (multiplication by 0,1,2)
- Forgotten object poems must be completed by Wednesday
- Grade 5s have snack and chat Thursday
What we have been learning:
- Continuing our novel study of Boundless
- Finished writing our forgotten object poems and working on typed version
- Reviewed estimation and rounding
- started reviewing multiplication (multiplying by 0, 1, and 2)
Wednesday, November 21
Agenda:
- Science test tomorrow
- Parent-teacher conferences tomorrow and Friday (don't forget to sign up)
- Grade 5s participating in science fair. Your forms AND $14 is due tomorrow for the trifold.
- If you would like to help and protect animals across the country you can sign up to become an Earth ranger at earth rangers.com (yesterday's assembly)
Agenda:
- Science test tomorrow
- producers, consumers, decomposers
- What goes in which bin
- Life cycle of different products (recyclable?, biodegradable?, end up in the landfill?)
- reusing, reducing, recycling, repurposing
- Parent-teacher conferences tomorrow and Friday (don't forget to sign up)
- Grade 5s participating in science fair. Your forms AND $14 is due tomorrow for the trifold.
- If you would like to help and protect animals across the country you can sign up to become an Earth ranger at earth rangers.com (yesterday's assembly)
Tuesday November 20
Agenda:
- Book fair purchasing session is tomorrow!
- Science quiz on Thursday
- Returned signed Math test
- Math homework if you didn't complete it. Estimating sums and differences worksheet.
Agenda:
- Book fair purchasing session is tomorrow!
- Science quiz on Thursday
- Returned signed Math test
- Math homework if you didn't complete it. Estimating sums and differences worksheet.
Friday, November 16
Agenda:
- Estimating sums & differences worksheet is due for Monday.
- Science test next week (Waste in our world)
Agenda:
- Estimating sums & differences worksheet is due for Monday.
- Science test next week (Waste in our world)
- Life cycle of plastics and apple core
- Food chains
- What goes in which bin
- reducing, reusing and recycling
Wednesday, November 14
Agenda:
- Math rounding/addition sheet and pg. 52 question 11 is due for homework
- The field trip was awesome!
What we have been learning:
- Front end rounding, and rounding to the nearest ....
- We started a novel study - Boundless -
- Wrote our opinion argument on Calgary hosting the Olympics
- Reintroducing Bisons to Banff National Park and associated debate issues
- Homonyms
- Working on our spoken word poems, about our forgotten objects
- Finished and reflected on our SMART goals
- Discussed and analyzed different types of packaging for everyday products
Things we learned on the Field trip to the landfill
- Some people still put their food waste in the garbage
- How the composting facility works
- Things don't actually decompose in the landfill
- What goes in each bin
- How you can reuse and reduce household items
- Composting and recycling are only a 3/10 for helping the environment
- When in rains in the landfill its creates leachate
- they use rain water to flush their toilets
Agenda:
- Math rounding/addition sheet and pg. 52 question 11 is due for homework
- The field trip was awesome!
What we have been learning:
- Front end rounding, and rounding to the nearest ....
- We started a novel study - Boundless -
- Wrote our opinion argument on Calgary hosting the Olympics
- Reintroducing Bisons to Banff National Park and associated debate issues
- Homonyms
- Working on our spoken word poems, about our forgotten objects
- Finished and reflected on our SMART goals
- Discussed and analyzed different types of packaging for everyday products
Things we learned on the Field trip to the landfill
- Some people still put their food waste in the garbage
- How the composting facility works
- Things don't actually decompose in the landfill
- What goes in each bin
- How you can reuse and reduce household items
- Composting and recycling are only a 3/10 for helping the environment
- When in rains in the landfill its creates leachate
- they use rain water to flush their toilets
Tuesday, November 13
Agenda:
- Math rounding/addition sheet and pg. 52 sheet are due for Thursday.
- Science test will be moved to next week. (Waste in our world)
- Field trip to the landfill tomorrow (grade 4) don't forget to bring:
Agenda:
- Math rounding/addition sheet and pg. 52 sheet are due for Thursday.
- Science test will be moved to next week. (Waste in our world)
- Field trip to the landfill tomorrow (grade 4) don't forget to bring:
- Appropriate footwear/clothing, we may be walking outside for a little bit
- A "litterless" lunch. Try your best to pack reusable containers
Monday, November 12
Agenda:
- Math rounding/addition sheet is for homework.
Agenda:
- Math rounding/addition sheet is for homework.
Friday, November 9
Agenda:
- Please return field trip form if you have not already (grade 4)
- Science test next week (most likely Thursday)
Agenda:
- Please return field trip form if you have not already (grade 4)
- Science test next week (most likely Thursday)
Tuesday, November 6
Agenda:
- Math test on patterns and equations is moved to Thursday.
- Math review is for homework.
- Last night to work on Remembrance Day art.
- Grade 4s need to bring in their field trip forms.
What we have been learning:
- Started our research on the regions of Canada (grade 5)
- Identifying research criteria (grade 4) - landforms, Bodies of water, Natural Resources, Vegetation, Animal Life, Climate.
- We set SMART goals and are tracking them.
- Introduced Olympic debate for 2026
- Started looking at packing through a critical scientific view.
- Remembrance Day art/writing with our buddies
- made our final observations on decomposition chamber experiment
- Finished our French halloween books
Agenda:
- Math test on patterns and equations is moved to Thursday.
- Math review is for homework.
- Last night to work on Remembrance Day art.
- Grade 4s need to bring in their field trip forms.
What we have been learning:
- Started our research on the regions of Canada (grade 5)
- Identifying research criteria (grade 4) - landforms, Bodies of water, Natural Resources, Vegetation, Animal Life, Climate.
- We set SMART goals and are tracking them.
- Introduced Olympic debate for 2026
- Started looking at packing through a critical scientific view.
- Remembrance Day art/writing with our buddies
- made our final observations on decomposition chamber experiment
- Finished our French halloween books
Friday, November 2
Agenda:
- Math test on Tuesday November 6
Agenda:
- Math test on Tuesday November 6
Tuesday October 30
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is Halloween!!!!
- GRADE 5s DO NOT FORGET YOUR BOOK FOR SNACK AND SHARE!
Agenda:
- Tomorrow is Halloween!!!!
- GRADE 5s DO NOT FORGET YOUR BOOK FOR SNACK AND SHARE!
Monday, October 29
Agenda:
- Comic books are due for Friday. They must be handed in on Friday.
- You can wear a costume on Halloween
What we are learning:
- looking at issues from different points of view, and making a pursusive argument. This week's topic is the Alberta Oil sands.
- discussion about fossil fuels
- Practiced rounding (math)
- Regions of Canada (grade 5)
- French Halloween books
- Quality of life (contributing factors)
- Reviewed similes, metaphors, and hyperboles
Agenda:
- Comic books are due for Friday. They must be handed in on Friday.
- You can wear a costume on Halloween
What we are learning:
- looking at issues from different points of view, and making a pursusive argument. This week's topic is the Alberta Oil sands.
- discussion about fossil fuels
- Practiced rounding (math)
- Regions of Canada (grade 5)
- French Halloween books
- Quality of life (contributing factors)
- Reviewed similes, metaphors, and hyperboles
Friday, October 19
Agenda:
- Find a forgotten object at home
- Mr. McClellan will be a outdoor school next week supervising the grade 6s
Things we have learned:
- Worms at work. (Green Calgary guest speakers)
- About forgotten lamp and other forgotten objects
- Poetry cafe of forgotten items
- Who we are, and our identity (what goes into our identity)
- writing our story of the forgotten lamp
- Van Gogh style art
- Wrapping up our aluminum can comics
- French colours
- Prodigy math games
- started talking about the regions of Alberta
Agenda:
- Find a forgotten object at home
- Mr. McClellan will be a outdoor school next week supervising the grade 6s
Things we have learned:
- Worms at work. (Green Calgary guest speakers)
- About forgotten lamp and other forgotten objects
- Poetry cafe of forgotten items
- Who we are, and our identity (what goes into our identity)
- writing our story of the forgotten lamp
- Van Gogh style art
- Wrapping up our aluminum can comics
- French colours
- Prodigy math games
- started talking about the regions of Alberta
Monday, October 15
Agenda:
- Please return any picture forms/orders ASAP
- Choose a book for book talks
What we have been learning:
- French colours
- How to read number up to 1 000 000
- Writing math equations to represent patterns
- Continued working on aluminum can comic
Agenda:
- Please return any picture forms/orders ASAP
- Choose a book for book talks
What we have been learning:
- French colours
- How to read number up to 1 000 000
- Writing math equations to represent patterns
- Continued working on aluminum can comic
Tuesday, October 9
Agenda:
- Map of Canada for homework (Provinces and capitals labeled. Coloured)
Agenda:
- Map of Canada for homework (Provinces and capitals labeled. Coloured)
Friday, October 5
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Agenda:
- Rough copy of Aluminum can story is due for Tuesday.
- Science questions due Tuesday (Wetlands handout)
- No school on Monday (gobble gobble)
What we have learned:
- We started our science experiments! (decomposition chambers)
- We met our grade 1 buddies and read stories together
- Thanks giving assembly
- Using a variable to express and equation.
- word patter problems
- Animal adaptations
- types of plants found in a wetland
- review number in French (played onze game)
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Agenda:
- Rough copy of Aluminum can story is due for Tuesday.
- Science questions due Tuesday (Wetlands handout)
- No school on Monday (gobble gobble)
What we have learned:
- We started our science experiments! (decomposition chambers)
- We met our grade 1 buddies and read stories together
- Thanks giving assembly
- Using a variable to express and equation.
- word patter problems
- Animal adaptations
- types of plants found in a wetland
- review number in French (played onze game)
Wednesday, October 3
Agenda:
- Leadership form is due on Tuesday (form is in resources)
- Science quiz tomorrow on Wetlands
Agenda:
- Leadership form is due on Tuesday (form is in resources)
- Science quiz tomorrow on Wetlands
- types of wetlands
- interactions between living and non-living things
- producers, consumers, decomposers
- food chains and food webs
Monday, October 1
Agenda:
- Math homework (patterns and equations in and out boxes)
- Having another math quiz this week.
- Science quiz this week.
Agenda:
- Math homework (patterns and equations in and out boxes)
- Having another math quiz this week.
- Science quiz this week.
Friday, September 28
Agenda:
- Monday is orange shirt day. (to pay respects to First Nations and Aboriginal communities)
Agenda:
- Monday is orange shirt day. (to pay respects to First Nations and Aboriginal communities)
Wednesday, September 26
Agenda:
-Bring more kitchen scraps
-Math quiz tomorrow on patterns. (bring home your math duo tang to study)
-Return forms
-Terry Fox run is on Friday, pledge forms going home
What we learned:
- Engineering tower challenge
- Read 2 more chapters of Van Gogh Cafe
- Fire drill procedures
- Reviewed French number 1-20
- talked about the 4 Rs (reuse, recycle, reduce and repurpose)
- Continued math patterns, in/out boxes, and using equations
- plastic in our oceans, micro plastics, Midway Island
Agenda:
-Bring more kitchen scraps
-Math quiz tomorrow on patterns. (bring home your math duo tang to study)
-Return forms
-Terry Fox run is on Friday, pledge forms going home
What we learned:
- Engineering tower challenge
- Read 2 more chapters of Van Gogh Cafe
- Fire drill procedures
- Reviewed French number 1-20
- talked about the 4 Rs (reuse, recycle, reduce and repurpose)
- Continued math patterns, in/out boxes, and using equations
- plastic in our oceans, micro plastics, Midway Island
Tuesday, September 25
Agenda:
-Demographic verification forms going home. Please return ASAP.
-Bring kitchen scraps in ziploc bag to school for science experiment. (orange peels, banana peels, egg shells, apple cores, etc.)
Agenda:
-Demographic verification forms going home. Please return ASAP.
-Bring kitchen scraps in ziploc bag to school for science experiment. (orange peels, banana peels, egg shells, apple cores, etc.)
Thursday, September 20
Agenda:
-Return grade 5 field trip forms by Monday. (field trip is on Tuesday)
-Return all other forms
-Monday is picture day, look nice!
-Friday September 21 is a PD day... No school.
-Math/Wetlands if you have not completed.
-Meet the teacher is tonight!! 6:30 pm. BBQ at 5:30 pm.
What we learned:
-Continued reading Van Gogh Cafe
-Played trivia
-Research on the 5 different types of wetlands
-Inside out boxes (Math)
-Patterns and equations
-Reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose (what we can do to help)
-worked cooperation and sportsmanship
-plastics in our oceans
-the great pacific garbage patch
-Styrofoam does not decompose
Agenda:
-Return grade 5 field trip forms by Monday. (field trip is on Tuesday)
-Return all other forms
-Monday is picture day, look nice!
-Friday September 21 is a PD day... No school.
-Math/Wetlands if you have not completed.
-Meet the teacher is tonight!! 6:30 pm. BBQ at 5:30 pm.
What we learned:
-Continued reading Van Gogh Cafe
-Played trivia
-Research on the 5 different types of wetlands
-Inside out boxes (Math)
-Patterns and equations
-Reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose (what we can do to help)
-worked cooperation and sportsmanship
-plastics in our oceans
-the great pacific garbage patch
-Styrofoam does not decompose
Wednesday, September 19
Agenda:
- Bring an empty 2L pop bottle (science experiment)
- Return forms
- BBQ tomorrow at 5:30 pm on school compound, followed by meet the teacher at 6:30 pm
Homework (if you did not complete during class time)
- Wetlands research (bogs, swamps, marshes, fens, ponds)
- Math worksheet --> Identifying Number Sequence and Two Pattern Rules (complete both sides)
Agenda:
- Bring an empty 2L pop bottle (science experiment)
- Return forms
- BBQ tomorrow at 5:30 pm on school compound, followed by meet the teacher at 6:30 pm
Homework (if you did not complete during class time)
- Wetlands research (bogs, swamps, marshes, fens, ponds)
- Math worksheet --> Identifying Number Sequence and Two Pattern Rules (complete both sides)
Monday, September 17
Agenda:
- Return forms
- Meet the teacher on Thursday 6:30 pm.
- Bring an empty 2L pop bottle
What we learned:
- 4 types of waste, what goes in each bin
- Vincent Van Gogh (began reading the Van Gogh Cafe)
- Talked about Midway island (aka plastic island)
- Math assessment test
- Wetlands, food chains, biotic vs abiotic factors, ecosystems
- What kind of learner we are
- Review of bar graphs
Agenda:
- Return forms
- Meet the teacher on Thursday 6:30 pm.
- Bring an empty 2L pop bottle
What we learned:
- 4 types of waste, what goes in each bin
- Vincent Van Gogh (began reading the Van Gogh Cafe)
- Talked about Midway island (aka plastic island)
- Math assessment test
- Wetlands, food chains, biotic vs abiotic factors, ecosystems
- What kind of learner we are
- Review of bar graphs
Tuesday September 11
Agenda:
- Important forms going home.
What we learned about:
- Natural waste vs man-made waste
- Algebra, balancing scales/equations
- Places and natural resources in Alberta
- How natural waste is decomposed
- How to sign out a book in the library
Agenda:
- Important forms going home.
What we learned about:
- Natural waste vs man-made waste
- Algebra, balancing scales/equations
- Places and natural resources in Alberta
- How natural waste is decomposed
- How to sign out a book in the library
Friday September 7
This week we learned about the Great Kapok Tree, and how our decisions we make today can change and influence our future. We learned how we use numbers everyday and that they are important to our lives. We also learned a lot about our classmates through team building exercises and math riddles.
This week we learned about the Great Kapok Tree, and how our decisions we make today can change and influence our future. We learned how we use numbers everyday and that they are important to our lives. We also learned a lot about our classmates through team building exercises and math riddles.