Week 4

In math, we are working on how to represent and describe whole numbers to 10000.

We have been representing numbers to 10000 using base ten blocks. 

We have been comparing numbers to 10000 using greater than, less than and equal to symbols. 

We are starting to represent numbers to 10000 using the expanded form.

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This week we shared our personal artifacts. We brought in artifacts that mean a lot to us, have a story behind them, are old, and are things we cherish. We practiced our presenting and audience skills. A great presenter uses their big voice, has interesting ideas to share, and is clear about what they are sharing. A great audience is quiet, listens and raises their hand if they have a question or comment. 

We continued to learn about what it means to be a responsible Digital Citizen. We tested our knowledge of what a Good vs. a Not Good website might look like. This will help us once we start doing more research.

In science, we created a list of Waste Wonders, like "Can you recycle gold?", "Can you recycle old instruments?", and "Can do recycle a mouse pad?". We used our research skills to find good information about our Waste Wonders.    

We continued learning about the Growth Mindset and created skits to show our understanding.

We worked very hard in defining the word "Perspective" using our Frayer Models. We looked up the definition in a dictionary, created our own definition together as a class, and looked up synonyms using an online thesaurus. 

Who knew there were so many synonyms for the word Perspective!

We learned about Terry Fox this week in preparation for our Terry Fox run. He is an inspiration and Canadian hero because he ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He showed Empathy because he knew what Greg, a boy with cancer was going through and wanted to raise money to help him and others going through cancer. He showed a 

Growth Mindset by not giving up when running through Canada. Unfortunately, he did not make it across Canada, but his purpose to raise money for cancer research continues. During our run we ran 1495 laps in total as a class.

Nice work Grade 4s!

Spelling Patterns:

Next week will continue to practicing long vowel spelling patterns. We will focus on creating sentences containing words with the long vowel spelling patterns. We will be practicing how to give each other dictations in order to prepare for the dictation given by Miss Pasion. 

Long a - ai, ay, ei, a-e (a-consonant-silent e)

Long e - ee, ea, ey, ie, e-e (e-consonant-silent e)

Long i - igh, ie, y, i-e (i-consonant-silent e)

Long o - oe, oa, ow, o-e (o-consonant-silent e)

Long u - ue, ew, u-e (u-consonant-silent e) 

Below are some of the words from our word list, which we will be using to practice the long vowel spelling patterns: 

safely, costume, idea, opened, cubes, tight, these

Weekly Reminders for October 1-5: 

Library Books - Our library time is Tuesday morning. If your child wants to renew or return a book they should bring it back on Tuesday.

Headphones - Please bring your headphones to class. We will be using them during Daily 5: Listen to Reading.

Homework: Artifacts - Please bring your artifacts to class. We will continue sharing our artifacts with the class. 

Upcoming Events: 

Tuesday, October 3rd - Author Cathy Beveridge will be visiting our classroom on Tuesday, Oct. 3rd to Introduce our class to "Strong Writing".  

Friday, October 5th - No school. Non-instructional day.

Tuesday, October 9th - The Military Museum will be sharing their historic artifacts in the STEM Room with our class. We will continue to share our artifacts next week.