The Pringle RIngle Problem

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. During a Special Grade 4 presentation I learned that we shouldn't put toxic waste mixed with normal stuff. We also get to keep a poster and mini compost bin." M.S.
2. "In Inquiry I learned how to make a loom." K.H.
    "We are making a loom because we are learning about the past and also clothing in the past. So then we started to do weaving." D.T.
3. " In Math we watched a video called "Pringle Ringle." We had to make an estimate about how many chips were in the ringle." J.H.

Reminders:
1. Swimming starts on Monday. I need to bring my bathing suit, towel and brush or comb and a plastic bag to put my wet bathing suit in afterwards. Please DO NOT wear your bathing suit to school.
2. My report card came home today. Please read it over with me.
3. Please return white report card folder with your signature on it to indicate that the report card has been read sometime over the next week or two.

Explaining the 'why' behind our Thinking...

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science we drew clothing that protects you and keeps you warm in different seasons." M.M.
2. "In Inquiry we helped Autumn with learning about clothing from the past." M.S.
3. "In Math we continued our cookie problem. We learned that a mathematician made that problem." D.G.
   "We learned how to use reasoning to explain what and why we thought about the problem." S.C.

Reminders:
1. Swimming begins Monday, February 4th.
2. Watch for Report Cards coming home tomorrow!

Helpful or Harmful 'Tools'

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "I learned that people have many different tools. The tools can be harmful or helpful." M.S. Ask me what I really mean when I say 'tool'.
2. " In Science we learned what the weather is like in the different seasons of the year." C.S.

3. "In Writer's Workshop we learned how to sort books into non-fiction and fiction because we are learning how to become non-fiction writers." O.F.

Reminders:
1. Report cards coming home Thursday, January 31st.
2. New Winter Field Study fee letter coming home Monday, February 4th.
3. Swimming begins Monday, February 4th.

The Cookie Fiasco

Today we read a story called 'The Cookie Fiasco'. It presented the problem of having 6 cookies which had to be divided between the four characters. How could they figure out how to scare this evenly?
Thankfully the story had a happy ending!
Then we were presented with the story of having to share 6 cookies amongst a girl Katarina, a boy Logan and ourself. However, the problem is that Katrina can only have 1 cookie. How will we share the cookies?
I encourage you to discuss how they would solve this. We will continue to work on solving this tomorrow.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math we are learning how to share 6 cookies." L.M.
    "Between 3 people. One of the characters can only have 1 cookie. How do we divide them?" M.C., L.S., and M.S.
2. "In Writer's Workshop we learned what non-fiction and fiction stories are." S.C.
3. "In Gym we did Mission Impossible. I learned that you can't touch any obstacles or you have to go to the start of the line." A.D.

Reminders:
1. Report cards coming home Thursday, January 31st.
2. No school on Friday.

The Cookie Monster problem

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. " In Inquiry with Mrs. Langlois we sketched some of her artifacts. They were from the First Nations." L.L.
2. " In Math we learned how many cookies the Cookie Monster ate." O.F.
3. " In the iLab I learned  the stations that were open. I did a portrait of my face." K.H.

Reminders:
1. Report cards coming home next Thursday, January 31st.
2. No school on Friday, February 1st.

A Great Day at Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area!

We had a great day at Ann and Sandy Cross! We were 'Deputy Conservation Officers' for the day and had a lot of fun learning about the animals and plants that we need to take care of. We measured the temperature outside in different places like on a tree branch, under a mound of snow and sitting on the ground. We learned how different animals moved through the snow and found a partner to try it with!

Here's some things we learned at Ann and Sandy Cross today!

1. "I learned that in the winter trees can be green and that means they are still alive." O.F.

2. "I learned that there is 7 kinds of ice crystals." J. V.

3. "I learned that most of our body is water." L.S.

4. "I learned that my group chose the right spot to hide our mice." O.S. 

5. "I learned how to move like a coyote, snowshoe hare and weasel." L.L.

6. "I learned that mice are filled with a lot of water." K.H.

7. "I learned that trees can be alive if they have any green and also moss." D. T.

Reminders:

1. Swim forms due now.

2. Report cards coming home next Thursday, January 31st. 

3 Things We 

Same, same but different

Today we read a story called 'Same, same but Different' by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw. It looked at 2 friends from different parts of the world and what was the same between them and what was different. We learned today that we are going to be getting letters from some kids in another part of the world. We are excited!

We also looked at the word estimation and what it means. We have a question for you Mom and/or Dad:
    "Do you use estimating in your job?" If so, how?

3 Things We learned today:
1. " In Math we learned a new problem called a 3 Act Problem. We learned how to estimate." M.S.
2.  "In Inquiry we opened Mrs. Ramsay's truck and learned about some artifacts in it."  L.M.
3. "Room 2 is getting letters from people from a different country and they are wondering what Calgary is like." M.M.  "The country the kids are from is the U.S." L.L.


Things I need to wear to Ann and Sandy Cross for tomorrow:
1. snow pants
2. warm mittens
3. toque
4. warm jacket
5. sweater or sweatshirt
6.scarf
7. warm socks
8. winter boots
9. a big lunch and snack
10. A full water bottle

Reminders:
1. Swimming forms due back now

A Sick Patient!

Today we had a sick patient in Room 2! Different groups of students created a 'sick patient' of one of their classmates. Using visuals and text, students had to create someone who answered these 3 questions:
1. What do you look like when you're sick?
2. What do you wear when you are sick?
3. What do you sound like when you are sick?

We then did a gallery walk and recorded some of our observations. It was easy to see or hear that someone is sick, but can you see what's happening inside?

Today we learned that when our body is healthy the temperature is 37.5 d



3 Things We Learned Today
1. "In Science we learned about germs and what happens to our body when we get sick." M.S.
2. "In Math we got a new math problem. It's about Hannah and Avery baking 45 cookies. " D.G. "It was a backwards problem." S.C.
3. "In Writer's Workshop we learned what to do after you edit your story." D.T.

Reminders:
1. Swimming forms due back now.
2. Ann and Sandy Cross field study on Thursday. Dress for the weather as we will be outside all day!

Starting our Exhibit

We are getting ready for our Field Study to Ann and Sandy Cross. We still need 1 MORE VOLUNTEER to help out. This is a full day study. Please call or email me if you can help out.

We are beginning to create an exhibit about the past, which was influenced by our recent trip the Glenbow Museum. Stay tuned!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. 'In Inquiry we are learning what is in our exhibit. I started learning about what houses looked like in the past." K.H.
2. " In Math we are learning about how much math sentences we can do that equal 15." L.M.
     Ask me what a backwards number sentence is!
3. " In Reader's Workshop I learned that Boggle teaches you new words." A.M.
    Ask me what new reading strategy we learned about!

Reminders:
1. Swimming forms due back now.
2. I need to wear snowpants on Thursday to Ann and Sandy Cross. Bring extra socks and mitts in case they get wet.

Playing with Thermometers

3 Things We Learned Today:
1."In  Science we learned how to read a thermometer." J.V.
2. "In the iLab with our guest teacher we worked on our ozobot stories." L.L.
3."In Gym we did gymnastics, but there was a problem because people were not listening to get to their favorite centres." L.M.

Reminders:
1. Don't forget to come to the Open House if you can. It starts at 6:30
2. Ann and Sandy Cross forms due back now.
3. Swimming forms due back by January 25th.

More forms

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science we learned how good Scientists write their results." M.M.
2. "In Writer's Workshop we got a stoplight paper to remember green, yellow and red work." L.M.
3. " In Math we learned some ways how to make 13, and 31 and 33.And there's two keys that are broken on the calculator" J.V.
   "We learned what the word difference means." S.M.

Reminders:
1. Swim forms went home today. Please complete and return.
2. We still require 1 more volunteer for Ann and Sandy Cross next Thursday. Please email if you are able to help out!

We Found Out!

Today we explored more of our artifacts. We learned how to improve our sketching skills by looking at what shapes we see in the artifact. Our sketching improved by a lot today! We had a good laugh when we discovered what some of the objects really were-especially what we thought was a pot was actually a toilet!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Social Studies we learned how to draw pictures with mostly shapes." M.C.
2. " In Math we learned how to make 11 without any 1s on a calculator." D.T.
3. " With Mr. Cartier we learned how to make a story with codes and Ozobots." S.C.

Reminders:
1. Field study forms went home today for Ann and Sandy Cross. Please sign and return. We need 3 more volunteers.
2. Book orders due back no later than Thursday, January 17th.
3. No school on Friday.

What is that?

Today we began our sketching of our artifacts. We got to carefully observe one of the artifacts brought in by our peers. We guessed the name of our artifact, what the job of it was, and then draw a picture of it. We will be practicing this all week with the artifacts. Please feel free to continue sending them in!

We officially began our Gymnastics unit today. Today we learned how to do a 'head to toe' safety check. Parents please ensure your child's hair is tied back and that no skirts or dresses are worn to school. If so please wear leggings underneath.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Social Studies we learned about the past and what stuff looked like from the past" M.M.
2. "In Reader's Workshop we learned two new Work on Writing activities. I did the Make a List" J.H.
3." In Gym I learned about gymnastics safety. "L.M.

Reminders:
1. Gymnastics safety: Please bring a hair elastic to keep long hair tied back.
2.  No school on Friday.
3. Book orders due back no later than Thursday, January 17th.

What is a Scientific Process?

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science we learned about the 4 processes that things go through if they are hot or cold and we started our results." D.T.
2. "In Math I learned how to use a number line to help me do Math." O.S.
3. "In Writer's Workshop we did our class story" M.S.

Reminders:
1. We need volunteers for our trip to Ann and Sandy Cross on January 24th.
2. Book orders due back no later than Thursday, January 17th.

Owl Fun!

We had a very busy day of learning in our classroom!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "Today we dissected a pellet and learned what owls use their eyes for." C.S. and M.S. 
2. "We learned what color of eyes owls have." L.M.
3. " In Science we did experiments and learned what happens to an egg when you heat it and put it on a pan." A.D. 

Reminders:
1. Please continue to bring old items or artifacts to school. We are looking to learn about artifacts from a really long time ago (for example the 1950s, the 1920s, the 1800s!)
2. Ann and Sandy Cross field study on Thursday, January 24th. We need volunteers please!

Measuring our Clay Animals

This afternoon we finally got to test out our devices to move our animals from Meteghan to another part of Canada. In order to save our clay sculptures (in case of an accident on the device) we substituted rocks for our animal. We had to use balance scales to figure out how many rocks it took to equal the weight of our animal.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1."In Science we learned what a Scientist does on GoNoodle and in part 2 we wrote hypotheses for an experiment we will do tomorrow." S.M.
2. "In Inquiry we  tested our animals on our movement devices." L.S.
3. "In Music we learned a new song called Night Song." C.S.

I have 2 clues about our guest speaker tomorrow. They will be teaching us about this animal:
1. This animal lives in Alberta.
2. This animal does NOT fly south in the winter.

Homework:
Find something from the past (hopefully older than 1980!) to share with students. It's okay (even better!) if you don't know what the name of your artifact is and the purpose of it.
Please bring to school in the next couple of days with your name on it.


Reminders:
1. We require 8 volunteers to go to Ann and Sandy Cross on January 24th. Please email me if you can help out!
2. Book orders due back no later than Thursday, January 17th.

What is an iron for?

Today we were comparing hot and cold objects in our environment. We learned what language Scientists use when comparing two objects (i.e. _____ is hotter than _______). I had to chuckle as not one student knew the object in the bottom right hand corner of the picture above! Some students knew the name of the object but had no clue as to what the use is!


3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science we learned what hotter and colder are" K.H.
2. " In Social Studies we learned what different kinds of words historians use" S.C.
3. "In Math we played a game called Horseshoes" M.C. (Ask me how to play!)

Reminders:
1. We are going to Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area on January 24th for a full day. Please email me if you would like to volunteer.
2. Book orders due back no later than Thursday, January 17th.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! We had a fantastic first day back of school. Here are some things we learned today:

1. "In Math we learned a special of Math called friendly tens and we learned how to use a number line" N.G.
2." In  Gym we learned about balancing at different stations" A.D.
3."In Writer's Workshop we did more writing on our class story. " D.T.

Reminders:
1. We have a guest speaker on Wednesday morning. We would appreciate 1 parent helper during this time. If you can help please email Miss. Moore.
2. Please return iLab books and home reading!