Merry Christmas!!! (from Buddy and Jovie)

My 3 Favourite Things About the Last Day of School in 2019
1. "My favourite thing about today was the Grade 3 New Arena models. There was one called the Lemondome and one called the Devil's Centre." A.C.
2. "My favourite thing about today was Writer's Workshop. In Writer's Workshop we watched the 25 minute Grinch. After that we said the best thing to make the Grinch's heart bigger. Then we chose the best of our 3 picks and said why." F.O.
3. "My favourite thing about today was Math because we got to play a really fun game called Happy Holidays." A.H.

Reminders:
1. First day back is Monday, January 6th, 2020!

Finishing Charlotte's Web

3 Things We Learned Today:
1."In Charlotte's Web we finished the movie. I liked the movie because it's easier to understand and you get to see what it actually looks like." P.D.
2."In Reader's Workshop we got to choose what station we got to do. I did Work on Writing. In Work on Writing you got to make a card for someone." A.H.
3. "In Music we listened to the story of The Polar Express. Mrs. Hebenton let us see the pictures and then the guy (narrator) stopped talking, she flipped the page, and she kept flipping the page until the end." A.B.

Reminders:
1. Fun lunch tomorrow. It is Little Caesars pizza.
2. No school on Friday.
3. Tomorrow is Santa Hat/Crazy Hat Day
4. Choir is performing tomorrow at 2:30pm.

Comparing the movie and the book

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In the movie Charlotte's Web we got to watch half of it. After we watched of it, Miss. Moore a question-'did you like the movie better or the book better and why?' I said I liked the book better because in the movie they take out parts of the book to make the movie shorter." A.H.
2. " In the Talent Show I learned the Australian Way of Jingle Bells and we sang 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Jingle Bell Rock and also Rudolph." F.O.
3. "In Gym we learned a new game called Rudolph's Race. There are reindeers that you have to be: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Then there's only 1 Rudolph. If you get tagged you gave to become one of Santa's and Rudolph's helpers." A.C.

Reminders:
1. Tomorrow is red and green day. I can wear red, green or both.
2. Our food bank boxes are still here! If you want to bring some tomorrow you can.
3. Fun lunch on Thursday. It is pizza.
4. Thursday is Crazy Hat/Santa Hat day.

What's the story behind our flag?

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Inquiry we looked at flags and we tried to figure out what the story behind the flag was. Iqaluit had an Inukshuk and a star." O.C.
2."In Inquiry we learned about Inukshuks. They are signs for rivers and for homes. You don't use glue or tape. They just balance together so they won't fall over." A.C.
3. "In Read Aloud we found out that Wilbur got a reward from the judges." A.D.

Today we learned about the meaning of the Inukshuk on the Nunavut flag. We then read a great story called the Lonely Inukshuk, which was written by students at a school in Nunavut!
We were then challenged to create our own Inukshuks using a variety of materials from the classroom. Enjoy some of our creations below!

Homework Challenge: What's the story behind the Alberta flag? Write down your answers and bring them in tomorrow to share!


Reminders:
1. Choir performance on Thursday at 2:30pm. Parents welcome to come.
2. Fun lunch on Thursday.
3. We will be watching the Charlotte's Web movie sometime this week. If you don't want your child to watch the movie please let me know.

The Grade 4 Science Fair!

Today we got the pleasure of visiting the Grade 4 Science Fair. These are some of our favorite inventions/devices:
1.  "My favorite invention was the one that pulled up a Barbie and put it in it's bed from it's wheelchair" M.C.
2. "My favorite invention was the Sled Puller because it has a hook and it pulls up sleds because kids can sometimes have temper tantrums of getting too tired. There was cork that turns the paper towel tube and it pulls the string and then it pulls up the sled. I got to try turning the cork" K.O.
3. "My favorite invention was a machine that picked up garbage and I also got to try it." A.D.

At each station we asked the Grade 4 inventor the following:
a) What was your problem?
b) What did you invent to fix the problem

We saw some great inventions to fix simple everyday problems. :)

Reminders:
1. We can still bring food to donate on Monday to the food bank.
2. Fun sock day on Monday.
3. Carolling starts on Monday at 9:30am.

The Great Liquid Race!

What does the role of snow play in a community? This is one of our important questions we explored this afternoon. If Saskatoon has snow, why don't they build igloos? I'd encourage you to have a conversation with your child at home around their thoughts with these questions.

We also constructed an important tool used by the Inuit people because snow is so important in their community. What is it? You'll have to ask!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science we had a liquid race. The water won and glue lost." M.L.
2. "In Math we made paper Christmas trees. They are special because I used links to measure to the paper to make the Christmas tree." A.B.
3. "In Read Aloud we made it to chapter 20. The Zuckerman's are going to the judges booth because they I think they won second prize." F.O.

Reminders:
1. Wednesday, December 18th is wear green and red day!
2. Booster Juice fun snack tomorrow.

Fun in the Snow!

Today was all about snow! We had a lot of fun going outside to 'build' our Olaf, brining him inside to measure and then re-measuring after 1 hour to see how effective our devices were. Many of us were successful. Now the question is what made my insulation device
While we were waiting for Olaf to melt/not melt we attempted to build our own igloos. It proved to be harder than we first thought! I encourage you to have a conversation with your child around what worked well and what they found challenging.

3 Things We Learned About Today:
1. "In read aloud if we finish Charlotte's web on Monday we get to watch the movie Tuesday and Wednesday. In the book Wilbur got called to see the judges." M.L.
2. " In Science we finished building our creations so Olaf doesn't melt. My Olaf stayed the same after 1 hour. " K.O.
3. "In Social Studies we went outside and built igloos. The easiest part was the circle base. The hardest part was the stacking and getting it to stay; the roof too. Our group needed 2 more flat blocks and it could've been finished." A.C.

Reminders:
1. Please try to bring some more food in for our food bank. We have 4 more boxes to fill to reach our goal.
2. Tuesday, December 17th is Ugly or Cozy Sweater day! Find your favourite sweater to wear. :)

Tuesday News

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Social Studies I learned that in winter in Iqaluit they build igloos and in summer they make tents out of animal hide." M.L.
2. "In Music we danced to the Nutcracker and watched a bit more of the nutcracker movie." F.O.
3. "In our Friendship lesson we learned that there was a little named Helen Keller. She was blind and was deaf and she couldn't talk." E.A.




Reminders:
1. Wear snowpants tomorrow as we will be outside to test our Olaf creations and try to build an igloo just like they do in Iqaluit!
2. Next Monday is Fun Sock day. Wear your crazy and fun socks!

Monday News

This week we will be focusing on learning in Math around identifying objects by both shape and geometric name. Lots of us are learning new names like rectangular prism, cylinder, pyramid and cone.

We are also deepening our understanding of how the procedure Scientists use when developing a new device or invention. Today we focused on explaining the reasons behind why we chose the materials we did for our device. we are working on using connections and past knowledge/facts about a certain material to make our reasoning stronger. Tomorrow we will be building our devices and on Wednesday we will be testing them out!

Reminders:
1. Book orders due no later than tomorrow
2. Carolling/Talent Show next week.
3. No school Friday, December 20th.

Friday Updates

There's 3 things about school today!
1. "My favorite part of today was morning break because we had fun snack and there was big piles of snow that we could play." P.D.
2. "Something new I learned this week was how to use the gliders on the playground." S.O.
3."At school I am looking forward to hopefully learning French!" H.B.

Reminders:
1. Science Home Journals went home today. Parents please also answer the question for this week. Journals are due back to school no later than Wednesday.
2. Book orders are due on Tuesday.
3. Carolling and Talent Show is the last week before Winter Break.
4. Food Bank Donations accepted until December 13th.

Preparing our Blueprints for Olaf!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Inquiry we learned about animals and where they live." M.C.
2. "In Science we learned how to keep Olaf cold." A.Z.
3. 'In Math we learned how to measure ourselves. We traced ourselves and then we measured how long we were from our head to our feet. I measured with links. With links I was 36 links long." A.H.

Reminders:
1. Scholastic book orders due no later than Tuesday, December 10th.
2. Cookie orders go home today. If you have more than one box ordered you will need to come and pick your boxes up today until 4:30pm or between 6 and 7:30pm.
3. Fun snack tomorrow. It is Around the Bend.

The Great Olaf Challenge

We started the Great Olaf Challenge today. We are planning and designing our devices to keep Olaf from melting. We are choosing what materials will prove to be the best insulators based on what we have been learning about insulating materials.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. " In Math I  measured cylinder shaped food bank items. When I measured them in a row they were 173 links long." O.C.
2. "In Science we were planning to make a Olaf creation so that Olaf doesn't melt. We got a blueprint to use and plan." P.D.
3. "In Gym we learned volleyball without a net. It was very fun." D.T.

Reminders:
1. STEM night tomorrow at 6pm. Open house style
2. Please bring Food Bank Items in! We have now filled 2 boxes. 😀
3. Fun snack on Friday.

Stop those Bugs!

Parents-please keep your child home if they are not feeling well. There is a bug going around our room. We have had many students away over the past few days with stomach bugs, sore throats, fevers, etc. Our caretaker has been extra vigilant about cleaning our room to help with the spread of germs.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "Today in math I measured how long the line of cylinder items from the food bank were using links. It was 19 links long" -O.C.
2. "In social studies we learned which animals lived in which communities by looking at zoomed in pictures of the animals." -V. C.
3. "In readers workshop at the station work on writing, we learned how to write a Christmas list." -D.T.

Reminders:
1. Fun Snack on Friday.
2. STEM night on Thursday starting at 6pm. Open house style.
3. Book orders due back no later than Tuesday, December 10th to ensure that books will arrive before Winter Break.

Using our Food Bank for Learning!

We are focusing on how to make a reasonable estimates. Using our observations and using other important information will help us make a reasonable estimate. We are trying really hard to not count each object when making an estimate, which is proving to be very difficult! We will be using our Food Bank items to really help us with our learning this week. :)

3 Things We Learned Today:

1. "In Math we learned about how to make a reasonable estimate for the food in the Food Bank boxes and then we counted the food to get the actual amount." P.D.

2. "In Science we learned that scientists use reasoning to explain why D.T.'s group was the best insulator." A.H.

We are working on explaining why something happened in Science based on what we know and what we know about a topic. 

3."In Inquiry we sorted the animals lived in Meteghan, Saskatoon, and Iqaluit and we played a Canadian game on our laptops." K.O. 

Reminders:

1. Keep bringing food in. We only have 2 more weeks to fill 7 boxes!

2. Fun snack on Friday. 

3. Book ordersBook orders due back no later than Tuesday December 9th.