September 27

Highlights

-We survived our Track and Field trip as the forecasted snow stayed away and it was mostly sunny!

-We worked on the concepts of regrouping and have started to add two and three-digit numbers, with and without regrouping.

-We read several stories connected to Orange Shirt Day and discussed the importance of remembering and reconciliation

-We had our Terry Fox assembly and run today

-We learned about transparent, translucent and opaque materials. We traced our shadows at different times of the day to find out when they are longer and shorter

Reminders

-Monday Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day-Please wear orange if you have it!

-Oct 3rd and 10th we are having a special Light and Shadow presentation. The cost is $8 per student. Payments are accepted online. Please make your payments asap.

-No school Friday October 11th and Monday October 14th

September 20th

Thank you so much to those parents that came to meet with us at conferences this week!

We had a lot of questions about homework in grade four. Practicing basic math facts in addition, subtraction and multiplication to the 7x table to increase speed and accuracy! Also, reading 20 minutes a night is extremely important to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing skills. There are a variety of options on how home reading is completed. Reading aloud together, being read to or reading independently are all considered reading! I encourage you to ask your child questions about what they are reading and discuss any new words they encountered.  Remember to fill in our Laser City Read to Win Contest sheet every time your child reads, and return it when complete to have their name entered in the draw to win passes to Laser City!

There is also a link on the main Page, September Homework Calendar, for those that are interested in having their child do a little extra in the evenings. These activities are both fun and academic and should take around 15 minutes to complete. The calendar will be updated every month.

Highlights

-In math, we have been working on rounding numbers up to 10,000.

-We are continuing to build our stamina by writing more every writing period (using the topics we came up with)-We watched Science Max on learned that light has all colours and it reflects only one. That's the colour we see!

Reminders

-School Photos will be next week, September 24th. 

-September 26th Track and Field field trip all day, please wear comfortable sports clothing (shirt, shorts or jogging pants) and good running shoes. In the case of inclement weather, please make sure your child is layered up in extra warm clothing.

-Many volunteers are needed for the field trip, please contact the school if you are interested. 

-Terry Fox run is in the morning on September 27th-Bring in toonies for Terry! If every student brings in a toonie Mrs. Kruger will dye her hair pink!

-September 30th is Orange Shirt Day

Updates...

Highlights

-In Math we worked on representing numbers using expanded form, writing words and base ten blocks up to 10,000.

-We started our unit on Light and Shadow. Ask me about natural and artificial light sources

-We met our grade 2 buddies this week

-We came up with a list of topics to write about for our writing periods

-We are working on self portraits, focusing on sketching eyes, noses and mouths

Reminders:

-Booking for PT Interviews are going live at 4pm today. They are on Sept 19 and 20th

-Big Box of Cards fundraiser information was sent home

-September 26th Track and Field field trip all day (please bring permission forms ASAP)

-Many volunteers are needed for the field trip, please contact the school if you are interested. 

-Terry Fox run is on September 27th

-September 30th is Orange Shirt Day

September 6

Welcome back to the 2019-2020 school year! We are very happy to have your child in our class and we had a great first week together! This year, our whole school will be using Blogger for our agenda posts and weekly messages. To make it easier for you, you can sign up to have each post delivered directly to your email by going to the top of this page and entering your email by clicking on "Follow by Email" in the top box. You can also add the blog right to your home screen of your phone of iPad by following the directions below.  We hope this makes the communication between home and school easier and opens up great conversations between you and your child.

Highlights
It has been great to get to know everyone as learners. Students have adapted well to the new lunchroom schedule. We have already started our first read-aloud novel, Bridge to Terabithia. In math, we have begun reviewing place value and skip counting. Ask your child about our STEM activity saving Fred. Yay! We saved Fred!

Reminders

• September Thursday 19th & Friday 20th Parent Teacher Interviews

• Dismissal is at 12:15pm on the 19th

• Please remember to send indoor shoes with your child
• Track and Field Event Thursday September 26th (volunteers will be needed)
• Terry Fox Run is on Friday September 27th