Friday October 5th

This week was splendid! 

We had a special guest on Thursday. She is a Calgarian children's author. She is very sweet, like a marshmallow. Her name is Cathy Beveridge. She taught us about how to make our writing strong by adding details. She taught us the 4 S's of writing:

1. Specific

2. Sensory details

3. Strong verbs

4. Show don't tell

In Social Studies we started a new project using Google Slides. It is a project all about Alberta. Our first slides are describing Alberta's symbols. (Ask me to show you my progress at home!)

In Math our focus continues to be on developing number sense. We were introduced to a 'learning intention', which is our current learning goal in Math and 'success criteria', which are the different things we need to be able to do to show that we have achieved the learning intention. We will be working on these for a few weeks. 

Please visit the following link to find the learning intention and success criteria. There are also links to games to help reinforce and practice each concept:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Von0b3dqkGpqP00Y4zjj35-ZHBRuyDOx9VjNy1nAvsc/edit?usp=sharing

This week we began learning how to round numbers. We also started representing numbers on a number line. 

Next Week's Spelling Pattern:

Soft g and soft c. 

The letter g has a hard sound, as in 'gift' and a soft sound, as in 'strange'.

The letter c has a hard sounds, as in 'cactus' and a soft sound, as in 'celery'. 

Often the c and g makes a soft sound when followed by 'e', 'i' or 'y'. 

Practice words will be:

edge, gentle, baggage, gerbil, energy, stage, strange

circle, center, cement, price, decide, celery, force

Reminders:

Grade 4 Assembly - On Friday October 12th at 10:00am the grade fours will be presenting in an assembly about empathy for the school. Parents are invited to come and watch! 

Thanksgiving Long Weekend - There will be no school for students on Friday October 5th and Monday October 9th.

Winter Weather Clothes - Please remember to have children bring snow pants and boots during the colder, wet season. The field can get very wet as snow melts. Extra socks in their backpack would be great as well.