Friday, March 8th, 2019

This week was kind of cold. 

In math we did some problem solving. We solved a problem about hockey goal differentials, and a few other word problems. 

In science we went outside to record and research our playground equipment to see different simple machines to put in the playgrounds we are building. We started making our blueprint for our simple machines playground. 

In social studies we looked at some of the posters that the government put up so the Europeans would come to the west. We wrote about the pros and cons of coming to Alberta. 

In language arts we gave feedback to each other on our cat/rat perspective writing, and then we typed it up. We used a cool tool called "voice typing" where when you talk to the computer, it turns it into a sentence. 

Our spelling pattern next week: 
The vowel pairs ai and ay make the /ā/ sound you hear in waist and fray. Diphthongs are different from vowel pairs in that the 2 vowels blend together to make one sound. The diphthongs oi and oy make the /ōi/ sound you hear in voices 

Some examples include:

voices

sprain

noises

disloyal

employ

waist

destroyed

fray

broiling

swaying

displays

praised

disappoint

railroad

royalty

appointed

crayon

boiling

soybean

spoiled

Reminders:

• We will be constructing playground parks for our simple machine unit, so please continue collecting items to use for the project such as, popsicle sticks, cardboard, straws, bottle caps, string, cardstock, pipecleaner, rubber bands, plastic lids/containers, tinfoil, thimbles, buttons, toothpicks, sticky tack, etc. 
• If you have a glue gun and/or Lego people that you are willing to bring in that would be very much appreciated. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, February 28th, 2019

This week was technological! 

In math we learned a new strategy for subtraction called "Shift It". This is when you take away a number from both of the numbers in the equation to make them "friendly". Friendly numbers help us count more efficiently. 

In science we have been researching about force, gravity and motion. We also researched about 3 different kinds of simple machine: the lever, the inclined plane and the wheel and axle. We also had an introduction to the pulley, and the screw. 

In social studies we finished our partner research about our Albertan roots. We shared our answers as a class. 

In language arts we got the our cat/rat perspective writing feedback back from another grade 4 class. We are planning to use the feedback to improve our descriptive/perspective writing skills. 

We also had an assembly for Pink Shirt day! Here are some pictures:

Our spelling pattern next week: 
Be careful when spelling words with the /ô/ sound that you hear in fault and dawn. The vowel digraphs au and aw make the /ô/ sound, and they sound alike. 

Some examples include:

claws

fault

causing

dawn

straw

drawings

launch

sauce

jaw

haunt

yawn

fawns

awkward

gnaw

audience

scrawl

fraud

gaunt

restaurant

shawl

Reminders:

• We will be constructing playground parks for our simple machine unit, so please continue collecting items to use for the project such as, popsicle sticks, cardboard, straws, bottle caps, string, cardstock, pipecleaner, rubber bands, plastic lids/containers, tinfoil, thimbles, buttons, toothpicks, putty, etc. 
• Please pack knit gloves (gloves you can use a pencil with) next week as we will be taking notes outside.
• No school tomorrow, March 1st 

Have a fabulous weekend!