Dec. 14- 18

Math: Students will be continuing with multiplication.

French : We will be finishing up with RE verbs, as well as continuing to read in small groups and complete various Christmas activities. Please note that the "projet d'ecriture" is due on Monday, December 14th.

English: Christmas stories are due on Tuesday, December 15th. We will be sharing our Christmas stories and will complete various Christmas activities.


Thursday, December 17th is Pyjama Day and students will be doing fun Christmas activities. They may bring a game of their choice to school, as long as it can be played in French!

Dec. 7-11

This week:

Math: We will be continuing with multiplication. There will be NO TEST this week.

French: Students will be learning the irregular verbs (les verbes du 3e groupe), but there will be NO TEST on this.

English: We are continuing with our Christmas stories.

**Note that we are also continuing to practice our song for the Christmas concert, which will be held on Thursday December 10th at 6:30 pm.

Thanks!

Pizza Party Friday December 4th

Dear Parents,

Thanks to the excellent work of you and your children, our class was the first to sell all of our WestJet raffle tickets. As a result, we have won a pizza and freezie party. This will take place on Friday, December 4th at 11:00 am so students do not need to bring a lunch that day. We will also have a "jeu de societe" where students can bring in board games from home that they can play.

Thanks again for all of your fantastic efforts!

Mme Allyson

Christmas Concert

Our Christmas concert for grades 3 to 6 will be held on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The two grade 4 classes are very busy practicing for this wonderful evening. Here’s a link to the song, should your child wish to practice at home.

http://sites.csdraveurs.qc.ca/musique/noel/train/

Please click on the 2012 train and then select the song called "Bonjour Noel".

Merci!

Food Hamper

Dear Parents,

Our school has partnered with St. Peter’s Parish to create food hampers. Yesterday students picked items from a list that they will try to bring to donate to a family in need.

Please consider this as one way that we are able to help those less fortunate during this Christmas season.  However, if you are unable to help at this time, please feel no pressure to do so. 

Merci!

Volunteers

Dear Parents,

 During the course of the school year, many volunteers will be needed to help listen to students read in French, help with art projects, etc.  If you are interested in receiving emails from the classroom rep., Kristina Hansen, regarding volunteer sign up opportunities, please email her at hansen.kk@gmail.com to be added to the class volunteer list.

 

Thanks!

Dec. 1-4

This week:

Math: Students have a math test on addition and subtraction (word and number problems) on Tuesday December 1st. We will then begin our unit on multiplication.

French: Students will have a pre-test on the present tense verbs on Tuesday, but I am asking that they don't review for this because I want to see what they already know. Then, they will get the study sheet and write the test on the same verbs on Friday December 4th.

English: The "Wanted Poster" project is due on Tuesday December 1st. Most students have already finished this project. This week students will be working on writing Christmas stories.

Science: We have just finished our unit on Waste & our World and will have one final "MSD" or wasteless lunch on Wednesday.

**Please note that in lieu of starting our next Social Studies unit, students will be preparing for the Christmas concert.

Thanks!!

Nov. 23- 26

Here's what we will be working on next week:

Math: We are finishing up our addition and subtraction unit. There will be a test on Tuesday, December 1st.

Science: We are finishing up our unit on Waste and Our World. There will be a test on Thursday, November 26th and students will receive the study sheet on Monday. Wednesday will be another wasteless lunch day.

French: Students will learn the verb "aller" in the present tense. There will be a test on Thursday, November 26th and they will receive the study sheet on Monday.

English: Students will be finishing up their Wanted Poster projects. Since there is no school on November 30th, the project will be due on Tuesday December 1st. We will also be reading a selection of texts in English.

New Phys. Ed Schedule

Hi parents,

We have decided to split up the two grade 4 classes for phys. Ed. The new schedule for Mme Allyson's class is days 3, 4 and 6. This will begin next week.

Thanks!

Nov. 16- 20

This week:

Math: We are continuing with addition and subtraction, with a focus on word problems (i.e. what words indicate that we should use addition vs. subtraction).

Science: Student's will have one final period in the computer lab to finish their decomposer projects. It will then be due on Wednesday, November 18th. In addition, students will be continuing their study of mold, biodegradable and non-biodegradable items, garbage in landfills, dangerous symbols and the R's of the environment. Don't forget that Wednesday is our wasteless lunch day!

French: Now that we have finished our verbs in ER, we will be moving on to learn about verbs in IR. Students will also be reading in small groups throughout the week and there will be an evaluation on the IR verbs on Friday. The study sheet will go out on Monday.
**Students should be finished their "projet d'écriture" for Monday, November 16th, but if they are stressed out or have any questions, please have them come talk to me on Monday and they can finish for another day.

English: We will be finishing up our presentations on the saints and start a "Wanted" poster project that supports their individual reading (silent reading).

Scholastic Order- Due November 17th

Hi Parents,

Just to let you know that I will be sending home the final Scholastic order form before Christmas. It is due next Tuesday, November 17th. If you would like to order something for your child for Christmas and would not like them to know, please leave your order form in an envelope at the office with my name on it and when the order arrives, I will contact you so that you may pick it up without your child knowing.

Thank you and have a great day!

Mme Allyson

Nov. 9- 13

Here's what we have going on in grade 4 this week!

Math:  We will be working on both addition and subtraction.

French: Students will be finishing up their "projet d'écriture" and we will be learning about verbs that end in ER. There will be an evaluation on Friday on these verbs and students will get a review sheet on Monday.

English: Students will be finishing up their Saints projects and will be presenting on Thursday and Friday.

Science: This week students will be learning about mold, biodegradable and non-biodegradable items, garbage in landfills, dangerous symbols (ex: toxic, flammable, corrosive and explosive) and the R's of the environment (ex: reduce, reuse, recycle). Since there is no school on Wednesday due to Remembrance Day, there will be no MSD (mercredi sans déchets) this week.

MSD (mercredi sans déchets)

Dear parents,

 

Over the past couple of weeks in science, students have been learning about the waste in our world. A large part of this unit is on the effects of garbage on our environment. For this reason, we are starting a wasteless lunch program in both grade 4 classes called MSD (mercredi sans déchets/ Wednesdays without Waste), beginning on November 4^th and ending on December 2^nd. We are encouraging the children to bring lunches that include very little to no waste (i.e., tupperware containers, reusable drink bottles etc.). Throughout the next month students will be tracking all the waste they produce and at the end of the month we will summarize the results. Our goal is to make students aware of just how much garbage can accumulate in a short period of time. If you could help ensure your child brings a wasteless lunch on Wednesdays for the month of November, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support!

Nov. 3- 6

Math: We will be finishing up our unit on subtraction this week. There will be an evaluation on Friday on subtraction as well as estimating differences.

Science: Students will be working on a research project on a specific decomposer of their choice. They will be creating "wanted" posters on Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Google Docs and will give a 2-4 minute presentation (due date to-be-determined) on their decomposer.
**Please see next blog post regarding our wasteless lunch program on Wednesdays, starting on November 4th.

English: Students will be doing a cross-curricular project in English and Religion. This is a research project on one of the saints (their choice).

French: We will be looking at how to describe something unfamiliar to someone else. Students will write up a short descriptive text explaining to an alien how our school works. They will include an introduction, body and conclusion. Students will learn how to properly organize their thoughts and what the 3 components of their text (intro, body and conclusion) should look like.

Oct. 26- 30

Hello! Here is what we will be covering next week:

Science: Students will continue to learn about waste & our world. They will have a test on Friday and will get the study sheet on Monday. A good topic of conversation at home that would support students' learning is regarding what should be recycled, put in the compost or the garbage.

French: This week students will be learning French adjectives and how there are different forms of spelling depending on masculine/ feminine words as well as singular/ plural (ex: beau, beaux, belle, belles). There will be a dictée this Friday and students will get the study sheet on Monday.

Math: We will be looking at estimating differences (estimating subtraction) as well as moving on to subtraction of 3-digit numbers.

English: We will be finishing our work on similes, character portraits and start to learn about onomatopoeias and alliterations.

Please note that as students will be writing their CCAT exam on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the morning, this will affect the usual daily schedule of what subjects are taught during each block. There is nothing to worry about though!

Have a great weekend :)

This Friday's Dictée

Hi parents!

Just to let you know that there is no study sheet this time for the dictée on Friday as students will be practicing looking up words in the dictionary for alphabetical order, masculine and feminine words, as well as the meaning of words :)

Oct. 19-23

Math: This week students will continue addition with 3 digits (ex: 127+ 253) and then move to addition with 4 digits (ex: 4589+ 2601). We will also be looking at estimating differences between numbers.

English: This week we will be looking at similes as well as reading a selection of stories and creating character portraits.

French: We will be continuing our work on "les noms communs" and learn how to put words in alphabetical order (working with a dictionary).

Science: We are continuing our unit on "les déchets et notre environnement" (waste & our world). Students will be going outside for a couple of lessons in our outdoor classroom so be sure to dress for the weather!

This Week

Math: Evaluations on Wednesday on Venn and Carroll diagrams as well as "la forme symbolique" (ex: 1337), "la forme décomposée" (ex: 1000 + 300 + 30 + 7) and writing numbers with words (ex: mille trois cent trente-sept). We will also be starting addition using three digits.

French: For the next two weeks, we will be looking at "les noms communs" and "les déterminants" (ex: ma famille, un crayon). There will be a dictée on Friday and students will receive the review sheet on Tuesday.

Social Studies: We have just completed our first unit in Social Studies where we introduced Alberta and where it is in Canada in relation to other provinces and territories. This week we are starting Science.

Science: We will be starting our unit on "les déchets"

English: We will be continuing to review homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, adjectives, contractions as well as prefixes and suffixes. In addition, students will be reading a selection of stories accompanied by various activities.