Dec. 16- 20

For the last week of school before the holidays, students caught up on all of their schoolwork. In addition, we had some fun Christmas-themed activities such as the reader's theatre plays in French.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Galette des rois

Dear Parents,

This year for Epiphany, we will be having a BFG activity where the students get to partake in the experience of' 'Galette des rois'.

A Galette des rois is a puffed pastry cake often filled with frangipane, but we will substitute it for chocolate for a nut-free version. A charm, called 'fève' is then hidden inside. Whoever finds the charm in their piece of galette is crowned king or queen for the night. This is a tradition often celebrated in France, Quebec and other francophone regions around the world.

As Epiphany occurs on the first day back from Christmas break, we ask that parents volunteer to help us make enough of this delicious puffed pastry for everyone to enjoy. If you would like to volunteer, please click on the following link to sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054BADAC2BA7F49-galette

Thank you!!

Christmas Open House

Dear Parents,

On Tuesday December 17th, the school will be open from 6:00-7:30 pm for our Christmas Open House. Parents/ families are encouraged to walk around and see all of the classes. This will give you an idea of some of the exciting things happening in different grades. There will be lots to see and do around the school!  

Our class has a scheduled music demonstration from 7:20- 7:25 pm in the music room. This will allow you to see a snapshot of what happens in a typical music class.  Each class is scheduled for 5 minutes, so please make sure you are waiting outside the music room BEFORE 7:20 pm. The grade 4's will line up along the right side of the wall leading up to the music room.

Additionally, our class will be showing off all of Advent Wreath art projects as well as Christmas stories. Please drop by when it's convenient for you!

If you have any questions or are not planning on attending, please let me know.

Thank you!

Mme Allyson

Dec. 9- 13

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be working on their good copy of their writing assignment using present tense verbs. It is due on Friday.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (December 9th)!

Math: We will be comparing addition vs. subtraction. There will be an evaluation on Wednesday.

English: Students will be working on writing Christmas stories.

Social Studies: We will be looking at the geography of the Rocky Mountains.

Science: Students will be creating a song about the environment.

Dec. 2- 5

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be working on a writing assignment using present tense verbs.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (December 2nd)!

Math: We will complete our unit on subtraction. Students should be practicing their basic subtraction facts. There will be an evaluation on Tuesday.

English: Students will be continuing their research project on a saint of their choice.

Social Studies: Students will learn about the Rocky Mountains.

Science: Presentations of the environmental organizations project will commence on Monday.

Nov. 25- 29

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be reviewing all of the verbs learned thus far (AVOIR, ETRE, AIMER, FINIR and ALLER) in the present tense. There will be a pretest on Monday and an evaluation on Friday. In addition, we will be learning about the irregular verbs in French. There will not be an evaluation on this.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (November 25th)!

Math: We will begin our unit on subtraction. Students should be practicing their basic subtraction facts. There will be an evaluation on Tuesday.

English: Students will be starting a research project on a saint of their choice.

Social Studies: Students will finish learning about the origins of Alberta. There will be an evaluation on Thursday.

Science: Students will be working on project about organizations that help to preserve the environment. Presentations will commence on Thursday.

Nov. 18- 22

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be learning about the verb ALLER in the present tense. There will be an evaluation on Friday.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (November 18th)!

Math: We will begin our unit on subtraction, starting with estimating differences.

English: Students will be continuing the novel study on The Wild Robot.

Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about the origins of Alberta.

Science: Students will be working on project about organizations that help to preserve the environment.

Nov. 12- 15

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be learning about verbs ending in IR in the present tense. There will be an evaluation on Friday.

French reading logs from last week are due this TUESDAY (November 12th)!

Math: We will complete our unit on addition. There will be an evaluation on Friday.

English: Students will be continuing the novel study on The Wild Robot.

Social Studies: Students will be learning about the origins of Alberta.

Science: Students will be working on a research project about organizations that help to preserve the environment.

Nov. 4- 8

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be learning about verbs ending in ER in the present. There will be an evaluation on Friday.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (November 4th)!

Math: We will continue with our unit on addition. Students should be practicing their basic math facts up to 9 + 9.

English: Students will be continuing the novel study on The Wild Robot.

Social Studies: Students will be presenting their projects on a wild animal of Alberta.

Science: Students will working on a fun activity using the vocabulary from Waste in our World.

MSD

Dear parents,

Over the past several of weeks in science, students have been learning about the waste in our world. A large part of this unit is about 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). It will begin on October 30^th. We are encouraging the children to bring lunches that include very little to no waste (i.e., tupperware containers, reusable drink bottles, compostable items etc.).

Throughout the next few weeks, students will be tracking all of the waste that they produce and at the end 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, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support!

Mme Allyson

Oct. 28- 30

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be working on a writing assignment where they describe the parts of a school. The good copy will be due on Wednesday.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (October 28th)!

Math: We will continue with our unit on addition. There will be an evaluation on estimating sums on Tuesday.

English: Students will be starting a novel study called The Wild Robot.

Social Studies: Students' research project on a wild animal of Alberta is due on Monday.

Science: We will complete part 2 of the Waste in our World unit. There will be an evaluation on Wednesday.

Oct. 21- 25

Here is the plan for next week:

French: Students will be working on a writing assignment where they describe the parts of a school.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (October 21st)!

Math: We will start our unit on addition, starting with estimating sums.

English: Students will be learning about prefixes, suffixes and sentence structure.

Social Studies: Students will finish their research project on a wild animal of Alberta.

Science: We will continue part 2 of the Waste in our World unit.

Oct. 15- 18

Here is the plan for next week:

French: We will be learning about adjectives and their different forms: feminine, masculine, singular and plural. There will be NO EVALUATION on this unit.

French reading logs from last week are due this TUESDAY (October 15th)!

Math: We will be continuing with our unit on numeration: comparing and classifying numbers (i.e. with Venn diagrams). There will be an evaluation on Thursday.

English: Students will finish writing their letter about Calgary. We will also be looking at adjectives and capitalization.

Social Studies: Students will continue to work on a research project on a wild animal of Alberta.

Science: We will continue part 2 of the Waste in our World unit.

Oct. 7- 10

Here is the plan for next week:

French: We will be learning about common nouns: plural forms of words in French, putting words in alphabetical order and looking up definitions in the dictionary. There will be an evaluation on Thursday, October 10th.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (October 7th)!

Math: We will be continuing with our unit on numeration: organizing and classifying numbers. There will be an evaluation towards the end of the week.

English: Students will be working on writing a letter about Calgary. They will also  finish the unit on homophones, synonyms and antonyms. There will be an evaluation on Tuesday, October 8th.

Social Studies: Students will work on a research project on a wild animal of Alberta.

Science: We will start part 2 of the Waste in our World unit.

Sep. 30- Oct. 4

Here is the plan for next week:

French: We will be learning about common nouns. There will be NO EVALUATION on this unit. Additionally, students will be completing some reading comprehension activities about Terry Fox.

French reading logs from last week are due this MONDAY (September 30th)!

Math: We will be learning about how to represent whole numbers in different ways: written form, symbolic form, decomposed form, place value chart and base ten blocks.

English: Students will be working on writing a letter about Calgary. They will also learn about homophones, synonyms and antonyms.

Book reports are due on MONDAY (September 30th)!

Social Studies: Students will complete the first geography unit of Alberta. There will be an evaluation on Friday.

Science: We have finished part 1 of the Waste in our World unit. Students will write an evaluation on Tuesday.

Reminder: Monday is the Terry Fox run and Orange Shirt Day.
                 Thursday is picture day!

Sep. 24- 27

Here is the plan for next week:

French: We will be learning the difference between expressions that use the verb 'avoir' and the verb ' être'. There will be an evaluation on Friday. Students will write a pretest on Tuesday and will write the same test on Friday to compare and show how much they've improved.

In addition, we have begun our French reading program at home. Students are required to read out loud in French for 20 minutes a day, four times a week. Reading logs from last week are due this TUESDAY (September 24th)!

Math: We are completing our unit on patterns this week. There will be an evaluation at the end of the unit (stay tuned for the date of the evaluation!)

English: We will be reading various texts as well as completing creative writing activities.

Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about the geography of Alberta. This week we are looking at the rivers in Alberta, the flag, discussion the importance of capital cities and looking at Alberta's coat of arms.

Science: Students are continuing to learn about decomposers and waste in our world.

Reminder: We have our last three swimming lessons on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week!

Sep. 16- 19

Hello Grade 4 Parents! Here is what we will be covering in class this week:

French: We are learning the verb 'être' in the present tense as well as expressions that use this verb. There will be an evaluation on Thursday. Students have an exercise booklet to help prepare them. They must be able to properly conjugate the verb 'être' in the present tense for the given subjects (ex: Je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils).
The home reading program in French is due on Monday, September 16th.  

Math: We are continuing to look at patterns with numbers and shapes. Students who do not know their numbers in French from 0- 100 should also be practicing them at home.

English: We are reading various texts from the “And Who Are You?” textbook as well as working on a writing assignment called “I Want to Be”.

Science: Students will be learning about decomposers.

Social Studies: Students will be looking at the geography of North America and gradually narrowing down to the geography of Alberta.

Reminder: Swimming starts on September 17th. Please make sure your child comes to school with his/ her bathing suit and a towel!

Volunteers needed!

Dear parents,

We are short volunteers for the upcoming swimming lessons. If I don't have enough volunteers to walk with us then we won't be able to go.

If you are able to join us, please sign up using the following website:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054BADAC2BA7F49-walk2

Thank you very much!!

Sep. 9- 13

Hello Grade 4 Parents! Here is what we will be covering in class next week:

French: We are learning the verb 'avoir' in the present tense as well as expressions that use this verb. There will be an evaluation on Friday. Students have an exercise booklet to help prepare them. They must be able to properly conjugate the verb 'avoir' in the present tense for the given subjects (ex: Je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils).
In addition, students will be asked to learn the 'Our Father' or 'Notre Pere' prayer in French as we say this prayer every morning.

Math: We are looking at patterns with numbers and shapes. Students who do not know their numbers in French from 0- 100 should also be practicing them at home.

English: We are working on an English and art project called the "I Can" hand and we will be reading various texts.

Science: Students will be learning about the waste in our world.

Social Studies: Students will be looking at the geography of the world and gradually narrowing down to the geography of Alberta.


Reminder: Please submit swimming forms if you have not already done so