Friday, September 27, 2019

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!

Friday, September 20, 2019

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!

Sunday, September 15, 2019

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!



Thursday, September 12, 2019

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:





Thank you very much!!

Friday, September 6, 2019

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