Wednesday November 30th 2016

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Christmas concert: We read our new script and practiced reading it using expression. They are so excited!

 

Language: We wrote a paragraph together on why computers are important. This was an example of how to use a topic sentence as well as a concluding sentence.

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: Today we started a new unit on Forces and Motion! We wrote on post-it notes what we already know about forces and motion. Next They looked through books about forces and motion to see what they would like to know more about! Finally we watched a magic school bus episode on motion. They are loving this topic!!

Math: Today we talked about ordinal numbers. These are numbers such as, first, second, third and fourth. We were communicators when we put ourselves in order from smallest to tallest as well as by birthdays. They had to know which person was in which place and which place they were in.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Andrei's blog for more information.
Math: We completed some textbook work.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

Tuesday November 29th 2016

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Daily Five: Today we did listen to reading, read to someone/self, making spelling words out of play-doh and practicing cursive.
Language: Today we worked on a new comprehension strategy called LQ3R. The first stage is Look. Look at the pictures, title, headings, the first two sentences and the questions.  The next stage is question. What is this assignment about. The next stage is read, recite the main points and review the main points. While reading they can look for the answers and underline the important points.
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

Math: Today we worked on rounding! First they told me what the rounding rules for rounding were. Next we played a rounding game in which I had written several numbers on the board and kept them covered on the board. I took off each paper and had the children write the rounded number (to either ten or hundred). They had some trouble rounding numbers in the thousands to the nearest ten so we practiced that a lot. Next they did some work in the textbook.
UOI: We worked on presentations! They were all so good! They were all too big so I have posted them on youtube on a private link so only people with the link can see it. Here they are:

Here is Rajan's presentation: https://youtu.be/9DfLtx2_nXg

Here is Vanshi's presentation: https://youtu.be/595-oiOC6lQ

Here is Munira's presentation: https://youtu.be/MDPyJ3aBLIg

Here is Aanika's presentation: https://youtu.be/FfBU9IYa_gA

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued our presentations.

Here is Ronit's presentation: https://youtu.be/oS_8nXx1sDk

Here is Bosco's presentation: https://youtu.be/o5M0XJQvO40

Here is Avaneesh's presentation: https://youtu.be/w6G83HI9iYE

Here is the link to Divyansh's presentation: https://youtu.be/mt-1dx36nRo

Gym: Please see Mr. H's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

PD Camp!

Monday November 28th 2016

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Spelling: It is a review week. I will be choosing 3 or 4 words from each section to test them on.
Christmas Concert: Today we started practicing for the christmas concert! We will be doing a scene from the How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I read them the story first and then we chose our parts! They are very excited!
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: Due to some technical difficulties, we only got through 3 presentations today. We will continue tomorrow and how we can get through more tomorrow. So far Elina, Joshua and Manny have gone.

Here is Elina's video.

Here is Joshua's Video

The video was too big so I have uploaded it to a private link so you can see the video!

https://youtu.be/u1PsqVx3w0o

Here is Manny's video:

The video was too big so I have uploaded it to a private link so you can see the video!

https://youtu.be/rJb1EjO9cJc

Here is the link to Manny's instructional video on how to make old paper.
https://youtu.be/w_jehRQDdtM

Math:Today we continued to work with number lines and comparing numbers. I drew a numberline with very few numbers on it on the board and the kids had to place numbers on the board. Next I drew a number line and a random line and they had to tell me what number that line represented. They finished the period doing some textbook work.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Andrei's blog for more information.

Gym: Please see Mr. H's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

Star of the Week

This week of Star of the Week was Zackery! Great work Zackery!

Friday November 25th 2016

Hello,

Today was Avaneesh's birthday! Happy Birthday Avaneesh!

Here is what we did on Friday.

Spelling: Tests were sent home yesterday and should be signed and sent back!
UOI: We needed to finish our summative projects today so we spent quite a bit of time finishing our summatives!
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued working on our summatives.
Math: Math Games! Today we practiced place value and patterns in the hundreds chart. One of the games was a hundreds chart puzzles and they had to use their knowledge of the hundreds chart to put them together. Another game was a number puzzle from the hundreds chart in which they had to fill in the missing numbers. The final game I put clues around the room and they had to use their knowledge of the hundreds chart in order to find the clues! They had a lot of fun!

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued working on our summatives.
Gym: Please see Mr. H's blog for more information.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Ross

Thursday November 24th 2016

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Science fair: We practiced for our science fair experiment. I was so impressed that everyone had their  parts memorized! Good work!
UOI: We continued to work on our summatives. They are working so hard!
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued to work on our summatives. We need extra time to work on our summatives so we will be presenting on Monday.
Science fair: We presented to the judges and they did so well! They knew what to say, spoke loudly, clearly and stood and waited for their part. I was so impressed!
Math: We counted skip counted and found patterns on a number line! I put down tape in the hallway and we found patterns by physically walking across the number line. We started at different numbers and they counted in 2's, 5's or 10's.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Andrei's blog for more information.
Science fair: They all had lots of fun looking at the other experiments! Thanks to everyone that came!

Wednesday November 23rd

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Science fair: Today we worked on our oral communication skills! We separated each of the science fair topics and they practiced for the big day tomorrow!
UOI: We started working on our summative projects.
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued to work on our summative project.
Math: First we reviewed what we talked about yesterday and filled in missing numbers from a hundreds chart using the patterns we already know using our new whiteboards.

Lunch/Recess

Math: We talked about patterns within a hundreds chart from 1-1000. We found patterns when counting by 2's, 5's, 10's and 25's. We answered some textbook questions.
Gym: Please see Mr. H's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

Tuesday November 22nd 2016

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Science fair: Today we worked on our science fair board!
UOI: We continued to work on our summatives. They are coming along well and I am very pleased! Good work everyone!
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued to work on our summatives.
Math: Today we started off the period with a recap from yesterday. I gave them some numbers, verbal and on the board, and they had to put them in the right column on the chart on their whiteboard. Today we found patterns within the hundreds chart. We realized that when you go down you increased by 10. When you go diagonal and to the left the numbers add up to the first single digit number. When you go diagonal and to the right both the tens digit and the ones digit increase by 1. We used our new whiteboards to find these patterns. Then we did some questions from the grade 3 textbook and then the grade 4 textbook to challenge ourselves!

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Andrei's blog for more information.
Gym: Please see Mr. H's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

Monday November 21st 2016

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Spelling: Spelling work is due Thursday and the test is Friday.
Science fair: We continued to work on our science fair project by making graphs to go along with it!
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

Math: Today we worked on reading 3 digit numbers and place value. First we used the base ten  blocks to help us draw numbers on a whiteboard. Next I drew a chart on the board in which each number was separated into the column appropriate to its base ten. We learned that we always start with the last number and count forward the different place value columns. For example, for the number 672: 2 goes in the ones, 7 in the tens and 6 in the hundreds. Next we made it harder and challenged ourselves! I added thousands and they drew them on their whiteboard. Then we added 10,000's and we practiced reading the numbers. Then we did 100,000's! They loved it and were really getting the hang on it. Test them out this week for more practice!

UOI: Today we continued to work on our summative's. Please make sure they are bringing in any necessary materials for tomorrow.

Lunch/Recess

Science fair!

Gym: Please see Mr. H's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

Black Creek Pioneer Village!