Spelling List A (March 6 – 13)
Spelling List B (March 6 – 13)
Spelling List C (March 6 – 13)
Hi parents,
We had a great Fort Day today!
The students had a lot of fun and were still able to get quite a bit of work done, as we learned about 'area', worked on good copies of the 'If you're not from _____' writing, and did our spelling quiz.
The class also met with Jenn Doeve, who will be leading our walking field trips over the next couple of weeks. She gave the students a lot to ponder around the idea of 'place', and how you can be in so many places at once (for example, at school, in the community, in your city, in your province, etc...)
At the end of the day, I sent home the sample Art Cards. They turned out fantastic, I really love the huge variation of styles, I feel like every student was able to create something meaningful and personal to them. Please hang on to the sample card, as it has information on how to order more. A big portion of the money from Art Cards goes right to classrooms, so we can have nice, new supplies and materials.
I didn't get a chance to mark the spelling quizzes yet.
But stay tuned for next week's words.
Have a nice weekend!
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a pretty good day today! The writing from yesterday turned out so well that I thought we should do some good copies for it. We're going to be creating a book, as a class, that features everyone's writing. You'll be able to see it at Student Led Conferences, along with all the other writing we've done so far this year. Please book a conference soon!
We learned how to write 'x' and 'z' in cursive. The class also learned how to say "I am ___ years old in French" (j'ai ___ ans).
We did Daily LA, and in Science we learned more about the water cycle.
Fort Day Tomorrow (Friday, March 6)
The students have earned a Fort Day. This means everyone is allowed to bring a blanket, a pillow, and a stuffed animal to school tomorrow. I recommend bringing a separate to carry all this, if possible. We will still be doing all of our normal school work, including the spelling quiz, but it will be done within the forts. You'd expect fort day to be crazy and loud, but strangely they often end up being quieter and more focused than a normal day...
Geometry Quiz Re-Do (Thursday, March 12)
Anyone wanting to Re-do the Geometry Quiz can do so next Thursday. This is totally optional. If your child would like to have a shot at redemption, I really encourage them to study a little bit every day at home. Basically it is the exact same content as the previous version of the quiz, so if you study from that, you should be good to go.
The quiz will cover:
-parallel lines
-quadrilaterals
-regular and irregular polygons
-right angles
-sorting shapes based on attributes
-parallelograms, hexagons, rhombuses, pentagons
and for Grade 4s only:
-types of triangles
-measuring and classifying acute, obtuse, and right angles
Have a nice night!
Zac
Hi parents,
We had another good day today.
We did more work on multiplication like we'd done yesterday, around 'partial products'. The students used graph paper to represent multiplication problems as rectangles, and parts of rectangles.
In Social Studies, we read from the textbook and learned about the regions of Alberta.
We had Music in the morning and Daily LA in the afternoon. Students had more time to work on their water cycle diagrams.
Near the end of the day, we read the David Bouchard book "If you're not from the prairies..." The students wrote awesome paragraphs in the same style. For example, "If you don't play hockey, you don't know the ice", or "If you don't have a dog, you don't know what its like to have a best friend".
Students who are interested in retaking the geometry quiz (with slightly different questions!) are welcome to do so starting tomorrow! I don't really have time to make it a whole class affair so it'll be something they do during our math work time. If your child would like a re-do, please review the previous quiz first - it'll be all the same concepts.
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents
We had a good day today. In the morning, the students practiced their spelling words with Spelling Sentences, featuring the twist known as 'Haiku Practice' - each sentence needed to be exactly 5 or 7 syllables.
In math, we learned more about arrays, laying the foundations for future work around the concept of Area. We also looked at how multiplication facts can be represented using rectangles, and rectangles within rectangles.
Have a nice night,
Zac
Spelling List A (March 1 – 6)
Spelling List B (March 1 – 6)
Spelling List C (March 1 – 6)
As you can probably tell, we're looking at the 'tion' suffix this week. Similar to last week, this is another letter combination that is better to memorize than to try to decipher. Also similar to last week, if you know the 'tion' sound, the beginnings of the words are pretty straightforward. I have high hopes for this quiz. :)
After Friday, I don't want to see any more 'SHUNS' at the end of words!
We are thrilled to have the incredible Canadian author, David Bouchard, come to Lake Bonavista School. He will be at our school on Thursday, February 26th. In the morning he will present to all students. In the evening, we happy to host a special parent presentation called "The Gift of Reading". You do not want to miss out on this opportunity to hear from this legendary writer.
Thursday, February 26
6:30pm
Lake Bonavista School
To help us with planning, please RSVP by February 24th using this link.
Thank you to our School Council for their financial support of this event.
Hi parents,
We had a pretty good day today. In the morning, we made these Pink Shirt Day posters, which turned out super nice. I wish I could post them but they have students in them. They'll probably be out in the hallway for conferences though. :)
In math, we're working away at multiplication still. The Grade 4s are quickly getting the hang of 3-digit by 1-digit problems.
In Science, we learned about states of matter. We had an interesting discussion about atoms. The students made charts to show the differences between each state of matter.
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a good day today. The highlight was the 'whole school writing challenge', in which every class in the school spent 30 minutes writing about the same writing prompt. I was super impressed by the work the kids in Room 3 did today, I think it really reflected their best effort. :)
We had a good discussion about 'heating' and 'cooling', and how humans are pretty lucky to be able to manipulate the temperature in different ways. We talked about things like smelting, cooking food, freezing food, warm showers, etc. And the students made charts showing a wide range of activities and what temperature they are best completed at.
Tomorrow is PINK SHIRT DAY!
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a pretty good day today.
In the morning, we talked about classic plot structures of movies and novels. We learned about 'rising action', and how typically, a story doesn't just follow a completely linear path while characters take on the problem. Generally there are twists and turns, and smaller problems and solutions that are solved throughout the journey, building up to one big finish. The students chose a movie or book they were particularly familiar with, and created diagrams to show how the plot unfolds.
We went over this weeks spelling words, and came up with the acronym 'intelligent grinches have tacos' to remember the 'ight' blend.
In the afternoon, the Grade 3s worked on basic multiplication fact review, while the Grade 4s did small group stamp game lessons, focused on 2 and 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication. We're also learning the standard algorithm alongside the stamps, because the stamp game is very slow and inefficient. However, its a great way to visualize the regrouping.
Have a nice night,
Zac
