December 18th - 22nd

It has been a very exciting week in grade four! The students did some excellent learning and also had fun performing at the concert and participating in the spirit week. 

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend the concert. The students did a fantastic job in the afternoon and evening concerts! 

Happy Holidays to all of you! I hope you have a happy, safe, and healthy winter break! I look forward to seeing the students back on January 8th. 


Learning Outcomes:

Language Arts

I can write digital text that includes different text features.

I can use writing processes to organize and enhance messages.

I can write paragraphs, including the appropriate parts (topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence). 

I can use strategies and make connections to support text comprehension.

I can research and organize information and then share it digitally.

I can use keyboarding skills which improve through practice. 

Social Studies

I can demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how elements of physical geography, climate, geology, and paleontology are integral to Alberta. 

Math 

I can add numbers, including decimal numbers, using standard algorithms.

I can assess the reasonableness of a sum using estimation.

I can solve problems using addition, including problems involving money. 


What Did Students Do?

Language Arts and Social Studies 

Students have been working hard on their fossil task. This task connects our Language Arts and Social Studies curriculums. They have been focusing a lot on text features during small reading groups and this knowledge was applied to the fossils task. First, they started by using a variety of reading strategies to pull information from text about fossils. They synthesized this information and recorded it in jot notes. Then, they took this information and put it into their own writing, following the paragraph structure. They assessed their work using a rubric and edited and revised it. Finally, they published their work in a slideshow which included their writing and other text features, such as images, captions, and definitions.

Math

Students have been working with decimal numbers to the hundredths. With this, they have been working with money. They have also been practicing their addition and extended their understanding to addition with decimals. For this task, students were "given" a certain amount of money to spend on a book order. They had certain types of books they needed to include and the rest was up to them. They were asked to get as close to their total as possible, without going over. To start this, students rounded and estimated their totals. Then they found the accurate sum. 

Winter Solstice

Students spent the day of Winter Solstice connecting to the land out in our learning grounds. They watched a video by Elder Saa'kokoto about the solstice where they learned that one way to show appreciate to the land is by "being wisely mindful" -aokakio'siit in Blackfoot. To do this, students went outside and formed a circle. One student read the land acknowledgement to start the time outside. Then, students practiced being mindful in a sit spot. They focused on using their senses to be present. After some time, they reflected in their journal about the things they felt, heard, and saw while being on the land. 


Questions to Ask Your Child?

Literacy and Social Studies

Tell me all about your fossils slideshow! 

What different text features did you include in your slideshow?

Why are fossils important to Alberta?

Math

Show me how you add $35.55 + $47.99.

How would you about how much you spent before calculating the total cost?

How can you add multiple numbers together?

Winter Solstice

What does "being wisely mindful" -aokakio'siit in Blackfoot mean to you?

How did you feel on the land?


Student Photos

Language Arts and Social Studies


Math




Winter Solstice















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