April 2nd - April 5th

I hope everyone enjoyed spring break, whatever it looked like for you. It was lovely to be back together as a class and hear about everyone's time away from school.

Thank you for attending conferences. It was so nice to be able to share your child's successes with you!

🥕 Exciting News: After a lot of hard work, the grade fours have reintroduced compost back into our school! This was our first week composting and the students took on this responsibility amazingly well! 

English Language Arts

Students summarized what they had previously read in their small group novel studies and continued with reading these this week. They also wrote about their spring break, using poetry, paragraphs, or a letter.

The grade fours dove into their Minecraft Challenge this week. This challenge encompasses many learning opportunities in reading, writing, collaboration, problem solving, and inquiry. They read The City of Calgary's Council's Strategic Direction to pull out key information that is important to Calgary. They took jot notes and collaborated to determine a common understanding. They will use this understanding to plan their build.
  • I can apply comprehension processes and strategies when interacting with texts.  
  • I can access information from sources to answer questions and expand knowledge.
Questions: What is the Minecraft Challenge?
What do vibrant, sustainable, equity, unity, and diversity mean?
What examples of places or things in Calgary already demonstrate vibrancy, sustainability, equity, unity, or diversity? How?







Math

Students reviewed their understanding of multiplication this week. They started using their math folders to practice recall, used multiplication to solve a problem, and discovered how the number of factors determine whether a number is prime or composite. 
  • I can determine the factors of a number within 100.
  • I can describe a number as prime or composite.
Questions: What is a factor? What is a prime number? Composite number?
What are the factors of 12? Is it prime or composite?
What are the factors of 72? Is it prime or composite?
What are the factors of 13? Is it prime or composite?









Art 

Students had the wonderful opportunity of having the president and CEO of The Glenbow Museum come to school before the break to talk to them about the art on display with the Travelling Exhibition Program. The art connected beautifully to the grade 4 science curriculum. This week, students reflected on the art. 
  • I can interpret artworks by examining their context and other characteristics.
Questions: What piece of art did you do your reflection on?
What did you see in the art?
What message do you think the artist was telling you?









PE

Students enjoyed starting gymnastics this week. They practiced their balance, rolls, and safety landings. The focus for the week was on safety and control.

  • I can integrate elements of movement in various physical activities.
Questions: What was your focus in PE this week?
What kind of balances did you do?
What is a safety landing?









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