This week in gym we have been practicing our hip-hop dancing routines with Nando from Sound Kreations. A.M.A. my favourite moves. All classes will be sharing our dances at a Celebration of Learning next Friday! Stay tuned for the exact times!

We started working with our groups in Science to build our structures for "The Other City." A.M.A. how my structure is going!

In Social Studies we have started planning our brochure to make other people interested in our different countries from our backgrounds. A.M.A. what information I am including!

Today we finished reading our novel "The City of Ember." A.M.A. how I liked the book!

In Language Arts we have started talking about who the leaders of "The Other City" would be, and what characteristics they would have. A.M.A. who some of the characters are.

A.M.A. what multiplication strategies I have been learning!

A.M.A. how many times table facts I know!

Today was Pink Shirt Day at Glendale School!  
A.M.A. the buddy activity.

Spring Picture Day/Class Pictures on Monday.  Bring your best smile!

In Social Studies, we have been researching information about one of our countries of origin.

We have been working on planning and creating 3D models of Lina's imaginary city from our novel, "The City of Ember".

We antiqued our interview or artifact paragraphs.  A.M.A. how we made them look antiqued.

In Math, we are working on strategies to solve multiplication questions.

In gym we have started doing some skipping!

There will be no school Thursday, Friday (Teachers Convention) or Monday (Family Day).  See you back at school on Tuesday, Feb. 20th.

Please return report card envelopes.

A.M.A. what the dreadful discovery was in our novel, "The City Of Ember".

We did a science experiment that required that we wrap the outside of the pyramids that we built.  In the experiment, we had to follow the scientific method.

We started to create an array city for multiplication.  A.M.A. what an array city is.

We continue to work on paragraph writing and we have been creating paragraphs about our family artifacts and interviews.

This week we started "Mission Impossible" in gymnastics.

In regards to the Olympics, we have started to look at similarities between Canada and South Korea.

Some students will be bringing homework that was not finished in class to complete for Tuesday.

The grade 3/4 teaching team will be sharing our inquiry work at next week's Parent Council meeting, on Tuesday, February 13, at 6:45pm. All parents are invited to join!

We will be doing a Valentine's card exchange on Wednesday morning for students who are interested. Please remember to bring enough cards for your entire class if you are participating.

Don't forget that special lunch is on Wednesday, February 14th, for all students who returned their forms!

This week we started gymnastics in gym class, we have been exploring our flexibility, balance, and different ways we can move our bodies safely.

In Science we built pyramids that had to follow specific rules. AMA what materials I used, and how they worked for me! Next we are fastening different materials to the faces of the pyramid to see what works well. AMA what my group is using and why.

We had a visit from our school resource officer, Constable Van Waes, who talked to us about how to demonstrate kindness and inclusion towards others. AMA my "I Will" footprint!

In Social Studies we have started writing paragraphs about the significant artifact or event from our family's history.

In Math we are beginning to explore the joys of multiplication. AMA how much I love it and what strategies I know so far!

This week, we learned how to work with new people. Every morning, we get a new group of 4 random people to work with for the day. AMA some of the different people I got to work with this week!

In Science, we were challenged to make a 3D rectangular prism using different materials. AMA my rectangular prism and how my group made it strong. The next challenge is to build a rectangular pyramid that can be a roof for a rectangular prism! We are only in the planning stage of this right now, AMA how my plan is going!

This week, we finished our One World Drumming residency. We learned different rhythms using djembe drums from West Africa. AMA our celebration of learning where we shared our drumming with the school. 

In Math this week, we were working on problem solving. Some of our problem solving was done on vertical surfaces with our random groups. We explored patterns, and how many ways we can order a given number of blocks. AMA my strategy to solve the problem!

In Social Studies, we are researching the flag bearer who will be representing our country of origin at the upcoming Winter Olympics, or who represented that country in past Olympics. AMA what I have learned so far.

Our gymnastics residency starts next week! Remember to wear comfortable clothing that you can move around in safely and easily!

Don't forget that special lunch forms and money envelopes are due Monday for all students, even if they are not ordering the lunch. 

You are invited to our assembly at 11am on Friday where the students will share what they have learned in our drumming residency!

This week we have been practicing our caroling in anticipation of our school caroling happening all next week. As a school we will be gathering in the gym either at the start or end of each day to sing Christmas songs together. On Monday and Wednesday we will be caroling at the end of the day, and on Tuesday and Thursday it will be in the morning. Please check back for specific times.

As part of our inquiry we are asking students to talk to their parents to learn the story of how they were named. Often there is an interesting story behind our names, and we would like to share that story in some of our work.

Also we are asking students to bring in a picture of them or their family that will be part of the same inquiry work. This picture will be incorporated into a laminated art piece and so it must be a picture you are willing to part with from your picture books forever.

Don't forget that next Thursday, December 21, is an early dismissal and is our last day of classes before the winter break.

There are some new links posted for Wednesdays investigation into quality of life.
The students will be provided with a username and password to access these links in class tomorrow.

In math this week we have continued our practice with subtraction. We looked at many different ways to show how to borrow and regroup, and also how to borrow from a zero! A.M.A. my preferred way to show borrowing and regrouping.

There is homework to practice subtraction with borrowing, due Monday. Please ask your child to explain how they are solving their work.

We have continued our work in French to practice numbers, body parts, and classroom vocabulary. Ask me how high I can count! Ask me what body parts or classroom objects I can name! 

We started the Rocks and Minerals unit in Science this week! We learned about the three main types of rocks, and how they can change into one another through something called the Rock Cycle. A.M.A. the three groups of rocks, and how they connect to each other!

Our Rocks and Rings curling residency starts next week!

We have added some typing games to the blog.  Please practice those typing skills!

We have been inline skating all week!  Some of the highlights were learning a new move called the "Go Cart" and the "Moonwalk", and we had a Disco Party

We listened to the song "Head and Shoulders.." in french and learned the french words for different parts of our bodies.  Then we measured parts of our body using standard and nonstandard measurements and then we traced a life-sized version of our bodies.

We created pencil sketches that resemble how our families have been touched by war.  These sketches will be shared at our Remembrance Day Assembly on Friday, November 10th at 10:30.

We worked on describing sounds like a fork on metal, a prayer bell, a piano using sound waves to create a visual of the sound.  The sound waves for a fork on metal looked jagged and the sound waves for a prayer bell looked wavy.

In Science this week we did research about how some animals use sound. Some of the important words we learned through this are: echolocation, infrasound/infrasonic, and ultrasound/ultrasonic. A.M.A. what animals use echolocation.

This week with our inquiry we made stories from different pictures. First we got a piece of a picture and we tried to figure out what was going on in the picture using the 5 Ws. Then we had to find the other students who had the rest of the pieces of our first picture, and we wrote down what we thought the story was now that we had more information. For the last step we made new groups with mismatched pictures and we had to create a new story that used all four pictures together. A.M.A. what pictures we had, and what story we made with them.

There was homework earlier this week after we started talking about Remembrance Day. Students need to write one statement describing how war has touched their family. 

Don't forget that the family artifact/interview homework and the family tree are due Monday.  We also need paint cans or coffee cans for each student. 

Next week is our Alien In-line Skating residency. Bring a helmet and safety equipment if you have it. If you are interested in the Family Skate Night, forms are due Monday. Here is the grade 3/4 in-line skating schedule:
Mrs. Alefantis' class:

• Monday 1:56-2:41
• Tuesday 2:41-3:26
• Thursday 11:15-12

Mrs. Labrecque/Ms. Belcher's class:

• Tuesday 1:11-1:56
• Wednesday 11:15-12
• Friday 9:30-10:15

Mr. MacDonnell's class:

• Tuesday 9:30-10:15
• Thursday 10:15-11:15
• Friday 10:15-11:15

 

In Science we learned about how we measure loudness in decibels (dB) and frequencies, or pitch, in hertz (Hz.) We learned that if there are very loud sounds, then we should not go close to them because they can damage our ears. A.M.A. what dangerous sounds might damage our ears!

Some very important homework went home this week for our Inquiry work. Students need to interview a family member or find an artifact that speaks to their family's story. Students also need to create a family tree that goes back as far as they are able. Students also need to bring in a large, clean can to be used for an upcoming project. All of this is explained in the information package that was sent home yesterday. All of this is due by October 30.

In Language Arts we learned about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and how they help make our sentences more interesting. A.M.A. the activity we did!

We learned about the history of the Canadian flag this week. A.M.A. some of the facts we learned!

 Today was our last day for our math centres about measurement. A.M.A. what the centres were, and what we did at each centre!