Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2

• Please be reading 20 min. each night and record in your duotang.
• We wrapped up our adding and subtracting numbers to 10 000 unit this week. Quizzes will be going home at the first of the week.  Please sign and return. We are beginning our unit on Fractions next.  It is very important for the students to be reviewing their multiplication facts to 81 each night.
• I will be sending home new book orders on Thursday and they will be due back the following Wednesday.
• Spelling words for grade 4's are the following:  pancake, extreme, escape, beware, flame, stripe, globe, arrive, skate, smile, use, surprise, became, scrape, confuse. 
• We have been learning about the 6 main physical regions of Canada this week in Social Studies.  They will have a very small match quiz on Friday and I will be introducing a project to them later in the week.
• All of the gr. 4 assessment results went home with the students this week.
• The students will have no homework on Wednesday night....Happy Halloween!
• Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week of October 22-26

• The weather is getting much colder out there, so it will be very important for your child to be bringing warm outdoor clothing.  
• Grade 4's please be reading each evening and recording the title in your duotang.
• We are working on some descriptive writing in class and the students are doing an AMAZING job.  Our pieces should be finished up soon and will be going on display in our classroom.
• Please continue to practice multiplication and division facts each night.
• I will be handing back the health quizzes in the next couple of days.
• Book orders came in and I will be sending the November book order closer to the end of October.
• Gr. 4 spelling words are the following:  enough, physical, cough, paragraph, autograph, laughter, tough, laughing, photograph, phone, rough, laughed, enough, trophy, nephew
• Thank you for sending in your notes if there are changes in your child's after school plans.  You are all doing a great job with this so.....THANK YOU!
• Have a great week!

Week of October 15-18

• There will be no school on Friday, October 19th due to a PD day.
• Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Cross Country Meet last week and good luck to students heading to Provincials.
• Picture day will be October 18th.
• Gr. 4 students should be reading 20 min. each evening and they should be recording it in their reading log.  I should have their Recount writing back on Monday, so please sign their rubric and send back both the writing and rubrics.  We have started some descriptive writing this week.
• Words for the week focus on the short u and o sound.  They are: trusting, costume, suddenly, shock, crunch, octopus, fudge, clock, summer, plump, follower, drop, plucked, under, plump
• Health quiz was on Friday and we are now moving into a social studies unit.
• Book orders were placed last week and I am hoping they will be in sometime this week.
• Gr. 4 math- I have sent home a multiplication fact sheet and students should be reviewing these with the strategies we have learned for approx. 10 min. an evening.  We have been working on 4 digit adding and will be working on 4 digit subtracting.  Students have also been solving and creating word problems.
• Have a great week everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving! Week of October 9-12

• I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
• Book orders are due on Tuesday.
• In gr. 4 math, we are now into adding and subtracting four digit numbers up to 10 000.  Students will be creating  and solving word problems and estimating.  Please practice math facts nightly.  I sent home a handout and it is in their agendas.
• Spelling words for next week focus on the short a,e, and i sounds.   The words are :  after, package, rapid, festive, spend, shelf, enter, activity, tricking, whisper, special, mixture, which, bringing, mix. Quiz on Friday.
• I have been enjoying reading the recounts and I hope to have them back on Friday.  Please sign rubrics and return.
• We will be having a short health quiz on Friday and then moving on to our social studies unit.
• Have a great week!

Week of October 2-5

• I hope everyone has a great weekend!  Hopefully not too wet.
• Our Terry Fox run got postponed due to rain and we will be having it on Tuesday.
• There is no school on Monday, October 1st due to a PD day.
• We had our math quiz today on comparing, ordering, and describing numbers to 10 000. I will be sending these home, so please sign and return.  Our next unit will be adding and subtracting numbers to 10 000. Students should be practicing their math facts nightly.
• Recounts will be due on Thursday. They will be having some time to work on good copy in class, but may have to finish up at home.
• I will be handing out the October book orders on Tuesday and they will be due on the next Tuesday.
• We are hoping agendas will be in and I will give the grade 4's their first list of weekly words.  Our quiz will be on Friday.
• Remember to be reading nightly for 20 approx.

Week of Sept. 24-28

• It is hard to believe that next week is our last full week of September!
• Our agendas are not here yet, but we are hoping for next week.  Then we will start to have homework copied nightly.  Students are expected to be reading for 20 min. each night and they are to be practicing their multiplication facts for approx. 10 min.  They know they are to be copying their nightly reading into their duotang.
•  We are continuing to work on our recounts in writing.  They have been practicing a variety of writing moves within their writing.  Ask them to share a few!  We will be deciding on the due date next week for the good copy.  I will also be handing out their rubrics for this assignment.  
• No weekly spelling words yet.  We are still working on some high frequency words.
• Friday, September 28 will be wear our school colors day and our Terry Fox walk will be in the afternoon.
• I am expecting our September book order to come in next week.
• We will be having a math quiz at the end of next week on outcome N1 and N2.  These outcomes are representing numbers to 10 000 and comparing/ordering numbers to 10 000.
• Have a great weekend!

Week of September 17-21

• Wow!  What a great first full week of school!  The students have settled in and are working hard.
• Thank you to everyone for filling in and returning all of the forms. I know have them all in :o)
• Meet the teacher will be this Monday, October 17th starting at 6:30 in our classroom. There will be a second session at 6:45.  Everyone will then move to the music room for a whole group session with Mr. Gallant.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone!
• Book orders are due on Tuesday.
• Grade 5's have Mrs. Toombs for language arts and math.
• I am asking the gr. 4's to be reading 20 min. each evening.  I am sending home their reading logs starting on Monday.  I have presented them with a challenge....if they read 30 books (variety of genres) and record them on their challenge sheet, then I will buy them a book from the book order.  They are excited and reading lots!   
• I will be working on some frequency words next week, therefore our spelling words for the week won't start until the week of Sept. 24.
• In math, we have been working with representing numbers to 10 000 by using base ten blocks and pictures, expanded form and word form.  We will also be learning about comparing and ordering numbers to 10 000.   Multiplication and division facts are big in grade 4!  When we write down "practice math facts" in our homework agendas (which didn't get here yet), I want them to be practicing the X facts.  We have learned strategies for 0,1,2 (doubles), 4's (double double), and 5's (clock facts) so far.  
• In health class we are studying a unit on relationship choices which deals with topics such as emotions, communication, stress and how to deal with it, roles and responsibilities in groups.
• Thank you for sending in any notes if there are any changes in plans at the end of the day.
• I am looking forward to another great week!