Ruth King Division 3

Hello!

Wow we were busy this week, getting everything ready for Friday.

In math we reviewed rounding, then relearning how to do subtraction with regrouping and borrowing. By the end of the week most students were pretty confident with it.

In language arts we learned more about Remebrance day.  We first worked on a reading package, then watched some videos to make a word web, and finally write some paragraphs about the day. With our Goosebumps novel study, most students were able to finish their work this week, completing their synopsis today.

In social studies we reviewed how voting works in Canada and took a quiz on the subject. Some students did very well, while others hopefully learned a lesson on studying before a quiz to help.

In art we painted and cut out some poppies for our display board.

It was great seeing so many of our class help out with the Remebrance day ceremony on Friday. We helped MC, read poems, and took part in flag bearing.

Next week we will review our place value unit for a final test. Work hard on proofreading and take a quiz showing what we know. Review and learn about energy in science. Review and practice experiencing different types of governments in social studies. Going to be another busy week.

Have a good long weekend, and see you Tuesday.

Hello!

We had a great field trip on Wednesday this week to Goldstream Park. We saw some salmon, and participated in a nature walk and scavenger hunt.

In math we learned about place value,  with the ones place, tens hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands. We learned what standard form is (383,028), how to turn it into expanded form (300000+80000+3000+20+8), and written form (three hundred eighty three thousand twenty eight). We also looked at comparing numbers using < = >. By the end of the week most students had this, though some will need review next week.

In language arts we finished off our Grammar unit with a review and test. Most of the students did very well with it, only showing slight confusion in certain areas. We also started reading our own personal Goosebumps stories.

In science we learned about concentration levels. We discussed the difference between a solvent (does the dissolving) and solute (being disolved). How unsaturated solutions mean you can still dissolve solute, saturated solutions you can’t dissolve anymore solute,  and super saturated solutions where you can heat up to dissolve more.

We didn’t do much social studies this week, as we are still waiting to see about the election results.

We did however create our Art cards, based in Ted Harrison. They should be out in a month for viewing and purchase.

Next week we will review our solutions unit and have a final test.  We will review the BC election, and look at Canadian parties. We will learn about estimating and rounding with addition in math. We will continue our novel study. We will also learn some French Halloween vocab. It should be a good week.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday

Hello!

It was good to see those who dropped by on Meet the Teacher night, to check out our classroom and what we have been learning about.

In math this week we reviewed our pattern work and took a final test.  Students did well with their equations, and it gave me a good picture of where they are at with their learning.

In language arts we created some silly sentences using adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs. We has to use some alliteration to organize our work, which game us sentences like: Amazing Ardvark Acting Ackwardly, and Terrific Tiger Tightroping Tragically. We also learned how to complete a mad libs, and practices two of them, with entertaining results.

In social studies we researched the BC provincial political parties: BC NDP, BC CONSERVATIVES, and BC Green. Students had to research the party and find out there campaign promises to make posters for each. Today our class had a big discussion on each of the different points of view and opinions each party was focusing on. We learned about the left center right political spectrum, and went over examples about how each. We also took a small self assessment quiz, to see which area students aligned with more. After, we went over how our opinions change, how there are some areas we might feel strong in, while others not. I also went over how bias can influence others, and my explanation of each of the political viewpoints probably had some bias in it, so they should continue to get more information from other viewpoints and sources.

In science we learned the different between a mixture and a solution. A mixture is combining two or more things, but they can be easily separated. A solution is combining two or more things, but it’s very hard to separate them. We practiced by trying to separate chocolat milk or muddy water, and found some could be separated with a filter, while others could not.

Next week we will start our whole number unit in math, learning tricks to multiply 6000 by 20000, and dividing 50000 by 100. We will be listening to a novel study on Tuesday, learning how to keep notes and write a synopsis by the end of the week. We will look at the local candidates for the provincial election, and participating on the student vote on Friday. Finally we will look more into mixtures and solutions in science. Going to be a fun week.

Have a good long weekend and see you Tuesday.

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We are still working on that noise level, but it seems students have started being more productive with their work, finishing in time this week.

In language arts this week we talked about the meaning behind Orange shirt day, and how the residential school experience tried to erase the culture and identity of the First Nations people in Canada. We thought about our identity, our likes and dislikes, our culture, and created our own Orange Shirt to reflect what we value about ourselves.

We also read, wrote, and had an assembly about the day.

In math we started our pattern unit. We looked at two step patterns: 3, 7, 5, 9, 7, 11, 9. The pattern rule is ‘Start at 3, add 4, sub 2’. We also learned how to make a t table to represent the data.  Most students did well with this, though some chose not to do the steps, so had corrections in the end.

In social studies we learned about the positions and jobs within each level of government. We played a quiz gameshow to help prepare for our quiz, and took the quiz Thursday. Most students did well, though some need to think about studying more next time.

In science we reviewed and learned about the properties of the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. We did a fun experiment to show all three.

Cross country is happening next Wednesday, and handball is starting soon. Next week we are learning about algebra in math (63+?=79), grammar in language arts (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and synonym), how Canada runs an election in social studies, the phases of matter in science, and finish our Piccsso art. Going to be a jammed pack week.

Have a good long weekend, and see you Tuesday.

Hello!

We made it past week 1! Students are starting to settle in, and class expectations are slowly sinking in.

In language arts this week we learned how to create a word web using the who/what/where prompts about our summer vacation. We then learned about proper paragraph format, using a topic sentence, 3 to 5 ideas, and a conclusion. We finally turned our word web into paragraphs.

In math we learned some ‘I’m finished my work and need something to do’ math games. Crazy 8s seems to be the most popular. On Friday I started the ‘What every grade 4 students should know’ assessment review. Seems like many students forgot some of their strategies, so it’s a good thing I coverall of them.

In social studies we looked at the map of Canada, labeling the capital cities and provinces.

In science we looked at the the scientific method, watching a couple of videos, and performing an experiment about a melting skittles. Apparently heat makes them melt.

In Art we created our classroom puzzle pieces, each designed to suit our own personality.

We even started French this week, learning some basic conversations, and practicing with our peers.

Next week we will review more math and have an assessment to see what stuck. We will learn and write about Terry Fox. We will start learning about the Canadian government system in social studies. We will experiment more with the scientific method in science. We have a bike safety workshop on Tuesday and Thursday. Its going to be a busy week.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.