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Learning About Waste at the Museum

Students had a great week going on field trips and working on important learning at school. Keep reading to find out what's happening in Grade 4! 

Buffalo Room at Museum

Weekly Highlights:

Students~

• participated in the Junior Achievement program with Jillian Scheer titled More Than Money.
• completed the math test on multiplying larger numbers and learned long division with remainders. The division test will take place on Monday! Then, we will learn about Geometry this coming week! Please help your child keep up with any homework and have them return it the following day.
• worked on their personal narratives and inserted their work into a Word document for revisions and editing.
• started learning about recreational safety in health class.
• went on a field trip to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to learn more about fossils and Indigenous games of the past.
• enjoyed bowling at the Golden Mile with friends!

Bowling

Coming Up:

• Monday, June 10 - Math test on Division with Remainders; Sanctions until further notice this week - (No noon hour supervision. Busses run in the morning and at noon only. Students return after lunch at 1:00 pm and classes run until 3:40 pm as per usual. There is much learning left to do. If your child can safely return to school, please have them do so. Thank you. 
• Tuesday, June 11 - Sp. Test; Sanctions? (stay tuned)
• Friday, June 14 - PD Day (no school day for students)

T-Rex Display

Have a good week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aiginitis

Best Week Ever with an Awesome Class

Fire Safety

During the final week of May, students welcomed presenters and furthered their learning in our units of study. 

Thank you to all families who promptly returned and submitted the permission forms and fees for our upcoming trips to the museum and bowling. If you have not had a chance to pay for the trips posted on school cash online, please do so at your earliest convenience so our administrative staff can finalize accounting on their end. Thank you for your help and cooperation.  

Magnetic Motors

Highlights:

Students ~

• continued to work on their personal narratives. This will carry into the next few weeks.
• presented their healthy meals to the class.
• worked on multiplying 3-digit numbers, estimating quotients, and started learning about division with remainders. The mid-unit test will take place on Wednesday.
• worked on their Earth Day booklets and posters.
• learned about magnetism through active participation in an EYES workshop (Magnetic Motors).
• welcomed an opportunity to learn about fire safety by taking part in a presentation by the fire department.
• attended Phys. Ed., French, and Arts Ed. classes with their corresponding teachers. 

Coming Up:

• June 3 - More Than Money Junior Achievement Program
• June 4 - Sp. Test
• June 5 - Mid-unit math test (multiplying larger numbers); Trip to museum; Fun Lunch Orders due
• June 7 - Bowling; All Library Materials due

Have a great week ahead!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aiginitis

Fire Fighter Hose

Memorable Week

Dear Grade 4 Famlies:

It was a short and busy week in Grade 4! Thank you for promptly returning the museum permission forms and paying the fee online. A second letter went home regarding our upcoming bowling trip on June 7th. Kindly return the permission form and make your online payment by May 31st. Thank you so much!

Weekly Highlights:

Students~

• started a new unit in math on multiplying and dividing larger numbers. The class worked on estimating products and was introduced to 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication by using models. We used grids to model the numbers and then multiplied the tens, the ones, and then added to find the final product. Next week we will work on other multiplication strategies that are different from the traditional methods you may know. For a preview, please click here: Three Strategies for Multiplying
• completed their Friends of the Blue Planet speaking presentations. The students continue to improve their oral speaking and presentation skills.
• started their final writing project. The students are writing personal narratives, following a step-by-step process. Ask your child to tell you about the work they have done thus far.
• learned about the properties of minerals, specifically transparency in science this week.
• responded to fiction and non-fiction reading passages in print and in Google Classroom. They read about a Canadian doctor and a mischievous fictional character, too.
• spent some time in the sun using the sidewalk as an earned reward. The class enjoyed writing positive and inspirational messages to wrap up our school week.

Coming Up:

• Monday, May 27 - Library books due
• Tuesday, May 28 - Sp. Test; Fire Safety Presentation 
• Thursday, May 30 - EYES Magnetic Motors workshop
• Friday, May 31 - Bowling trip permission/fee due

Please let me know if your child is going to be away from school. Several assessments will be taking place over the next month in preparation for report cards and the end of the school year. Thank you for your help and cooperation.

Have a nice weekend.

Maria Aiginitis