Homework: BBQ RSVP (due tomorrow)

Email Request form (ASAP)

Math Notebook: Gr. 5, pg. 12 #3,4,5

Gr. 4, pg. 13 #3,4

Creative Journal (due Monday)

Hello everyone!

Today we had a very busy day in Grade 4/5 N.

We started off our day by completing the class biographies that we began yesterday. Students spent time developing the answers from their interviews into a biography on their classmate. These biographies gave us the opportunity to discuss topic sentences. Now we are all confident starting our paragraphs in an interesting/important way!

Today we also defined the following words: producer, consumer, decomposer. Students examined where these words fit into the food chains we created yesterday, and pretty soon we were all sharing ideas on how to connect the producers to the consumers.

The students also had French for the very first time today. The Grade 4s have French in the morning, and the Grade 5s have French in the afternoon. So far this has been great for our classroom. During this time the opposite grade works on a Math lesson together. This gives us the opportunity to focus entirely on the Grade 4 curriculum or to focus on the Grade 5 curriculum. The students also get a lot more one-on-one time during this block.

Homework: Email Request Forms (return ASAP)

                         No Field Trip on Friday

                         Biographies (Due tomorrow)

                         BBQ RSVP (Due by Sept. 7)

                         Math – Gr. 4, pg. 12 #1, 2

                                       Gr. 5, pg. 11 #1, 2

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing long weekend in spite of the weather.

Today we began a Language Arts assignment in which students took turns interviewing each other. The students worked in groups to develop 6 interesting/important questions that they might ask in an interview, and we got a lot of great results! Students wanted to know:

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What is your favorite subject?

What is your favorite food?

What is your favorite sport?

What types of family trips have you taken?

Have you had any difficulties in your life?

Next students partnered up and answered these questions for their curious classmate. Tomorrow we will be turning these interviews into exciting biographies that the students will be able to share with one another.

We also began our “Waste in Our World” Unit in Science, and learned all about how waste can be recycled and reused today. The students watched 2 short videos on plant decomposition and the American burying beetle, and we discussed the importance of decomposers to ourselves and the environment.

In Social, students were asked to share what they know about Alberta by telling me about Alberta’s people, places, past and future. The students knew a lot! They told me about their families, celebrities, native populations, Fort McMurray, Jasper, Calgary, Edmonton, and speculated on what the Alberta of tomorrow will look like. We’ve added this information to our Social Studies board, and will be returning to it later in the unit.

A special reminder as we get the year underway that Timberlea IS a PEANUT-FREE school. It is extremely important that any food or food product that comes into the school and our classroom be peanut free. Please check ingredient lists carefully, and consider this important rule if you plan on bringing food products into the classroom. This rule not only applies to the day-to-day in our classroom, but for special events as well. Thank you for your understanding.

 

 Homework: Email Requests returned ASAP

                          Science – Waste Diagram                         

                          Social – Alberta Map                        

                          BBQ Form – DUE Sept. 7 (BBQ on Sept. 13)                       

P.S. I am sorry to inform the Grade 5 parents that we will NOT be visiting MacDonald Island this Friday with the United Way. The event has been cancelled for all Timberlea students.