Happy Tuesday - Day 55

Good Afternoon Families!

Please read all the information below to get the latest scoop on our day! 

-Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to have the chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book. Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The deadline for poems is November 29^th and the deadline for short stories is December 6^th.

-We have an upcoming extra curricular activity! Read the following information: 
The Grade 4 classes will be attending a workshop put on by The Scientist in the School program. As part of the Grade 4 Unit of Inquiry, How the world works – Light & Sound, students have been learning:

Central Idea: Innovations in light and sound technology have improved the lives of humans.

Lines of Inquiry:
• The sources and properties of light and sound (Form)
• The various ways in which light and sound are produced, transmitted and used (Function)
• The impact of light and sound on people. (Causation)

The workshop they will be participating in is called Sound is Music to My Ears. This workshop will take place at St. Jude’s Academy on Monday, December 2nd from 9 – 12.

We look forward to this exciting educational opportunity!

Cost: $10.00
Location: St. Jude’s Academy
Duration: 3 hours
Date: Monday, December 2nd

Please have form and payment returned to the school by Friday, November 29th.

Book Fair messages from Mrs. Hayward:

Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day! 

                                                                                                                                                                    

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Music - Christmas Concert Rehearsal:

Visiting the Book Fair with our Reading Buddies!:

Inquiry into Math:

Today the class had time to catch up on some of their homework from their Math Makes Sense Workbook. Please ensure that your child fully completes workbook pages 136 - 141 as we will be reviewing these worksheets in class tomorrow.

Inquiry into Language:

Today we began preparing for Student Led Conferences. Each student is focusing in on their strengths and areas of improvement to continue to make positive strides in grade 4. We are using a new template to help the grade 4s with organizing their thoughts.

Spelling Lesson 12 is a review week, so there will not be a spelling test this Friday. All spelling activities are due on Friday.

Grammar Lesson 2 was sent home yesterday. This is still due on Friday. We will be havving a grammar test on lessons 1 and 2 on Friday.

Unit of Inquiry:

Yesterday we began talking about Religion for our next Unit of Inquiry: Who we are. In this unit the following will be our focus:

Central Idea: Beliefs and values guide human expressions.

Key Concepts:
• Perspective
• Connection

Lines of Inquiry: 
• The beliefs and values practiced globally (Perspective)
• The expression of a belief systems (Perspective & Connection)
• How knowledge of belief systems leads to a better understanding of people. (Connection)

Related Concepts:
• Beliefs
• Religion

We had a good conversation of how we should approach this unit with open-minds in order to remain respectful and caring towards our differences and also our similarities.

We began the unit by talking about what religions we practice (if they were comfortable enough to share with their classmates). The we talked about the things that we already know about religion and the things we are still wondering about religion and put them on our KWL chart.

Please encourage your child to bring in any items that they would like to put on display for our unit.

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.

Physical Education- Please check Mr. Orr's blog under specialist links. 

Music - Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links. 

Ask your child how the rest of their day went, because I'm sure they can't wait to share it all with you!

Homework

Language – Spelling lesson 12 activities due Fri.
- Grammar Lesson 2 due Fri.
- Grammar test lesson 1 & 2 Fri.
- Read 30 mins

Math – Math workbook  pg. 138 - 141 - due tomorrow 

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Unit of Inquiry – Bring in items for UOI

Extra - Christmas concert form + $ - due Fri. Nov. 22nd  - overdue please bring in on Monday

- Scientist in the School form + $ - due Fri. Nov. 29th 

Important dates/items:
November 25 - 29 - Book Fair - Bring in your money! 

November 27 – Casual Day – please ensure you have paid the $20 cash for casual day

November 29 – Term 1 Report Cards Go Home

 Have a good evening, M s. Samuel