June 21, 2017

Dear Parents,

Happy Summer Solstice! 

Today we:

- worked all morning on our Canada 150 Art project 

In the afternoon we:

- played Math games
- had Library
- went outside for DPA

Homework:
- read for 20 minutes
- Field Trip form and money
- Yearbook form and money

June 15th, 2017

Today we:

- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we had our yearly fire drill
- we worked on our "Guess Who" game (please ask your child about this) for writing
- we had French

After lunch we:

- had a lesson in the probability terms of "likely, unlikely and even" chances
- we worked in our JUMP Math books on this concept
- we had our first lesson in Force (Grade 3) and Light and Sound (Grade 4)

Homework:
- permission slip and money for Crawford Lake trip
- read for 20 minutes
- Yearbook forms are due

June 14th, 2017

Dear Parents,

Today we:

- began our day with Mr. Stoddart and our Canada 150 Art project
- we then went to our Book Swap
- we read to self with our new books
- we went to French

After lunch:

- we did Math problem solving. The focus was probability
- we did Computer Math
- we had Library
- we had Gym

Homework:
- Crawford Lake permission form and money
- read for 20 minutes

June 13, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we then worked on Descriptive Writing by looking at the descriptive language in the book "I Know Here"
- we then played a game called "Guess Who?" and "Guess What?" where I used descriptive language to describe something or someone and students had to guess who or what I was talking about. 
- students went to French

After lunch we:

- had a lesson in Probability Outcomes
- we practiced this concept using 3 different spinner and spinning 24 times to see our results. We discussed our results and then practiced this concept in our JUMP math books.
- we had a discussion about PRIDE month at the TDSB
- we practiced our dramas from yesterday

Homework:
- permission slip to Crawford Lake and money
- read for 20 minutes

June 12, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we did a response to Thursday's "Music with Radmila" (Radmila played one song in two different styles -- classical and a popular style)
- we then read the book "I know here" by Laura Crozak
- we went to French

After lunch:

- we began a new unit in Math: Probability
- we learned about Outcomes
- we practiced this concept in our JUMP math books
- we then worked on a drama as our culminating activity for Paddle to the Sea

Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes

June 8, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- did our POW test (which was marked and handed back)
- we worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we then had Gym
- we had French

After lunch we:

- had our Math test
- had Activity Time
- had Music with Radmila (an assistant at our school who played for us two versions of the same song)
- had DPA

Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- NO SCHOOL TOMORROW

June 7, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- began our day with Art with Mr. Stoddart
- our self-portraits are coming along nicely as well as the other artistic bits that we are putting together for our Canada 150 celebration
- we continued our art all morning until French time

After lunch we:

- had a lesson in Problem Solving using decimals and fractions
- once we were done we had Activity Time
- we then read our last 3 chapters of "Paddle to the Sea" 
- tomorrow we will be working on our final activity as a way to finish Paddle to the Sea
- please ask your child where in the world Paddle ended up
- we ended our our with DPA

Homework:
- read for 20 minutes
- Poem of the Week (due tomorrow)
- Math test on decimals and fractions tomorrow (Thursday)

June 6th, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we read the book "The Invisible Boy" by Trudy Ludwig
- we did a reading response using the RACE format as a way to answer our question about why Brian felt invisible
- we went to French

After lunch we:

- had a math lesson on adding and subtracting decimals and fractions
- we worked in our JUMP math workbooks on this concept
- we went to the Library
- we had Gym

Homework:
- Poem of the Week (due Thursday)
- Read for 20 minutes
- Math test on Decimals and Fractions on Thursday

June 5, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- worked on the Poem of the Week 
- we practiced Read to Self while I conferenced with students individually
- we then worked on our Journals 
- we then went to French

After lunch we:

- did a Math review (5 minutes)
- we then worked on adding and subtracting fractions and decimals
- we read another chapter of Paddle to the Sea in which Paddle went over Niagara Falls! I asked students to imagine what Paddle was feeling as he went over the falls.

Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- Poem of the Week

June 2, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- had our POW test
- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we worked on writing. Today we brainstormed the following topic: "What bothers me..."
- went to French

After lunch we:

- had math games while I did Guided math
- read two chapters of Paddle to the Sea and discussed the book as part of our Social Studies unit on Ontario and Canada

Homework:
- read for 20 minutes

June 1, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we worked on writing in our Journals
- went to French

In the afternoon we:

- had math problem solving using fractions
- we did the Math Congress to go over our answers
- worked on computer math
- had DPA at the end of the day

Homework:
- POW
- read for 20 minutes

May 31, 2017

Dear parents,

Today we:

- did our Art project with Mr. Stoddart for Canada's 150 celebration
- we had Gym
- we went to French

In the afternoon we:

- finished up our James and the Giant Peach art with Ms. Xavier's class
- we then read and discussed two chapters of "Paddle to the Sea" 

Homework:
- POW
- read for 20 minutes