September 9-13

Welcome to Room 18/19 

Classroom Blog

We have had an exciting start to our year. The students are settling into the routines of the classroom and meeting new friends. Ms. Lytviak and Ms. Malone are looking forward to a great year of learning together.

We will post weekly about what we are working on in the classroom so you can connect with your child and learn from them what we are exploring in the classroom.

Homework will be posted here. This will only consist of work that has not been completed during class time each week.

1. Paragraph writing- Students have had the week to write 4 paragraphs to teach others about themselves. We will be editing and completing our writing projects next week. If they brought their journal home, they have been asked to finish this for Monday.

2. Self-Portraits- 2 self portraits complete for Monday. 

LITERACY

Students began the year with a focus on "Who Am I". This is a great way for teachers and peers to get to know more about each other in a creative way. We brainstormed idea, made a plan and used our plan to write paragraphs.

Can you explain the "Hamburger Method" of paragraph writing to someone in your family? How does it help to organize your ideas?

MATH

 

We have an extremely diverse population at Ranchlands which is wonderful when we need data to create a graph. We asked students what language they speak at home an were able to create a bar graph using this information.

Students can you recall at least three languages other than English that students speak at home?

We have been identifying and creating patterns in the classroom. We will begin each unit with important vocabulary that the students will need to know to be successful in understanding class discussions and using math language.

Students can you explain PATTERN RULE, ATTRIBUTE, and PATTERN CORE?

SCIENCE

The Grade 4 students will be taking on the recycling responsibilities for Ranchlands school. In direct correlation to the "Waste in our World" unit, we will be collecting all recycling from around the school, ensuring the correct materials are going into the green bins, all while learning and exploring the whole recycling process. 

This week students read a variety of books on this topic and recorded some WOW's and WONDER's that they found interesting.

   

FRENCH



Bonjour! Comment ca va?

Students have been learning basic conversation and practicing with each other and their teachers- and they sound great singing this song!

Students can you ask your parents how they are and teach them how to respond? Ca va bien, tries bien, mal, pas mal, ca va...
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Students are learning to make connections between French words and context (pictures, familiar English words, gestures, and expressions). 

Students, what new words have you learned from our stories, song, conversations or added to your "Les Mots" page from the magazines ?

Familiar books are a great starting point to make connections and build vocabulary. "The Hungry Caterpillar" in French introduces days of the week, numbers, fruits and a starting point to colors. We used it to inspire a math problem by first finding out who wants to have an apple (Qui veux une pomme?) and who wants to have a plum (Qui veux one prune?). Mrs Lytviak bought these fruits from the Marche Fermier (Farmer's market) but did she buy enough to share with the whole class?

Students: Can you tell your parents what our Apple Poblem was, how we solved it and what the solution was? 
How high can you count in French: un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, suit, neuf, dix, onze...

ART



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Student's: What did you learn by watching Austin's Butterfly? What are some of the rules we came up with for critiquing other people art work?



Students: How did you use the feedback you got from your self-portrait critique to help you in your second drawing? Do your parents have any feedback? What else might help you use your scientist eye to see and draw yourself more accurately? We will continue on Monday!

We hope you have a great weekend!