Mrs. Campbell's Grade 4

MATH: We worked on problem solving in math. Students were given the following problem: Jennie the old sheep dog is lazing around in the paddock near the house. She counts the number of animals in the paddock. There are 11 of them, pigs and ducks. Then she counts the legs. She sees 28 legs. How many ducks are there? Ask your student how they solved this problem! There are many different strategies that can be used. **** Tonight there is MATH HOMEWORK on comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to symbols. Due tomorrow :) French: We reviewed months of the year in French. Students worked in partners to decorate a French Month's calendar card to be hung in the classroom.  Social Studies: - We finished our research about the Parkland region and began to study the Boreal Forest region of Alberta. Novel: We are reading Frindle by Andrew Clements Upcoming:  Friday - Deck the Halls / Movember Friday students may dress festive/wear a mustache. 

It was an exciting day! We began the building phase of our toy project work. Please continue to send reusable items/extra items that could be used from around the house. Ask your student about how the project is going so far!

Today we began typing our opinion writing pieces and doing final feedback conferences. We reviewed rounding to the nearest thousand, hundred, and tens place in math and completed a greater than/less than pre-assessment. We also read a math story of how the first abacus was created and used in Ancient China. In social studies students began to research the Parkland Region of Alberta using textbooks in groups of 3. We will continue this research tomorrow.  For word work we focused on -R controlled a/e vowel patterns words with -ar, -are, -air, & -ear.  We shared our toy box project ideas and continued to work on our project plans.  A special thank you to all of the families that contributed to my teacherspayteachers.com account! We have a raised a total of $105 that will be used to purchase engaging activities to challenge, support, and personalize learning! * Please see our previous supplies wishlist of recyclable materials to support our building devices project :

Yesterday... - Students finished writing the body paragraphs for their grassland opinion writing - We co-created a rubric detailing the expectations for our Toy Box Project Today... - we went over a checklist of requirements for writing the introductory and concluding paragraph to go along with our body paragraphs for our grasslands opinion writing - students finished their place value detective math - we learned the months of the year in French - we visited the book fair Tomorrow... - City of Ember movie day; students may wear PJs and bring a special snack (no pillows/blankets) - Early Dismissal at 1:20 - Student Led Conferences from 3-8 Friday... - No School - Student led conferences 8am-1pm Upcoming: - We will be practicing rounding, ordering numbers, and greater than/less than in math - Project Working time for Toy Box project - Typing Opinion Writing Essay - Parkland Region of Alberta

- Today we had an assembly - teachers had parts and read the Opera to reveal the finished script to students! - Students previewed the bookfair; our buying day is Thursday. - We continued to work on our opinion writing essays and place value detective math. - We watched the "Toy Box" preview video as a hook to get students excited about our upcoming science project. Students will be challenged to build a toy that contains multiple simple machines out of recycled materials. -Tomorrow we will make a rubric for the project as a whole group and on Wednesday we will begin the planning phase for our prototypes. - Please remember to sign up for student led conferences.

- We are close to the end of our first novel City of Ember - we will be reading the final two chapters next week and having a movie day on Thursday to compare and contrast the novel and movie - students may bring a special snack and wear PJs. -We will begin our devices that move unit next week, please see list below for materials we are collecting. -We will continue to write paragraphs for our Grasslands Opinion Writing Essay. * Please sign up for Student Led Conferences next week! * Our online skating days will be in December (9, 10, 12) * Book order deadline has been extended to next Wednesday. For our Devices Unit we are collecting the following: Cardboard Yogurt tubs and lids Old CDs Spools Cardboard tubes (no toilet paper rolls please, this is a CBE regulation) Film canisters Popsicle sticks Wooden skewers straws toothpicks Tin cans (please tape over any sharp edges) Plastic Lids Pop bottles Milk cartons, jugs and lids Rubber

- we have continued to learn about opinion writing and have started planning and writing our first paragraph - students have been practicing representing numbers to 10 000 using standard form, expanded notation, base ten and word form Tomorrow is Mental Health Friday! 

We started a new writing unit!  - We discussed facts vs opinions - Learned about O.R.E.O writing organization (ask your student) - Discussed ways to support and strengthen opinions (quotes, facts, personal experiences, comparisons, counter arguments, examples) - Learned the planning process for opinion writing and looked at real essays examples that use this format - We began brainstorming for our own writing and shared ideas with others using our social studies notes  We will be writing an essay over the next few days that supports the opinion that the Grassland Region is great place to live. It might be beneficial to discuss with your student reasons that your family lives in this region of Alberta!  In math we reviewed expanded notation for numbers to 10 000.  REMINDER:  - Please return Inline Skating Forms  - Book Orders due November 15

Dear Parents and Guardians, For our upcoming science unit, Building Vehicles and  Devices  that Move, we will be   collecting   a variety of recycled   materials . If you and your family have any of the following items available, please send them in with your child throughout the unit: Cardboard Yogurt tubs and lids Old CDs Spools Cardboard tubes (no toilet paper rolls please, this is a CBE regulation) Film canisters Popsicle sticks Wooden skewers straws toothpicks Tin cans (please tape over any sharp edges) Plastic Lids Pop bottles Milk cartons, jugs and lids Rubber Bands Or anything else you or you child thinks might be useful Thank you very much for your cooperation! Other Reminders: - Inline Skating forms went home today - please sign and return.  - No School Monday- Remembrance Day - Ancient Machines Presentation next Wednesday Upcoming Learning: Next week we will be focusing on Opinion Writing,

Field Trip Highlights: - "On our field trip we got to go in the Colonist train car and got to hold special artifacts" - FB -"We got to shake a jar of cream, make and taste our own butter!" - ME - "We searched for things in the McKay Farmhouse." - AD -" We saw how long it took for families to move a sod house to a larger home" - DS -" We made cars out of kinex and rubber bands and got to look at different cars and guessed how old they were." - SA - "We ate lunch in the barn!" - AS Today ... We began our representing numbers to 10 000 unit. We reviewed base ten, number, and standard form. We did Remembrance Day Art that will be displayed at tomorrow's assembly.

Today - Literacy Stations are Remembrance Day themed, some of these include- reading the "Flander's Fields" poem, writing thank you letters to Veterans, and studying a kids newspaper article about Animals that have helped in war's past - Students took a pre-assessment to show their prior knowledge about representing and comparing numbers to 10 000 (this will be our next area of focus in math) - Students began to create a 24 hour representation clock of their day (using a circle) - We studied a current event about the #LoveYYC tourism event that happened over the weekend; we discussed how this connects to tourism and the economy *** FIELD TRIP FORMS MUST BE IN TOMORROW*** Due to predicted weather forecast conditions, we will be watching the weather closely to make sure that the temperature/road conditions are safe for our trip to Heritage Park on Wednesday morning. Friday - Remembrance Day Assembly Monday - No School Remembrance Day Book Orders Due Novembe