Friday, January 24, 2020

January 24, 2020

Happy Friday is a funky day!

*Fun lunch next week!

*Report cards go home Thursday January 30th.

In gym we have started circuit training to get ready for skiing and snowboarding! - Gia

This week we got a new student, named Eman. She is from Egypt and I think that's cool! - Addison

In Ms. Russell's writing group we are working on "friendly letters." I enjoy writing the letters and receiving them from others. - Jheanique

This week in French we learnt about "Carnaval du Quebec." We also learned about Bonhomme and his Ice Palace. - Stella

In art we wrote Haiku poems to go with our winter trees. - Selina

We did some zentangle art today. - Cadence

In grade 5 math we are working on our multiplication word patterns. - Addison

In grade 4 math we are learning 3-digit by 1-digit and 4-digit by 1-digit multiplication. It is really fun! - Jesse

In music we are playing nursery rhymes on the ukuleles for the younger students. - Mallory

We are doing science stations where we are testing different magnet experiments out. We are recording our information in our science books. - William and Cole

Ms. Russell read more of "The Littlest Bigfoot" and Millie has been allowed to go on "The Next Stage." Alice is going for a medical test to find out what type of creature she is... - Selina

Have a great weekend!

Grade 4/5zzzzz

Friday, January 17, 2020

January 17, 2020

Happy Friyay!

This week we did a winter tree art project. We used pastels and water colour paint. - Addison

This week in grade 4 math we were learning how to multiply 2-digit by 1-digit numbers. We used strategies like skip counting and making our groups. - Bella

In grade 5 math, we did a multiplication word problem scavenger hunt. - Gia

This week in our English Language Arts groups we did our stations and one day of guided writing. The stations are guided reading, listen to reading, word work and reader's response. In guided writing we are writing "friendly letters." - Cadence

In science we are starting a new unit on magnetism and electricity. We also watched Bill Nye!  - Jheanique and Addison

In gym this week we have been playing some games like "Battleship" and "Fortress." - Cole

In music we started a new unit with Ukuleles. - Stella

In our class novel "The Littlest Bigfoot" we found out that Alice might be a bigfoot because her baby picture showed hair on her ankle. - Stella

Have a great weekend!


Ms. Russell and the Grade4/5zzzzzzzzz