Wednesday, Nov. 16th

 In math we have started a new unit. We will be working with graphs and statistics. This will be a short unit. Students will need to be able to read information from a table, understand pictograms and their value, calculate totals and respond to questions with words. 

In science we are working on a knowledge check in about human waste and will move on to waste disposal next. 

In gym we have started our sound creation dance unit!

In Spanish we have finished writing about our monsters and will be starting a new unit about the house today. 

In social we are talking about The Rockies. 

In English we are now working with chapter 5 of Fatty Legs. We are also reviewing some grammar points around editing our work, punctuation and their, there and they're.

Parent Teacher Conferences are open for booking:

Thursday, Nov 24th in person - 5-8 (Book Fair is also open at this time.)

Friday, Nov 25th online 9-2

THANK YOU! To all the families that donated for our food drive for the Veterans Food Bank. We are so delighted with the very large load of items gathered by our school community. 

On Tuesday class photos went home and should be extracted from backpacks if you haven't already seen them!

Lastly, we are still looking for some volunteers to join us for our walking trip this Friday, Nov 18th. The time commitment is from 9:15-10:45.

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

From The School:

Sound Kreation dance classes will be starting on the 14th and running until the 22nd. (Not on the 18th.) Please make sure to pay the fee for this experience through your CBE account. 

Last call for food bank items - MONDAY, NOV. 14th

The book fair is back! Our students will be checking it out for a preview on the 17th in the morning. The following Thursday, 24th they will have the opportunity to buy books. The book fair will be open on the night of the 24th for purchases. Books can also be bought online.

Parent Teacher Interviews are on the 24th 5-8 in person, 25th 9-2 online. Bookings can now be made for these dates.

From the classroom:

In math we are working on solving equations. We will be wrapping this up next week. Students are encouraged to practice times tables up to 9x9 and addition and subtraction at home. 

In English we were talking about some grammar points today and we were saving lives with commas. We have wrapped up chapter 4 of Fatty Legs this week too.

We had our remembrance day assembly today. Two grade four students presented the acknowledgment of the land in Spanish and English. Grade 3 and 5 also presented. 

In Spanish we continue to work on reading and responding to what we have read. Today we started a whole class reading of a book and worked on responding to the questions accurately. 

Tuesday, Nov. 8th

We will be having an assembly on Thursday and students are encouraged to bring a $2 dollar donation for the poppy they will receive.  

In math we are wrapping up our patterns unit this week with work on equations. We introduced the topic today and it went well overall. We are still seeing that there are students lacking mental math strategies to add and subtract on and two digit numbers in their heads.

In science we are talking about household waste. Students completed a knowledge check-in where they had to come up with examples of liquid, solid, organic, hazardous and recyclable waste from the household. 

In English we are using a thesaurus to create a usable list of triple scoop words. We continue to work on Chapter 4 of Fatty Legs.

In gym we will be wrapping up soccer, before our dance unit next week. 

In Spanish we had a reading comprehension and questions to complete and have started writing descriptions in the third person. Soon students will be creating a monster and writing about them!

Grade 4 Walking Trip Info

 

Grade 4 Walking Trip

The grade 4 classes will be going on a walking trip together to the Dalhousie Park, which is approximately 3 minutes walking-distance away from the school. This is scheduled to take place, weather dependent, on Friday, November 18th, departing at 9:30 until approximately 10:45. Students will need to bring appropriate winter clothing, as we will be outdoors the entire time. We will be making connections to nature, indigenous ways of knowing and work on some sit-spots art. We will be looking for about 10 parent volunteers to join us. If you would like to volunteer with our class for this short trip, we would love to have you join us! It would be great if you could be here around 9:15 and would need to stay until we return around 10:45. In order to volunteer: You must have current CBE Police Volunteer Clearance to volunteer Due to CBE rules, siblings are not allowed to accompany you in any volunteer capacity at the school. Due to FOIP, please refrain from taking pictures and from using your cellphone Please let us know if you should have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you there! Sra. Sutherland & Srta. Marasescu

Friday, Nov 4th

We are working on pattern word problems in Spanish. Students are working on finding the important words in the question to be able to understand how to complete the question. They are also tasked with explaining how they got to their answer, explaining the why.

We have had our third day of morning reading in Spanish. 15 minutes three times a week. They have to read the same book over six days and need to be reading the whole time. Today, was their first chance to share their book with a partner. Students are expected to be reading out loud the whole time to help grow their language skills. 

We had some time today to work on the chapter three book work for Fatty Legs. 

In art we continued our work on shading and working with the colour wheel.

We finished the day with more conversation around the boreal forest. 

Please see the previous post with general school news.

SCHOOL NEWS - NOV 4

Daylight savings time ends this weekend! A reminder to turn your clocks back one hour and enjoy extra sleep. 

A reminder that Friday, November 11, 2022 that there is no school due to Remembrance Day.

Dalhousie students will have the opportunity to participate in a 6-day dance residency at school. Sound Kreations will be coming to dance with the students on November 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 22. Our students will be participating in a program called CubaNYC where a Spanish speaking instructor will focus on teaching the students hip hop and Latin street dance moves. The cost of this residency will be $7.26 per student and is posted your MyCBE account.  We are excited to get our groove on, ask your child to see the moves they learned at school.

 

The next set of Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on November 24 and 25.  Please watch for a separate email with information on how to book.

 

Dalhousie will be hosting a Scholastic book fair in November, with a virtual and in-person option.  The virtual fair will be active from November 18  – November 28, 2022 inclusive. Please check out the virtual link to preview and explore the digital flyer!  Students will also be able to purchase books and other items (posters/stationary etc.) in school. We will be doing a preview for each class and then the following week students will be allowed to purchase items using cash. Previews will be held November 15, 16, 17, and purchasing will occur November 22, 23, 24.   Additionally, the book fair will be open for all families on November 24 from 5pm to 8pm to coincide with conferences.  You do not need to have a conference that evening to visit the book fair.

 

The next Dalhousie School Council/Parent Society meeting will be held on November 9 at 6pm through Microsoft Teams.  All are welcome to attend.

 

Wednesday Nov 2 - Extra Learning Update

 Hola Parents and Guardians,

We are doing an extra update this week, because if the many absences today, due to the weather. 

We began a morning reading routine in Spanish today. This routine will take place 3 days per week in 2 week cycles. Students are working on reading out loud to refine pronunciation and employ decoding strategies, and working to understand a book of their choosing, at their level. This routine is strictly oral, and includes reading to themselves, reading the same book to a friend, reading to a small group, and discussing the book in Spanish. 

In Spanish class we worked to record our interviews, in which students interviewed themselves about eachother, as if they were interviewing a famous person. This brought together all the work we have been doing with descriptions. Ask your child to show you their interview (if finished) on Google Classroom! Students who finished this work moved onto a short reading followed by comprehension questions. 

In Math we continued to build our knowledge of number patterns, by working with T-tables to identify the terms of a pattern sequence and their value, and we practiced explaining this knowledge using mathematical terms in Spanish. 

In Literacy Circles, students finished reading chapter 3 of our novel "Fatty Legs" (available on Epic books to read at home to catch up, see google Classroom for login information) in their groups, and began their analysis work, the first of which is summarizing the chapter. 

In Science we did a little knowledge check-in about Organic waste and producers, consumers and decomposers.

Social Studies we began discussing the natural regions of Alberta, discussing what a natural region is, and then moving on to explore the first of our province's 6 regions: the Boreal Forest. 

Our class pictures were today, as well as the first day of picture retakes. Students who were absent today will be able to have their picture re-taken on November 3rd if needed. Class pictures will not be retaken. 

See you tomorrow!