Ms. Kooner's Grade 3/4 Class

Here is our learning for the week of December 16. Winter Fun! - we had 2 days of caroling in the gym where we sang Christmas songs and danced - all of the grade 3/4 classes got to go to 4 different holiday activities like buddy reading, crafts, reader's theatre and a winter booklet Social Studies - we are almost done our google slide presentations - In January, we will start creating the models of our natural resources to go with our presentations Printing - we had another visit from the OT and we learned about spacing, margins, reversals and size of letters Math - more subtraction learning and we had a second subtraction quiz to see how much we've learned Writing - we wrote about the book A Long Walk to Water. We tried writing in paragraphs again and tried to write a conclusion UPDATES/REMINDERS - Today is Mr. Landra's last day with the grade 3/4s. In January their teacher will be Mrs. McLean - Mr. Landra got a pie to the face from Ms. Seaman on his la

Here is our learning for the week of Dec. 9: Math: - continued with subtraction - solved some problems where we had to organize our work - solved some problems where we had to use our answer from the previous question to answer the next question Social Studies: - every group is now working on their presentation - each group has chosen to create a Google Slides presentation A Long Walk to Water: - we finished the story! - it had a surprise ending! - we watched Salva's TED talk and Linda Sue Park's TED talk Linda Sue Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=40xz0afCjnM&feature=emb_title Salva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWlNdnFicLE&feature=emb_title Winter Market: - we had the market last night and the school raised over $1700 to help support families and people in need. Thank you to everyone who came and donated! French: - the grade 4s played French Bingo with colours, numbers and phrases Gym: - we have continued with curl

December 2019: The curricular areas we are currently studying are: Social Studies: Resources and Natural Regions of Alberta Science:  - Waste in Our World Math: - Number Sense: operations, place value, composing/decomposing numbers - Patterns: noticing/discovering patterns while solving problems - Space & Shape: measurement (calendars, linear measuring) Language Arts: - Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water ~ Linda Sue Park - Story writing - Response to discussions, reading, viewing Art: - drawing what we see - facial features - looking closely at objects, nature, art Physical Education: - Games using rackets, scoops, paddles: hand-eye coordination - volleyball, curling - Elements of games - cooperative activities For more specific details about these areas, please go to the Learn Alberta site. http://www.learnalberta.ca/ProgramsOfStudy.aspx?lang=en

Here is our learning for the week of Dec. 2 Gym - we started curling - we have the curling equipment for 2 weeks! A Long Walk to Water - we are continuing to read this exciting story - we did a journal page about Salva's time living in a refugee camp for 6 years Music - we watched the movie Mary Poppins French - the Gr. 4s had a quiz - today we learned numbers in French - we played a memory matching game with numbers Printing - we have had an occupational therapist visit our classroom twice this week to teach us about neat printing and help us develop good printing habits Social Studies - some groups have started their presentations on natural resources and regions of Alberta - we created a checklist of criteria that each group needs to have in their presentation Art - we worked a bit more on our mural from 2School Math - we are focused on subtraction for the next few weeks - we are working with equations that require regrouping of the tens and hundred