Ms. Kooner's Grade 3/4 Class

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...

Monday, November 25 - Sketching artifacts from the old classroom in the Dr. Carl Safran building - Tour of the old building that was Calgary's first high school - learned about Calgary's past with wood, sandstone and brick buildings - Up to the 8th floor to view the downtown skyline and we saw the Cougar mural - walked to Cassie Suche's mural. Cassie spent about 30 minutes with us answering our questions - walked back to 2School and Cassie helped us create our very own mural that had "the city" as it's theme Tuesday, November 26 - Interviewed Mr. Usih, the Chief Superintendent - Watched a board meeting with the trustees - Walked to Thomson Family Park and played on the playground and learned about the history of the park. It is at 1236 16th Ave SW - Journaled about the park Wednesday, November 27 - Started our morning at the Central Library - we had a special room booked just for us - toured the library and journaled about art, architecture an...

Here is our learning for the week of Nov. 12. In gym we started learning volley ball skills. We have learned how to "bump" and "volley". We got to try carrying large buckets of full water bottles across the field to experience what life is like for Nya from A Long Walk To Water. In social studies we have started learning about the natural resources in Alberta. We are researching solar power, hydro power, oil, natural gas, coal, agriculture and forestry. We are going to become an expert in one of these areas and then we will present our findings to our classmates. In music, we discovered a different instrument. It is called a gamalon and it's from Indonesia. It's sort of like a metal drum. We also wrote a 3 section story based on the feelings and rhythm from a song. In French, the grade 4s are learning colour names. The grade 3s learning a new math game called Achi. We started using the website readtheory.org to improve our reading comprehension....

Here is our learning for the week of November 4. Today we had our Remembrance Day assembly. The grade 5/6s sang songs and read poetry. We created a visual journal page about remembering those who have fought for our freedom and those that have lost their lives doing so. We also made poppy art this week that was displayed in the gym for the ceremony. We also read a story called "The Promise" about 2 sisters that were prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp.  For literacy centres we finished writing a letter to a character and we got to start a new task. We picked a different character from a book we have read and pretended we were a journalist interviewing that character. We had to write interview questions and answers. In science, we presented our recycled materials projects. We had time to practice as a group and then we presented to different groups of peers. In math we started to solve multiplication problems by using either repeated addition or drawing an array. We...

Here is our learning for the week of Oct. 28. In science we are going to create a project out of only recycled materials. We created criteria to follow while we build. Today we are making a plan and then we will get to build next week. PLEASE BRING RECYCLING MATERIALS TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK FOR OUR PROJECTS! We started guided reading groups. Every Tuesday and Thursday we work on our reading and writing skills and some of us work with a different grade 3/4 teacher during these times. On Tuesday, we got to choose a book, pick a character from the book and write a letter to the character. Ask me what I did today for guided reading! In math, we are focusing on multiplication. We are drawing arrays of different math facts. For example, 5 x 4, we can say 5 rows of 4, which is 20. In music, we are practicing making our own beat. We are playing a beat on the "jambay" drums. We are also working in groups on "sol fej" (we know that is spelled wrong!) with hand signals. ...