September 16th-20th

Thank you to those of you who came to the school's Open House. It was great to connect and for you to see your child's work and learning space. 

If you were unable to come, I look forward to connecting in the future. Please check your child's backpack for the grade four Scope and Sequence which is a document outlining the outcomes we will cover from now through January.  

What did students do this week?

Reading: Students read a variety of texts this week. They read paragraphs on different topics to learn the paragraph structure. They also read information about wolves, focusing on identifying key information and recording it in their own words. 

Writing: Students used their understanding of the paragraph structure (which is like a hamburger) to write a paragraph about their goal; they wrote about something they can't do YET. They included a topic sentence,  body, and concluding sentence, in addition to capitals, punctuation, and descriptive words. 

Math: Students compared similarities and differences between pictographs and bar graphs, using many-to-one correspondence. Then, they focused on bar graphs. First, students created a concrete bar graph which they then transferred to a concrete bar graph using a scale other than one. Finally, they coloured their own bar graph using scale to represent data. 

Science: Students continued learning about sensory organs of animals. They focused on wolves and how these sensory organs help them survive. This outcome is related to our class read aloud called A Wolf Called Wander. 

Social Studies: Students learned about the different treaties in Alberta. They compared a treaty map to the map of Alberta and coloured their own. 

Mathematics Learning Outcomes  (I can...)

• I can choose an appropriate scale to share data.
• I can put data in a graph using a scale other than one.
• I can interpret and create bar graphs using scale.

Possible Questions to Ask Your Child:

• How are pictographs and bar graphs similar? How are they different?
• What scale did you use to colour your bar graph on Friday?
• Why are graphs a great way to share or read data?