November 30, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery case #11 due tomorrow, Science title page due next week on Wednesday
No school Fri
Festive Evening letter- bring back by Monday
Lunch lady forms

What did we do today?

• We were introduced to division today!  Ms. Jones went over some strategies that were very similar to multiplication.  Then we tried a couple of questions we were comfortable with.  After gym, we finished our SCOOT activity from yesterday. 
• For gym, we started our new unit of floor hockey.  We practiced some puck/ball handling skills and then we played keep away.
• After recess, we had science and we finished working on completing our instrument. For those of us who did, we worked on our experiment lab booklets, making a hypothesis and recording our observations about pitch. 
• During Health, we reviewed DOF.  We brainstormed a time where we have either been a Destroyer of Fun or have played with one and what our strategies should have been. Then we shared.
• In language arts, we wrote 5-8 sentences about our favourite thing to do.  After Ms. Jones took a couple of examples and we worked together to identify how we can start the sentences better.  Then we went back to our work and tried to edit for broken record starters.
• We had music today.
• During Daily 5, some of us had guided reading while the rest of us worked on a daily 5 activity.  We need to have three done by the end of the week.

Questions:
We did not have time today.

November 29, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery case #11 due Thursday; subtraction homework due tomorrow
No school Fri
Festive Evening letter
Grade 4 Snowpass

What did we do today?

• At the start of the day in math, we all were given subtraction problems at our level to solve.  When we finished, we had to search for addition and subtraction problems scattered around the class, which we had to solve. 
• For gym, we played basketball games to finish the unit.  We switched teams so that we got to work with different people.
• After recess, we had science and most of us have brought our materials.  A few of us finished the construction.  During this time, we also had a practice lockdown drill with Constable Johnson.
• During Read Aloud, Remi and Marty found who the Night Watchman is...it is Father Sasseville, the priest from the town's church.
• During Daily 5, some of us had guided reading while the rest of us worked on a daily 5 activity.  We need to have three done by the end of the week.
• We returned and checked out new books during library.
• At the end of the day in art, we continued to work on the first picture for our Alberta timeline.  It is from 300-400 million years ago when there was nothing but water and simple animal and plant life.

Questions:
1. What will be some of the drills we will do for hockey and ringette?
2. How will Marty and Remi question Father Sasseville about his alien connections and how will he react?

November 28, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery case #11 due Thursday; supplies for instruments
No school Fri

What did we do today?

• At the start of the day in math, we did Multiplication Ninja Monday activities and Ms. Jones showed us how to solve this week's Math Mystery.  There are three steps to the problem, so this week's will be marked out of 5.
• For gym, we played mini-basketball games.  The gym was separated into two courts.  We could only dribble three times before passing to someone else or taking a shot at the net.
• After recess, we started to build our instruments in science.  
• In health, we played Whoosh, Pow, Bang.  Then Ms. Jones read us more from our Read Aloud story.
• In language arts, Ms. Cowdy talked to us about how we can start our sentences better. We can flip the sentence around or we could use different sentence starters.  We have activities we need to complete for our Work on Writing.
• During Daily 5, some of us had guided reading while the rest of us worked on a daily 5 activity.  We need to have three done by the end of the week.
• At the end of the day in art, we made the first picture for our Alberta timeline.  It is from 300-400 million years ago when there was nothing but water and simple animal and plant life.

Questions:
1. Will Ms. Jones' blue guided reading group perform their play to the class?
2. Will Marty and Remi find the Night Watchman on Main Street?

November 24, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Face to face conferences tonight and tomorrow
Technology signature form for two students
**Bring materials to build instruments on Monday
No school tomorrow

What did we do today?

• In math, Ms. Jones taught us two ways to subtract numbers with zeros, like 1000.  One way was to borrow from a far away neighbour.  The other way was to cross the whole top number and take away one, so 999.  Then you subtract as normal, but then you add 1 to the difference to get the answer.
• In gym, we played a game called add it up.  We started this game yesterday.  We added two balls, two shooters and a 3 point shot if we got the basket outside the key.
• During Read Aloud today, Remi shoved Marty's face into the snow so that the French kids would not beat them up.  Some of us painted our animal self portraits during this time too.
• After Read Aloud, we took turns playing the xylophones.  Then we used rhythm stick to play given notes by the teacher.
• We had a catch up time to complete work for tonight.  If we completed it we went onto Matheletics.
• In Daily 5, we got a passport.  We had to mark what activities we have completed during Daily 5 time these last two weeks.  
• At the end of the day we got the classroom ready for conferences.  Our desk trays are out in the hallway so our parents can see our work.

Questions:
1. Will Marty get his revenge at Remi for throwing a snowball at his back?
2. Will Marty and Remi find more clues about the Watchman?

November 23, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: animal profile cards due tomorrow; math mystery case #10 due tomorrow, subtraction homework due tomorrow
Please book parent conference for tomorrow or Friday
Technology signature form for two students
Look for Dialogue form
Bring materials to build instruments on Monday

What did we do today?

• Today in math, we were put into three groups based on our subtraction question scores yesterday.  One group worked with Ms. Jones, one group completed a subtraction mystery and went onto the NLVM website and the third group did a subtraction mystery and played the card game countdown.
• In gym, we completed the last center that we didn't do.  Then Ms. Jones explained a game where if your number was called, you had to dribble to the net and try to score points.  The rest of your group would pass the ball.
• In science, we chose an instrument, copied down the materials and how to make our instrument (procedure).  If we finished early, we drew a labeled diagram of the instrument and made a hypothesis about how we are going to change the pitch.
• In health, we reviewed the strategies of how to change from a Destroyer of Fun.  Then we played a game called Whoosh, bang, pow.  This game had us passing energy in a circle.  You made a whoosh motion and sound.  If someone said pow, the energy had to change direction.
• In language arts, we worked on spooky stories, our self portraits or a work on writing activity.
• In music, we had to list some dynamics.  After that, we played a game called Four square dynamics.  You have to find a dot and wait for the corner to be called.  If you are in that corner, you are out.
• At the end of the day we finished with Daily 5.

Questions:
1. Is the Night Watchman an alien or a human?
2. Which Unthinkable will we discuss next?

November 22, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: animal profile cards due ASAP; math mystery case #10 due Thursday
Please book parent conference for this Thursday or Friday
Treat day tomorrow-bring 25¢
Technology signature form for three students
Look for Dialogue form


What did we do today?

• In math, we completed some subtraction problems to show Ms. Jones we are ready for division, since one strategy involves subtraction.  We practiced solving problems that needed borrowing using the virtual math base ten blocks.
• In gym, we played shark with the basketballs.  We also practiced our passes, a new one we did is called the overhead pass. We also went into four stations, where we either played HORSE, keep away, Around the World and Pig in the Middle.
• After recess we had buddies.  We showed our little buddies how to get onto Mathletics.
• After buddies, we had read aloud.  Remi and Marty believe more aliens are going to invade their town, after Marty overheard "the night watchman."
• In Daily 5, some of us had guided reading while the rest of us worked on a daily 5 activity.  We need to have three done by the end of the week.
• At the end of the day in art, we continued working on our animal self portraits.  If we finished sketching, we were able to paint them.

Questions:
1. What is our next unit in gym?- floor hockey and ringette
2. What animal details will everyone put in their animal paintings?

November 21, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: animal profile cards due ASAP; math mystery case #10 due Thursday
Please book parent conference for this Thursday or Friday
Twin/triplet day tomorrow
Treat day tomorrow-bring 25¢
Technology signature form


What did we do today?

• It was our first day of Multiplication Ninja Mondays, where we got to test our skills to earn our white belts and practice our basic facts.
• In gym, we got into partners and we learned two types of passes.  One is called the chest pass and the other is called the bounce pass.  We also went into four stations, where we either played HORSE, keep away, Around the World and Pig in the Middle.
• In science, we started talking about our first building project, which is building an instrument.  Today we chose what we will be building.
• In health, we talked about DOF, the Destroyer of Fun.  We talked about strategies to defeat him and we gave examples of when he/she has appeared.
• In language arts, Ms. Cowdy introduced us to compound sentences.  We will be working on these this week during our work on writing choice.
• In Daily 5, some of us had guided reading while the rest of us worked on a daily 5 activity.  We need to have three done by the end of the week.
• At the end of the day we drew self portraits of ourselves with ears of the animal we have been researching.  We had to be detailed with our head shape, shape of our eyes and with the ears of our animal, if they had any!

Questions:
Ran out of time today.

November 18, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Please book face to face conference this weekend for Thursday or Friday

Homework: animal hearing profiles for science due Monday
Practice your multiplication facts for Multiplication Ninja Mondays
Twin/triplet day is happening Tuesday

What did we do today?

• It was SHOWTIME!  We had a rehearsal first thing and then we performed the real thing to our parents.  We were very sparkly and shiny.
• Ms. Jones read us more from the Mystery of the Frozen Brains book by Marty Chan.
• After we performed, we had some catch up time to finish any unfinished work.

Questions:
1. Will we do Evergreen Theatre again next year?
2. Will anyone complete multiple levels of the Multiplication Ninjas on Monday?
3. Which was the favourite show? (other than ours, of course!)
4. Do the parents like the Quest shows better or the Evergreen shows better?

November 17, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: animal hearing profiles for science due Monday
Evergreen Theater show tomorrow @11:15 am
Need to bring magazines, candy wrappers and cans and bottles for tomorrow.  Practice rap.
Practice your multiplication facts for Multiplication Ninja Mondays
Twin/triplet day is happening November 22

What did we do today?

• In math, we finished up working on assignments we started last day.
• Since it was cold outside again today, we did speedstacks in the classroom with room 5. 
• Today was our fourth day with Evergreen Theatre.  We practiced our raps, lines and places we need to be on the stage.  We also got our costumes!
• Before Daily 5, we had computer time and we talked about being a good digital citizen.  One thing you can not do is go on other people's accounts.  You also should not be sending rude messages to your friends email accounts.  We made Raz Kids passwords so no one can access our accounts.
• In Daily 5, we worked hard to finish three activities, as they are due at the end of the week.
• At the end of the day we had a catch up period, where we got to work on a lot of unfinished assignments.  Ms. Jones wants them done so that we can show you our work next week at conferences.

Questions:
1. How many people will dress up as twins/triplets?

November 16, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery case #9 due tomorrow- there are two possible answers.
Evergreen Theater here all week- show this Friday November 18 @11:15 am
Need to bring magazines, candy wrappers and cans and bottles for tomorrow.  Practice rap.
Practice your multiplication facts for Multiplication Ninja Mondays
Fun lunch tomorrow
Twin/triplet day is happening November 22

What did we do today?

• In math, the grade 3s continued their multiplication strategies.  Once we were finished we answered some questions on page 302 of our textbook. The grade 4s worked on their questions from the their textbooks too.
• Ms. Jones and Ms. Cowdy, introduced Multiplication Ninja Mondays.  Each Monday we have the opportunity to show how we have mastered certain facts.  When we have mastered one, we receive a belt.  We have to master the white and yellow belts to receive our ninja pencils.
• Since it was cold outside today, we did speedstacks in the classroom with room 5.  Using 12 cups, you make an upstack which is the tower, then you use a downstack, where you use two cups to push them into two stacks.
• Today was our third day with Evergreen Theatre.  We practiced our raps, lines and places we need to be on the stage.
• After lunch, we had time to work on writing.  Tasks included typing out our spooky stories, working on our punctuation station or finishing our science animal profiles.
• In music, some people played on the xylophones while others had rhythm sticks.  We played the song Land of the Silver Birch.  We also played a rhythm game.
• In Daily 5, some of us worked on our punctuation stations, had teacher time with Ms. Jones or Mrs. Wilkens, did listen to reading, or read with someone or to ourselves.

Questions:
1. How will our Evergreen Show turn out on Friday?
2. What costumes will Judith bring for us to wear tomorrow?

November 15, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery case #9 due Thursday
Evergreen Theater here all week- show this Friday November 18 @11:15 am
Fun lunch Thurs
Twin/triplet day is happening November 22
Photo retakes tomorrow morning

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning, we had library exchange because the Evergreen Theatre group was using the learning commons in the afternoon.
• We had a class meeting about being empathetic towards each other, especially when creating partners and groups.
• In math, the grade 3s solved 2 multiplication facts and had to show them as arrays, repeated addition, on a number line, and in equal groups.  The grade 4s had to solve multiplication questions, showing how to solve them through expanded form, cross multiplication and with the lattice method.
• After recess, we had Evergreen Theatre.  In the gym, we started to work on our show. We learned how to "trash it" on stage and two people got put into large recycle cans. Then we had to come up with a rap using a given item.
• In Daily 5, some of us worked on our punctuation stations, had teacher time with Ms. Jones, did listen to reading, or read with someone or to ourselves.
• After Daily 5, we tried to finish our science project about an animal's hearing.  Many of us had to go onto lab tops to find the frequencies each animal could hear up to.

Questions:
1. What will our self portraits look like with new animal ears?
2. How many people finished their animal profile cards?
3. How interesting will the facts be about the different animals?
4. What other shows will the other classes show at our Evergreen performance Friday?
5. Will we actually do a part of the play tomorrow?

November 14, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: look up frequencies your animal can hear and their lifespan and bring to school; math mystery case #9 due Thursday
Evergreen Theater here all week- show this Friday November 18 @11:15 am
Fun lunch Thurs

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning, there was an assembly about Evergreen Theatre and they chose some volunteers to act as animals and other given ideas.
• In gym, we played two basketball games outside that help us practice our shooting skills.  They were called HORSE and Around the World.  With Around the World, you had to shoot the basketball from certain marked numbers from 1-6.
• In math, we got our new math mystery case and we went over three important words for this week's problem.  They were sum, product and multiple.  After that, we continued our work from Thursday.
• Today was our first day with Evergreen Theatre! We played a couple of games and brainstormed ideas.  We also created short raps about waste.
• In language arts, Ms. Jones read us part of a book called Punctuation Celebration.  Then we got to do an activity where we had to find the incorrect punctuation and correct it.
• In Daily 5, some of us had guided reading while the rest of us worked on a daily 5 activity.  We need to have three done by the end of the week.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we had to finish our fossil observations.  If we finished that and had it checked by a teacher, we could decorate the cover of our field journals.

Questions:
Ran out of time today.

November 10, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: look up frequencies your animal can hear and their lifespan and bring to school 
Veteran's Food Drive and Poppy donations will be collected until Monday morning
No school Fri
Evergreen Theater here all next week- show Friday November 18 @11:15 am
Fun lunch next week- make sure you have ordered!

What did we do today?

• Before and after gym, the grade 3s finished their work on repeated addition while the grade 4s learned about cross multiplication.  Some of them started to answer questions from a math text if they had a good understanding.
• In gym, we played four square outside.  It is a game we can play outside for recess.  You try to bounce a ball in someone's square to get a player out.
• We had our Remembrance Day assembly.  Students who were Brownies and Guides put flowers on a wreath.
• After the assembly, we played an interactive game called Over the Top, where we were a soldier during World War I.  We had to make decisions that would determine what would happen to us. http://www.warmuseum.ca/overthetop/
• In language arts, we finished our Over the Top game, then we read a true story called A Bear in War.  It was about a girl who got a teddy bear.  It is told from the point of view of the bear.  Her father was sent to war during World War I.
• In Daily 5, some of us worked on finishing our spooky stories while others did a reading activity.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we had to finish our fossil observations.  If we finished that and had it checked by a teacher, we could decorate the cover of our field journals.

Questions:
Ran out of time today.

November 9, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: Math mystery case due tomorrow, look up frequencies your animal can hear and their lifespan and bring to school 
Gift Card Fundraiser forms due tomorrow
Veteran's Food Drive and Poppy donations being collected this week
Remembrance Day assembly tomorrow @ 10:45am.  Wear a white top with black pants please.
No school Fri
Evergreen Theater here all next week- show Friday November 18 @11:15 am
Lunch Lady Pajama Days form

What did we do today?

• Before and after gym, the grade 4s worked on a number of lattice questions, some that were three digit by one digit.  The grade 3s worked on multiplication booklets and answered questions using the repeated addition method.
• In gym, we learned and practiced ball handling skills, including the hot potato, figure 8s, switcheroo, wrap around, and fast hands.
• In science, we continued working on our animal hearing profiles.  Many of us got to the interesting fact section, where we have to write two facts on their hearing.
• In health, we voted for the five Unthinkables we need to learn about about and improve on.  They are DOF, Worry Wall, Glassman, Brain Eater and Space Invader.
• Today in Daily 5, Ms. Jones introduced word work to us.  You get this sheet with scrambled letters, which you have to make words with.  There is a secret word where all the letters are used.  We had to spell 3 letter, 4 letter and 5+letter words.  We got to work on a Daily 5 choice after music.
• In music, we practiced our song for tomorrow's assembly with room 5.

Questions:
1. How many more food items will we bring in for tomorrow?
2. What songs will the other classes sing at the assembly tomorrow?
3. What will be the most interesting fact researched for our animal profiles?

November 8, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: Math mystery case due Thursday, look up frequencies your animal can hear and bring to school tomorrow
Gift Card Fundraiser forms due Thursday
Veteran's Food Drive and Poppy donations being collected this week
Remembrance Day assembly Thursday @ 10:45am.  Wear a white top with black pants please.
No school Fri
Evergreen Theater here all next week- show Friday November 18 @11:15 am
Destination conservation form for Green Team due tomorrow (given to certain students)

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, the grade 4s worked on a lattice method assignment.  The grade 3s learned a new method called repeated addition.  We used arrays, equal groups and repeated addition to solve three questions.
• Today in gym, some people had to video their skipping routine while the other groups got to play basketball.  The people doing basketball had to dribble the ball outside in the basketball court.  We also played horse, which is a shooting basket game.
• After recess, we went into the computer lab to change our passwords and to get into our Google accounts.  We had to send an email to Ms. Jones.
• During our read aloud, Marty introduced his mom to Remi and he stayed for supper.  He also showed a magazine about aliens to Remi to prove he is from outer space.
• After lunch, in Daily 5, we got to work on either Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading or finish our spooky stories which are due Thursday.
• After Daily 5, we had library.  We were assigned two jobs.  One was to find a book at our just right reading level.  The other was to find a book on an animal so that we could do research during science.
• In science, we were to look up facts about an animal that we are interested in with their hearing.

Questions:
1. What will be the most common animal studied in science?  The least common?
2. Will we win the Super Soup Can trophy?
3. Will Remi eat the chicken foot and the octopus tentacle?
4. Will Marty's mother figure out that Remi is observing her for alien behaviour?

November 7, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: Math mystery case due Thursday
Gift Card Fundraiser forms due Thursday
Veteran's Food Drive and Poppy donations being collected this week
Remembrance Day assembly Thursday @ 10:45am
No school Fri
Evergreen Theater here all next week- show Friday November 18 @11:15 am

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, we had five minutes to solve 60 mad minutes.  Some of us did adding and subtracting and others did multiplying.  Ms. Jones is going to compare these to the ones we did in September.
• In gym, most of the groups got to film their skipping routines.  We will be starting basketball next.
• Today in science, Ms. Jones talked to us about frequency, which is measured in Hertz.  We had to do some reading about frequency and pitch, and read a graph about the frequencies different animals can hear.  The dolphin can hear the lowest and the highest frequency.
• After science, Ms. Wilkens introduced us to more Unthinkables.  In our table groups, we decided on which 5 Unthinkables we should work more on.
• After lunch, we had a class meeting about the upcoming Evergreen Theater visit next week.  We decided on a question to focus on and shared interesting facts.
• In Daily Five, Ms. Jones took two groups of students to do guided reading while the rest of us chose to work on Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading and working on our spooky stories.
• At the end of the day, we finished working on our fossil observations in our paleontologist field guides.

Questions:
1. How many times will the singing bowl be used?  It is a lot in the afternoon!
2. What will our play be like with the Evergreen Theater?
3. What will some of the costumes be?
4. When will we start building our own instruments for science?

November 4, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: spooky stories writing due Monday

Bring headphones from home to keep at school for Raz-kids program. To log in at home, go to https://www.raz-kids.com/, press the student log in button and sign into sjones124

Poppy fundraiser and Veteran's Food Drive donations are now being collected.  Bring items such as canned goods, tea, coffee, muffin mix and rice.  Items such as toilet paper and soap is also helpful.

What did we do today?

• For Fresh Air Friday, we first watched two videos.  The first one was to get us excited about paleontology.  During the second one, we had to carefully watch for the steps that a paleontologist does when they find a fossil or dig site.  Paleontologists jacket their fossils with a protective coat to remove the fossil from the ground.  They also protect the site with tin foil around the fossils and plastic so that they can return the next day.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zo2zY1Zqg&feature=related 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjhDV_GzTM8
• As paleontologists, we had to prospect, map, observe and document a site in the Whispering Woods that we felt might have fossils.  We found a site first, then mapped the area by creating a meter grid with bamboo sticks and string.  After we finished, Ms. Jones or Ms. Cowdy would take a picture of our grid and we received the GPS coordinates to our site.  We then documented our observations and drew a picture of our grid in our paleontology field guides.  Some of us believe we have a legitimate fossil find in our dig sites.
• We had a music practice today with Room 5 for our assembly next Thursday.

Questions:

1. What is our next unit in gym? Basketball
2. If we did find fossils, how many fossils will we have found?
3. Are we going to look in other areas like the nature grounds for fossils?
4. What is the next activity we are going to do in science?
5. What are the other classes doing for the Remembrance Day assembly?
6. Where will we go to find fossils, if we go to other places?

November 3, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: spooky stories writing due Monday
Photo forms due tomorrow
Bring headphones from home to keep at school for Raz-kids program. To log in at home, go to https://www.raz-kids.com/, press the student log in button and sign into sjones124
Poppy fundraiser and Veteran's Food Drive donations are now being collected.  Bring items such as canned goods, tea, coffee, muffin mix and rice.  Items such as toilet paper and soap is also helpful.
Please be dressed for paleontology work in the Whispering Woods for Fresh Air Friday tomorrow.

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, the grade 3s learned a multiplication strategy called equal grouping.  The grade 4s played a game called the amoeba multiplication game.  You can find it at http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths/ma12pape/game/ma12pape-game-written-multiplication/multiplication.swf.  They also learned the method to multiply called the lattice method.
• In gym, one group showed their routine. Today was our last day practice, as we will be performing them on Monday.
• For Read Aloud, Ms. Jones read us more from the story The Mystery of the Frozen Brains.  In the story Marty is sneaking Remi into his parent's store.
• After our read aloud we had music, where we practiced our Remembrance Day song without the words.  Tomorrow we will be practicing with Room 5.  After that, we continued to practice our rhythm cups karate.
• In language arts, we worked on our spooky stories.  If we finished, we had to COPS our work and share it with a friend.  After editing, we were able to type it out on the computer.
• For Daily 5, we got to choose one of three reading options and we had to work on completing an activity after.
• In social studies, we continued working on our fossil observations and inferences, which will be handy for tomorrow.

Questions:
1. Will we actually find some fossils in the Whispering Woods?
2. How much food will we be able to donate to the Veteran's Food Bank?

November 2, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: Math mystery case due tomorrow
Photo forms due Fri
Bring headphones from home to keep at school for Raz-kids program. To log in at home, go to https://www.raz-kids.com/, press the student log in button and sign into sjones124

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, the grade 3s finished designing chocolate bars and played the array game with a buddy.  The grade 4s had to complete building arrays and partial products to multiply two digit by one digit numbers.
• In gym, we kept on practicing and creating our routines with hoops and skipping ropes.  Today was our last day to choose the skills we are going to show.
• In science, Ms. Jones and Ms. Cowdy taught us about pitch.  They gave us a graph for us to fill after we had vibrated a ruler at different lengths over the edge of our desks.  We learned that the shorter the ruler, the higher the pitch and the frequency.  The longer the ruler, the lower the pitch and frequency.
• In health, we finished our rock brain moment reflection.  We then shared our moments with a group and received a sticker for completing it.
• In language arts, we worked on our spooky stories.  If we finished, we had to COPS our work and share it with a friend.  After editing, we were able to type it out on the computer.
• In music today we played a game where we had to keep the beat with rhythm sticks. 
• In Daily 5, we had the option of choosing Raz Kids, Read to Self or Read to Someone.

Questions:
1. Who will be the first to publish their spooky story?
2. Which group will be ready to perform their skipping routine first?

November 1, 2016

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: Math mystery case due Thursday, Spooky story plan due tomorrow
Photo forms due Fri
Bring headphones from home to keep at school for Raz-kids program.

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, the grade 3s continued designing chocolate bars and the grade 4s had to build arrays and partial products to multiply two digit by one digit numbers.
• In gym, we kept on practicing and creating our routines with hoops and skipping ropes.  We need to have 4 hoop skills, 4 individual skipping skills and 2 partner skipping skills in our routine.
• After recess, we had buddies.  We helped our little buddies log onto StarFall and together we did activities for the letters S,A, T and P.
• We started our first class read aloud novel, which is Ms. Jones reading a chapter book to us.  It is called Mystery of the Frozen Brains by Marty Chan, the author who visited us two weeks ago.  We will be responsible for tasks in response to the book.
• In Daily 5, we got to finish our Read to Self and Read to Someone activities.  Two guided reading groups started today as well.  Ms. Jones and Ms. Cowdy introduced Listen to Reading, where we will have to listen, read and complete a quiz for a book at our reading level.
• At the end of the day, in language arts we worked on our spooky stories.  If we have not finished our planner today, we are to finish it for homework tonight.  That includes writing words for sounds, textures, smell and taste.

Questions:
1. When will we teach our buddies how to do the spiderweb and journal art?
2. What will we be doing with our buddies next?