February 25, 2020- We all roll!

Important Info:

Make sure your child comes to school dressed for the weather and the conditions, especially on Fresh Air Fridays.
Alien inline skating residency this week- would appreciate a volunteer to help with skates as well :)
Pink shirt day tomorrow, wear a pink shirt or your Dr. Coffin shirt/ hoodie to show support
Green form going home today- needs to be returned by Friday

What did we learn?

• In language arts, we have been focusing on writing setting descriptive settings.  We have written one on a messy bedroom and another on a jungle.  Ms. Jones wants us to include sights, sounds, smells and how a character is feeling.
• We did inline skating yesterday, and will have more classes tomorrow and Thursday.  We learned how to correctly put on our gear and how to fall safely.
• Mr. O'Reilly gave us a quiz about music theory today using the Kahoot app.  It was fun!
• Today in science we tested different pillars, including triangular pillars, square pillars and round pillars.  We still have to test a rectangular pillar to determine which one is the most stable and hold the most weight.

February 21, 2020- 100th day of school!

Important Info:

Make sure your child comes to school dressed for the weather and the conditions, especially on Fresh Air Fridays.
Alien inline skating residency next week- would appreciate a volunteer to help with skates as well :)- forms sent home yesterday and need to be back by Monday to participate.  If you have your own gear, you can bring it to be checked by the instructor.
Treat day February 25th (Tuesday)- bring 25¢ to buy a tasty treat!
Pink shirt day February 26th

What did we learn?

• On Thursday the U of C Solar Car Team came and brought their solar car.  We got to look at it and inside it.  Afterwards, they gave us a presentation about solar power and information about the car.
• On Wednesday we went to Simon Fraser, where we got to buddy up with Simon Fraser students.  We did activities such as relay races, making a tower out of dried spaghetti and reading.
• Kindergarten's 100 day was today.  We went to see our small buddies' 100 day projects and we left notes about what we liked about each one.
• Today for Fresh Air Friday, we went outside and played bridge tag.  If you got tagged, we had to stand in an arch position until someone could crawl under to free us.  Then we came in and sketched a bridge of our choice and labeled the span, the beams and the pillars.

February 18, 2020- Quidditch Rules!

Important Info:

Make sure your child comes to school dressed for the weather and the conditions. 
Room 4 will be visiting Simon Fraser tomorrow- we would appreciate it if one to two volunteers would be available to walk there and back :)
Alien inline skating residency next week- would appreciate a volunteer to help with skates as well :)- forms sent home Thursday February 20
Treat day February 25th

Parents of students in grades 4, 5 and 6 have received the Accountability Survey from the Alberta Government. We encourage you to complete the survey and return it to Alberta Education. To date we have only 4% of our parent responses returned.  Your voice matters. Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving. We also use the information gathered from the survey to inform our School Development plan each year. Please contact Mrs. Polski if you have questions about the survey.

What did we learn?

• Today in math, we played a math game called Quidditch, since we are reading Harry Potter.  We played with a bouncy ball, cards, a ten minute timer and cups.  
• In gym we did jungle safari.  We went to one of six red mats that we start on.  Then we tried to get through the "jungle."  We followed the green lines from obstacle to obstacle.
• In music, we did a big jam solo.
• Today in art, we finished up our Calgary public art and when you finished you could free draw.

February 11, 2020- Boom! Twenty eight text books went timber!

Important Info:

Make sure your child comes to school dressed for the weather and the conditions. 
No school Thursday and Friday- Teacher's Convention
No school next Monday- Family Day
Room 4 will be visiting Simon Fraser on February 19th- we would appreciate it if one to two volunteers would be available to walk there and back :)

Parents of students in grades 4, 5 and 6 have received the Accountability Survey from the Alberta Government. We encourage you to complete the survey and return it to Alberta Education. To date we have only 4% of our parent responses returned.  Your voice matters. Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving. We also use the information gathered from the survey to inform our School Development plan each year. Please contact Mrs. Polski if you have questions about the survey.

What did we learn?

• In gym, we have been doing some gymnastics and using the Canadian Climber.  We can swing on ropes at one station.
• In science, we made paper pillars and put math textbooks on them to see if they would hold.  The highest weight held was 28 books on small thin pillars.
• Yesterday in art, we worked on our paintings for our artist research.  Some people finished and if you did you got to work on your chocolate box.
• In language arts, we worked on our chocolate box writing.  We started typing out our good copies today too.

February 7, 2020- Building and testing arches

Important Info:

Make sure your child comes to school dressed for the weather and the conditions. 
Report cards envelopes to be returned
No school next Thursday and Friday- Teacher's Convention

What did we learn?

• Yesterday in science, we did some testing with accordion beams and a flat piece of card stock. The accordion beam was able to hold weigh more weight.
• Today in Fresh Air Friday we learned about arch bridges.  We made an arch out of ice cubes.  Every group made there arches stick differently.
• For social studies, we watched some more presentations about the Calgary Flood and the Olympics.
• Yesterday we went to go see the grade 5/6 science fair.  There was one about singing to a plant to help it grow.  There was also one about static.

February 4, 2020- The movie (and music) is on!

Important Info:

Make sure your child comes to school dressed for the weather and the conditions. 
Report cards to be returned
Winter walk day tomorrow- be dressed to walk outside
Library tomorrow- bring back books

What did we learn?

• Yesterday in art we started recreating our art pieces.  Some people also needed to finish typing their information card.
• In science, we put the weights on our own beams.  The square beams held 1200g and the triangular beams held 900g. One student observed that if  there was a third triangle, it would have held much more.
• On the field trip today, we listened to some songs like "Jupiter" and "What Makes you Beautiful."
• Yesterday in language arts, we started a Valentine's writing where you had to write down 3 to 5 wishes for the person you are writing to.