Room 4

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes
Bring library books back to school asap
Grade 4's letter sent home about upcoming health lessons- they start next week
Grade 6 students will be writing PAT exams this week first thing in the morning, please try to be on time.
Fresh Air Friday tomorrow

What we did today:

In science, we tested our cars for the second time after we had made changes to see if they succeeded in moving them farther than the last test. Then we completed a trial log and evaluate our car prototype.
Ms. Jones continued to read from the story Holes. Stanley dug his first hole in the lake and he was given his new nickname: Caveman. We also found out that the lizards at the lake were deadly.
For gym, Ms. Jones allowed us to have free play outside out on the compound and playground since the grade 6's were writing and we need to be quiet.
We had buddies today. Once they logged in they were able to choose what they wanted to go on.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes
Bring library books back to school asap
Sun Circle Kick-Off Event after school from 3:30-5pm . The School Council’s Environment Committee will be hosting a variety of activities in the natural spaces surrounding Dr. Coffin School. Treats and activities such as a scavenger hunt, orienteering, and planting your own seeds from home will occur.
Grade 6 students will be writing PAT exams this week first thing in the morning, please try to be on time.
Fresh Air Friday this Friday

What we did today:

In science, we had to finish up our cars for tomorrow's second trial. If we were finished, we put our car into the "garage". We then had extra time to finish our social postcards and cereal box book projects.
In computer lab, we did Raz-Kids.
For social studies, we had another class to work on our postcards about a Francophone town in Alberta. We needed to add how the town was named and two interesting facts about it.
In gym, we played kickball with new teams.
In music, we worked on completing our songs. If we were finished, we did a write up about the song.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes
Bring library books back to school asap- first class that does so receives an ice cream party June 20
tomorrow– 3:30 pm to 5 pm – Sun Circle Kick-Off Event. The School Council’s Environment Committee will be hosting a variety of activities in the natural spaces surrounding Dr. Coffin School. Treats and activities such as a scavenger hunt, orienteering, and planting your own seeds from home will occur.
Grade 6 students will be writing PAT exams this week first thing in the morning, please try to be on time.

What we did today:

In science, we did a write up about our first car trial, stating how it worked and what we needed to change to make it travel a farther distance. Then we had time to make those changes as we will be testing the cars again on Thursday.
In library, Mrs. Kidd read us a story about a girl who was making the most magnificent thing. She had many failures, but she did not quit. When she thought she would never be able to, she went for a walk with her dog, which gave her a new perspective.
Ms. Jones read us some of the story Holes. We found out more about the story of Stanley's good for nothing, pig-stealing, great, great grandfather. Stanley is also working with blistered hands and has more digging ahead of him.
During computer lab, some of us finished our stories while the rest of us did Mathletics.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes
Bring library books back to school tomorrow- first class that does so receives an ice cream party June 20
Bring any extra supplies you might need to improve your vehicle for science tomorrow
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – 3:30 pm to 5 pm – Sun Circle Kick-Off Event. The School Council’s Environment Committee will be hosting a variety of activities in the natural spaces surrounding Dr. Coffin School. Treats and activities such as a scavenger hunt, orienteering, and planting your own seeds from home will occur.
Grade 6 students will be writing PAT exams this week first thing in the morning, please try to be on time.

What we did today:

We played kickball today outside. We went from 3 outs to a one out before the teams switched places on the field.
In Daily 5, most of us worked on our cereal box book reports, which has a summary, rating and "ingredients". Other groups had guided reading or they had time to finish their stories.
In language arts, Ms. Jones read us some of the story Holes. The main character Stanley now has a bed in Tent D and has met his roommates, that all have strange nicknames.
During computer lab, Ms. Cowdy tested us on our timed basic facts.

Agenda:

What we did today:

We didn't have music today because Mr. O'Reilly went to outdoor school. We will be having it tomorrow instead.
In social we started by mapping the Francophone towns in Alberta. We noticed many of them are in the central Alberta. Then we chose one town to do some research on. We are making a postcard with three facts about the town and how they were named.
In gym, we played another game of kickball and we were put into different teams again.
In math, we worked on our geometrocity districts. We also had to answer a number of adding and subtracting decimal questions.
During computer lab, we had to finish our cars which we will be testing tomorrow. We also had time to work on our stories and then we did Mathletics.

Agenda:

What we did today:

In computer lab, we had time to work on either Raz-Kids or our stories. We had Mr. O'Reilly teaching us.
In math, we were given our city districts to plan. We had to make sure our roads will connect, and we all had different checklists to use. Each checklist had different shapes and buildings according to the district.
In gym, we played another game of kickball and we were put into different teams.
We had our second last library class. All books are due back next week.
At the end of the day, we watched the rest of the voyageur video and Ms. Jones talked about the missionaries and why they came to Alberta. We also discussed all the Alberta towns named after French missionaries and we chose one will learn more about.

Agenda:

What we did today:

In art, we did a symmetrical art project, where we had to fold a square piece of paper into either two or four lines of symmetry. We then wrote our name in one triangle and Sharpie it. When we folded it again, we could trace the letters to make them match.
In math, Ms. Jones introduced the Geometrocity project to us, where we will be responsible for building a part of a city using nets and different shapes. We had to complete a Show What We Know about shapes to show Ms. Jones we will be responsible engineers for the job.
In gym, we started a new unit of kickball. We were split into two teams and had turns being in field or as batters.
During language arts, we edited our stories for too much detail, proper endings and with putting our story elements into different paragraphs.