October 12 - 16

 Learning Intentions 

Grade 3:

• I can count and represent the value of a collection of nickels, dimes, and quarters as cents.

• I can count and represent the value of a collection of loonies, toonies, and bills as dollars.

• I can recognize French and English symbolic representations of monetary values.

Grade 4:

• I can express a monetary value in cents as a monetary value in dollars, using decimal notation. 

This week in Room 9, we wrapped up our Place Value unit in Math! Your child brought home two Place Value check-ins completed two weeks apart. In between, we worked in small groups to revisit the concepts we found most challenging and strengthen our understanding. Take a look at the two check-ins together to celebrate the growth your child made across the unit!

We also kicked off our new mini unit on Money! Students created their own coin and bill “cheat sheets” to help them recognize Canadian currency and remember the value and names of each coin and bill. We then put our knowledge to work by counting collections of coins, finding their total value, and practising how to write money amounts using dollars and cents.

We’re excited to keep building our money skills as we learn more next week!

October 2 - 9

 Learning Intentions:

Grade 3:

• I can include a range of sentence beginnings and types to vary and add interest to writing. 

• I can use organizational processes, methods, or tools to support the creation of written texts. 

• I can Include a variety of carefully selected words and sensory detail to add interest and keep audiences engaged. 

• I can include a variety of punctuation at the end of sentences. 

• I can recognize and use prepositions in sentences to show time and place. 

Grade 4:

• I can Develop creative expression through the use of organizational processes, methods, and tools.

• I can share perspectives on a topic in a clear and focused manner.

• I can Develop creative expression through a range of sentence beginnings, lengths, and types.

• I can experiment with sensory detail or figurative language to add interest and keep audiences engaged. 

• I can include a variety of punctuation at the end of sentences. 

• I can use conjunctions to connect phrases in sentences. 

This week in writing, we focused on stretching our sentences to make our writing more interesting, clear, and descriptive! We began by comparing “boring” sentences with stretched sentences that include more details by answering the questions of: who, is doing what, when, where, and why. Students then revisited their writing journals to find simple sentences they had written earlier in the year and practiced asking the questions to bring them to life. Today, students brought home a worksheet we worked on over several days to practice this skill. It has been wonderful to see how much more descriptive their writing has become! We are excited to put these skills to use in upcoming narrative writing tasks.

September 28 - October 2

 Learning Intentions

Grade 3:

• I can determine the value of each digit in a natural number. 

• I can round natural numbers to various places.  

Grade 4:

• I can determine the value of each digit in a number, including tenths and hundredths. 

• I can round numbers to various places, including tenths. 

This week in Math, we continued our Place Value unit and became rounding experts! We started by reviewing how to identify the different place values in a number and then learned a strategy to help us round numbers with confidence.

Students practiced finding and underlining their “target” place value—the place we are rounding to. We learned that the digits to the left of our target stay the same, while the digits to the right become zeros. The digit immediately behind our target is the important one—it helps us decide whether to round up or round down!

There has been lots of practice and perseverance this week! Students worked through rounding problems together on their whiteboards, explaining their thinking and learning from one another. Today, they put their skills to the test with a “Show What You Know” exit slip to demonstrate what they have learned so far.

Learning Intentions

• I can show gradations of tone are useful to show depth or the effect of light on objects.

• I can increase details in the foreground and the illusion of depth and reality can be enhanced.

• I can extend brush skills and further experimentation with the medium so as to achieve special effects such as textures.

• I can mix paints to show intensity of colour.

This week we also worked hard to finish our art project for Art Card this year! We painted different streaky patterns, we mixed paint to create perfect shades and even created a “splatter zone” to add falling snow to our paintings. We are so proud of how they turned out and can’t wait to see them as a card!

September 21 - 25

Please take a few minutes to complete our TRS Fall Family Survey: 

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Learning Intentions:

Grade 3

•  I can investigate how phonics connects to word formation and supports the processes of reading and writing. 

Grade 4

•  I can expand vocabulary and analyze morphemes to communicate in multiple contexts. 

This week in Grade 3/4 we started to explore the literacy center routine we will follow for the rest of the year! Each day as a whole group students got the chance to practice each center with the review focus of short vowel sounds. When we get into our literacy groups on Monday, each group will have a specific “focus” they are working on (example: the Bossy E making A say its own name) and each center they rotate through is targeted practice in their focus! Their targeted centers include: Teacher Time, Decodable, Roll & Read, Sort, Find & Spell, Heart Word Match and Making Words. We are excited to start this exciting routine to help support our confidence in literacy and our foundational reading and writing skills across all subjects.

September 14 - 18

 Hello families, a few quick reminders

• Please complete and verify your child’s demographic forms through your MyCBE as they were due last week!

• Next week is our Terry Fox Run, if you would like to bring a toonie for Terry our school goal is $1000 this year!

It was a pleasure meeting and seeing all the families at the Open House/Corn Roast this Thursday! Thank you for taking the time to come see the space where we learn and some beautiful work we have done so far.

Learning Intentions:

Grade 3

• I can identify the place value of each digit in a natural number.

• I can relate the values of adjacent places.

• I can determine the value of each digit in a natural number.

• I can express natural numbers, using words and numerals.

• I can express various compositions of a natural number, using place value.

• I can compare and order natural numbers.

Grade 4

• I can identify the place value of each digit in a number, including tenths and hundredths.

• I can relate the values of adjacent places, including tenths and hundredths.

• I can determine the value of each digit in a number, including tenths and hundredths.

• I can express numbers, including decimal numbers, using words and numerals.

• I can express various compositions of a number, including decimal numbers, using place value.

• I can compare and order numbers, including decimal numbers.

This week we continued our Place Value learning! We have been practicing ways to represent numbers such as in: standard form, word form, base 10 form, expanded form and saying numbers out-loud. After lots of practice we played games like Beat the Teacher, Place Value Bingo and our new game: partner reading and writing numbers game to reinforce our skills. Next week we will continue our learning by comparing and ordering numbers as well as more in-depth decimal work.

Today we sent home our first evidence of learning in our new communication folders. Any evidence of learning that we send home is yours to keep! Please make sure your child returns their communication folder to be stored in our classroom so it is ready to be used again.

We also met with our Buddy class, the AM Kindergarteners for the first time!

September 8 - 11

 Learning Intentions: 

Grade 3:

• I can engage with texts that include more sophisticated concepts and ideas expressed through expanded vocabulary. 

• I can make connections between a text and personal feelings, experiences, or background knowledge. 

• I can make predictions, using background knowledge and information within a text.

• I can identify information from texts that supports predictions.

• I can modify predictions based on new or additional information.

• I can reflect on predictions to confirm or change understandings.

• I can make inferences by combining background knowledge with information that is not explicitly stated within a text. 

Grade 4;

• I can integrate knowledge of word study across multiple literacy contexts. 

• I can reflect on personal connections to a text that best support understandings. 

• I can revise or confirm predictions based on new or additional information in texts.

• I can examine how making, modifying, or confirming predictions supports text comprehension.

• I can combine information from various sources to draw conclusions.

• I can infer ideas that are not explicitly stated in texts.

This week in Grade ¾ we started our first Read Aloud of the year: The One and Only Ivan! Before reading, we brainstormed what we already knew about circuses, gorillas and elephants. We also spent some time exploring the glossary of the chapter book to familiarize ourselves with the gorilla and Ivan specific vocabulary before beginning. As we began reading we paused to respond to questions by making personal connections to the characters in the book and by making inferences based on what we already know about the characters. We learned that good readers visualize the story in their heads as they read to better understand what they are reading. As we read about the setting the story takes place in we created a map in our visual journals of the place we were pictured in our heads as it was described. The students did a great job capturing all of the small details the author included! Later in the week during a joint ¾ outside gym we even tried “knuckle walking” like gorillas do!

Upcoming Dates: 

• September 17 - Open House 4-5:30

• September 17 - Corn Roast 5-7

• September 24 - Terry Fox Run

• September 29 - Orange Shirt Day

September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (No School for Students)

August 31 - September 4

What a busy and wonderful first week in Grade ¾! It has been so nice to get to know everyone, learning, and of course having lots of fun!

Learning Intentions:

• I can use media and techniques, with an emphasis on mixing media and perfecting techniques in drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric arts, photography and technographic arts. 

One of the highlights from our week has been our paper self portrait art. Students began by drawing a self portrait and then starting cutting out their different features in colored paper. We learned to use the windows as a lightbox in order to trace our features. Our portraits are coming along nicely and we will be putting the finishing touches on them next week.

Learning Intentions:

Grade 3

• I can interpret place value up to 100 000.

Grade 4

• I can apply place value to decimal numbers.

This week we began to reintroduce math concepts through different math games. Students got the chance to play Place Value Battleship, Race to 100, Fill The Stairs, and Addition War. A
sk your child which game was their favorite!