Early Dismissal Friday

Please remember that ALL students will be dismissed at 2:00 pm tomorrow to allow time to prepare for the Christmas performance.

DRAMA and DANCE Club students should be at the Science Park auditorium at 4:30 pm.

All other students should be at the auditorium at 6:15 pm.

Homework,Thursday, 30th November

Maths: Practice 8-5 Dividing 2-Digit by 1-Digit numbers; Enrichment 8-5 Will They Reach the Top?
Spelling Review worksheet: /îr/, /är/, /âr/ Sounds  due next Tuesday

Homework, Wednesday, 29th November

Maths: Practice 8-4 Connecting Models and Symbols; Enrichment 8-4 New Shapes

English: Finding Singular and Plural Nouns / Puzzle with Plurals worksheet; due next Monday

Fun Day tomorrow!

Please remember to wear your colour and dress for the weather (it is expected to be warm and sunny).

Also, there are NO CLUBS tomorrow afternoon. Buses will leave at regular times.

Homework, Tuesday, 28th November

Maths: Practice 8-3 Dividing with Remainders; Enrichment 8-3 Order Lunch

Spelling: Review List 12  Click here for Spelling City or Click here for Quizlet  

List 12 – ( /îr/, /är/ and /âr/ sounds)

Core Words

gear	cheer	starve	stairs
spear	square	charm	year
sharp	hairy	beard	charge
stare	heart	hardly	dairy
alarm	weird	spare	scarce

Challenge Words             

pioneer

awareness

startle

marvel

weary

Advanced / Tier 3    Click here for Spelling City

career	millionaire	scarred	yearn
declare	arctic	library	herd
appear	article	inspiration	dwarf
barnacle	department	intersection	swarm
barely	scaring	expert	earn

Homework, 27th November

Maths: Practice 8-2 Estimating Quotients; Enrichment 8-2 Franny's To-Do List
Spelling: Review List 11  Click here for Spelling City or Click here for Quizlet  
Science: Did you enjoy the demonstration of falling in a vacuum? You can watch it again here.


For the longer video with introduction and explanation, click here.

In case you've forgotten, here are your colours for Wednesday:

Week 13

Dear Parents and Students,

The weather has finally begun to cool, but it hasn’t deterred Grade 4C from working hard in the classroom. We also enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday. A link to photos of the day can be found at the end of this post.

This week in Maths, we completed Topic 7, which had us multiplying multi-digit numbers. We had the Topic Test on Thursday, and we have already begun Topic 8, which is dedicated to division.

In our Literacy Workshop, we read Tanya's Reunion, and discussed the story in our Reading Circles. The conversations taking place have been very impressive, with each group learning to delve more deeply into the story and its themes.

In Science, we have just completed our studies of energy and its various forms. Next week, we will begin our investigations in force and motion. We have already taken a peek at what the next chapter will be about, and so we will be ready to go on Monday.

In Social Studies, we have started our studies of the American Northeast. We will continue our investigations next week.

Yesterday, you should have received a notice regarding our annul Christmas Concert, which this year will take place at the Science Park Auditorium. Please be reminded that next Friday, 1st December, classes will be dismissed at 2:00pm instead of 3:10 pm. Taxis and buses will be departing at this time, while parents who usually pick up your children are asked to pick up your children at 2:15pm. Further details are included in the notice. Please contact me if you did not receive yours.

Also next week, our Fun Day will take place next Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Burt and the Grade 6 students have been working hard to provide an afternoon of creative and fun-filled activities for us all to enjoy. Parents are welcome to join us. The activities begin straight after lunch on the athletics track behind the school.

As always, other important upcoming dates are listed below. I hope you all enjoy a restful weekend, and I’ll see you all next Monday.

            Wed,    Nov 29:           Fun Day

      Fri,      Dec 1:              Christmas Performance

      Fri,      Dec 15:            School Closes (half day)

      Dec 16- Jan 2:             Christmas Vacation (no school)

Students of the Week, November

Joshua, Kigen, Aina, Aimee

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Student of the Week, Week 13

Congratulations to Jasmine!

Jasmine has been more focused on her work this week, and has become more involved in class discussions. Her contributions to small group collaborations have also been quite valuable.  Well done Jasmine, keep up the good work!

Homework, Thursday, 23rd November

Maths: Practice 7-7; Enrichment 7-7
Spelling: Complete worksheets: Long and short oo sounds - due Tuesday 

Homework, Wednesday, 22nd November

Maths: Practice 7-6 Special Cases; Enrichment 7-6 Treasure
Review Topic 7 - Test tomorrow   pp. 158-159 (Answers below) Extra Practice pp.160-161

Math - Practice Test 7 Answers

1. C     2. C     3. B     4. B     5. C     6. A     7. B     8. A     9. C     10. D   11. D   12. B   13. A   14. D   15. D

Topic 7 Extra Practice Answer Key

Set A 1. 40 2. 7,000 3. 48,000 4. 200,000 5. 2,700 6. 6,000	Set B 1. 2,000 2. 2,400 3. 5,400 4. 2,100	Set C 1. 448 2. 768 3. 952 4. 1,080 5. 1,638 6. 1,269	Set D 1. 390 2. 1,680 3. 820 4. 780	SET E 1. 1,908 2. 414 3. 2,409 4. 2.294 5. 3,584 6. 3,189 7. 28,000 8. 8,400 9. 7,500 10. 90,000
SET F Problem 1: 42 Souvenirs Problem 2: $84

Homework, Tuesday, 21st November

Maths: Practice 7-5 Multiplying 2-Digit by 2-Digit Numbers; Enrichment 7-5 Food for Thought
Click here if you would like an online tutorial for multiplying 2-digit numbers

Science: View the Heat Transfer interactive and answer the question. Click here for Pearson Science.

Spelling: Review List 11  Click here for Spelling City or Click here for Quizlet  

List 11 – (long and short oo sounds)

Core Words

wood	push	stood	bush
brook	full	stool	fool
tool	roof	hook	pull
put	group	smooth	soup
wool	prove	shoot	move

Challenge Words             

soot

marooned

pudding

cocoon

superb

Homework, Monday, 20th October

Maths: Practice 7-3 Arrays and an Expanded Algorithm; Practice 7-4 Multiplying 2-Digit Numbers by Multiples of 10; Note: you do not need to complete Enrichment
Spelling: Review List 9  Click here for Spelling City   Click here for Quizlet

Week 12

Dear Parents and Students,

I would first like to thank all parents for making the time to come in and see me during the week. Open communication is an integral part of every child’s development. The parent/teacher meetings are always insightful, and most often lead to further improvements in your children’s academic opportunities and general wellbeing.

During the school days, we have been busy in class. In Maths, we completed Topic 6 with the topic test on Tuesday. We will return to our studies in algebra later in the year, but for the time being, we have returned our attention to multiplication. We began Topic 7 on Wednesday, and we will sit a test for this topic next Thursday.

In our Literacy Workshop, we finally published our Narrative Stories, and we all presented them before the class on Thursday. Next week, we will be discussing another story, Tanya's Reunion. This story was assigned as homework on Wednesday, which has allowed plenty of time for everyone to read the book at a comfortable pace. We will begin our discussions on Monday in our new Reading Circles.

In Science, we have been investigating thermal energy and it's different forms. We will review what we have learned early next week, before beginning a new chapter about motion.

In Social Studies, we have been learning about how nations and continents can be divided into different types of regions. We will summarize what we have studied early next week, and then we will begin to focus on the various regions, beginning with the American Northeast.

As always, important upcoming dates are listed below. I hope you all enjoy a restful weekend, and I’ll see you all next Monday.

Thu,   Nov 23:   Math test – Topic 7

  Thanksgiving Lunch

Fri,   Nov 24:   Monthly Assembly

Wed,  Nov 29:   Fun Day

Fri,   Dec 1:   Christmas Performance

Student of the Week, Week 12

Congratulations to Joshua!

Joshua has been taking a more serious approach to his studies over recent weeks, and has submitted all assignments on time. He is also beginning to participate more readily in group discussions.  Keep up the good work, Joshua!

Japanese Array Method - Using Lines

Watch below if you would like to see more of the Japanese array method.

Homework, Thursday, 16th November

Maths: Practice 7-2 Estimating Products; Enrichment 7-2  Vacation Estimation
Reading: Continue reading Tanya's Reunion

Homework, Wednesday, 15th November

Narrative Presentations tomorrow!

Maths: Practice 7-1 Using Mental Math to Multiply 2-Digit Numbers; Enrichment 7-1 The World's Greatest

Reading: Begin reading Tanya's Reunion pp.186-211  Aim to be finished by Monday. Give yourself enough time.

Homework, Tuesday, 14th November

Maths: Practice 6-4 Use Objects and Reasoning; Enrichment 6-4 Building Factors
Social Studies:  Complete worksheet: Read a Land Use and Resources Map
Spelling: Review List 9  Click here for Spelling City   Click here for Quizlet
List 9 – Challenge Words Review

graceful descent athletic knead activity

minute stretch instead ninety divide

remind approach rigid recognize content

newscast commute continue attitude slumber

there their they're your you're

Homework, Monday, 13th November

Maths:Review Topic 6 pp.136-137 Extra Practice (Reteaching) 138-139 Answers below. Test Tomorrow.
            Practice 6-3 Multiplication and Division Expressions; Enrichment 6-3 Very Variable

Spelling: Review List 8    Click here for Quizlet quiz and activities  Click here for Spelling City

List 8 – Short and Long Vowels

Core Words

shake	roast	speed	flock
desk	prune	drain	cone
block	spray	fist	crew
fright	plant	pride	blade
neat	bread	truck	dead

Challenge Words

proceed

cocoa

imitate

erase

polish

Practice Test 6 Answers

1. B     2. B     3. D     4. D     5. C     6. C     7. C     8. A     9. A     10. B   11. D

Topic 6 Extra Practice Answer Key

Set A 1. 36; 45; 56 2. 56; 64; 72 3. 98; 42; 14 4. 3; 6; 7

Set B 1. 15; 3 2. 66; 79 3. 2; 2 4. 8; 21

Set C 1. 3; 30 2. 4; 32 3. 10; 6 4. 5; 7

Set D 1. Lisa is on the Blue Jays

Week 11

Dear Parents and Students,

The warm weather has made a return, and it was most timely, as it provided a beautiful day on Wednesday for our field trip. Our trip to Taichung Earthquake Museum was an enjoyable and educational affair, and a great way to look back on what we have learned in Science this year. A link to photos from the trip is included at the bottom of this post.

We only had three regular days of lessons this week, but as usual, we managed to be very productive. We began a new topic in Maths. Topic 6 is a short unit dedicated to algebra, with the topic test to take place next Tuesday. After the test, we will return to our studies of multiplication when we begin Topic 7.

We have spent most of our time in Literacy Workshop drafting our Narrative Stories.  We missed our original aim to publish on Friday, but instead, we will spend an extra day revising our work before publishing on Tuesday, with presentations to take place on Thursday.

In Science, in addition to our field trip, we investigated light energy. We had a lot of fun refracting light with the use of mirrors, water, and prisms. Pictures of our investigations can be found via a link at the end of this post. Next week, we will be investigating thermal energy.

In Social Studies, we have continued our  study of the United States government and economy. Next week, we will be learning about how nations and continents can be divided into different types of regions.

Thank you to all parents for the prompt return of the Parent/Teacher Interview forms. I look forward to meeting all of you next week.

I hope you all enjoy a restful weekend, and I’ll see you all next Monday.

Please check below for upcoming important dates, and click on the links below the images for related photo albums.

            Mon-Fri, Nov 13-17   Parent/Teacher Interviews

            Tue,     Nov 14:           Math test – Topic 6

            Thu,    Nov 16:           Narrative Story Presentations

            Fri,      Nov 24:           Monthly Assembly

            Wed,    Nov 29:           Fun Day

            Fri,      Dec 1:              Christmas Performance

Field Trip - Taichung Earthquake Museum

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Physical Science - Light Energy

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