The students got right into the day today by having a community walk as part of our Unit of Inquiry. The students were asked to look for various features of our community and explore them. Features such as recreation, transportation, and industry were explored and recorded on this community walk. The students had such fun exploring places that they didn't even know existed in their own 'backyard' such as the Canada Post Office, a cell phone tower, and a beautiful river! There are a couple pictures posted for you below showing the students enjoying their community walk.
During language today the students working on creative writing. The students were asked to choose a topic of their choice and write a fictional story about it, including 4 weekly spelling words. A number of fun stories were turned in today on topics such as a day in the life of a 20-year-old, creatures under the bed, and winning a million dollars. Ask your child tonight what they wore about! The students also worked on sentence construction and proofreading during language.
During math today the children began exploring numbers in the thousands place. We reviewed the most important number in our place value unit (ten) and discussed how when we have ten hundreds it turns into 1 thousand. As a class we showed the number 1000 in various ways, and also did problem solving using the number 1000. Students are asked to practice this concept in their Homework and Practice books tonight.
The students also went to PE and French classes today.
Homework: Read for 2o minutes and record in the reading log, practice weekly spelling words, Language pages 17 - 18 and math pages 24 - 25.
Important information: The Terry Fox run is happening at SJA tomorrow! Students have been asked to collect pledges for this event which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. The last night to collect pledge money for this event is tonight. Please send in all donations with your child tomorrow. Students are asked to come to school wearing their gym clothes for tomorrow's event.
Ms. Genco sent home an update on school lunches yesterday. There was an error on the lunch calender which had September 30th missing from the order forms. If you would like to order lunch for your child for Monday, September 30th you must send in the form and the money by tomorrow.
A boy in our class came home with the wrong SJA uniform pants last week after changing in PE class. His name is marked in his pants. Please check your son's pants at home to make sure they are wearing the correct pants and did not take home the wrong pair. This boy has a pair of pants he needs to trade back once his pants are located.
A girl in Mrs. Haag's Grade 4 class is missing her SJA cardigan. It is labeled with her name. Please check for this missing cardigan at home.
Please make sure that all articles of the uniform are clearly marked with your child's name.It is almost impossible to tell these pieces apart once there is a mix-up. The only way for your child's uniform to stay sorted is to ensure it is clearly marked.
We are looking to have small boxes collected for an upcoming project in our Unit of Inquiry. The students are going to be asked to build small scale rural and urban communities. Please help us with this project by collecting and sending in small boxes that we can use. Please see the form sent home yesterday for more information.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
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