Just before spring break and then again today we had 4 visitors from the Camosun College Nursing Program. The purpose of their visit was to introduce us to the Sip Smart program. This program teaches children why it is important to drink fewer sugary drinks and more water. The students had fun identifying which drinks contained the most sugar and how much sugar! The students recognized the value and importance of drinking water and made advertising posters to share what they learned.
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Throughout the second term, we have enjoyed many opportunities to learn about First Nations in British Columbia and Canada. We felt fortunate to be able to learn from Leslie McGarry, who delivers a wonderful program through the Victoria Native Friendship Association. She visited us at school, where we made potlatch pouches and toured us around the Royal BC Museum where she shared stories of her ancestors and family. It was a great experience to see our work published into a book which we will keep forever. With the 4H class, we celebrated our book launch by toasting each other and our 'editor' Ms. Rachel Boult. We also enjoyed 'mingling' with one another and talking about what it feels like to be a published author. Our final book respresents so many steps in our learning about animals, their habitats and adaptations and the process of publishing. Grade 4J Update
Hello all, Here we are in February, so hard to believe. Our class has suffered from lots of colds and flus; let’s hope we have had the worst of it! Updates I encourage you to check our class blog regularly for information about our learning in and outside of the classroom. The students have also been responding to their learning using their own blogs which you can connect to from our class website and blog. I am still building this site but try to post information and photos of different events happening regularly. If it is helpful you can subscribe to the RSS feed on the website which will inform you of updates made to our Grade 4j class blog. www.msrees.weebly.com password: student4j Wildlife Reserve Book Launch – At the end of last term, both classes worked collaboratively with Rachel Boult to prepare a non-fiction soft cover book. Each student has two pages of text and visuals allocated to the animal that they researched. The children have had a sneak peek at the book, we anticipate being able to order these books once the proof has been finalized. Stay tuned for this exciting opportunity for our students to be ‘published’ authors. Curriculum Mathematics –Measurement is now our focus. We will be working on calculating elapsed time, using money and linear measurement. You can support your child by asking how long something might take or ask him/her questions such as: “If we leave at 4:30pm and it takes 2 hours and 10 minutes to travel, what time will we arrive?” -FSA practice will continue with problem solving activities discovering ways to best represent full solutions. Writer’s Workshop –We are continuing with our mini-lessons and have started to plan important events in our legend. We are working hard to notice the difference between telling stories and summarizing stories! In addition, students will be practicing with more written pieces similar to what they will encounter with their FSA’s. Reader’s Workshop – An in-depth study of different genres as well as visualizing and questioning strategies continue to be our focus. We have also started a new read aloud novel Wonder by R. J.Palacio. Science – We are continuing to explore different aspects of weather and will start a project incorporating recording weather from a specific location and researching extreme weather events. Social Studies- We are learning about different aspects of culture represented by First Nations in Canada. We are looking forward to our Field trip to the museum next week. Reminders Emily and Oliver will be students of the week for February. VISSA Swim Meet – Feb. 5th– Students may come in PE strip. Please refer to the email sent out by Nicky Newsome. Victoria Symphony – Feb. 12th. Look for details about this trip to be sent home soon by Mrs. Smith Royal BC Museum Field trip February 13th. Please see the attached parent information form for more details. Student Led Conferences will take place on March 13th, 2013. Please see the attached letter, there will also be a hard copy sent home today. With gratitude, Jane We loved every minute of our participation in the 2012 Global Read Aloud. We collaborated and learned with others from all over the Globe and knew that we were part of something big. We connected with other students online and via skype and realized that we are more similar than different, and that we all cared deeply about Ivan the gorilla. Today we found out that Katherine Applegate received the Newbery Medal for her novel 'The One and Only Ivan'. Do you have any book suggestions for the 2013 Global Read Aloud?
Have you read any other Newbery Medal winners? Today in class we made gifts like foam ornaments and hot cocoa mixes. We had both grade four classes making gifts together. It was nice to get in the holiday spirit.
By Logan The students in 4J are each allocated a week in the school year where they are celebrated individually. Students of the week will share special memories and sometimes important items or artwork with the rest of their classmates. As individuals we recognize different virtues that we think represent our students of the week. |