'Tween Tuesday

Review of Castle in the Attic - Chapters 3 & 4 - will be a combination of a dynamic discussion and an animated medieval history DVD. Read Chapters 5 & 6 for next Monday.

Math P.O.W. - due Thursday
LA - Journal on "Favorites" due Friday

ProD Day tomorrow - see you Thursday!

Mrs. Piccinato - No Current Events this week (save articles for next week)
- No Spelling - program will start next week

Changing the world for the better

Thank-you to all participants in the Terry Fox Run. We're all doing our part to make the world a better place.

Science Quiz - Friday, October 2 - based on pp. 172 & 3 in the text.

No school Monday - Yom Kippur
See everyone on Tuesday.

Terry Fox Run

See you in the morning - in your gym strip - ready for the
Terry Fox Run.
We hope to raise awareness and monies for cancer research.

Times Tables

It's time to brush up on basic multiplication facts! The JumpStart Program we will be following was sent home today (yellow handout). We aim to improve accuracy and speed. Mastery of these facts provides a solid foundation for more complex computation and problem-solving.

Math - Times Table worksheets (most students finished these in class)

I look forward to meeting parents tomorrow night at the BI at 7:30pm.

Autumn Equinox

Happy Autumn, everyone!

We welcome Abrish Adamis to our class. We're looking forward to hearing about the Talmud Torah in Kansas City - and sharing some Canadian geography, history, and culture - with our new student. Please make him feel at home.

Math - P.O.W. #2 - due Thurs.
- Review Booklet due Tues. Oct.6

Remember: Grandparents' Writing due tomorrow

Sleuthing

Our first computer class went well. We logged in, changed our passwords, and then began the "Grammar Detective" activity. We need more time with this, so blog errors will remain until next week.

"Learning from our Grandparents" - due in final form on Wednesday

Castle in the Attic - read Chapters 3 & 4 for Tuesday (Monday is Yom Kippur)
- parents, please remember to sign schedule in your child's agenda

Current Events (CE) - first one due Thursday for Mrs. Piccinato

Grammar Detectives at Work!

Re: Intentional mistakes in Blog

Tomorrow in Computer class the students will be combing the last 8 blog entries for spelling, punctuation & capitalization mistakes. I have changed the entries to include these errors.

Shana Tova

Have a happy and sweet New Year. See you all on Monday.
From,
Mrs. Quirke and the Grade 4 Team at the BI.

Bees Buzzin'

Special craft creations are coming home today from the Judaics Team.

TIMETABLE Additions:
Computer class will be every Monday.
S.Q.U.I.R.T. will be every Thursday.

Remember - Poetry due tomorrow.

Wednesday's Wonders

Wednesday is our busy day. We have Music, Art & P.E. Students are mastering routines quickly.

Math Focus Workbook - pp. 5,6,7 - due Monday (class time was provided yesterday and today)

Acrostic Poetry - due Friday

We are doing some special writing about our Babas and Zaides - in conjunction with National Grandparents' Day (first Sunday after Labor Day) - the students will be asking you to help freshen their memories as they remember what they learned from their grandmas & grandpas (egs. playing a card game, singing a song, throwing a baseball)

Terrific Tuesday

Remember gym strip on Mon, Tues & Wed - uniform required during all other classes.

Castle in the Attic Home Reading Agenda went home today. I hope students and families alike enjoy this tale of adventure, fantasy, and fun. Oral reading, Paired reading or Silent reading are all encouraged. Only two chapters a week. Please sign sheet in yoman each week when chapters complete. Mondays are Castle in the Attic follow-up days (discussions & activities).

No new homework tonight.

Monday, September 14

Math "P.O.W." ( Problem of the Week ) - due Thurs. This will be a weekly routine.

LA - Personal Acrostic Poem - good copy due Friday
1. Interesting first letters
2. Handwriting
3. Colour

Reading -"C in A" ( Castle in the Attic ) - Read Chapters 1 & 2 by Monday
- Come to class prepared for discussion

Shabbat Shalom

Notices in yoman - including an opportunity to join the Band Program. Let me know if you want instrument rental information.

Students have discovered how to access our class blog. We will go over details formally in computer class.

No homework. (A few students have journal and poetry rough copy to finish)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Math Program Launch

We started our Patterns Unit today with a warm-up numbers game and then related computational exercises. I was impressed with the skill and focus of this group.

For Monday - a few journals need to be completed. Most are up-to-date.

Bravo!!! - Everyone had three sharpened pencils and novel for Free-To-Read.

Great Beginnings

We had an excelent start to our Grade 4 year. We were happy and engaged. Our timetables and specialist schedules were in full-swing right after recess. Our day included homeroom activities and a short assembly for all Grade 4's in the Multi-Purpose Room. We started to unpack our supplies. We will finish distributing and labelling everything tomorrow.

Great to meet everyone!!!

Homework:
Bring three sharp pencils to class tomorrow.
Bring a novel (chapter book) to read during our Free-To-Read period.

Teacher's First Day

A lovely sunny day for final preparations! We're looking forward to meeting all the Grade 4's in the small gym tomorrow morning.

Promising Preparations

The Grade 4 Team has been working hard to get the BI Campus ready for an exciting 09/10 year.