Carla MacLeod Visit

Carla MacLeod visited the school today to give the students an inspirational talk about trying hard to achieve goals. The students heard about her journey to Olympic gold, saw her medals and spent time learning about the obstacles she needed to preserver through. Spend some time discussing the the visit with your child.

Comparing and Ordering Fractions

Grade 4s in Room 10 have been learning about fractions. The students have been practicing comparing and ordering fractions.

Some of the math vocabulary to review includes:
Denominator
Numerator
Greatest
Least

Math Live Link- Comparing and Ordering Fractions
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Math5.html

Wonder - Mr Brown's Precepts

The grade 4s in room 10 are doing a novel study of Wonder by R.J. Palacio. We have been discussing some important quotes that come up in the novel. The quotes are listed below. Spend some time discussing these quotes with your children. 

Mr. Brown's Precepts:

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.

~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Your deeds are your monuments.

~inscribed on an Egyptian tomb

Audentes fortuna iuvat. (Fortune favors the bold.) 

~Virgil

No man is an island, entire of itself.

~John Donne

It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

~James Thurber

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

~Blaise Pascal

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

~Sappho

Do all the good you can, 

By all the means you can, 

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can, 

As long as you ever can.

~John Wesley's Rule

Just follow the day and reach for the sun!

~The Polyphonic Spree, "Light and Day"

Science - Ms.Bly

The students finished off the simple machines and building devices that move by designing and testing elastic cars starting with the design for a wheel and axel.  

Spirit day

Tomorrow is dress as your favorite character day. This could be from a movie, book or cartoon.

Friday is a poetry contest for grade 4,5 and 6.  We are working on this in class for our poetry unit but feel free to write some at home as well.

MathLive-Fractions

Look at the link below to review your introduction to proper fractions:

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Math5.html

Haines-Student Led Conferences: Thursday and Friday

Conferences are coming up on Thursday and Friday of this week. These interviews will not follow the sit down private format that was followed last time. These conferences are student-led and there will be other families in the classroom at the same time. This is an opportunity for your child to show you his or her work. There will be a list for some guidance as to important work to check out. Miss Haines will be available to answer brief question regarding student work and upcoming events.