Our Visit to Creighton Lodge!

Yesterday morning we enjoyed the warmer temperatures by heading out with the grade ones and walked to Creighton Lodge. Since we are bucketfillers in grade four and the grade ones are as well we thought it would be nice to do something together where we filled peoples' buckets in the community, in other words, make others feel special. Going to Creighton Lodge was a great experience for all of the kids and the residents really enjoyed their company. They all spent some time introducing each other and asking questions and then everyone worked on a Halloween craft together! It was awesome to watch the kids interact with the residents and we hope to go again.

 

 

Have a great day!

 

Also, a friendly reminder that book orders are due on Friday.

Halloween Happenings

 Just a quick note to let you all know what is happening for Halloween! On Wednesday, October 31^st it will be black and orange day instead of wearing costumes (save those costumes for evening trick-or-treating festivities). At 11:00 we will be having a school wide hallway dance and the grade 8’s have some other activities planned for the school. In the afternoon we will be watching a Halloween movie and doing some fun activities in our own grades. I am providing an allergy free snack in the afternoon for the kids while we watch our movie. The only thing that I ask the kids to bring (and only if they want to) is a drink for themselves such as juice, pop, chocolate milk, etc.

 

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Reading Buddies

Yesterday we had a great morning reading to the Kindergartens. We each selected a book from the library and practiced reading it beforehand. We then went to the Kindergarten room where each Grade Four student was paired with either one or two Kindergarten students. Everyone really enjoyed the activity and were fully engaged during the reading!

 

 

Reading with the Kindergartens was great practice for reading to someone and it was a great listening practice for the Kindergartens, it also was a great way for the Kindergartens to learn about some of the other students in our school.

 

 

In other news, I have posted spelling flashcards under the ELA page. These are words that we are using in class right now or are words that I have noticed being spelled incorreclty on a recurring basis. I will add/change these words as the school year continues.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Hi all,

Hope everyone is surviving the crazy winds and cooler temperatures. Fall is for sure here to stay it seems. Just a reminder that if your child ordered Taco in a Bag, that is tomorrow so no need to pack a lunch. Tomorrow is library, please be sure your child doesn't forget their library books at home. New book orders went out a couple days ago. The final day for book orders before the order is submitted will be Thursday, November 1, 2012.

I hope all of you have read the letter that was sent home regarding the reading program that has started. I'm hoping this motivates your child to read and stick with a chapter book and finish it from start to finish. Remind them to be reading and encourage them that reading is fun!

That's all for now,
Have a great evening!

Fun with Buddies!

Friday was a busy day for us in Grade 4. We wrote a Math test in the morning and then we got ready for the United Way Telethon. The kids did an awesome job singing and really did a good job representing Pleasantdale School! In the afternoon we paired up with the grade eights and did some buddy activities. The grade eights wrote stories and had us read them and then we read books or chapters from our books to the grade eights. The kids really liked it! Check it out!

 

This week coming up we will be starting a new unit in Math on whole numbers, begin writing a descriptive story, and wrap up what we are learning in Science on rocks and minerals.

 

 

Picture money is due on Thursday, October 18

 

Taco in a bag is Friday, October 19

 

 

Have a great week,

 

Mrs. Stefan

Friendly Reminder

Just a reminder that there is Telethon tomorrow in the morning. Everyone is to wear black pants (or dark if don't have black) and a white shirt with no messages on it. It is also Jersey Day tomorrow ($1 donation to United Way). Jerseys can still be worn, white t-shirts need to be underneath for Telethon.

Math test tomorrow as well.

Check out what some of the grade 4's learned today or thought was the best part of the day under the "Today I learned..." page!!

Taco in a bag forms and money due Monday, October 15
Picture Money due Thursday, October 18

Those that ordered "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" from the Scholastic Book Orders did not recieve their books yet because they are on backorder. They will be sent to the school when they come in.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Today in Science we were working on our dioramas of our SK landscape or landform. In Math we are writing story problems where we have to solve for an unknown number. We will be practicing more with this tomorrow and be putting our story problems on our blogs on Friday (time permitting). We will have a Math test on Friday. Tomorrow we will spend lots of time reviewing so everyone will be ready.

Starting tomorrow we will also have "blogger" groups where students will be blogging under the "What I Learned..." section of this blog. Be sure to check in and see what your kids have been learning or having fun with day-to-day in the classroom. Each group has a certain day that they will get to blog under this section so everyone gets a turn.

Friday, October 5, 2012

This week we finally got to use the computers! Everyone was excited! If you check out your child's blog, the links to their blogs are on the right hand side (they can help you too!) you can see that we added a Science page and we have uploaded a Saskatchewan landscape photo. We are now busy making dioramas of those scenes - so stay tuned for a photo of our final product!

School pictures are being sent home today. Orders will be due October 18th!

Also, be sure to send your kids to school on Friday, October 12th with black or dark coloured pants and a white shirt with no messages on it for the Telethon performance.

Under my blogroll on the righthand side there is a link to a typing game, it's called "typing" on the blogroll. This is a fun typing game that helps get kids into the habit of typing with both hands and learning where all of the keys are located. Even five or ten minutes on it at home if your child already gets to use the computer would be good practice for him/her.

I hope you all have a great long weekend and enjoy some turkey and pie:)

Happy Thanksgiving,
Mrs. Stefan