Thursday, October 28, 2010

THURSDAY

Today was a busy day at school! We started the day by watching the high school students do drama for chapel. They were doing skits from the Old Testament. We did some work with math and then finished off all of our work for our science reports. I am excited to see what our students have done! God is so creative in all of his wonderful creation!!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling & Verse
MATH: finish quiz corrections

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

TUESDAY

Today was a great day! It started out a little scary as we drove to school with the icy roads, but we had a lot of fun at school. We made a word search from our spelling words, then worked on our math. I am pleased to see how hard students are working to figure out their math. During ELA, I assigned students the job of writing a paragraph with a good topic sentence. I think that it was tough assignment, and these grade 4's rose to the challenge. We are going to be spending a lot of time working on topic sentences and summarizing this year.
This afternoon we had basketball for gym and then for health we wrote poems about the the food groups. They are very funny and well done! Maybe you can even convince your child to say their's for you!
Finally this afternoon we worked on our recorders. WOW!!!! We are playing music now, and I am BLOWN AWAY by how great they are sounding. Keep up the good work, grade 4!

If you have checked this blog in the last 2 days, you can come an give me the secret password "CANDY PLEASE!" for a treat.


HOMEWORK:
Spelling & Verse
Finish cursive page
Finish math corrections
SCIENCE REPORT DUE TOMORROW!!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

SNOWY TUESDAY

Wow! Winter has arrived! What a chilly day! We had a great day here inside school however, with math, spelling and library this morning, and science and social studies this afternoon. We have been looking at  animal's habitats (you might have seen the great projects that your child has done!), and we have been amazed at God's creativity in all the adaptations and variety in his creation.

We are looking forward to our field trip to the forestry farm next Wednesday. Likely it will be  chilly day, so please ensure that your child dresses warm.  I do still need a couple forms and some money for the field trip, so please send that with your child.

Stay warm!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling and verse
Spelling corrections
Math worksheet finished

Friday, October 22, 2010

FRIDAY

WOW! What a crazy, but fun week! On Wednesday I was gone to a conference in Warman, and Ms Amanda Campbell subbed for me. Everybody seemed to have a wonderful time. Thursday of course was really busy with Family Fun Night - which turned out to be an excellent event. HUGE thanks to all the parent & student volunteers - I think our room was very fun and beautifully decorated. I am so proud of all of us for a job well done!

HOMEWORK:
Finish off your science report if you are not done yet. 


NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY! ENJOY YOUR LONG WEEKEND!!!




Tuesday, October 19, 2010

TUESDAY

Hi everybody

Today was a busy  but good day. I am so proud of how hard our class is working! We have been working on venn diagrams in math and completing our science projects. Most students are almost done, and I am very excited to read them!

HOMEWORK:
MATH : finish question 4
SPELLING AND  VERSE
SCIENCE: finish colouring your pictures and doing your research (if possible)

Monday, October 18, 2010

MONDAY

Welcome  back to Spiritual Emphysis Week! We have had a great day today with Mrs Brown, our speaker for chapel! She is teaching about James 5:1 - also our memory verse for the week!

It is going to be a very busy week at school, with getting ready for our Family Fun Night on the 21st and all the other activities, but it is sure to be a wonderful week!

HOMEWORK:
RECORDER: finish writing notes
SPELLING & VERSE
SPELLING: Finish writing sentences

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

WEDNESDAY

Wow, Wednesday already! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Time flies the week after a long weekend! It has been a busy last week. I was gone to a wedding on Friday afternoon, and Ms Amanda Hiebert was substituting for us. She left a note to say that the grade 4 class was really good and she enjoyed being here.

There is a note coming home with students telling about our fun night and other upcoming activities... I have also included a copy here.

HOMEWORK:
Spelling and Verse
Soup Lunch tomorrow $4

Hebrews 2:17
17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make payment for the sins of the people.


OCTOBER HAPPENINGS…
It is hard to believe that we are already at the end of our first month at school! Time has flown! It has been a great month, and we are looking forward to an excellent year!

October is going to be a very busy month with Thanksgiving weekend coming up, our family fun night on the 21st and Spiritual Emphasis week over the 18th - 22nd .

We started our new music unit : learning recorder! I ask students to practice every day, and it will get better, I promise!! Thanks for being patient with our squawking for a while!!! Please send $2 to help cover the costs of the recorders.

I usually do not give students much homework, but we are always under a deadline to get math done, so you may see that coming home. I always tell kids that getting their parents to help is great! That way they will have an opportunity to work one –on-one with you and maybe understand it differently than how I present it. Homework is not a punishment, but an opportunity to finish and understand.

Our Family Fun Night is on Oct.21st this year from  5-8pm. Thanks  to the parents who have already sent along candy for prizes. We are doing a circus theme.  I am asking parents to sign up for a half hour slot on that evening. Please let me know if you are able to help.

Finally, we will be going on another field trip on the 3rd of November, to the Forestry Farm. If you are able to volunteer to chaperone, please contact me at the school or email me. I would love to be able to take most parents with us this year!
It is always great to meet you and spend some time getting to know you!

Blessings!
Carie

Thursday, October 7, 2010

THURSDAY

Wow! These early dismissal days always seem to be gone before we know it!!! We had a kind of mixed up day today with timetables, but got through math, ELA and science this morning before we went to go watch a presentation in the gym. It was really neat:  missionaries from Indonesia and Korea to Canada were here to share about why they are missionaries.  They did some acting and singing for us, and wore beautiful traditional clothing.
This afternoon was really fast with a half hour of basketball and some recorder practise before home time.
WHEW! Busy, busy, busy!


You can check out the Teen Mission Website at
http://www.teenmissions.org/


HOMEWORK:
Spelling and verse practise for tomorrow.


If you checked this blog today, you can get a candy from Miss Timm tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

WEDNESDAY

Today we started our new Math unit on place value. It is encouraging to see our class doing so well in math! This morning we had a great chapel, with Mrs Ehmann speaking and some of our own grade 4's leading worship (thanks!). This afternoon we spent some  time looking at what Saskatchewan is like. What a neat province we live in.  During science we talked about food chains & webs and how different groups of animals live together in different biomes and rely on each other for food.  We are starting our science projects on biomes during the next class, and I am expecting to see great things!!!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling & verse

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

TUESDAY

Wow - this week has just escaped me! I don't know what I've been doing since Wednesday, but sorry for the lack of postings!
Although today started out wet and miserable, it soon turned into a gorgeous fall day. We got to see a quick presentation from the Ride 4 Refuge team, who raised a lot of money for the homeless in Saskatoon. We are really proud of our high school students!!

This afternoon we started our new arts unit: Music!! For music we are going to learn how to read music and play the recorder! I know this is a little bit of a painful listening experience at first, but take heart parents, it will get better!!

HOMEWORK:
Finish spelling stories
Practise your verse & spelling

NOTE:  the date for the Family Fun Night has finally settled on Oct 21st from 5-8pm. We will be sending home info about what we're doing in the next week.