La classe de M. McKenna

Agenda: - Devoir | Homework - Math Word Problems due Wednesday. - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, ta flute a bec, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Varsity Acres School Clothing Form - Please hand in cash only by Monday, November 4th 2019 - C'est l'halloween! If you and your family celebrate Halloween - have a great night and be safe!  Student Blog Post: This morning, we had a Halloween Scavenger Hunt. Students worked in groups to solve math problems around the school and answer a secret message. Students enjoyed themselves and worked really hard throughout the first part of the day. As a reward, next Friday, we will have a class pyjamas day.  After recess, we worked on our October reflection and then we worked on some Halloween literacy activities. Then, we had library period in the learning commons with Mme. N. Students had the opportunity to take out two books of

Agenda: - Devoir | Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our daily routine. Then, we had a mini grammar lesson from a group. Finally, we did our Daily 5 Literacy centres. After recess, we had physical education and then we had Science period. We read a text in Science and students were asked to pick out important vocabulary in the text. This afternoon, we had a lesson in English Language Arts. In Science, we observed our group plant growth and watered them. Finally, in Social Studies students continued to work on their Social Studies brochure plan.  Discussion led by: K.T.

Agenda: - Devoir | Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our daily routine. Then, we had a mini lesson on our grammar editing tool, POMMES. Then, we worked on our modeled book report. Students finished their good copy of their first book report.  After recess, we worked on our self evaluation. Students gave themselves a mark for reading, writing, speaking. They also graded themselves on their work in math and behaviour in the classroom.  This afternoon, we worked on our Tourism Alberta brochure and then we had a Science experiment with plant seeds. Finally, we reviewed elements of a story and had a read aloud from Wonder.  Discussion led by: L.K.

Agenda: - Devoir | Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our morning routine and we discussed the expectations for a lock down and the behaviour expecations for learning buddies. After, we had a practice lockdown. Then, we worked on our good copy of our modeled book report.  After recess, we had a lesson in Social Studies. We worked on our Social Studies pamphlet and then we had an experiment in Science. Students looked at a variety of different seeds. Then, we had reading buddies. Finally, we shared our orange, apple and onion of the week.  Discussion led by: E.R.

Agenda: - Devoir | Homework - French reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our daily routine. Then, we had a lesson in French Language Arts. Afterwards, we had a mini lesson led by a group of students on self and peer editing work. Students were asked to present their work their lesson using materials and concepts learned in class during the last couple of weeks.  After recess, we had physical education with M. Trevor.  Then, we worked on our assessment system (4,3,2,1) looking at sample of work at each level. Students reviewed the work in groups of "editors". Afterwards, students presented their explanation as to why they thought each sample of work fell into each category (Why was it a 4,3,2, or 1) This afternoon, we had

Agenda: - School Clothing Flyer - Lifetouch School Photos - Devoir | Homework - French reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our morning routine and then we had a lesson on editing tools and how to revise our work. Students were asked to work in groups on one of the POMMES letters to create a mini lesson for the class. We looked at an example of work that we could edit ourselves. We will continue to look at various grammar throughout the next couple of weeks. Students will begin these presentations tomorrow to the class tomorrow.  After recess, we continued to work on our modeled book report in French. Students began their own book report on "Les cauchemars du petit geant". Then, we had library period. Before recess we had

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - French reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. Student Blog Post: This morning, we worked on our morning routine. We had a discussion on the federal elections. We discussed the three levels of government, their leaders and what students thought they stood for in the election. We had a lesson on our self-editing checklist POMMES. Students were asked to create a mini lesson on how to teach and check this editing tool. After recess, we had a lesson on measurement and then we worked on our Daily 3 in mathematics lesson. Then, we had physical education outside with M. Trevor.  This afternoon, we reviewed some expectations for the class book report, "teach me" presentation and recess equipment. Then, we watched Austin's Butterfly. A video about a

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - French reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our morning routine and then we worked on our group presentations for our class novel study. Students presented their findings to the rest of the class.  After recess, we worked on our own book report by organizing our thoughts into a graphic organizer. Then we worked on an Art & Science project. Students used pastels to add colour to their sketches. During art, we had a practice fire drill. Afterwards, we cleaned up the classroom and completed Blogger as a class. 

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - Math problems due today. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  - Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. - Halloween Dance Flyer. Please give to your parents/guardians. Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our morning routine, our sight word game and Daily 5 centres After recess, we had physical education and then we had mathematics.  This afternoon, we had a lesson in Social Studies and then we worked on our portfolios.  Discussion led by: O.M. 

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - Math problems due today. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  - Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. - Halloween Dance Flyer. Please give to your parents/guardians. Student Blog Post: This morning, we had a presentation from Clay for Kids. We worked on a project for Social Studies.  After recess, we had a lesson on how to write a book report. Students worked in groups This afternoon, we had a lesson in Science and then we worked on an exit slip from yesterday. Then, we had a lesson in Social Studies where we worked on our social studies posters. Finally in English we worked on the the elements of a story and did an activity with a partner. 

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - Math problems due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  - Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow.  - Clay for Kids Presentation tomorrow. Student Blog Post: This morning, we had a presentation from a Michael Wagner, a Forest Hydrologist for the Government of Alberta who came in to speak to us about plants, trees and all things living. He brought a lot of great props and visuals for students to make connections with. After recess, students worked on an exit slip for the presentation. Then, we had physical education in the gymnasium.  This afternoon, we had a lesson in English Language Arts. Then, we discussion on Grade 4 expectations and encouraging participation in class. Finally, we had music. 

Agenda: - Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  - Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow. - VAS Picture Day is tomorrow, Thursday, October 10th 2019 Student Blog Post: (Group 1) This morning, this morning we did our morning routine. Then, students worked on their sight word games in groups. Students are finishing up their plans (explication, material and rules) and are beginning to create their material. Then, students were divided up into their Daily 5 centre groups for our Literacy program.  (Group 2) After recess, we reviewed the elements of a story. Students began to write their response in a graphic organizer for their own book report books that are due in November.  Then we had library period. (Group 3) This afternoon, we had a lesson in Social Studies where we looked at the Alberta Flag, Crest and other important symbols. Students continued to work on their

Agenda: - Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  - Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow. - VAS Picture Day is this Thursday, October 10th 2019 Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our morning routine. We had a lesson on sight words. Then, we worked on our sight word games in groups. We reviewed the expectations for the project.  After recess, we worked on our model book report in class. We had a lesson on the elements of a story and how to write a book report. Students finished the book and began writing the elements of the story. Then, we had physical education with M. Trevor in the gymnasium.  This afternoon, we had a lesson in English Language Arts in complex sounds and sight words. Students worked on their reflections and worked on their sight words. Then, in Science we worked on an experiment by planting our own plants in groups. We planted the seeds in t

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow.  Student Blog Post: This morning, we did are morning routine and then we did our oral presentation. We had a lesson on common sight words. Students were divided into groups to create word games.  After recess, we had physical education and mathematics. Students created a brainstorm web This afternoon, we had a lesson in Science on Plant Growth and Changes, Social Studies in the Alberta Crest and English Language Arts on the elements of a story and how to take notes. We also had a lesson on portfolios and then students started to create their own. Typed by: J.R. and Discussion led by: N.F. 

Agenda: - 10 à 15 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - English reflection due Wednesday. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail.  Commande de Scholastic - à remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow.  Student Blog Post: This morning,  we started with science. In science, we discussed the steps of plant growth as a class. Then, students worked with a partner to discuss them in greater detail. Finally, we drew the steps on our sheets of the plant cycle. We also began a social studies lesson on geography. After recess, we had visual arts where we worked on tree art and examining perspective. Then, we worked on a pumpkin art piece and discussed student portfolios. Finally, we ate snack and cleaned up the classroom. 

Agenda: - 15 à 20 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - French reflection due today. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. If you have not already submitted your homework please do so tonight.  Commande de Scholastic - a remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow.  Student Blog Post: This morning, we had a presentation from Stream the Dreams organization. Students had an opportunity to learn about the work Stream of Dreams does in Alberta and around Canada. After, students had the opportunity to paint a fish that will be hung up on our school fence.  After recess, we worked on our French Novel Study, we had a lesson on note taking and the elements of the story. Then, we had a lesson in math on 2D et 3D objects and how to calculate the perimeter and area of those objects. This afternoon, we had a lesson in So

Agenda: - 15 à 20 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - French reflection due today. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. If you have not already submitted your homework please do so tonight.  Commande de Scholastic - a remettre le vendredi 18 octobre 2019. Flyers will go home tomorrow.  Student Blog Post: This morning, we did our morning routine. Then, we reviewed our expectations for our Daily 5 in Literacy Program. Finally, we had our Daily 5 Literacy Program for the very first time. Students were divided into 5 centres and had 20 minutes to complete each centre. At the end of the session. After recess, we had a lesson in measurement reviewing perimeter and looking at area. Then, we had physical education where we worked in groups working on active communication skills.  This afternoon, we continued our work on our novel stud

Agenda: - 15 à 20 minutes de lecture. - N'oublie pas le dossier orange, ta bouteille d'eau, tes livres de la  bibliothèque   et de verifier Blogger chaque soir. - Homework - French reflection due tomorrow. Students can send homework by paper or via Gmail. Student Blog Post: This morning, we went to Mme. Emily and Mme. McTague's class to read "Julie et le bonhomme sept heures". After, we worked on our morning routine. After recess, we had physical education with M. Trevor. Then, we had a lesson on Orange Shirt Day by recognizing residential schools and we worked on our orange shirts. Then, we discussed our novel study "Les cauchemars du petit geant" and the elements of a story.  This afternoon, we had a lesson in Social Studies, where we continued to talk about geography in Alberta. Students worked in groups to talk about facts and information they know or want to know in Alberta. Then, we had a lesson in Science on plants. We had a sc