May 29- June 2

Leader: Samuel
day 5. Mon. May 29- physed
day 1. Tues. May 30- library
day 2. Wed. May 31- health
day 3. Thurs. June 1- Ms. Furczon is away (gum graft surgery)
Ms. Martina will be teaching all day, reading buddies
day 4. Fri. June 2- Ms. Furczon will be away (recovering...)
Ms. Martina will be teaching all day, computers, music
Saturday: Springfest
Sorry for the late post. I had a very busy weekend and I just came back from Collingwood. I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

This is our kindness tree. When I catch students being kind to one another, I write about it and hang it on the tree. Thank you Victoria for hanging up a little surprise note to me :)


What did we do all week?

- We wrote about our long weekend. It was great to hear everyone's stories!
- Our trip to the Famous People Players went well. Thank you for your help, Mr. Karn!
- Thank you to our pizza lunch volunteers (Barbara's mom and Victoria's dad). We couldn't do it without you!!!
- Please sign up for one on one reading :)
- We had a successful Terry Fox Assembly. It was a pleasure meeting Terry's older brother, Fred. Students had an opportunity to watch Ms. Furczon participate in the tricycle race!



- Students visited the book fair with Ms. McGee. We talked about keeping our money in our backpacks and not sharing our money with anyone else.
- We have been practising our Spring drama skits in small groups.



- We have continued to talked about living and non living things and parts of a plant. We watched several Peep videos online. We love Peep!
- In social studies, we made treasure maps. This was a big hit! Students learned about parts of a map which includes a title, legend/key, scale, symbols.
- Our plants have been growing!



- We practised our addition and subtraction skills in Math. We continued our unit on Probability and we will be finishing up this week. We will be moving onto Mass and Capacity.

May 23- 26

LEADER: Amelia
Day 1. Tues. May 23- Book Fair during library time.
Your child may bring money in a ziplock bag with their name & amount on it.
- reading with a parent
Day 2. Wed. May 24- Trip to Famous People's Players (AM only).
We will not be bringing backpacks or water bottles on this trip. We will eat lunch when we return to school. We have chosen one volunteer out of a hat. Hudson's dad will be joining us on the trip. Thank you to those who were interested in volunteering. We still have one more trip in June! :)
Day 3. Thurs. May 25- reading buddies, physed
Day 4- Fri. May 26- computers, music

 Our plants are growing! Every week, one student is responsible for watering the plants.


News/Reminders:- Please return trip permission forms if you haven't done so.
- If you are available, please sign up online for one to one reading with the students.
- We are kindly asking for donations for our Springfest basket. Please speak to Samantha if you have any questions. The kids are already getting excited for the big day! We are also collecting tombolas which may include small toys or hard candies. The tombolas will be used as prizes at Springfest.
- I have been completing one on one reading assessments with the students and I am so impressed with everyone's progress :) The kids have been working so hard all year long!
- At the end of each day, I have been choosing a special person who has demonstrated perseverance, kindness and respect throughout the day. I choose someone who has been working hard or someone who has shown improvement. Students take turns complimenting that student and sharing what they like about them. This has been working so well and it's truly amazing to see their beautiful smiles :) In the end...who wouldn't want to be recognized for their efforts?
- We had an opportunity to meet Lorna Schultz Nicholson, author of the Pucker books! She was full of energy and even crawled around on the floor when explaining all her characters from the books.

What did we do all week? Just take a look!

Math: We practised addition and subtraction with various manipulative and tools.






We combined art and mathematics and learned about symmetrical and asymmetrical objects. We learned about the line of symmetry and created beautiful artwork. These lessons also tied into our fractions unit.









The shop continues to be a big hit in the classroom. Students now have to earn coins for free choice throughout the week. On Friday, everyone gets free play!



In Science, we have been discussing parts of a plant and the problem behind the bee decline. Students had an opportunity to examine a real bees nest.

May 15-19

Leader: Rory
Mon. May 15- library, reading with a parent
Tues. May 16- health, parent volunteer needed for reading.
Wed. May 17- reading buddies, physed
Thurs. May 18- computers, music
Fri. May 19- physed
Mon. May 22- Victoria Day (no school)

                               Happy Mother's Day!



News/Reminders:
* LKS is collecting used children's books. Please drop off unwanted books in the box in front of the classroom. Thank you.

 

* We have two trips coming up. Please sign and return both permission forms.
May 24th- Young People's Theatre (1 volunteer)
June 8- Outdoor Field Studies (2 volunteers)
We will choose volunteers out of a hat. Thank you in advance!

* Please send in any old maps for our social studies unit.

* New spelling words: https://www.spellingcity.com/furczona/

What did we do all week?
- We watched a drama performance in Ms. Zappi's class.
- We planted flowers with parent volunteers.
- We picked up garbage outside in the field.
- We continued to learn about fractions.
- We learned about various addition/subtraction strategies through number talks.
- We played skip counting games.
- We discussed characteristics and needs of living things.
- We continued to work on our stories.
- We worked on our community.
- We explored word work centres.

May 8-12

LEADER: Santino
day 1- Mon. May 8: visiting Ms. Zappi's class for drama presentations, library
day 2- Tues. May 9: health, Ms. Furczon is away all day (Ms. Martina will be teaching)
day 3- Wed. May 10: planting with Sam's mom and Malena's mom, reading buddies, physed
day 4- Thurs. May 11: computers, music
day 5- Fri. may 12: physed

News/Reminders:
- Please ensure that your child brings proper running shoes for gym class.
- We had a fire drill practice which went very smoothly. The children knew exactly what to do!
- We are going on a field trip on June 8th to the Etobicoke Field Studies Centre. I have chosen the Earth's Treasures program. The permission forms will be sent out next week. I will need volunteers which will be pulled out of a hat. Thank you in advance.

Math:
We began our fractions unit. Students learned about equal shares and cut chocolate chip cookies into halves. They shared 1/2 of their cookie with a friend.

 

Students learned how to fold and cut paper in different ways in order to get 4 equal parts.

Ms. Furczon's shop is doing well !! Students are getting much faster at recognizing and counting Canadian coins. We are also using money in our pretend ice-cream shop!

 

Literacy:
This week, instead of table rotations, students had an opportunity to choose centres that they were interested in. Everyone was so engaged for 40 minutes!

 





Social Studies:
We discussed our responsibilities in the community and answered questions in small groups.

Math games and reading with our Grade 4 reading buddies. 

 

Science:
Living and nonliving things! We have an earthworm garden in our classroom- the fun never stops!