Traditionally the grade 4 students would have an opportunity to walk over to Riverview School to meet with the principal, vice principal and the grade 5 teachers. This year we had to change our plans a bit but we were still able to meet Mrs. Kehoe, Mr. Coffin and have a virtual tour of Riverview School. The grade 4 students also wrote friendly letters to the current grade 5 students, who will be responding to answer all of our questions.

This week we completed:

Weekend Update - we learned how to include a link in our post

Talk About it Tuesday - Changing Alberta's Capital

WeSearch Wednesday - National Dolphin Day

Text Talk Thursday - National Titanic Remembrance Day

Find it Friday - Toy Shopping

Please check out our class blog to see your child's writing.

This week we read upside down in the poem "Oops!" from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Then the students created their own poem about Shel in the tree, starting at the bottom of the page and working up. We also read "Fear" from A Light in the Attic and then students replaced the nouns and verbs to create their own version of Shel's signature style. On Wednesday, we read "Everything On It" and completed individual drawings with the craziest hot dog toppings we could think of.

XtraMath is our daily math fact practice. The students should be on the multiplication level at this point.

If your child is still on addition or subtraction, please have them practice these facts nightly.

Mathletics is a comprehensive online learning tool with lessons and activities specifically aligned to the Alberta math curriculum. Your child has been assigned activities that align to the lessons taught in class. Please have your child spend some time at home to complete these activities.

This week we continued working on our Decimals unit in math. The following outcomes were covered:

• ordering fractions and decimals

• adding and subtracting tenths

We also completed a decimals check-in quiz.

We spent some time on Blooket practicing what we have learned in class. We completed Ordering Tenths Decimals. Make sure you login to Blooket before clicking the link to access the Ordering Tenths Decimals game. This game is really good practice of the concepts we are focusing on in class.

The students were so excited to complete a Digital Escape Room this week! They were challenged with 4 fraction and decimal clues to unlock and escape. The students were given 2 lifelines to use (support from Mrs. Delbridge, Miss Wold or Mrs. Tewitz). This was definitely a fun way to review what they have been learning in class.