Miss Ferguson's Grade 4's

As February ends we are finishing up our kindness unit. We have another busy week up ahead. Science- Students are starting to finish up their gear unit. They have been asked to keep an eye out for objects that have gears in their daily lives. Drama- Students have been practicing their drama play. Presentations have been pushed back to next Wednesday. Gym- We have started playing mini badminton games. By next week we should be playing full games. Health- Students are finishing up their kindness posters for a friend. We have also started a classroom kindness bingo. A version for home is being sent home on Friday. This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. We will be having a school mass second block. Assessment folders are also due back. Reminder phone calls will be going out Friday for any that have not been returned.

Assessment folders were sent home today. They are due back signed by Thursday February 13.

We have another short week ahead. Here's a look at what the 4's will be working on.  Science- We have our pulleys quiz on Wednesday. Students all have been given review sheets last week. If they forget them or lose them there are also copies on Hapara. We have gone over in class how to access Hapara at home and there are instructions posted a few posts down (under Art Presentation tomorrow). We will then be talking about gears the rest of the week and how they are used in our lives. Gym- We have started a unit on badminton today. Students are excited to try a sport so different than the ones that we have been doing since I started. Health- We are continuing working on our kindness project and have started kindness posters. Each student drew the name of another student and must draw a picture of their favourite things and write a sentence about what they do that is kind. Art- We are starting to work on drama this week. Wednesday we will be playing a few games to g...

The art presentation date is tomorrow. Any students who had not finished last week have been asked to finish and review the presentation at home. Some students were asking how to access their school account at home. I have provided steps to help the students access the information at home. Step 1: Go to google. Step 2: In the top right corner click on the bubble to sign in. Step 3: Sign in using school log in (school email/password). Step 4: Click on the grid of dots beside the letter in the top right corner. Step 5: Open Drive to access Slides. Students will also be able to go to the student portal at this point. I have included a link at the bottom of this post. There students can access Hapara where all the information is for their project. The students have been encouraged to practice in front of their families tonight for practice. https://sites.google.com/a/ocsbstudent.ca/k-6/

There were a few students who didn't finish their health work in class today. Those students will be bringing their yellow duotang home this weekend to finish the two pages. The first page the students need to cut out and glue or write which scenario goes with which type of bullying. The next page the students colour in the type of bullying the scenarios represent. Attached I have the squares for the first page in case any went missing during the transportation. I have also attached the definition of each type of bullying to assist with the work.

This week we have a short but busy week in the grade 4 class. Art- Wednesday is our last day to work on our Artist project in class before they are due next week. Presentations are next Wednesday and all information is on Hapara. Any work not done by Wednesday becomes homework. Science- This week we are researching pulley systems. Students will be choosing one of their choice to research on Wednesday and write about. Gym- We are starting Handball this week. It was a game not many students are familiar with. After our first day they are loving learning the rules. It helps when there's a magic number (3) that fits in to all the rules. Health- We are continuing our Kindness Project and discussing anti-bullying and online safety. The students have done a great job reviewing tips on how to stay safe online. The Kindness Project is about halfway done now. Once all students have had a chance to complete it I will be printing off the photos for students to take home.

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Today we welcomed back the students and it was great to see their smiling faces. A new year means new projects are getting started in our morning class. Gym- We have just started our new floorball unit. Students are very excited to play the closest sport we have to hockey this year! Health- We started a Kindness Project in our class today. As your child how we are showing kindness to other students in our class. We started with two students today and will be doing two more every Health class. We will also be focusing on cyber-bullying and how to be safe online. Science- This week we will be starting our pulley and gears unit. Students have been asked to start thinking about where we see pulleys and gears in our everyday lives. Art- Students will be starting an Artist research project on Wednesday. All information for this project will be found on Hapara. Students will have 3 classes to work on their projects. Any w...