Welcome To Grade 4

Welcome to a new school year.  We will spend the first weeks of school building community in our classroom and learning daily routines and procedures.  This week we are jumping right into all subject areas with the year-long goal of making learning both meaningful and enjoyable. 

Homework will consist primarily of reading, spelling, and basic facts. Students are expected to read at home daily for 30 minutes.  There will usually be a spelling quiz at the end of the week. Spelling lists will be given at the beginning of the week and can be found on our class e-page. In addition students will be given math basic fact sheets to practice. Your child's basic fact sheets will be sent home in a duo-tang. Students will be expected to complete one fact page a night.  The duo-tangs do not need to be sent back every day and can be checked by parents at home.  If parents prefer they can send the work back to be corrected by me daily or after all pages have been completed.  Any other homework will be communicated via email. Any other homework will be communicated via email.

Weekly Spelling List Information

Each spelling list has two parts: part one is based on a rule/pattern/exception, and the second part on high frequency words. The first ten words follow a rule/pattern/exception. The rule will be included at the beginning of each list. The next five words are high frequency words that students use in everyday life.

Students are not expected to memorize the rule, they are only responsible for the spelling of the fifteen words.

Math

Language Arts

Students are focusing on the writing process and on reading comprehension skills

Social Studies

Students are examining the geographical regions of Alberta

Science

Waste and Our World Online Project: students are exploring waste management 

Religion

Inquiry Question: How does our faith make us one?

Health 

Active Living and Healthy Relationships