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3/4G April Newsletter
Important Dates to Remember
April 4th – Rainbow Dress up Day /Early Dismissal 2:20 p.m.
April 9th- Class Pictures
April 10th- Art Walk 5-7 p.m.
April 15th –deadline to order May hot lunch
April 18th- Bake Sale $0.50
April 20th - No School- Professional Development Day
April 25th- Popcorn Sale/Pitch in Week- School yard clean up
THANK YOU!!!
I would like to thank all the parents who attended a student-
led conference with their son or daughter. I hope you
enjoyed participating in a few activities with your child.
INFORMATION
Extra Clothes
As the snow begins to melt we experience a lot of students
coming in wet/muddy from the water after recess. It would
be helpful if you could send in an extra pair of socks and
pants for your child that they can keep in their locker for
such incidents.
School supplies/headphones/shoes
Some students have run out of school supplies. Please check
with your child to see what they may need. Please check with
them if they require new laces or new shoes as many have
grown out of them and/ or are starting to get holes in them.
Please make sure their headphones are still at school/working as we
use them on a regular basis.
The following is an overview of the main areas we will focus on
throughout April.
Language Arts:
We will be working on the daily 5 program and continuing to
add more CAFÉ strategies to our board this month to
improve our comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expanding
our vocabulary. In our phonics books we will be working on
bossy r words and prefixes. The grade 4’s will also be
working on poetry writing and reading this month. The grade
3’s will be finishing up their fairy tales unit.
Reading:
We will be starting a novel study in mid-April. The students
will be reading different novels based on their reading levels.
Some of the novels will include Charlotte’s Web, Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. We
will be working on several activities based on the books while
working on our comprehension, word study and reading skills.
Writing Students will continue working on the six traits of writing and this
month we will be working on word choice. We will be working on
changing boring words, adding powerful verbs, using clues to
figure out the meaning of words based on the context and
adding sensory details.
Math
This month the grade 3’s will be starting with a short unit on Fractions.
Students will find equal parts of a whole, use fractions to describe
parts of a whole, represent fractions of a whole using concrete
materials, pictures, and symbols and compare fractions with the same
denominators. Then we will be working on Multiplication & Division.
They will be working on modelling multiplication and division up to 5 x 5,
finding strategies to multiply and divide up to 5 x 5 and posing and
solving story problems involving multiplication and division.
The grade 4’s will begin April by working on long division which we
started before spring break. Then our next unit will be Fractions
and Decimals. The students will be modeling, comparing and ordering
fractions and mixed numbers, exploring and modeling tenths and
hundredths as decimals, comparing and ordering decimals, adding
and subtracting decimals and adding and subtracting money.
Science
Our new unit in grade 3 is Rocks and Minerals. Students will learn about
materials found on Earth’s surface—rocks,
minerals and soil. By closely examining sample
rocks, students discover similarities and
differences and explore these, using simple
tests and tools. Students learn that each kind
of rock has a set of characteristics and that
these characteristics can be used in classifying and identifying
rocks. In studies of soil, students discover that the component
materials include rock fragments and remains of living things, and
that different soils have different compositions. Students learn that
the characteristics of rock and soil are important to their use within
the community.
The grade 4’s will be working on our new unit Waste in our
World. Students learn about wastes produced through natural
processes and human technology. In studying natural systems,
students learn that all plants, animals and other living things are made
up of materials that are recycled through the environment again
and again. In studying human consumption and wastes, students
identify wastes produced within their community and learn the
methods used for disposal. They learn that some waste
materials are biodegradable, that some are reusable, and that
others are toxic. They learn that personal action in reducing,
reusing and recycling materials can help decrease the waste we
accumulate.
Social Studies
We are on to our next country of study in grade 3…. Tunisia! This
month we will look at where is Tunisia located, the quality of life in
Tunisia, their customs, traditions and celebrations, the services
they have and the how people work together in Tunisia.
In grade 4 we will be working on the fur trade and early settlement of
Alberta. We will be looking at why was the fur trade important and
what made early settlers want to come to what is now Alberta?
WEBSITES to use for extra practice
Spelling City- a great website to practice spelling words
http://www.spellingcity.com/galenza
The Black Gold Engaging Students website
http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/
Students can then click on ECS/Div 1 and then choose from
Science 3, Social 3, Math 3 or Language Arts 3. The grade 4’s
would select Div II.
www.storybird.com Writing stories, poems and math problems
https://xtramath.org/#/home/index-Practicing basic facts
The students are familiar with each of these. There are excellent
math games; science activities, social projects, as well as great listen
to reading websites, spelling and writing activities.
Students are reminded to READ, READ, READ!
(Be sure to record the minutes read in their agendas ☺)
Ms. Galenza
Jersey Day!
Building our Leprechaun traps with our 1/2J Buddies
Practicing the art of oral storytelling