Hello my friends....

Wow!  It is Thursday already.

By the time you see this blog I will have added you to our Google Classroom. 

I have also sent your guardians or parents an email of our Google Classroom code and your EDU email address. 

Check out that email and explore a little.  You can even do the Friday Check-in! 

Remember we have our first Google Meet at 9:00 Friday morning (that is tomorrow).  I will be there a little bit before! 

Starting Monday, April 3rd Google Classroom will be where most of our teaching and learning together will take place.

~'See" you soon Fantastic Fours :)

Thinking Thursday!

Hey...you came back!  Thank you!  

Get your thinking, growth mindset. Math brain ready....

Think back, waaaaay back to yesterday and your typical day artwork.  Did you know that artwork is actually a pie graph and includes fractions.  Take this artwork and look at the parts of your day.  THEN CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THIS TASK.  You can 'make a copy' in docs and do it online or your can print/take photo and upload. 

Once you are done the Fraction Math work, please upload your learning evidence here!  Please complete your math in whatever way is easiest for you right now.  Once we have Google Classroom and with a little more practice, this should be easier!

Remember, please expect a link or code to sign into our new Google Classroom Meet (live virtual class chat) for Friday, April 3rd at 9:00 am!  Make sure you comb your hair and brush your teeth, as this might be the first time we have seen each other since a few weeks back.  By participating in this live session you will have the chance to ask questions and catch up with your classmates!

First Day of April (aka April Fools' Day....did you trick someone with a prank?).

Happy April Everyone!

Thanks to those of you who did the tasks from yesterday.  No joke!  I looked at the jokes and shared them with my family.  They laughed a lot and groaned a little.  A joke is always a wonderful way to start the day.  Also, thank you for your Spring Acrostic poems.  I have looked at them and I am impressed with your writing (you still got it)!

I did notice that some of our friends haven't had the chance to share yet.  If you are chatting or gaming with them, can you please remind them to check our blog for some learning opportunities?

As promised....here is my read aloud, thanks to Houghton Mifflin Company Boston!  Did you correctly guess the animal that book was about?  If you guessed, SLOTHS, you were right.  :)

Score One for the Sloths 

written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

1. Thank you for listening!  It seems a little strange to read to a camera and not you guys. At least this is an alternate way to continue our learning together.  Now, I want you to think about the sloths in their PJs and their typical day of learning.  Is it the same or different than your typical day?  I bet a little of both!  Please click here for your after reading task.  You might want to get some crayons, a pencil, eraser and possibly print out this page (give your eyes a break from screens)!  Try to finish this in about an hour.  If you focus, that should be about the right amount of time.  You could even do a 1/2 hour and then have a little break and then continue for another half hour until you are done.  BE SURE TO SAVE THIS ARTWORK WHEN YOU ARE DONE, YOU NEED IT FOR TOMORROW! 

2. When you are finished you can upload to Google Docs or take a photo, then upload it or even email it to Mrs. Ross at kaross@cbe.ab.ca.  Here's the link where you can put your finished work  (click this link).  I can't wait to see what your day is looking like these days!  You could even keep this for a time capsule about these strange days lately!  BE SURE TO SAVE THIS ARTWORK WHEN YOU ARE DONE, YOU NEED IT FOR TOMORROW! 

Terrific Tuesday!

Hello Grade 4 Students and Families!

It was so nice talking to you on the phone yesterday.  Thank you for making time to talk to me. I was thrilled to hear what you have been up to and that some of you have been learning new life skills like: baking, doing chores, going for walks at a social distance, reading and completing some things I posted for you on our blog.  Thank you for keeping in touch by sending emails, photos and adding to our Google Docs folder! For some of you, I couldn't reach you by phone, so I sent guardians an email.  Thanks for your repsonses, if you have responded.  Students, I will look at your March book reports later!  I can't wait to see them.

Update....due to technical issues my read aloud will come on Thursday!  Hint: it has to do with an animal some of us might have been acting like these past two weeks!  Stay tuned.....

Thanks for your patience!  

Here is a little video to make you chuckle (hopefully)! 

Your LEARNING for today should equal about an hour!  So start at number 1 and work down to task number 4 or whatever number you get to in an hour, unless you are engaged and enjoying your learning!  

1) Invent, think, create, find Spring jokes and add them to our folder in Google Docs: SPRING JOKES March 31st.  Remember to include your name!  I have started the shared document for us. 

ADD YOUR SPRING JOKES BY CLICKING HERE 

(suggested time 10 minutes)

2) Write an ACROSTIC poem for Spring.  I have a sample done for you! 

(suggested time 30 minutes)

• If you want to type it, you will need to make a new Google Doc (use the + sign in the top left) and give it the title ________________'s(your name on the line) SPRING ACROSTIC poem.  
• Alternatively to get some 'hand exercise' and practice your penmanship, you could use pencil and paper, then take a photo and upload it to the Google Docs folder that we share.  Just make sure you include your name.

CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD YOUR SPRING ACROSTIC POEM! 

3) If you have time, practice your MULTIPLICATION BASIC FACTS with a CARD GAME (Unicorn, Math Multiplication War).  If you need to work on your own, print off this (click the following link)  multiplication bingo card  and grab some dice and some buttons or beans or pasta and try to fill the bingo card! 

(suggested time 20 minutes)

4) Finish your March Book Review.  Before Spring Break, at the beginning of March you were to read a book and complete an online book review.  I have shared the template in Google Docs here  and even done a sample for you.  If you haven't been reading and aren't done.....then take a DEEP BREATH and JUST READ for 30 minutes of adventures for your brain!  

(suggested time 1hour or so.....depends because some of you have been working on it during your time off already.  The DUE DATE has been extended until Monday, April 6th).