Friday, March 15

 Hello families!

What fun we have been having this week! Students have been learning about levers and other simple machines and created a catapult this week! Here is a sneak peak before student led conferences!

Our reading groups have been off to a great start! Students have been placed in groupings and given reading tasks as we work on our understanding of reading (comprehension). You can help out with reading comprehension at home by asking your child questions about what they are reading, who the main character is, if they find any similarities or differences with the main character and themselves, a summary of the story, etc.

In math we are exploring our understanding of area and perimeter, by creating tiny houses! (some for the sneaky leprechauns!) We continue to focus on learning and solidifying strategies for large number multiplication and division and basic facts. Please continue to support your child at home as they master their basic facts (it really helps!!)

Chinook has a new member! Please welcome our new pre-service teacher, Ms. Gruenhauge. She will be working with Ms. Turner and teaching in small group and whole class activities. She will be with us until mid April. We are so excited to have her in the class with us!

Next week are student led conferences. Please sign up for a time on Thursday evening or Friday (times go live Saturday). This is a great time to come to the school WITH your child as they explain what they have learned and connections they have made by showing evidence of their learning throughout the year.

Important Dates:

Student Led Conferences Thurs, March 21 and Fri, March 22

Spring Break Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, March 31

Welcome to our Scholastic Book Fair! 

Wednesday Mar 20 to Fri Mar 22 

 

What?  

Student purchases during school and family purchases during parent conferences, for students, please help your child by sending their money in a baggie or envelope with their first and last name on it in their backpack, not on their person.  Wondering how much things cost?  The average book is $8.00 to $17.00 and bookmarks/erasers/pencils/gadgets start at $1.00 and go up to about $17.00 for diaries. Debit and Credit is accepted. 

For those wishing to surprise their child with purchases or gift them at a later date, please e-mail our school librarian at blcarde@cbe.ab.ca and she will arrange for you to pick up your order in the office.  

Where?  

EHS Learning Commons  

When?  

Student Purchases: during school hours on Wed. and Thu.  

Family Purchases: Thu. 4:15 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday: 8:15 AM to 12:15 PM during conferences. 

Why?  

Scholastic Book Fairs promote literacy and support our Learning Commons by rewarding EHS with a percentage of all sales in books.  

 

For more information email our librarian Bobbi at  blcarde@cbe.ab.ca, or call 403-560-7595.  

Friday, March 8th

This week, all Grade 3/4 classes participated in swimming programming! We want to say a huge thank you to all parent volunteers who came to the pool to support with these special days. Students showed courage each day at the pool, as they pushed themselves to try new things and experiment with new skills. Everyone had a blast! 

At school, we have been creating a collection of our recent learning to share with you during conferences on March 21 and 22. More details to follow in the coming weeks. In Math, we have also been continuing with basic fact practice and other strategies, such as box method or lattice method, to multiply multi-digit numbers. 

Today is International Women's Day. Students honoured inspiring women and girls this week by reading stories, creating art, and learning about strong women in history and in their own lives. 

Next week, our new round of targeted literacy groups begin. Students will be working in small, focused reading groups each day (M-Th) to practice their fluency and comprehension when reading fiction and non-fiction texts.

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the upcoming mild weather! 

Friday, March 1st

Our Swimming Program begins on Monday!

In math, we have been working on different strategies for multiplication and division. Please continue to help your child become successful at mastering their facts. (gr 3 - up to 10 x10 and gr 4 - up to 12 x 12). In inquiry we continued on with exploring simple machines, In social studies, we are learning began our independent research project.

During our learning this week our theme was kindness, respect, friendship and anti-bulying. We did many activities that ranged from drawing a buffalo as a symbol of respect. We focused on positive quotations and how we understand them and connect them to our own lives. We wrote a letter to a bully or a victim of a bully as we learned about how Pink Shirt Day came to be. We learned the story and then put ourselves in the "victim's" shoes and wrote a letter to express our thoughts. We also had a virtual author's visit from Monique Gray Smith, an indigenous author who wrote My Heart Fills with Happiness, You Hold Me Up and When We are Kind!