Happy new school year everyone! Welcome to the grades 3 and 4 blog!
If you are receiving an email notification about this blog and you are from my last year's grade 4, you can unsubscribe by scrolling down to the bottom of the email and clicking "unsubscribe".
Welcome to parents of grade 3 and 4 students! Thank you for checking out the blog.  All information about classroom happenings will be communicated through the blog. Please register through the blog to receive email notifications to ensure you don't miss one exciting piece of information from our classroom.
You are probably aware that we have two lovely furry pet guinea pigs in the class. The students are very excited to have them in the classroom. Students are welcome to bring treats from home for the guinea pigs. I will be drawing names each day for students to bring in vegetables for the guinea pigs if they choose. This way it will ensure the guinea pigs won't eat too much and students won't be disappointed if they can't feed them.
We have flexible seating in the classroom. This means students are welcome to choose their own seat each day. There is a standing table available for work as well as table space in the hall. Classroom teachers, of course, always have the last say about work partners or seating.
Most homework and all information about upcoming areas of study will be communicated to you through the blog. Homework can be done and submitted online. If you have any questions at all about the homework, please let me know. It is important that students do homework as it gives me information about how much time we need to spend on an area of study. It also may give students practice in areas that may not be addressed in detail in class. Please see the first homework posted at the right side of the blog.
Please see the updates below:
Math: We are spending time reviewing counting (by 5s, 25s, etc.backward and forward) using 100 charts and number lines and will be moving onto place value next.
Language: We have been looking at visualization as a comprehension tool and creating a descriptive word list. We will work on writing powerful sentences next week.
Visual arts: We are exploring lines and dots to create pieces of art.
Science:  Grade 3s  will be looking at Soil. Grade 4s are looking at Rocks and Minerals.