We are pleased to have our student teacher from University of Ottawa, Ms. Erum, joining us full time starting tomorrow.
Language: We will look at synonyms this week. This was on our schedule for last week but the students enjoyed prefixes and suffixes so much we pushed synonyms to this week.
Math: We will explore a variety of strategies to add multi-digit numbers. Grade threes will add two digit numbers using mental strategies and three digit numbers using concrete materials and a variety of other strategies. Grade fours will do the same with four digit numbers.
Homework:         grade 3 and 4 homework

The students asked me to add this fun game to our blog so they can play at home.

Math:  We will continue to look at numbers represented in different ways this week. We will use base ten blocks and written words in more detail when dealing with numbers.
Language: We will look at compound words more closely this week, as well as looking at synonyms.
Homework: Each student brought home some religion/family life homework to be completed with parents. Please have this work returned to the school for Thursday. In addition to this, please see grade 3 and grade 4 homework.

Math:  We will explore representing numbers in different ways. Grade 4s will deal with numbers up to 10 000 and grade 3s with numbers up to 1000. This video explains numbers represented in expanded form.
Language:  We are finished with narrative writing and will begin to look at the main idea of written texts. This is information that would change the story greatly if it was not included. It is the most important thought or idea in a writing piece. Supporting details are information used to provide more information about the main idea.
Homework: Homework will come home on paper this week.

Please have your child wear red and/or black tomorrow, if possible, for our Remembrance Day service.

Math: As we continue to explore Data Management, we will look at many to one correspondence on graphs.  For example, a legend or key which shows one pumpkin represents 5 trick or treaters. Students will continue to answer questions about data and take a closer look at other types of graphs such as pie graphs. 
Language: We are finishing narrative writing stories this week. We will then begin identifying the main idea in writing pieces.
Homework:          grade 3 homework           grade 4 homework