Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Here are a few reminders for parents and students in Room 3 & 4.

Homework:  Grade Four Math:  Students need to complete the first page of their math booklet for Friday.

Grade Three Math has started working on Fractions and explored how a shape could be divided into equal parts.

Room 3 continues to learn about how different pitches can be created by varying the length of wind instruments.  We created Pan Flutes made from straws measured to various lengths to create a five note scale.  We are now looking at ways we can damage and protect our hearing.

OLYMPIC School Visit

Our school has been selected to participate in Olympic  School visits as part of the 2014 Celebration of Excellence. 

The Canadian Olympic Committee will be bringing Olympians, Paralympians and Coaches fresh off the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to the Calgary area to celebrate the Olympic Movement.

 

Our school visit will be on Thursday, June 5^th.  The Olympians will arrive about 11:10 am and share in the gym for an hour.  This presentation will go into our regular lunch time.  If your child(ren) goes home for lunch they are welcome to bring a lunch and stay on June 5^th.

 

If you would prefer to have your child go home for lunch or day care, please let your teacher know and we will dismiss them at 12:00 pm and they can return at 12:45 pm.

 

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Wednesday Updates:  Please see Tuesday's blog for additional information about what we are working on in class.


Grade Four:  Health Homework:  Please complete and return all assignments signed by your parents.
                     Math:  Decimal worksheets due on Friday.

Grade Three:  Math:  Please have your math test signed and returned by Friday

Room Three has been studying Hearing and Sound and a few students created instruments at home with their parents.  Here are a couple of samples.

All students experimented with blowing air through straws of varying length to create 4 different pitches.  The pictures shows a sample of our instruments.

Some of our students viewed a live broadcast of the NASA launch to the International Space Station
Please visit NASA's website to view a recorded version of the launch.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Congratulations to all those Vista Heights students who won a pair of inline skates in today's raffle, which were kindly donated by the Alien Inline Skating program. Please remember to always wear the wrist, knee and elbow pads provided, along with a helmet when skating.

Grade 3/4 students, please take a moment to vote for our next class novel from the Time Warp Trio series by clicking on this link and selecting your top choice.

There is a large focus on Health Studies this week. Our grade 4's are participating in an important health and life skills unit, while the grade 3's are creating their own public service announcements about the need for fitness and exercise in our lives. Speaking about fitness, all students are demonstrating their own personal commitment to exercise while learning and practicing their frisbee skills in gym this week.

Reminders:
- Grade 4's: Math homework ("Adding & Subtracting Tenths" - front and back page) due tomorrow (Wednesday)
- Grade 4's who are participating in the Health & Life Skills unit this week, please return your "Ask and Adult" interview slip and "Changes" activity sheet.

Friday, May 23, 2014

It has been a busy week for our grade 3's and 4's. We've been taking to the outdoors for daily bocce ball lessons. Please ask your child about their experience and how the game is played?

Yesterday, our kindergarten students hosted a school assembly where they shared a green-screen production about "Abiyoyo", based on Pete Seager's retelling of the African story. Miss McCune shared several musical performances they have been working on as well. All our students appreciated the commitment and effort that these young children demonstrated.

Room #4 is continuing their study of plants in science, while room #3 students further explore the science of sound and vibration.

Grade 4 students are working on decimals in math. See below their exploration of money as it relates to decimals. Grade 3's are finishing up their division unit.

Today our students completed an assessment for the French focusing on parts of the body and classroom objects.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Reminders:

- Room #3 science materials for string instruments must be brought to school for MONDAY morning. Please bring empty pop bottle (500mL or smaller).

- Grade 3 Math test Monday, May 26

- Alien Inline forms must be returned for Monday, May 26

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

We hope that everyone enjoyed their long weekend. Our students had great experiences to share this morning.

Today we had additional music practice with recorders, as our grade 6's were writing provincial tests and Miss McCune was happy to spend some time with our group.

In science today, Room #4 students began focused observations for the bean seeds they planted approximately two weeks ago. Students will be monitoring their growth, making observations, and connecting their findings to scientific learning outcomes.

In gym, we are beginning a mini-unit on bocce ball. Students will make the best of the weather by taking the game outside this week :)

Reminders:
- Grade 4 students please return signed Health & Life Skills permission form if you do NOT wish to have them participate
- Room #3 student please bring supplies tomorrow for building musical instruments
- Room #4 - new spelling words posted on Google Drive (quiz on Friday, May 23)