Miss Flanigan's Class

 Wow it's going to be May next week.. crazy how time flies! The grade 4's this week celebrated Earth Day by repurposing our "GOOSE" paper (Good on one side) as well as colour paper scraps into seed paper... the process was a messy one! In Math we explored angles with protractors for the first time, Dove into the final stretch for our socials presentations, and wrote a provincial writing assignment! Alberta Champions Social Studies Presentations are on Monday! If your students did not finish in class, please have them complete it over the weekend! Have a great weekend!

 Happy Short Week! Wow, can't believe we are already halfway through April!  This week students continued their Alberta Champion research, wrapped up their space unit, and explored characteristics of different shapes in geometry. Students also transitioned from daily morning edits, to daily morning word problems :) Students were introduced to their next read aloud, "James and the Giant Peach," and wrapped up persuasive writing to allow for some spring time poetry to begin soon! Reminders: -April Book Orders are due by the 22nd  https://bookclubs.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digital-catalogues Class Code: RC147808 -Alberta Champion Project Due April 26th (Only one more class to work on it, the rest will be homework) Presentations begin the first week of May. Happy Long Weekend!

 This week in grade 4 students took a deeper look at the fascinations of the eclipse we live streamed on Monday. They continued their geometry unit, and began their research for their Alberta Champions project in social studies. In music, they continued to prepare for the Thursday night concert and they did a wonderful job!! Reminders: -Scholastic orders for April are due on the 22nd -Class pictures are next week on April 18th -Gymnastics begins next week: no baggy clothing! long hair tied up, no dangly earrings or necklaces, no hoodies! -We are still looking for BIG pots or things that could be used as pots for our school indoor garden!

 Happy April and Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a great and restful Spring Break. We are officially in the last three-month stretch till Summer. Lots of work will be happening in grade 4 these next few months! This week students began their Geometry Unit with Ms. Knox as well as their Persuasive Writing Unit in ELA. They also continued learning about space, and the upcoming Solar Eclipse happening on Monday. Along with this continuing their discovery of early Alberta! As you can see in our picture, the school indoor garden is in need of some love and larger homes, if you have ANY items that could be used to house our garden plants, herbs or fruit please bring them to the school we would LOVE to take them off your hands :) Important Dates Coming Up: -April 8th Sola Eclipse (Make sure you take precautions while outside between 11:00AM and1:00 PM) -April 11th Spring Showcase: Students need to arrive at the school at 5:30 and meet in their classrooms dressed in their EMJ shirts and dark