Hello All,

What a GREAT night, last night turned out to be!

I will send out individual pics to each family if I have a shot of your child. No pun intended. 

In Math, we continued with more coding exercises and started some work on our measuring/area unit. The kids will not be assessed on coding before the break. Once in a while the students get a chance to compete via math card games to keep their skills flowing.

Next week we have a field trip to the Science and Technology Museum, where we get to explore and have a 90 minute hands-on lesson in how pulleys, ropes and gears work. We are so lucky to have this resource here in Ottawa!

Hello All,

Lots and Lots going on. Kids are progressing well on their dioramas. This a great activity to recount the novels’ themes, character traits, plots, and settings. It also works on their collaboration, planning, leadership, critical thinking and many others skills.

In math, we explored the various ways coding impacts us, teaches us, and how we actually can create virtual settings using coding.

NO STRESS HOMEWORK, if they do not know something have them come and see me about it.

On a rare occasion students were able to play a NASA Mars Rover game. Where they needed to use input code and the yes of angles to explore the surface of Mars. INPUT —-> OUTPUT

Here is the link if you want to see for yourself.

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/explore-mars/en/

Upcoming:

Scholastic Book Fair

4/5 Night Out.  Please make sure you filled out the venue’s waiver form!

Field Trip to The Science and Tech Museum Dec 9

Hello All,

Can you believe next week is the last week of November AND it is only a four day school week. PD on Friday November 28th.

My apologies for some minor glue gun burns … at least the paint is washable. The kids are asking every morning, “are we working on our dioramas today?”

See progress photos below.

We had our 1st Math quiz this week and although I was challenging them with some harder questions, they all responded well with great marks overall. All results went home in backpacks on Tuesday.

As seen by email, we are excited about our Grade 4/5 Night Out and kids are beaming with the chance to take out the EX-Military Officer! {I am retired and older/slower :)} Please fill out the Google doc and the waiver.

This past week we also started Reading Buddies with the kindergarten class. It was such a positive mitzvah.

In Social Studies, we had a chance to further explore the artifacts on loan from the History Museum of Canada. Students selected an artifact and are creating presentations to share with fellow classmates.

On Thursday, we had the pleasure of having author Anne Dublin speak to the grade 4 and grade 5 students. Thank you Brigitte for setting this up!

As a fun collaboration and critical thinking exercise, I gave the students a list of potential items they needed to survive on an island. Individually, each student could only pic 5 items. Then in pairs they had to agree on only 5 items from their combined lists. And yes, the next stage was deciding amongst groups of five what were the most important items to grab.

NEXT WEEK: Dress down day is Thursday – donations going to The Canadian Hero Fund something dear to my heart. ♥

Photos of diorama work…

Hello All,

Over the past week we have had some CAT 4 testing, Grade 4 Reset Workshop, Remembrance Day, oh and winter started.

Yesterday we also had the great pleasure to to have a Shinshinim group visiting from Montreal and of course Israel.

Planning has started for our Dioramas. With that… learning how to work with other group members. A VERY important life skill!

We have a math quiz on Monday, kids are ready but here is a link to the homework as another method for review.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19brAXIOyIqmFSHVMTaDySyB0RsZFI7H9amQSzIOzzbM/edit?tab=t.0

Now that we have regular homework going home, all students have their agenda/homework pouches. This is confirmed and should be in their backpacks every day. Homework is written in their agenda and is posted on the homework board.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fz_UxWXCRoG4z-_CAAjaXxs3Ej8wUJ2viSE-OoTniAI/edit?gid=775329958#gid=775329958

SAVE THE DATE!! Grade 4/5 Night Out happening Dec 4th from 6-8. Poster below.

KIPPAHS – KIPPAHS – KIPPAHS Boys need kippahs, the office are or will be charging students $1/ kippah. Some students are going to the office many days a week.

Hello All,

It was so great to see all of you. For those families who did not see you child’s SMART Goals, we will have them shared with you over the next week.

We held our Kindness and Friendship workshop with Quinn.

Both classes watch a short video on Why We Remember, as part of our up coming Remembrance Day ceremony next week. The kids cut out poppies and shared a personal message on the back of each before adding them to the Grade 4 Wreath that we have been building for a few years.

In Social Studies after a successful map test, the class got to explore with a hands-on approach many artifacts on loan from the Canadian Museum of History. Over the next two weeks students will pick and research what the artifacts represent in our Canadian History.

In a crossover between science and ELA will are starting the planning phase of the much anticipated diorama displays. We will be planning, collecting and building over the coming weeks.

Friday Nov 14th 2 pm Dismissal.

Hello All,

If you have noticed, the rains came and now Ottawa can start getting its snow.

Today we started the CAT 4 testing and will continue next week and end on Nov 10th.

Science test results went home today and please ask your student how it went as it was our first in grade 4 general studies.

We have completed the SMART Goals and we can’t wait to share with you either at conferences or at home in the near future.

In ELA we have completed several reading exercises and a See, Think, Wonder exercise that had a baseball themed picture.

We will be collecting items for our Wild Robot / Habitat diorama project. Looking for old small animal figurines that align with the novel.

Example of animals and size

Social Studies – we have completed their food maps of Canada and are now working in pairs on researching the physical regions that provide so much for us here in Canada. Map Test Wed Nov 5th!

Hello All,

Well, we finally made it to 5 days a week.

As we settle back into a normal routine we have been able to work on our academics at a faster pace.

In Math we will be having homework packets and starting our quizzes and testing. No date set.

We started a review in our Habitat review in science. Test date: Oct 30. As this is their first test in general studies I show them exactly what the test will look like to reduce stress.

In Social Studies we are at the point to have our first map testing. It is on provinces, territories and capitals. They will have practice sheets to take home next week to work on. Test in early Nov.

All the grade 4 students have been working very hard on creating SMART Goals that are relevant for this school year!

Next Friday is a Dress Down Day with donations going to Biking for Bubbies.

Hello All,

We had a great Sukkah Hop Day, although it was a little chilly!

I hope you all enjoy one last stretch of quality family time over the coming holidays. Upon our return, we will settle back into our regular flow. When we get back, we will continue building on all that we have started academically, as well as our in-class and in-school behaviours and respect for others.

As we finish up our Habitat unit with the last few presentations, the students will have a review and then a quiz around the 23rd or 24th.

In Math, we will also be ramping up for our first quiz/test. I will be working with each student to reduce any possible stress.

As it gets colder, students are reminded that they cannot wear jackets or non-OJCS hoodies in class.

Parents of boys, please ensure your child has a kippah or spare kippot.

Hello All,

I hope you all had a meaning Yom Kippur.

On Monday, Mrs. Thompson came in for the first workshop on safe technology use in Grade 4. The students learned about the security systems in place for them at school, how that might impact their tech use at home, and what important rules they need to follow online. We also discussed what makes a good password, and gave the students the opportunity to change theirs. Please ask them about it, as some students still needed help picking one that was secure, but also easily remembered. If you have any further questions, please reach out.

Although it was another short week the kids were able to complete their habitat presentation and we only have a couple left to present.

On Tuesday our classroom had a colourful orange glow about as we acknowledge the harms of Residential schools and how we all are part of the healing.

In Social Studies, we have been studying the regions of Canada through food that is planted, grown, harvested, or captured.

Shabbat shalom

Hello All,

Missed getting my post out last week as I was out sick on Friday.

While we’ve been celebrating the holidays, the Grade 4 students have continued learning with enthusiasm!

In math, we’ve been working on rounding numbers, and the students reached a point where they were ready for a fun, full-class online challenge. In science, we’ve been busy preparing our habitat presentations. Students are working in pairs and will present their projects to their classmates later this week.

Both classes have also begun reading The Wild Robot as part of our class novel study—what an amazing book!

As our Grade 4s grow more comfortable using laptops and their Google accounts, we’re excited to have a special workshop with Mrs. Thompson today to support their digital learning.

Tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day, where we wear orange to show our support and understanding of the injustices shown to our Canadian Indigenous peoples.