LANGUAGE

(Ms. Khilnani)

Writing:  Students will continue their cumulative writing assignments. Students have completed two poems and will now complete a short story to be assessed.  

Students will continue their year-long journal writing format and participate in the weekly activities.

Students will also continue their penmanship this week as well.

Reading: We will continue the novel this week, A Fish in the Tree. Students will continue with comprehension questions, vocabulary and lessons that enhance reading.

Students will also be introduced to the article of the week which we will continue for the duration of the school year. Students need the opportunity to become familiar with a variety of text formats.

Grammar: Students will continue with capitalization and punctuation.

Spelling: Students will take part in spelling activities.

We will have a spelling test on Monday and Friday.

MATHEMATICS

(Ms. Khilnani)

This week, students will continue to work in the Saxon textbook and in their notebooks. This week, we will move on to Lesson 54-58. We will continue with the format of speed math and mental math as warm-ups.

And the fun part: students will continue with Prodigy. Students are able to play prodigy at home if they like.

SOCIAL STUDIES

(Ms. Khilnani)

Students have been introduced to the new concept of PBL,and have penned introductions to a First Nations class in Churchill, Manitoba. We will continue learning about the Inuit

SCIENCE

(Ms. Khilnani)

Students will continue their second unit in Science. We will finish the unit on Light this week and students will complete an informational poster on everything they know about Light..

Media Arts

(Mrs. Grovum)

Students will explore literature from the Holidays and use the Library Learning Centres.

VISUAL ART

(Ms. James)

This week students will continue to work on their cubism inspired Art projects! They will use different colours and shapes to create their own unique piece.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

(Mr. Fretz)

Students will be taking part in modified volleyball skills this week.  They will participate in a game called “bound ball” to learn proper foot movement and positioning.   Students will also take part in cooperative games to earn points for their House (Torrin, Malliag, Kyleakin).  

MUSIC

(Mr. Kudera)

• Instrumental

  • There will be no instrumental class this week.  However, students should continue to practice pages 9 and 10 in Recorder Karate.

• Choral

  • Nuttin’ for Christmas

  • Come Rejoicing!

• Theory

  • The students will learn the layout of a keyboard and identify the white keys.

HEALTH &     PEOPLE SKILLS

(Mr. Fretz)

Students will be taking part in the Personal Safety and Injury Prevention unit.  Students will learn about the safe use of technology as well as bullying. They will identify positive as well as negative aspects of technology in their lives.

FRENCH

(Mme. Israil)

We will be introduced to IR verbs. Grade 4s will learn christmas celebrations around the world.

DRAMA

(Mrs. Massaro)

We will work on our Shakespeare play.

COMPUTERS

(Mr. Kudera)

The students will participate in Hour of Code and continue their keyboarding drills.