T.W.A.S. by Taylor P.

T.W.A.S

This week at school we had ELA. In ELA we did reading and writing we read to ourselves.  It was lots of fun. We also did writing.  It was fun too. We also did word work it was very, very fun too.

We also worked on portfolios and it was hard work and it took lots and lots of time to do them. We also made portfolios just for our art so it has its own little portfolio. We had lots of fun doing are portfolios, it was awesome!

We also had girls’ choir and boys choir we were practicing for the Christmas concert so that is why we have to go. But it is fun so it doesn’t matter that much as long as we have fun doing it then it’s okay. The people in the play had to practice for the Christmas concert it was fun to. Some of the students have their lines memorized already so that is great.

by Taylor P.

Music Video Stars!

This week the students got to be part of video making with Ms. Mitchell, our teacher librarian.  We had three bands  that each got to choose their own song to play along to.  We had very interesting choices: "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" by Leslie Gore. 

The students met with Ms. Mitchell in their groups and filmed about a two minute music video.  Students filmed from some groups with Ms. M's guidance.  On day two, the same groups met to edit their videos.  They added special effects and credits.  I watched the final product and they look great!  What a fun way to end our unit!  We look forward to sharing these videos at our Student-led Conferences this week.

T.W.A.S. by Braelyn

TWAS

Hi everybody!  Today we got a new kid.  It’s a boy his name is Devlin.  If you see him, talk to him! He’s new! 

We did gym in the library. We did cup stacking for gym. We had lots of music. The girls had choir, the boys had choir- lots of choir! We did math. We practiced subtraction strategies, mental math and problem solving.

We had indoor bussing.  The office called each bus. 29 got called when bus 3 left the bus loop. And we also did read to someone and read to self.  In French we learned to say: summer, fall, winter, and spring.

By Braelyn S.

Bullying Awareness week

This past week was Bullying Awareness week.  We recognized this by taking part in presentations, discussions, watching videos and listening to stories about bullying.  Bullying takes on many forms and our students are becoming aware of all the many bullying behaviours.  We went over physical, verbal, relational and cyber bullying and what each looks like.  We discussed what to do if you're being bullied and ways to stop a bully. The class had many positive solutions for bullying and came up with ways to stand up for themselves and for others.  They came up with safe solutions that keep them out of harms way, like coming to a trusted adult. Please take the time to talk with your student about bullying and let them share just how knowledgeable they are!  You may be surprised!

Here are some links with great information on Bullying:

Redcross.ca/Standup


Bullying.org



Do Something.org

T.W.A.S. By Brooke and Alyssa S.

T.W.A.S.

Dear parents,

This week at school we did ELA. In ELA we read for 25 to minuets. Reading is fun. We also did writing. We like to write! ELA IS FUN!!!!! 

 

In gym we did tennis. We did self-rallying. It was so fun! We’re not really the best at it. We also did it off the wall. When we hit it off the wall it goes crazy! 

 

In social studies we learned and looked for all of Canada’s 18 rivers. It was really hard! It was hard because they were so tiny on the map. We also got our tests back. I think we did well!  

By Alyssa S and Brooke S JJJJJ

Our Musical Designs!

We finished our Sound Design Projects and just wrapped up our presentations of them last week. The students put in a lot of effort and created some fantastic musical instruments! The instruments varied, we had: guitars, drums, a banjo, shakers, a tambourine, up and down whistles, maracas, water xylophones, and even chimes! It was great to see the amount of effort the students put in. They were very proud of their instruments and excited to present them to their classmates.  Great job grade fours!! Our next step to celebrate their hard work is to create fun music videos where they "play" their instruments.  Now this will be interesting!

 

T.W.A.S. by Emmy S.

  T.W.A.S   Nov 2^nd,2012 

 Dear Mom, This week at school… in ELA we were reading the best Halloween ever. It is a really good book. To celebrate the BFG book that we finished we made a BFG dream jar. The dream jar is where we write dreams and put them in the jar. We were doing word work and I gave Andrew a spelling test. He got all the words right!!!

In science we had a science test review so it can help us for our real test on Tuesday. We were handing in our science design projects. Araya already presented her guitar to the class. She did a great presentation!!

In music/choir we were singing a song called imagine.We got in to groups and practiced recorder song called skin and bones. Me, Alyssa and Hailey.B are in group together. We listened to our opening song to the concert.

Emmy  

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween celebration in our class yesterday.  The students came some with some hilarious, and some spooky, costumes!  We had a fun afternoon starting with our costume parade and ending with snacks and a movie.  We watched "The BFG" which is based on the novel by Roald Dahl.  We finished the book in class about two weeks ago.  I think we all agreed that the book had many more great details, but the movie was funny and we enjoyed it.  We all appreciated the wonderful snacks sent by some of the families in our class.  Thanks to everyone for contributing!  Check out our great costumes!
 

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