Mrs. Penner's Grade Fours 2025-2026

 Good afternoon,  Here are some highlights from last week: Math: We focused on Geometry and Angles. So far we've done a review of polygons (sides, angles, vertices), and geometric properties. Then we learned about angles (acute, obtuse, right and straight) and their relationships and how to use a protractor to measure angles. We also learned about complementary and supplementary angles. Ask your child if they can explain all of this to you! Literacy: We focused on synonyms and antonyms. We learned a bit more about poetry. We practiced our quick writes. Ask your child how many words they were able to write in 15 minutes.  Social Studies: We learned about the Fathers of Confederation. So far we have learned about Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George Etienne-Cartier. Next week we will learn more about George Brown.  We have been working on some artwork for our Grade 4 Farewell, which will be held next Friday, June 19 at 11:00am until 11:45am.  Please return ALL lib...

 Good afternoon,  Reminder: Next week we will begin Alien In-line Skating again. Our skate days are: Tuesday June 9, Wednesday June 10 and Monday June 15. Here are some highlights of our week: Math: We finished our study of fractions, percentages, and decimals. We brought home our finished work booklet to study for our test on Monday June 8. Our Mad Minutes this week were simplifying fractions.  Literacy: We finished practicing our poem for the volunteer tea and recorded it to show the parents. We learned about homophones. Homophones are two (or more) words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings. For example: blue, blew, sail, sale, bear, bare, deer, dear, by, buy, bye, there, their, they're.  We learned how to write couplets. Couplets are two line poems, each line has to have the same amount of syllables and they rhyme at the end. For example: I love the rain, but it's a pain.  In Daily Five, we did quick writes. We write for 15 minutes ...

 Good afternoon,  ** For next week: On Tuesday June 2, we will be going on a community walk to Fish Creek Park with our Indigenous Elder, Hal Eagletail. It will take about 40 minutes to walk there, and 40 minutes to walk back. Please be sure that your child has appropriate footwear, sunscreen, a water bottle, and appropriate clothing for the weather.  **On Wednesday June 3, we will be going to the Zoo. Again, please ensure your child is dressed appropriately.  Thank you for reading our classroom blog. Here are some highlights of our week: Math: - we practiced converting fractions to decimals and vice versa - we played Blooket to practice converting fractions and decimals - we practice simplifying fractions daily in our Mad Minutes Literacy: - we practiced plurals. For example, if a word ends with y, drop the y and add ies.  - we learned a poem and have been practicing presenting it for the volunteer tea - we've practiced our typing skills using Dance Mat Typing ...

 Good afternoon,  We enjoyed our community walk today. From now until the end of the year, since the weather is nicer, we may go for community walks from time to time. If you have plans to pick your child up early from school, or bring them late, please be sure to let us know so we can ensure your child is not on a walk at that time.  Here are some highlights from our week: Wellness: We have spent time learning about personal responsibility and respect.  We learned about the four steps to accepting consequences for our actions (positive and negative) 1. Say "Thank you" if you are being rewarded. 2. If you get in trouble, say "okay" in a calm voice and don't argue. 3. If you feel upset, use a preferred calming tool. 4. Follow instructions from an adult for how to make things better.  Math: - finished addition and subtraction of decimal place value. Here is an example of a word problem we worked on and should be able to solve: Literacy: - we learned about similes ...