Mrs. Penner's Grade Fours 2025-2026

 Good afternoon, We spent a great deal of time this week focusing on the upcoming National Day for Truth and Reconcilation (Sept. 30). Some of the highlights of our learning included: - reading many books on the topic such as: Smile So Big by Sunshine Quem Tenasco, When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Discovering Words by Neepin Auger, and Phyllis's Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad - engaging in a sharing circle (and writing about) two questions: How would it feel to have a cherished item taken away? (such as students who went to residential school did) and What actions can we take to support reconciliation and honour residential school survivors? - recognizing the fall equinox on Monday Sept. 22 by going on a community walk and "adopting" a tree that we will visit several times over the year to observe changes - learning the Calgary Public Library's updated land acknowledgement (ask your child if they can say it to you!) and writing our own class land acknowledg...

 Good afternoon,  Thank you for visiting our blog! It was a very full week here in Room 187. We ended with jersey day today in celebration of funds raised for our Terry Fox Run! Even Dr. Slater participated in the fun by sporting a soccer jersey! Here are some other things we got up to, that you can ask your child to explain to you: - the reading strategy "Making connections" (to text, to self, to world) - review of punctuation (.!?,"") - review of when we use capital letters (MINTS) - morphology (affixes, prefixes, suffixes) - novel study "A Boy Called Bat" - Science: waste management - Social Studies: mapping - Math: communicating duration with standard units of time - logging on to Google Classroom - practicing our typing skills - warm/cool colour art on our visual journals - Four Square in gym On Monday Sept. 22, we will be going for a community walk to recognize the fall equinox. Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. 

 Thank you to all the parents who joined us Thursday evening for our Open House. It was lovely to meet many new parents and great to see some familiar faces too. Students enjoyed sharing their "Me Museum" with those who came.  Looking ahead: Library book exchange will take place on Tuesdays. Students are able to take out two books and are encouraged to leave one of them at school so that they always have something here to read. They are also welcome to borrow books from our classroom library, and to bring books from home as well.  Here are some highlights from our week that you can ask your child more details about: - relating time to fractions - telling time on an analog clock - coding - Terry Fox Run - Writing from the perspective of Terry Fox's shoe - Me Museum - Letter to my teacher - observing the signs of fall - sharing circles - drawing Terry Fox with our buddies - 1-100 group task

 Thank you for taking the time to read our blog.  I will be posting every Friday, and this is where you will find some questions you can ask your child about their week, and any important information for the week ahead. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at dnpenner@cbe.ab.ca. Next week we will be going on a community walk on Monday and/or Tuesday afternoon, so please be sure that your child is dressed appropriately.  The school Terry Fox Run will take place on  Friday, September 12th at 9:00 am . Students are encouraged to bring in  Toonies for Terry  to support cancer research. If we reach our fundraising goal of  $1150 , we’ll celebrate the following week with a special “Wear Your Favourite Sports Swag” day! Here are some topics you could ask your child about this week: - glyphs - 4 corners - math scoot - hexagon connections - saving Fred - math Tetris - Mr. Potatohead science observations - choosing "Just Right...