New gr.4 Math Homework: Monday, May 14th to Tuesday, May 22nd 2018

Happy Monday students and parents!

-Don't forget that this Friday, May 18th is a P.D. day. There is no school for students.
-Monday, May 21st is Victoria Day and there is no school for students and for most working adults!

Homework: a hard copy of Math pages (Multiplication and Division) were handed out today. There are 6 pages, two sided, for a total of 12 pages in all. If you want a break this coming weekend, complete and hand in by Tuesday. If you want to do some of this work on the weekend, you are welcome to hand it in on Tuesday, the 22nd.

Remember, if you don't understand, try your best to SOLVE IT ON YOUR OWN AND WRITE WHAT YOU THINK! Often, if not completely correct, you'll show some understanding. THEN, go and ask a parent to double-check your work to ensure you DO understand. Mr Kennedy is at school to help too! If it's too tricky, you've tried hard and still can't figure it out, he will explain it to you!

Good luck! M.K.

Math Homework: May 2nd to May 11th

Hello everyone. Please complete Math at home working in the program: "Mathletics". Simply go to your student portal or click HERE LINK to access Mathletics:

You'll need to sign-in using your first.lastname@ocsbstudent.ca google account. You should be doing 15 to 30 minutes on 3 to 4 evenings a week. Do the Number Sense Division and Patterning and Algebra activities. You can do some on the weekend too if you wish. If you don't understand, click on the links that help you! If you are not done previously assigned activities, please complete them too. A few students have asked for a hard copy so I have provided them with one. If you also require a hard copy, let me know and I'll print it out for your son/daughter. The worksheets are a bit different from the Mathletic website activities. When you find it challenging, ask a parent to help you out, you can also ask a sibling or friend and of course, you can ask me here at school! Good luck! M.K. 

Homework this Week: April 18-23

Good afternoon. My apologies, I did not post this as I had mentioned to students yesterday. This week, Math homework is simple. Do 1 or 2 Math minutes each night. Two sheets of Math Minute were handed out today (for a total of 4 pages). Do it on the weekend as well please. It only takes 5 minutes! Ask you son/daughter to show you how it works. Be sure to time 90 seconds. As opposed to the regular 1 minute suggested, we've been doing it for 90 seconds each time instead. Students are to correct their own... or if you prefer, correct it with them.

Remember that students are to use good strategies to 'crunch numbers' allowing them to retain the learning as opposed to only learning it by memory.

In other news:
Thank you to Gabrielle and Brooklyn for bringing in healthy treats yesterday. Here's what it looked like:

Many fruit pieces had already been eaten before I took this photo! :-)

Thank you Brooklyn for this information on health benefits of the food you brought in!

Tasty Tuesday (today was Tasty Wednesday)

Hello everyone! We had another successful Tasty 'Wednesday' today! Thank you to Alex, Austin and their parents for contributing to our healthy snack. Take a look at the colours! Wow! Also, take a minute to read the paragraphs written by Alex about the wonderful nutrients and benefits of eating healthy! Check it out:

Week of March 27th-29th

Hello parents and gr 4 students!

This week for homework, take 10-15 minutes to go over the cost of items in the kitchen. Discuss with Mom or Dad. Also discuss the price paid for our whole class to enjoy a very generous Tasty Tuesday snack. Our first Tasty Tuesday was today and it consisted of:

a bag of apples ($6.99), 2 cut up red and yellow sweet peppers ($2.50), one container of hummous from Costco ($3.00) and one bag of pita bread from costco ($2.50).  How much did it cost in total?
If two of you buy about the same amount of food and it cost about the same and you divide the total with a classmate, how much will it cost you?

Two students signed up for doing Tasty Tuesday next week! Today was great, I'm excited to see what happens next week... next week Tasty Tuesday will actually be on WEDNESDAY, April 4th, as there is no school on Monday and it will give these two students one school evening to prepare for the next day. :-)

Oooops! Can you catch my mistake in my older post?

I fixed it... check it out:

Daily Use of Vertical Learning Walls!

In Math, working standing up, with a partner using Math strategies is a VERY effective way to develop Math skills and proficiency for now and for the future!