Learning in Room 9

Today the Grade 3/4 worked with the Grade 5/6 buddies for most of the morning and afternoon. During this time we worked with spooky numbers, did a visualization task with a Halloween poem and had this writing prompt for the picture below. " You are a realtor and you are writing a description to advertise this house on the real estate website. You need to make sure it is descriptive so that people are interested. Be careful that your description does not scare anyone!" - There is no school tomorrow 💗 Ms. Rothe 

Today we were invited to watch the first learning assembly of the school year! The Grade 5/6s shared their learning about many topics such as Orange Shirt Day, Ancient Athens, and the Iroquois Confederation. The Grade 3/4s will be presenting their learning assembly on November 28th. Today students were assigned to become experts on region of Alberta. They will be presenting their learning of this topic during the learning assembly on November 28th. - There is no school on Friday - Students are welcome to wear their costumes on Halloween but this is not mandatory 💙Ms. Rothe and Room 9 Students 

On October 31st the spirit day will be wear your Halloween costume to school. Reminders about safety (masks impede vision so please don’t wear masks) and appropriateness of your costume (not too scary, no weapons with your costume). Students can wear their costume all day if they choose. Student Voice representatives choose a spirit day each month.  These days are always optional.  Students can choose to participate or choose not to participate. Today we learnt more about using different strategies to help with our reading comprehension. We are learning and practicing the strategy of visualization. Today they were asked to listen to the description for each of the 6 regions of Alberta. Ask your child what visualization is and what region they are most interested in.  - There is no school on Friday, November 1st 💝Ms. Rothe and Room 9 Students

Today in Science we tested out to find the answer "is an arch or square bridge stronger". We will discuss the results of this experiment tomorrow. In Math we introduced to concept of comparing numbers. Students were challenged to line up in order from oldest to youngest. They realize it was harder to organize this then it is to organize small numbers like 20, 8,7 and 19. - Halloween is coming up next Thursday. Students are welcome to wear their costume but do not have to. It is their choice. Please remember that toy weapons, props, and masks must stay at home for the day. Please do not wear anything that stops the learning in the classroom. Remember keep any Halloween treats that are intended to be shared at home since we want to respect all students with allergies. 🖤Ms. Rothe and Room 9 Students

Today in Social Studies we learnt about the different landforms around the world. We then applied this understand to discuss what types of landforms there are in Alberta. Ask your child what landforms we have in our province. Do we have oceans? Do we have deserts? Do you we have lakes and rivers? In Math we are continuing to learn about place value. Here is the Math problem that students solved this week. "A candy shop sells chocolates in boxes of 10, placed on the shelves, or as singles in a display case. The shop receives the boxes in crates of 10 boxes per crate, which they keep behind the counter to restock the shelves and the display case. The shop has 824 candies in stock. The shopkeepers need to know that all of their chocolate is accounted for. What are some of the different ways those candies could be found in the shop, if some are in the display, some are on the shelves in boxes, and some are in crates?" You can change the numbers on the question and work with...

Today in Phys Ed we played a fun game where we had to collect balls and put them in our own hula hoops. In Social Studies we started to discuss what we know about Alberta. This month we will be focusing on the geography and regions of Alberta. Here is a video that we watched to get students thinking about what they may already know about our province. -Fun Lunch is on Thursday 💝Ms. Rothe and Room 9 Students

Today was picture day and all the students got to show off their beautiful smiles! In Science, we are learning about buildings and materials. Today the Grade 3s and 4s went on the laptops with a partner to learn about different kinds of bridges. The bridges they learnt about today are the beam bridge, the arch bridge, the suspension bridge, and the truss bridge. We will continue this learning throughout the next few days. Students will then be challenged to create their own bridges. During Literacy, we read an article about sinkhole. Ask your child how sinkholes are created. - There is no school on Monday - Please return signed Data Analysis Test 💘Ms. Rothe and Room 9 Students