Have a Safe Halloween Weekend!

Tomorrow, Friday October 31st, we will celebrate the season by wearing orange and black and having a party in the classroom. The students are welcome to bring treats to share if they wish. 

Tomorrow is also the last Waste-Free Friday of the month. I believe our class is in the lead for the most Waste-Free Lunches this month! Remember, the most Waste-Free lunches each month earns a pizza lunch!

Also, please ensure your child has their stuffy at school Monday.

Raz-Kids

Raz-Kids is currently not working. We are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. 

Descriptive Writing: The Stuffy Project

We've been learning to create an image in our readers minds using adjectives, similes and metaphors when describing nouns. We've described apples, SweetTarts and monsters together as a class. Next week, I am asking all students to bring in their favourite stuffed animal. Students will describe their stuffed animal in a descriptive paragraph with an opening and closing sentence. We will produce a rough draft, edit and revise our work, and publish a final draft using the computer.

Update

The Patterning Unit test will be moved to Friday. 

The practice test will be sent home tomorrow for review. 

And in other news.. 

Shelby came in first place at the Huron-Perth Cross Country Meet! 

CONGRATULATIONS SHELBY! 

I am very proud of all our runners!

Below are a few photos from our Grade 4 Retreat. The theme of the day was: I am the vine, you are Branches. God filled our day with peace and joy.

Descriptive Writing

We began our unit on Descriptive Writing by discussing adjectives:

We then brainstormed sensory words...

Lastly, we applied our knowledge by describing SweetTarts using all five senses!

Have your child practice this skill at home by describing family members, pets, and objects around the house!
Up Next: Similes and Metaphors

October 14th-17th

I hope everyone had a restful weekend! 

This week in Grade 3/4... 

Grade 4 Retreat: Tuesday Morning

A retreat is a special time for your child, a time to focus in a special way on their relationship to Jesus. The theme of the retreat is: I am the Vine and You are the Branches. John 15:1-8.

Miss Maloney is at a meeting Tuesday afternoon. 

Due to the short week, there will be no Word Study this week. We will be practicing: hundred and thousand in class, but there will be no dictation Friday. 

Happy Thanksgiving

We have so much to thankful for this Thanksgiving Weekend!

Enjoy a restful weekend of thanks with your family! See you Tuesday!

The Gift of Giving

Our class has been donating many items to the Food & Coat Drive this week! 

Tomorrow, bring in your favourite non-perishable food item and participate in PJ Day! 

Wacky Hair AND Faces today in 3/4!

Pat Cook

Despite the rainy weather, we were all smiles yesterday at the Pat Cook Run! 

A big congratulations to all participants.

St. Ambrose was well represented!

October 6-10

We had a great week in Grade 3/4! 

We did not complete our Words of the Week quiz because our Grade 4's had CCAT Testing - our Grade 3's spent the day with Mr. Devereaux! 

We will do our quiz on Monday. 

Looking forward.. 

Our school will be collecting gently used Coats, and Food for Thanksgiving. 

Monday - Bring in pasta and you get to wear a hat!

Tuesday - Bring in canned food to participate in backwards day!
Wednesday - Bring in a non-edible (paper towels, toothpaste, etc.) and participate in Wacky Hair Day!

Thursday - Bring in your favourite non perishable (favourite cereal) and participate in PJ Day!

If you are able, please donate to our food drive. We will be making up baskets of food to give to families in need in our school community. Thank you! 

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. 

Matthew 25:35

Clip Chart Rewards!

So many students have earned rewards for reaching the top of our Clip Chart 5 times.

Great Work Grade 3/4! Keep it up!

Liam & Zach chose to bring in a stuffy to read with for the day. 

Medieval Times

We've been comparing different aspects of Medieval Times with current day in Canada. We are discovering that while a lot has changed, a lot has stayed the same. 

Here, we used a Venn Diagram to compare Entertainment of today and Entertainment during Medieval Times: 

Owen argued that we should change "Jousting Tournament" from Entertainment During Medieval Times to a form of Entertainment that we do today as well because he does jousting in Karate. We decided as a class to put it in the middle of our Venn Diagram. Great thought Owen!