Grade 4 Wilks

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with reading a bit of our class novel, then doing our Math Minute and a Half. We started practicing our 3 times tables today in order to work up to automaticity slowly. Then, students played Math checkers with multiplication. It is like normal checkers…

Dear Parents, Today, we started with reading and then students worked on their Mad Minute (and a half). By a show of hands, it looks like a lot of students are starting to show progress in their x2 multiplication tables, which is awesome! Tomorrow, we will be moving on to…

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our spelling test. After, students did their Math Minute (and a half) for 2 times tables up to 10. Then, they went to Music. Following recess, students had snack while we played multiplication bingo, which was a lot of fun. After that, students…

Dear Parents, Today, we started the day with some practice in apostrophes vs. plurals again. We took it up and then did a Math Minute. I gave students 1.5 minutes to fill in 50 questions for 2 times tables up to 5. We are continuing to work on our automaticity…

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with another “Their, There, They’re” sheet in order to help students solidify their understanding of these words before the spelling test on Thursday. Then, we did a Math Minute practicing our 2 times table up to x 5. We are continuing to work on…

Dear Parents, Today, I read a bit of our class read-aloud to the class and then we did a Math Minute. In a minute, students are encouraged to answer as many multiplication questions as possible out of the 50 questions. This is not meant to be a stressful exercise or…

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with a there vs. Their vs. They’re sheet and took it up as a class after students worked on it individually. Then, we talked about landscape paintings and some of the characteristics of the Group of Seven painting copies we have in our classroom….

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with starting our Biomes Unit in Science. I showed the students some pictures of various biomes such as the Arctic, Grasslands, Coniferous vs. Deciduous Forest, and Desert and we talked about some physical features that are associated with these regions. Then, we did a…

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with students doing their peer evaluation for their Social Studies project. This allows me to figure out whether equal work was done and adjust marks accordingly. After, students continued to work on the Show What You Know questions and study for their Math Test…

Dear Parents, Today, we started off with watching a video on the “Group of 7,” a group of Canadian artists from the 1900s. We have some copies of their artwork in our classroom as well. Then, we finished off our “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Math review game. Students…