We are entering our 7th week of distance learning. The health and well-being of everyone is an on-going priority. Families must make decisions about daily schedules and distance learning that suit their individual needs.
This week is Catholic Education Week which is a week to celebrate the wonderful gift of our Catholic Education. You are invited to a virtual 'Praying in Colour' session today at 2 p.m. The students have had lots of experience with our school-wide 'Praying in Colour' sessions so they should be able to explain this to you but there are more details and instructions about today's 'Praying in Colour' session in this week's school newsletter. Here is the link to the Google Hang out for those that wish to participate: https://meet.google.com/anv-euza-ion
Another fun activity planned for this coming week is the virtual family talent show. Again - there are more details in this week's newsletter but here is the link: Virtual Family Talent Show Flipgrid
We have a new Google slide deck for the month of May. Here is the link: Gr.4 Weekly Work (May)
The April Google slide deck is still available for access in student Drives if you need it.
In Language we continue to work on our speeches. Many students have had their speech topics approved by me but I am still waiting on several others. At our Google Hangout this past week, the students expressed that when the time comes to perfomr their speeches, they would prefer to do so on Flipgrid rather than in a Google Hangout.
Several students did a 'show and share' of their time capsule project on Flipgrid. The link which can be found in the April slidedeck, will remain open for those that still want to share.
In Math we continue to focus on Geometry. This week we will be learning all about angles and how to use benchmark angles to identify various types of angles. On Wednesday we will move on to the concepts of locating items on a grid, identifying and symmetry, using reflections to create lines of symmetry.
We had 14 students join our Google Hangout this past week. It was a very eventful and productive visit. We began our meeting by sharing '1 Star and 1 Wish' with eachother. We learned that Austin got a new bike and Jessica's fixing her electric scooter. Jacob has been building things with scrap wood in the backyard and even made his sisters a teeter-totter! We also got to meet Ramona's gerbil 'Cupcake' and sing her a happy birthday! We all agreed that singing happy birthday in person is a lot more in-tune. After we each shared our news, we did a math 'Number Talk.' We will try this again this coming Wednesday as it seemed to go quite well. Students should bring paper & pencil, or a mini whiteboard or chalkbaord to the meeting - it just makes it easier to share answers! Invitations for this week's hangout were sent out on Friday. Students are asked to show up for the hangout no more than 5 minutes prior to the start time of 10:00 a.m.
Please remember to share photos with me so that I can put them on our class blog! I would love to see all of the interesting things you are doing at home!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, or there is any way that I am able to support learning from home, please contact me via email: ruth.stratford@ocsb.ca
Please note that I continue to maintain my half-time teaching schedule and can only be reached in the mornings.
Mrs. Stratford
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