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June 19, 2026 This week brought a lot of fun, including working on our golf swing with Mr. Mike, continuing to share our enthusiasm for our favourite books of the year through our “Book in a Bag” project, and using our creativity during our “Design a Character” project. These end-of-year assignments are allowing for the application of literacy, math, and creative skills that students have worked on this year. Learning Intentions: Grade 3: I can identify important characters, settings, and events in a story. I can explain the main problem and solution in a story. I can share my ideas and opinions about a book using examples from the text. I can create visual representations that help communicate my understanding of a text. I can present my ideas clearly to an audience using appropriate speaking skills. Grade 4: I can summarize a text by identifying important ideas, events, and themes. I can explain how characters, settings, and events contribute to a story. I can support my opinions abo...
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  June 12, 2026 Students in Grade 3 and 4 have been busy this week. They turned themselves into a soccer team to display in our room, they started a new project to share about their favourite book of the year, and they continued to learn about the importance of measurement. We also had a fun time playing lacrosse and tennis! Measurement: Learning Intentions: Grade 3: I can relate millimeters, centimeters, and meters. I can justify the choices of unit to measure length. I can measure lengths of straight lines and curves. I can recognize length in metric units. I can identify referents for a centimeter and a meter. I can estimate length by comparing to a benchmark or visualizing a referent for a centimeter or meter. I can determine the perimeter and length of unknown sides of polygons.  Grade 4:  I can model area by dragging a length. I can compare non-standard units that tile to non-standard units that do not tile. I can measure area with non-standard units and standar...
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  June 5, 2026 Learning Intentions: Grade 3: I can express time of day in relation to one 24-hour cycle I can describe time of day as a.m. or p.m. relative to 12-hour cycles of day and night. I can relate minutes past the hour to minutes until the next hour. Grade 4: I can solve problems including duration.  I can convert between hours, minutes, and seconds. I can relate durations of 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, and 45 minutes to fractions of a circle. Students worked hard this week as they engaged in problem solving involving time and fractions of an hour. They worked diligently to review and showed their learning in a check-in on Thursday. Learning Intentions: I can examine a variety of texts. I can explore characters. I can examine the narrator’s point of view. We read a short story and used our reading response choice board to share understanding. In doing this, students are able to choose how they would like to show their understanding of different form...
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  May 29, 2026 This week in Grade ¾, we enjoyed the nice weather by getting out and exploring. Students were excellent leaders today as they guided their Grade ½ buddies through a ‘signs of spring’ scavenger hunt and science ‘wondering’ task. Our 3D flower art projects wrapped up and made for a beautiful display at the Volunteer Tea. Students were able to share their wonderful fraction learning through a name art piece earlier this week. Students continued working their way through their coding learning. And, the grade 3 and 4s are working on responding to various texts in a way of their choosing from a new choice board. It was a busy week! Learning Intentions: Grade 3:  I can tell time using analog and digital clocks. I can investigate relationships between seconds, minutes, and hours, using an analog clock Grade 4: I can determine duration in minutes, using a clock. I can apply addition and subtraction strategies to the calculation of duration. I can express time of day, usi...
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  May 22, 2026 This week in Grade ¾ we read a story to celebrate Asian Heritage Month, began a collaborative art project for next week’s Volunteer Tea, worked hard at literacy centers, and explored the world of coding. It was busy! Learning Intentions: Grade 3: I can compare fractions to benchmarks of 0, half, and one whole. I can compare different fractions of the same whole that have the same numerator and different denominators. I can compare different fractions of the same whole that have the same denominator. Grade 4: I can compare percentages within 100%. I can relate fractions and equivalent decimal numbers to their positions on the number line. I can express the fraction, decimal, and percentage representations of the same part-whole relationship. In mathematics this week, students continued to learn about the ways fractions play a role in everyday life. Grade 3 students did a lot of comparing and ordering of fractions, often coming back to the question of “which is more pi...
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  May 15, 2026 The short week flew by, as we were so busy learning and working on projects. We were able to take our learning outside a few times, which was enjoyable!  This week, our class started practicing jump rope for the upcoming Jump Rope for Heart event! Students stayed active while learning about the importance of keeping their hearts and bodies healthy. Everyone had fun trying different jump rope tricks, challenges, and games while building their coordination and endurance. It was great to see so much energy, teamwork, and perseverance in the gym!  Learning Intentions: Grade 3: I can classify animals in a food chain as carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores. I can investigate and discuss how plants and animals respond to stimuli in their environments in order to survive. I can access information from a variety of sources to answer questions or expand knowledge.  I can use research to create written text that is appropriate for an audience. Grade 4: I can rela...
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