Mrs. Wickenheiser Grade 4

Hi families,  Thank you so much for taking time to visit our class blog!  At School: In Literacy: Students wrote a paragraph about their favourite season. We discussed proper formatting and indentation of our paragraphs and how we can add more details in our writing.  In Word Work: We focused on the prefix bio- and students were introduced to metaphors. We didn't have our vocabulary quiz this week because of our Friday PD Day. Instead, we will have it next Friday! In Math: Students learned and practiced 3 new strategies for multiplying 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. They learned how to solve problems using distributive property, area model and the standard algorithm. Ask your child to teach you the strategies we learned!                                                                       ...

Hi families, I hope everyone had a fantastic week and has an amazing weekend ahead!  At School: In Math:  We finished up our Time unit and started working on multiplication again. We reviewed multiplication facts and strategies and students were introduced to multiplying 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Students will be learning 4 different strategies to do this in the next couple weeks. This week we focused on using repeated addition to multiply. We are strongly encouraging students to practice their basic multiplication facts at home so they are prepared for what's ahead in math (multiplying and dividing large numbers).  *Keep an eye out for your child's Time Unit Assessment which will be sent home next week.  In Literacy:  We continued practicing writing paragraphs including a topic sentence, supporting details and a concluding sentence. Students created a paragraph explaining how to make a new friend and they wrote a paragraph on where their dream vacatio...