October 27

Literacy

In our inquiry work on Hearing and Sound, students wrote about their experience at the National Music Center. When complete, they assessed their reflection to a rubric to see where they are at and what they can do to improve their written reflection.

Science

Thank you to all the parents who came and volunteered for our National Music Field Trip on Monday. It was a success and students had taken home some fun trading cards about Hearing and Sound. Please come to the school and check out our bulletin board. We have photos about our learning journey as well as videos to show you. 

After learning about Sound, students have been working hard making their prototypes on how to amplify or dampening the sound. They spent many hours designing and tweaking their designs to be ready to test on Monday. Some students have taken their prototypes home to tweak, therefore, please have it returned by Monday "to put it to the test." Through this prototyping project, students learned about perimeter in relations to math. Can you please ask your child what is perimeter.

Math

In number representation, students have been playing games on how to round the number to the nearest 10, skip counting by 3s, skip counting by 4s, standard notation, and addition/subtraction facts. Students use a deck of cards to play this game. Please have your child show you how to play it at home. 

Grade 3s: They can draw up to three cards (represent numbers up to 1,000)

Grade 4s: They can draw up to 4 cards (represent numbers up to 10, 000)

October 31st:

On the day of the 31st, we will be working on literacy and math activities in relations to Halloween. With respect to students' religion and culture, we will have other activities planned for them if they do not wish to participate. 

Students are welcome to dress up in their costumes or wear Orange and Black. The costumes must be school appropriate, therefore, no masks or weapons allowed. 

Here is a note from our Principal in regards to the expectations of what will happen on Halloween:

Classes may be partaking in some Halloween themed curricular activities such as estimating how heavy a pumpkin is and then weighing the pumpkin; estimating how many ribs a pumpkin has, then counting the ribs; discussing the concept of symmetry and then carving symmetrical designs in a pumpkin, story writing about pumpkins, bats and witches etc., but they will not be having Halloween parties. There will be plenty of time for children to celebrate and party in the evening with their families.

Students may dress in their regular clothes, or black and orange, but do not need to dress up in a costume. If individual students choose to wear a costume, we ask that masks, weapons, treasured items, or accessories be left at home. We also request that costumes not have blood, gore, or violent themes as we do have young children in the school and we do not want them to be frightened. Finally, October 31st is a learning day so costumes should not interfere with the comfort of students during learning time.

The CBE has policy around healthy treats. Students will have plenty of opportunity to gather treats and consume them in the evening of October 31st. We will not be distributing sweets in class and we respectfully request that children are not sent to school with treats to share with classmates.

Often the day following Halloween becomes a very difficult day for children. Many children are up much past their bed time on Oct. 31st. The typical routine is off just a bit and there is often a tremendous amount of sugary foods consumed. In an effort to make November 1st a successful day for Children we respectfully request parents to limit the amount of sugary treats they sent to school with their children. Children will learn and function much more successfully with healthy foods fuelling both their brains and their bodies.

If you have any questions about Halloween at CJP please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher of the office.

You Are Invited to the CJP Halloween Parade

What:Halloween Parade

Where: Gym

When:Tuesday, October 31st (Halloween) 

Time: 1:05 - 1:35pm 

Clubs:

Lunch Monitors for Grade 4s

Leadership Club meeting on Tuesdays at lunch in Rm 17