Mrs. Di Mascio's Grade 4 class

Happy Thursday  Today in Math we continued with our final review for the math test coming up on Tuesday. Students had a chance to work on the review questions in class and we had a chance to go over some factors that students still had questions about. The final review is now homework for the weekend and we will have our test on Tuesday morning after the long weekend.  In Language we continued to work on our international day preparation. Students have started to put together the presentation boards for next weeks international day. We have chosen to present about Canada. Each group has been assigned a different topic (clothing, food, Imports/Exports etc) and will continue to work on the presentation boards in the coming days.  In Language today we had our spelling test ad we did some silent reading.  Homework  Math review package  Math test Tuesday  RazKids reading and worksheet  Read an additional 30 minutes  Rem...

Happy Tuesday  And congratulations to our new Star of the week Alister!  In Language today we finished our spelling lesson 5 and we getting ready for the spelling test this coming Thursday as Friday is a PA day and there will be no school for students. Spelling words are listed below. We also did some daily 5 reading today for students to enjoy some quiet time after a busy day.  Math today we continued with our review. We did a quick review on multiplication and division and also did some practice strategies using base ten blocks and our multiplication chart. We then had some in class time for a division practice worksheet and some textbook practice homework questions. We will take up all the homework tomorrow and the next practice package will be handed for homework and to help students be ready for Thursday.  In Unit of Inquiry we worked together on an art piece of a native artist by the name of Norval Morisseau. Check out our art work belo...

 Happy Friday && Have a wonderful weekend  Today we won the Golden Broom! Congratulation class! In Language today we continued talking about Anne of Green Gables. Students spoke about the summary they wrote yesterday afternoon. We continued to write some more points about the book and the final summary will be finished for Monday.  In Math today we started to review some strategies for division. Using mental math and with our base ten blocks we were able to sit in the reading corner and use the manipulative to help us to finish some of the questions that were sent for homework today. A math package was sent for homework and it will be taken up on Monday in class. See below for student photos.  In Unit of Inquiry we continued to discover Canada and its regions. We had our Physical Regions of Canada quiz and continued to learn about the regions but this time we continued to explore the Economic regions but completing a group activity that allo...

Rainy Thursdays call for a quiet reading in the reading corner ! 📚📙📗📖📘 Language today we finished our first novel of the year! We took some time this morning to sit together in the reading corner and finish the book as a group. We had a quick discussion about the novel and how we felt about the recent events in the book. We also completed a quick one page summary of the novel that included some of the main facts we took from the story.  We also completed our lesson 4 spelling test today.  Today in Unit of Inquiry we continued to do our research of the natural resources in each province. Students were then given the task of presenting their finding of each provinces natural resources so that collectively as a group we have all the notes from each province and territory. Check below to see our pictures from the day. We also had some time to go over our maps and have a quick discussion about the physical regions of Canada. Tomorrow we will have a final quiz for t...

Happy Wednesday and congratulations to our Inquirer winners Rohaan and Khaliya  In Math today we continued to explore our multiplication charts and looked at how to multiply single and double digit numbers. We had in class time to finish our math worksheets and took up some of the answers together as a group so we could practice strategies that help us solve our multiplication questions but also will help us when it comes to our division strategies tomorrow. No homework was assigned for math today.  In Language we finished reading chapter 21 and 22 of our Anne of Green Gables novel and are tasked with completing the final worksheet (Researcher) for homework. The whole package will be collected tomorrow and marked over the weekend. Students are expected to have all worksheets completed and handed in tomorrow by the end of the day. We will finish the novel tomorrow in class. Our spelling test will also be tomorrow instead of Friday as we have our Glow Zone trip on...

Happy October 1st!  Congratulations to our star of the week !!! Today in Math we worked on mental math subtraction and what are some strategies we can use to help us with mental math subtraction. Students were given base ten blocks and other math manipulative to help us use mental math and solve our questions. Students were given in class time to finish textbook page 42 #3, page 43 #4,5,6 and page 46 #4,5,6 and also pages 18-21 in their workbook.  In language today we read chapters 18-20 in Anne of Green Gables and completed a summary paragraph of these three chapters. Spelling is due tomorrow. Our spelling test is n Friday morning.  In Unit Of Inquiry we worked on renewable and nonrenewable resources in Canada and did some research in small groups with devices and books to help us finish our research and complete our hands on activity. For homework students were asked to complete a worksheet that helps us to identify renewable resources in everyday lif...

Happy Friday !!!  In Language today we had our third spelling test. Students working on grade 4 spelling wrote in our class and students who are working on spelling grade 5 wrote in Ms Samuel's class.  In language we also continued reading Anne of Green Gables. Today we read chapter 14 and 15 and for homework this weekend students will be reading 16 and 17 and will complete the next worksheet in their novel study package.  In math, a package review of the concepts we have been learning so far this week in class has been sent home for homework and extra practice.  In UOI students had a chance to finish up their pizza box projects where they mapped out all the physical regions of Canada with the distinct properties that are found in each area. A short quiz will be handed out on Monday where students will be given a map of Canada and asked to label the great lakes and oceans bordering Canada. Students are expected to study for homework this weekend....