2019-2020 Class Blog

Tuesday, September 24: School Photo Day Curriculum Night (6:30-7:30) Wednesday, September 25: Math Quiz - representing, ordering, and comparing numbers (grade 4 - to 10 000 and grade 5 to 100 000), rounding numbers (grade 4 - whole numbers, grade 5 - decimal tenths and hundredths) Thursday, September 26: French Quiz  - avoir and être verb forms (Grade 4 - present  Grade 5 - passé composé and imparfait) Thursday, September 26: Terry Fox Community Walk Monday, September 30: Monthly character trait assembly - RESPECT (in the Gym 9:15 am) Music Quiz - notes and their values Monday, October 7: Cross Country Meet (all day ***POSTPONED UNTIL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17**** ) Tuesday, October 8: English quiz - prefixes and suffixes French - pronunciation quiz (Les Abeilles) Friday, October 11: PA Day - no school for students Monday, October 14: Thanksgiving Monday holiday - no school for students Thursday, October 17: Cross Country Meet (all day) Fri...

Welcome back to a new school year! Month at a glance: Language:  -pre/during/post reading strategies, prefixes and suffixes and how they help us understand the meaning of unfamiliar words, characteristics of informational texts, persuasive writing, letter writing Math: -place value (Grade 4 to 5-digits and Grade 5 to 6-digits plus decimals to hundredths), representing/comparing/ordering/rounding numbers, number patterns, and connecting patterning to data management, money Science: Grade 4: Pulleys and Gears               Grade 5: Forces Acting on Structures Social Studies: Grade 4: Canada’s provinces and territories     Grade 5: Citizenship and Government Music: - the focus will be on reading and understanding musical notation (French terms for notes and values) before beginning to play recorders French: -introductory classroom vocabulary for the Grade 4s, review for the Grade 5s - numbers to 31 (Grade 4s), numb...

Welcome to the blog for Madame Bush’s Grade 4/5 Extended French class.  Here you will find a brief overview of what we will be working on for the month, as well as any homework handouts for reference at home. I hope you find it useful in helping your child be successful at school.