Grade 4/5 Indus Elementary

This website has been created with students and parents in mind. It is meant to keep you informed about what we are up to in Grade 4/5! I hope you find it useful and informative.

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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Update by Jennie

September 28, 2006

My name is Jennie I am 9 years old I love to skate I have lots of friends I am in grade 4 I love to go to school my teacher is mrs. Gibson. She is very nice. I Have a sister named Emily.

LA - In LA we have been doing Free verse poems and when we have done about 5 poams we pick our ones we like the best and print it on the computer and put it in the book we are going to do.

Math - In Math we are learning about standerd form and expanded form of numbers.

SS - In SS we are studying places we have been to in Alberta.My place is Jasper. No one else is doing Jasper. I wonder what we are going to do next.

Science -For science we are going to go on a over night feild trip at Frank slide. They are going to teach us a little bit about Science.I hope that we have lots of fun.

Art- Our art teacher is Mr. Wyper. In art we are doing this thing called flik it is where we get a stamp pad and a make-up spunge and ripping peices of paper then putting the ripped peice of paper on one other peice of paper and dabbing it. It is so fun.I LOVE IT

P.E. - Our gym teacher is Mr. Peterson he is a very good gym teacher. In gym we are playing socer usually we do it outside and play a real game with teams. How we make the teams equal is Mr. Peterson picks two captains and those captains get to pick whoès on your team and you never know it might be a girls aginst boys team if I was a captain I would pick alot of people I think everyone is a really good player.

Class Meeting - Class meeting is where everyone gets a popcicle stick that has a name and when it is your turn you say a compliment to them.

Squirt - We have squirt in the mornings. Squirt is where we read silentley.I am reading Just Discusting. It is a real good book.

A.R. - In AR we have each of us get a book that we like with a blue sticker.and when we are done reading it about 2 times we go on the computer and take a quiz about the book.I have read 7 books this year.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Social Studies Websites

Parents: We will be doing a small report on a city or town that you and your child has visited in Alberta. Please try and find a picture (hopefully showing the landscape) that your child can bring to school to attach to their report.

We will use these websites for our investigation into Alberta.

http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/map.htm
This website shows the natural regions of Alberta. Which natural region is your city or town located in?

http://www.explore.canada.travel/ctc/ke/province.jsp?cat=1102&localeId=1
See Alberta through the eyes of a tourist visiting our province.

http://www1.travelalberta.com/madetoorder/home.cfm?segment=1&link=text
Click on the region of the map where your city or town is to find out more information.

http://www.2learn.ca/Alberta/
Click on "View Images" to find pictures of your city or town if you do not have any to bring from home.

September 26 - 30

There is a parent meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 27th to learn more information about the Head-Smashed-In / Frank Slide Field Trip.
A couple important things to note here are:

- all parent volunteers will need to travel with the group on the school bus and will need to stay with us at Frank Slide Center

- all volunteers must have their criminal records checks in by Sept. 27th ( you can bring them to the meeting) in order for us to finalize our numbers. We can not accept new parent volunteers after the 27th.

If you have any questions, please give me a call at the school.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

September 11 - 15th

Rain or shine we will be running for Terry Fox on Thursday after first recess. Please feel free to join us! All permission forms must be in for students to participate in the run.

Please remember that Monday, September 18th is a Professional Development Day. There will be no school for students, and teachers will be meeting at the Round-Up Center in the city.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Welcome Back!

I am excited to start my third year here at Indus! I am looking forward to getting to know my new class, both the students I already know and those who are new to Indus Elementary!

On Thursday there will be a Meet the Teacher BBQ beginning at 6pm until 7:30pm. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Please be sure to check back for updates to see what is going on in our classroom!