The celebration of Eid was on Monday. We brought all of the grade four classes together to hear from Mrs. Cokar and some students who also celebrate Eid to learn about why it is a special day. Some things that we learned were:
- It is celebrated by Muslims
- It can be celebrated differently
- People visit their friends and family
- You get to wear brand new fancy clothing
- People give up something they really love
We talked about how in Canada we are very lucky to have so many different cultures who are able to celebrate their beliefs, speak their language, dress in traditional clothing and other amazing things while still being Canadian.
With the Terry Fox run today we wanted to review the incredible accomplishments of Terry. We watched a video all about Terry Fox's story and how the legacy of his Marathon of Hope lives on. Some things we learned from the video were:
- He never gave up
- He tried to run across Canada and raise money but he had to stop in the province of Ontario
- He was planning to dip his leg in the oceans on each end of Canada
We did some writing around Terry and whether we thought he was a Canadian hero. 19 students believe he is a hero for his selflessness.
So far we have raised $84.00 as a class to donate to Terry Fox. We would love to reach $100.00 as a class. We will still accept donations on Monday.
We continued to build our understanding around adjectives. We had to brainstorm and replace "boring" adjectives with juicier words. As a class we brainstormed adjectives that could be used to compliment classmates and "fill their bucket". We came up with words like:
- brainy
- wonderful
- boisterous
- marvelous
- athletic
- kindhearted
Using these words, each student went around and wrote adjectives about each other. We then used these adjectives to complete our art project we have been working on.
We used the beautiful background that students painted and glued a headshot onto the paper. Students then wrote their adjectives coming out of their heads. We will be writing about how these adjectives showed care for others and care for self next week.
We started a novel this week called "Fourth Grade Rats" which is about a boy named Suds who has just started grade 4. His best friend, Joey is a rat because he picks on other kids and thinks you have to act grown up in grade 4. Suds is worried about becoming a rat and how that will change his angelic reputation. We had to make predictions about what they thought would happen. Lots of us think that Suds will become a rat so he fits in with his best friend. Some of us thought that Suds will stand up to Joey and remain an angel.
Reminders:
- Please return your pink Family Celebrations form
- Book orders were sent home today. They are due back next Thursday.
- Digital citizenship forms were sent home today. Students must review them with parents. Forms must be signed and returned before students will be able to use technology at school.
- Information regarding Meet the Teacher night was sent home today
- Information about before/after school care was sent home
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