Update November 2014

Dear Parents:
You will be receiving the Progress
Report Card soon. It will give you an
indication how your child is
progressing in different subjects. All
six learning skills (responsibility,
independent work, self-regulation,
organization, collaboration, initiative)
will be reported. Please, return the
signed portion of the report card and
the envelope, which is going to be
used again for the terms report cards.
We look forward to see you on the
Student-Led conferences.
Grade 4 French Immersion classes
will also be hoisting the assembly this
month (4FB on Nov 7 and 4FA on Nov
21). The students are excited and
preparing for them. We hope you will
be able to come and watch them.
Ms Opanasyuk and Mr. Wong
Languages
Our next reading strategy will be
summarizing (Strategy 1: Someone,
Wanted, But, So, Then, Strategy 2:
Who, What, When, Why, Where and
How). We will be writing persuasive
paragraphs to convince someone to
our point of view and organizing our
writing with multiple paragraphs to
separate our ideas.
In French, we will also be reinforcing
the use of past tense in conversation
and writing. We were unable to do the
numbers, so we will be doing them
this month. We have started
procedure writing and will continue
doing so.
Mathematics
We are just wrapping up our graphing
unit and will be starting our place
value unit next. It will explore numbers
to 10 000, read and print words to
1000, rounding numbers, adding and
subtracting 4-digit numbers, learning
our times tables to 9x9 and 819,
multiplying 2-digit numbers by a
1-digit number and using estimation.
Ridgewood Public School
Grade 4 French Immersion
November 2014
Newsletter
Science & Technology
The students have done a great job
presenting their projects on Light &
Sound. They will also be presenting their
research on Rocks & Minerals and have
the opportunity to do some tests on the
rocks.
Social Studies
The students have been researching
Ancient Early Societies from 3000
BCE to 1500 CE for several weeks
now. They will be presenting and
sharing their work in the coming
weeks.
8 Habits
Our habit focus is Put First Things
First. This means to finish your work
(homework, chores, projects) before you
play .
CCAT Testing
CCAT (Canadian Cognitive Abilities
Test) is a standardized test for all Grade
4s.
Students will be given multiple choice
questions in math and language. It is
NOT a test that students can study or
prepare for in advance.
Upcoming Events
Nov. 05 School Council Meeting - 6pm
Nov. 06 Job Fair for Leadership Day
9am
Nov. 07 - Assembly by 4FB - 9am
Progress Reports go Home
Nov. 11 Remembrance Day Assembly
10:30 am
Nov. 13 Basketball Trip - Hershey
Centre
Nov.13-14 Student-Led Conferences
Nov. 17-18-20 CCAT Testing - 9am
Nov. 18 Picture re-take Day - 9am
Nov. 19 Hockey Trip - Hershey Centre
Nov. 20 - Grade 1 French Immersion
Info. Night - 7 pm
Nov. 21 - Assembly by 4FA - 9am
Nov. 25 EQAO Information Night
6:30 pm
Nov. 27 Multicultural Feast - 6pm
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EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
Thank you so much to all of our Grade
4 families for your support in our
Halloween for Hunger Food Drive. We
have filled 4 barrels with food for the
Mississauga food bank. Our goal was
to collect 1000 items and we are still
tallying the final results. We will
continue to accept food until
November 7th for any families that
would like to clear out their
cupboards! Stay tuned for our final
tally and if we met our goal!