Grade 4 with Mme Conde

Welcome to Grade 4 French Immersion at Meadowcrest

Public School!

We are working with a new Language Arts Curriculum in French Immersion with a focus on French culture in Ontario

We will cover reading strategies just as they do in English and we will also have a continued focus on French grammar

We have a variety of fiction and non-fiction material at our disposal

Language Arts

Audacity download site: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ for your child to practise reading and listening to him/herself read

The students will work in teams and in pairs to work out math problems and will share their thinking with the other students in class

We will use math manipulatives to discover different ways to solve problems

Mathematics

We will use computer programs/activities to practise skills in a variety of strandsCheck out these “help with math” sites to use as an early review: http://www.megatfo.com/jeux/guerreDesMaths/

http://www.tfo.org/education/eleves/mathadores/

http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://www.yvandemers.com/jeux/mathematique/tables/tables.htm

This year we look at: habitats, pulleys and gears, rocks and minerals and light and sound

We will watch informative videos, read passages to gather information and run experiments

Science

Vocabulary lists/study guides will be sent home for review with each unit

Helpful site: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0164-ecosystems.php

This year we look at: Ancient civilizations, compare key aspects of them and investigate ways of life and the interaction with the environment

Social Studies

We also look at the political and physical regions of Canada, issues and challenges based on human needs and wants and how industry and the natural environment can find balance (what we can do to be stewards of our environment)

Music, visual arts, drama and dance make up the arts

We will be learning to read music, compose a simple piece of music, play the recorder, and sing as part of our studies

We will learn about the elements of design and work with lines, colours, and textures to start

The Arts

We will act out some simple plays to focus on speaking clearly and to an audience, using gestures and projecting to be clearly heard as part of drama

We will learn a variety of dances and have an opportunity to create our own

We will learn about healthy living! Canada’s food guide, healthy and balanced meals

and reading/understanding food labels Drugs: what are they? How do they change your

thinking and ability to act and react? What are the long term and short term dangers? A focus on medication, alcohol, and cigarettes as “drugs” we commonly see

Health

Focus on peer pressure and how to say “NO” General dangers/safety in the home and

community I grow and change: changes that take place

during your lifetime (physical and emotion changes and responsibilities)

We will work together to encourage your child to do his/her best every day

Your child will have expectations clearly outlined by me

In class, we will encourage each other to build a community within our classroom where we all feel safe to respond and share ideas and learn through mistakes

Parents as Partners

Homework and monthly calendars should be checked so that you are aware of what we are studying

I am available to offer guidance/extra help during the school day to students who may want or need it and will try to also set aside a day before school to do so