Mrs. Gutmann's Grade Four

Mrs. Gutmann

2010-06-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

Hello,

As many are aware I am nearing the time where I will need to commence my maternity leave. I have spent time this week giving the kids their year end goodies from Mrs. Gutmann. Be sure to ask them about the book they chose and read the note I left in the cover for each of them. My plan is to try and be here till June 18th. That will be my final day. I cannot thank everyone enough for your help this year in making the Grade Four experience outstanding for the students. I am so proud of all the students this year with their growth and learning. They are an amazing group of individuals that have a bright future ahead of them.

Some of the students have asked to stay in contact. Below please find the email address they can use to contact me over the summer/year. I will also continue to use this blog to post a picture of the new arrival! If your child chooses to email me, I would appreciate a parent email as well, because I will also send a copy of the emails to the parents.

Thank-you

Mrs. Gutmann

andreahokanson@hotmail.com

Earth Day 2011

2010-05-20T13:02:00.000-07:00

This looks like an amazing movie coming out next year. AWESOME PREVIEW!!!!

www.apple.com/trailers/disney/africancats

The kids cant wait!

Mrs. Gutmann

NHL Powerpoints

2010-05-13T10:24:00.001-07:00

The students are producing high quality powerpoints on their NHL teams. Please ask you child what skills they are learning; such as, adding animations to their work.

Mrs. Gutmann

2010-04-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

Please remember Jump Rope for Heart is tomorrow and Monday is a PD day so there is no school for students.

Our Novel in a Can project is well underway and I am very impressed with how hard the students are working. Be sure to ask them about their novel at home!

Thank-you for all the donations for our Building Project. This project will start on Apr.20 and the majority of classroom time will be spent completing this team project. We will be hosting a viewing for parents once the projects are complete. Stay tuned.

We have completed looking at fractions and will now move on to decimals.

If you were unable to attend Parent Teacher conferences, but would still like to meet with me, please don't hesitate to contact me at the school. A time can definately be arranged.

Have a great weekend

Mrs. Gutmann

April

2010-04-08T06:57:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful break! Please remember that tomorrow Apr.9th is a Staff Meeting Day and therefore there is no school.

We are already back in the swing of things in Grade Four. In Language Arts, students are working on an independent Novel project called " Novel in a Can." Fractions and Decimals is our current unit in Math. If you are looking for a good game to practice comparing fractions, try googling Fraction Four!

Building week for Science will start the week of April 19th. There was a note sent home with information about the project and asking students to bring in recycable material. Thank-you for your help!

Jump Rope for Heart is next Friday on Apr. 16th.

2010-03-18T13:36:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Here is the link to our Social Studies review game.

http://www.superteachertools.com/millionaire/online/game1268932862.php

Current Happenings in Grade Four

2010-03-09T06:53:00.000-08:00

It has been very busy for us in Grade 4. We recently had our field trip to Drumhellar. Stay tuned for information about a Parent Appreciation Night. We will be showing footage from our exciting trip. Thank-you again to everyone who helped make it possible.

The Olympics recently wrapped up. We focused alot of our time around the olympics and completed projects that were related. For example, making pictographs about the medal standings.

World Math Day was last week. For two days the students partcipated against other children from around the globe. Our class answered 21 534 questions correctly in two days. AMAZING!

Coming up after spring break, students will be partcipating in a building project in Science. Additional information will be coming out prior to the break.

Haiti Diaster Relief

2010-01-20T11:50:00.000-08:00

The grade four class is collecting spare change at the school office to help aid the people of Haiti. We have discussed the earthquake and will be sending the money into Red Cross. We will be doing this until Feb.1st. Please send in some spare change to help in there efforts.

We are also running low on Kleenex, if you have a box to spare, please send one in with your child.

Next week we will be having a multiplication quiz. Please review all facts at home!

Mrs. Gutmann

Cool Websites for Learning

2010-01-12T13:40:00.000-08:00

kids.nationalgeographic.com

www.multiplication.com

www.coolmath4kids.com

www.vancouver2010.com

www.wonderville.ca

www.primarygames.com

www.funbrain.com

Dinosaur Poster Presentations

2009-12-03T09:41:00.000-08:00

Today the students will be showing their Dinosaur Posters and collecting donations towards their trip to the Royal Tyrell Museum! If you are unable to attend, please the school website for upcoming pictures!

The students have been working hard on solving and creating addition and subtraction problems. We will then continue with statistics and probabilty lessons until Christmas break.

Mrs. Gutmann

What is happening in Grade 4?

2009-11-24T11:00:00.000-08:00

Currently we are reading a novel called Tale of Despereaux. It is an award winning book about a very small mouse who accomplishes amazing things! We have also been focusing on adding adjectives and adverbs in our writing.

Please stay tuned for information regarding the presentation of our Dinosaur Projects. The students have been researching and creating some amazing posters about their Dinosaurs. During this presentation we will be starting to collect donations towards paying for our field trip to Drumhellar.

Mrs. Gutmann

THANK-YOU

2009-11-05T15:37:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to extend a huge thanks to all the parents who supported our reading program. The students had a fantastic night in Camrose watching the Kodiaks win! We will be continuing our reading logs next week with the Oilers and Flames reading programs.

Also, thank-you to those parent who were able to bring in items for our Halloween Party!

Report Cards will be going home next week on Nov. 10. Please be sure to call and book an interview for Nov. 17th.

Our SMARTBOARD has arrived and the students are very excited. We have used this new piece of technology for practicing math facts, researching dinosaurs, matching vocabulary, and many other great applications.

Kodiaks Game and Halloween

2009-10-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Sorry it has been awhile since the last post. We had a great trip to the citadel and now are looking forward to our trip to the Kodiaks game on Friday. We read a total of 11000 minutes as a class. WOW!

Please see your child's agenda today for a important note about Halloween.

Alberta Maps and Terry Fox

2009-09-25T07:14:00.001-07:00

The highlight this week was definately making maps of Alberta showcasing the 6 natural regions. These include Canadian Shield, Rocky Mountains, Foothills, Boreal Forest, Parkland and Grassland. We also discussed that this type of project is great for kinesthetic learners, which means hands on learners! We are also concluding our current math unit and moving on to exploring whole numbers.

Our spelling program has started. This is a unique program which allows each student to have a individualized spelling list. Students are able to choose words that are appropriate for their level of spelling and it promotes students to take risks and be challenged. Each Wednesday we will take our weekly spelling quiz and new words will come home.

The Terry Fox Run was on Friday! What a fantastic cause.

Stay tuned for the October Newsletter, which will be coming out very soon.

Mrs. Gutmann

Writing Rules

2009-09-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

In Grade Four we started reading Charlie and the Chocolate factory. The students were definately excited and keep asking when will be reading again next. We also began discussing the traits of writing. The first trait we looked at was ideas. The students then partcipated in an activity called quickwrites. The objective is to write, write, write based on the topic I give them. We completed two and the goal was to try to improve something during your second one. The students came up with some awesome ideas and were extremely motivated to write. Ask them about their invisible skunk!

The Terry Fox run is approaching next week and book orders were sent in!

Mrs. Gutmann

Weekly Wrap Up

2009-09-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

Here are some highlights from our week:

Language Arts: We completed a story writing project using a book called The Great Fuzz Frenzy. On Thursday we began practicing cursive writing and participated in some very entertaining Readers Theater!

www.wonderville.ca

This is a fantastic website by Science Alberta. The students explored Operation Light and Shadow which directly relates to our current science unit!

First Week

2009-09-03T17:03:00.000-07:00

Congratulations! You are officially almost done your first week of Grade Four. Here is what we have learned so far!

Language Arts: How to write a letter using paragraphs and indents.

Math: What a pattern is and what a pattern rule is.

Science: What the three types of light are.

Social: All about Canada and how to use a atlas.

French: How to say Hello, Goodbye, What is your name, My name is

Wow! We have done alot in the first week! I hope everyone is having a great time learning and I look forward to a fabulous year.

Please remember we are looking for shoebox lids for a upcoming project! Also book orders went home today.

Mrs. Gutmann

Welcome to a new school year!

2009-08-28T12:55:00.000-07:00

We are going to have a great year together. Grade Four is full of learning many new things! You will be able to check out cool things on this webpage and we will share our learning as well.

Welcome Back!