Mrs. Simmons - Archived 09/20 | Gretna Green School

Mrs. Simmons Grade 3/4

Posted: October 11, 2015

This Week in GG4SS - October 13 - 16

Happy Thanksgiving Superstars. I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!!*Drama continues this week. Check your schedule for practice times.*The Soccer team plays Nelson on Tuesday at 3:30.*The last Cross Country meet will take place on Wednesday at 4:00 in Blackville.*Remember to bring in your Mad Science forms if you are interested in participating in this program.*This week is Kindergarten Registration week for anyone who has a sibling that will be starting school next Fall.*Remember to continue selling for our School Fundraiser. There are great prizes to win!*Interim Report cards go home on Friday. Language Arts - This week we are going to focus on the word ending TION, SION. Also we will continue to work with this Writing Trait of Ideas.Math - We will starting the next Lesson on Adding three and four digit numbers.Science - We are going to start our Rocks and Mineral projects. Let's have another Superstar week!!

Posted: October 4, 2015

This Week in GG4SS - October 5 - 7

It is the first week of October for us and it is a short week of school. Remember that there is No School on Thursday and Friday because teacher's have Professional Learning Days.*There will be NO Homework this week because it is a short week.*Last Wednesday's NSEE Cross Country Meet has been re-scheduled for Monday, October 5 at 4:00.*Drama practice continues this week.*The soccer team will play St. Andrew's Elementary on Tuesday, October 6. Game time is 3:30. Language Arts - This week we will continue to work on the Ideas Trait in Writing and we will be reviewing vowel sounds.Math - We will start Lesson 5 on Usng Mental Math to Add Three and Four Digit Sums.Science - This week we are going to start projects on Rocks and Minerals to show what we have learned in this unit. Let's have another Super Star week!!HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Posted: October 2, 2015

Congratulations Keynan

Keyan won the Go Go Getter Student of the month for September. Way to go Keynan!

Congratulations To Makenna and Peyton

Posted: October 2, 2015

Principal and VP for the Day

Posted: September 25, 2015

This Week in GG4SS - September 28 - Oct 2

This week marks the end of September and the beginning of October. Remember that the morning recess is a bit cooler...dress for the weather!*I hope everyone had a chance to check out the Night Zookeeper website.*Drama practice starts this week.*Cross Country and Soccer continue this week. Good luck to all. Language Arts - This week we will be starting our full Daily 5 sessions. We have completed all our practice sessions. We will also be reviewing short vowel sounds and will be generating Ideas for Writing. Math - We will be working on Lesson 4 Estimating Sums. This is the last week to practice our 2 and 3 times table. Remember to be studying at home. We will have a timed test on Friday. Science - We will be continuing with our Rocks and Minerals unit. Let's have another Superstar week!

Night Zookeeper Skype Video Conference

Posted: September 25, 2015

Today we Skyped with the Night Zookeeper. He has created a website to help us become awesome writers!

Posted: September 25, 2015

Night Zoo Keeper

https://www.nightzookeeper.com/

Class Code 47444

Exploring Rocks and Minerals

Posted: September 23, 2015

Grade 4 Superstars

Posted: September 22, 2015

Posted: September 20, 2015

This Week in GG4SS - September 21 - 25

Heh Superstars...we have a super week ahead of us with tons of fun and cool things to do. *Monday is picture day..remember to look your best!*Monday is also ELECTION DAY at GG. We will find out who our new student council president, vice-president and secretary will be.*The Terry Fox Spare Change Drive will be on Monday and run all week. If you bring in a Loonie for the Terry Fox Foundation, your name will go in a draw for Principal of the Day!! *****Good work with your Terry Fox presentations on Friday!!!!!!!!!******* *Tuesday we will have a Bus Evacuation practice. *Friday is our Walking School Bus and Terry Fox Walk. It would be great to see all of our Superstars joining us at the Northumberland Square Mall to walk to school!! *Friday we will also have a Skype Session with the Night Zookeeper Company. It looks like an awesome activity!! Language Arts - This week we will continue working on our expectations for Daily 5. This week we will be focusing on Buddy Reading, Writing and Listening to Reading. Math - We will be reviewing ways to Respresent Numbers and learning how to compare numbers to 10 000. Science- We will be starting a new unit on the study of Rocks and Minerals. Let's have another Superstar Week!!