Grade 4 2023/24

 Over the past 2 weeks we have: -been doing gymnastics with a focus on flexibility, strength and balance (today was our last day) -practiced basic facts to 12x12 and discussed how multiplication relates to division -used base 10 blocks to model division with larger numbers (long division strategies) -explored beginning algebra concepts, explained what the = sign means and balanced equations -learned about Writing on Stone and made our own symbol stories about a buffalo hunt -finished our novel "Wild Robot" -had Mad Scientist visit to introduce our new science unit, Simple Machines -explored 'gadgets' to observe the parts and how they work -watched an Evergreen Theatre performance called "Snow White and the Seven Regions" -learned about trading posts through Minecraft -had kindness week and read books with our buddy classes Students will have things to show you at our next Student Led Conferences which will be held on the evening of Thursday March 21 and morn...

 We started our week with a trip to Heritage Park. Students learned what life was like in Alberta in the early 1900's. Each student received a day pass to use at Heritage Park that they brought home on Friday.   -we learned about the settlers, railroad, made butter, saw a sod house and did some word working -we played a fur trade game at school by doing a scavenger hunt for beaver pelts and trading them for different supplies then explained why we chose the items we did -we continue to focus on paragraphs and turned our worm research into an informative paragraph -we are showing different strategies and ways to model division in math -we looked at some petroglyphs from Writing on Stone and will work on some symbol stories in the upcoming week  

 Over the past few weeks: -we have been working on their math geometry art projects  -we have been learning about triangles and how to identify them based on angles and sides -we learned how to use a protractor to measure acute, obtuse and right angles -we are learning about voyageurs and the fur trade -we are learning about the scientific method by designing our own experiments with our red wiggler worms -watched some authours read parts of their books on World Read Aloud Day -we are learning how to write paragraphs -presented our readers theater plays for our buddy class -learned about the difference between bullying, mean and rude behavior and how to react to each  

Since we have come back from winter break we have: -had a lot of BLUE days and indoor recesses :( -been working on problem solving and 3 act math tasks -learning multiplication strategies to multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers -reading Wild Robot -doing a readers theater about garbage and recycling -creating informational posters about reduce, reuse, recycle and the impact of our actions -leaning about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -using ozoblockly to code an ozobot to do a beach cleanup  -doing volleyball in gym -making Blackfoot artifacts  -we started vermicomposting -we wrote "What Could Go Wrong" stories