Upcoming Events April 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, May 7 - Sound Kreations Residency (Please wear loose fitting clothing and running shoes for these days) April 22 - Earth Day. Wear blue and green if you choose April 23 - Animal Print Day (wear animal print if you choose)
Sound Kreations "There was an instructor names Mr. Moises and he taught us some dance moves. Today we did all of them in the song" Sam "We had a dance instructor and he taught some dance moves." Quinn Fractions "We did a word problem how we can split 1-10 fractions into 1/2. All the ones in the middle were the answer." Charlie "We got into groups and we had to figure out some fractions that were equivalent." Dorela Cuisinaire Rods "We each got a group and we had these Cuisinaire rods which are like ten rods but they are 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. We had to make a picture with them then we had to count up what the value was all together. Then after that we had to draw our character or whatever we made we had to draw" Makena "We used addition and multiplication to see how much our picture was worth." Jumana Coding "We went into Google Classroom and there was a website called Code.org and we would have videos for each ...
Upcoming Dates Grade 4 Health lessons begin next week Grade 4 June 17 - Walk to TMC June 18 - Fun Treat Day (Order by June 11) Design Challenge Grade 3 and 4 have been working on a design challenge to wrap up our work with building and testing. They are working in groups and given a scenario about a crisis in a community (Peru, India, Ukraine, Tunisia) that effects the quality of life of its citizens. Each scenario involves needing to get people across a body of water to access community supports. They worked together on initial research and brainstorming of options. Next they split into grade groups and were assigned a specific set of criteria for their design. Grade 3s will be designing a bridge and grade 4s will be designing a machine with gears and pulleys. Seed Research We also started a research project this week around seeds. Students are working in groups to learn about a specific food product that is exported by Peru, India, Ukraine and Tunisia. Grade 4...