March 9-13

Grade 4 Weekly Blog

Updates:
-Conferences are cancelled until further notice 
-Mrs. Malone is recovering from a sprained joint in her back. We wish her a speedy recovery and are grateful to have Mrs. McLennan until Wednesday

Homework:
Science-Work on your Leprechaun Trap and bring whatever supplies are needed to finish it on Monday.

Math

Comparing and Ordering Fractions 

Questions:

1.If someone ran 2/3 of the race and someone else only completed 2/4 of the way? Who ran further? Explain

2. If this is one whole

Then what part of the whole are the red and green pattern blocks? What other ways can you write the fraction for each pattern block (equivalent fraction)?

Science

Makerspace Orientation

We finally got into the Makerspace!!!

Questions:

How did it go?

What worked well? What do we need to improve?

Planning and Designing our Leprechaun Traps 

Question:
What simple machines does your Leprechaun Trap have?

Building, Testing and Changing Our Plans 

Questions:
Did your Leprechaun Trap look like your plan?
What changes did you need to make?
What materials do you still need?

Literacy
Limericks for Leprechauns

Question: Can you finish the last line of our limerick?

1. Let’s play a game, you’ll need some luck (8 syllables)

2.You just might win a golden buck (8 syllables)

3.You can't escape my trap (6 syllables)

4. If you win, I will clap (6 syllables)

5. But, if you lose....................uck (8 syllables)

March 2 - 6

Grade 4 Weekly Blog

Updates:
-Thank you to all our parent volunteers who helped make our field trip to Heritage Park successful!

-Please sign up for student led conferences for March 19 and 20. Each slot is 15 minutes per child. (If you have another child please allow an extra 15 minutes between conferencs to look at your child's work after meeting with one teacher before scheduling your next conference with a second teacher) 

Homework:
1. Monday Journal
2. Ollie's Odyssey Reflection
3. Math finish up on fractions
4. Heritage Park Reflection
5. Google Slides for Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump and Jot notes for the Medicine Wheel
6. Family and Self- Portrait with french labels

Math: 
Fractions

Question: 
1. What is the numerator and the denominator of the fraction of 1/2. What does each mean?
2.Order the fractions: 1/10, 1/12, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1,5, 1/8, 1/6
3. Challenge: Can you put these fractions (from number 2) on a number line? What benchmarks will you put down first?




4. Show how big 1/2 of a muffin tin is. What fraction is equivalent  (equal) to 1/2 of your muffin tin?

Literacy/Social: 
First Nations and Heritage Park





Questions: 
1.How was Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump used to hunt buffalo?
2. What's a medicine wheel?
3.What non-fiction text features did you use to make it easy for the reader to read your slides? What can you add or take away to make it easier to read?

Questions: 
1.What are some of the traditions of the Metis and Blackfoot people?
2.Why did the first settlers from Europe often quilt?
3.Would it have been easy to move into a house for the new settlers who travelled from Europe in the 1800s? Why or why not?

French/Art:
Cartoon Self-Portrait


Question: Quelle est la couleur de tes cheveux (What color is your hair?)