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)