Friday, March 31, 2017
Reminders ... late start & conferences
Remember ... 10.00am start on Monday and Student led Conferences on Wednesday next week.
Exploring fractions
Today we starting looking at what fractions are, how we add them, subtract them and when we use them in our lives.
We brainstormed many ways we use fractions every day.
We brainstormed many ways we use fractions every day.
- dividing time
- breaking up distance
- dividing food
- playing cards / snap - 2 even piles of cards
- Cooking and measuring ingredients - 1/2 cup
- Cutting a birthday cake in class - 1/22
- Dividing up a football field into 1/2 or 1/4
- Dividing space in a room
- Dividing students into even groups 11/22
- Half sizes - ex shoes
- Time - 1/4 past 12
- Negotiating how much time you have to read 1/2 hr then 1/2 hr iPad
- Breaking up a task - 1/2 done
- Eating your vegetable - eat 1/2 your carrot
- Breaking up the day sleep 8 hours - sleep 8/24 hours
We also watched some helpful videos.
If you find fractions a bit confusing you can watch again.
Here are the links ....
Fraction is really division
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Coding in the computer lab
The Grade 4 students have been coding with Mr Matt today.
They are revisiting Code monkey and working their way from level 1-10.
Once they have three stars and can code efficiently they can start working on levels 20 - 30.
Here is the link if you want to practice at home.
Students use their normal login details.
The class code is ta5uf
https://www.playcodemonkey.
They are revisiting Code monkey and working their way from level 1-10.
Once they have three stars and can code efficiently they can start working on levels 20 - 30.
Here is the link if you want to practice at home.
Students use their normal login details.
The class code is ta5uf
https://www.playcodemonkey.
Dictogloss and listening skills
The Grade 4 students have shown great improvement with their listening and note-taking skills.
Ms Marcelle and I did a dictogloss activity with the class today.
The students wrote all the key words and then recreated the text with a partner.
Ms Marcelle and I did a dictogloss activity with the class today.
The students wrote all the key words and then recreated the text with a partner.
Self checking books in the library
Ms Rachel taught the Grade 4 students how to check out their own library books this afternoon.
The students all have a library card with a bar code and can self check using the iPads.
All the students had a go and we had a record number borrowing books this afternoon.
The students all have a library card with a bar code and can self check using the iPads.
All the students had a go and we had a record number borrowing books this afternoon.
Sharing our Passion projects and self reflection
The Grade 4 students shared their passion projects with their peers today.
They had the opportunity to discuss projects with students 1-1 and share their process and product.
The students considered what they liked about their project, what went well and what challenges they faced. They considered what they would do differently next time and which projects of other students inspired them.
They had the opportunity to discuss projects with students 1-1 and share their process and product.
The students considered what they liked about their project, what went well and what challenges they faced. They considered what they would do differently next time and which projects of other students inspired them.
Math update
This week we have been working hard in Mathematics.
We have been practicing our multiplication tables, and reviewing grid multiplication with large numbers. We also tried another division strategy - short division which most students preferred to long division.
Today we started exploring fractions.
We started with a pre-assessment task. The students used an A3 sheet to show me everything they understand or remembered about fractions. We will continue our work on fractions tomorrow and in the coming weeks.
We have been practicing our multiplication tables, and reviewing grid multiplication with large numbers. We also tried another division strategy - short division which most students preferred to long division.
Today we started exploring fractions.
We started with a pre-assessment task. The students used an A3 sheet to show me everything they understand or remembered about fractions. We will continue our work on fractions tomorrow and in the coming weeks.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Students selecting research areas
The Grade 4 students watched short provocations this morning.
We watched children from Syria talking about war, a short clip about the Mekong dam, Greenpeace and Children in Afganistan discussing what they would like their lives to be like.
The common theme was people want to be safe, have food, clothing and shelter. They want to have a house / shelter to live and have the opportunity to go to school so when they are older they can have a good future.
Students have selected an area that interests them and have started researching using Brainpop and Britannica
We watched children from Syria talking about war, a short clip about the Mekong dam, Greenpeace and Children in Afganistan discussing what they would like their lives to be like.
The common theme was people want to be safe, have food, clothing and shelter. They want to have a house / shelter to live and have the opportunity to go to school so when they are older they can have a good future.
Students have selected an area that interests them and have started researching using Brainpop and Britannica
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