New Schedule

Our schedule has changed a bit with the MYP/IB program going to a one week rather than a two week schedule. The main important change is that Swimming and PE days have changed. Swimming is now on Monday's and PE is on Wednesday's. We will still have library on Wednesday mornings.

Summer Holidays Work

Please have your child review math work, use Freckle and Prodigy and especially reading.

The research is clear that children who don't read during the summer can lose up to three to six months of reading progress and that loss has a cumulative, long-term effect.

See research here: https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/reading-engagement/summer-reading/summer-slide-and-summer-reading-research

Math Fact Masters

We have 3 students who have passed all of the levels thus far.. Congratulations to Evan, Lukas, and Emily!! They are done their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts!

We also have JaeNa who has mastered multiplication and Kai Xin who mastered addition! Great job kiddos! Keep practicing over the holidays to keep your math game strong!

Math Homework

Scratch Coding

Hi kiddos..

Sign up for your own Scratch account by clicking on the link. This is where you will create your own google logos etc!

http://scratch.mit.edu/classes/190348/register/561a63b6c9b44ccdabb94a99e43dc343

Go watch the tutorials here: https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/c/cs-first/en/create-your-own-google-logo/create-your-own-google-logo/create-your-own-google-logo.html

Then go here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/177224273 to actually do it! When you are done, you can take a picture of your new logo to post on your class dojo portfolio with one of the Ipads :)

Then move onto the minecraft coding, or another of your choice from the link I posted with the Flappy Birds below :)

Make Your Own Flappy Bird Game

This morning.. we delve into the world of coding.. You are going to work with your own Flappy Bird Game.. Click here to get to the website, remember to watch the videos and follow the directions!

https://hourofcode.com/my/en/learn - NO MINECRAFT YET!!!!

Food Chains & Food Webs

Remember - A food chain is the smaller (one line) chain like:

Sun --> Plant (Apple Tree) --> Catepillar --> Duck --> Human

A Food Web is like a spider web that draws lines to multiple different food chains (think about when Bill Nye got caught in his food web - so many strings!)

Food Chains and Food Webs

Voice Readings of Science Pages

For the page titled FOOD CHAINS - Click here!

For Page 23 - Titled Food Chains - Click here!

Energy and Living Things

Math - Finding Missing Terms

Math Homework

Cause and Effect

For more help check out this website: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/cause-and-effect

Media Literacy Continued!

Please go to the following website and play some of the games on it. There are 6 games for you to play! Afterwards you will do a journal entry on the important things you have learned about media literacy!

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-passport

Journal Response:

What are some important things you need to do to ensure you are safe when online?
List at least 5 things in COMPLETE sentences!
Who is responsible for making good choices for your safety online?
What is cyberbullying?

What do we need to survive?

Ancient China Websites

https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/ancient_china.php

https://china.mrdonn.org/

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-china.html

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/ancient-china/

https://kids.kiddle.co/Ancient_China

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/china/#china-dragon.jpg

These are all websites that you can use for your Ancient China booklet.

Why don't we use Wikipedia for research? - Because anybody can go in there and switch the writing up. They can go in and give you bad information! It can be a good place to start for quick reference, but you never know who and when it was last updated, and if the person really knew what they were talking about!

Math Homework Due Tuesday

Along with your math quiz corrections if you want to learn from your mistakes and improve your grade!

From Question 1-2 to help you if you forget..

Our other example:

Questions:

1. How many people have a red nose?
1. Answer: 50
2. Justification: There are 50 purple dots showing how many people have a red nose
2. How many people have a red nose OR no red nose?
1. Answer: 100
2. Justification: There are 50 people who have a red nose, and 50 people who have no red nose so we add them together.
3. How many people have a red nose AND an umbrella?
1. Answer: 16
2. Justification: We are looking for numbers that have both the blue and purple dot, there are 16 with BOTH.
4. How many people have a red nose OR an umbrella?
1. Answer: 67
2. Justification: We need to look for either a purple dot or a blue dot and count them 
5. How many people have a red nose AND an umbrella AND are walking a cat on a leash?
1. Answer: 3
6. How many people have a red nose AND an umbrella AND are walking a cat on a leash OR riding a horse?
1. Answer: 10

Media Literacy

So.. today we are going to talk about Media Literacy.. let's take a look!

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/medialiteracy/

Ancient China

To kick off our Ancient China unit..

Earth's Rotations - Somewhere on Earth

I forgot to post the video..

So a little review for you. Today we talked about how somewhere on Earth at any given time somebody is just waking up and the sun is rising, somewhere the sun is setting and people are having dinner, some places it is night time and people are tucked into bed!

We also talked about time zones, and how in Korea it is an hour and a half ahead of us, and in Europe it is like 6-7 hours behind us! In Vancouver, they are a whopping 15 hours behind us! That means that at some points they are living a day behind us! Now we know why we get jetlag on planes.. we are almost time traveling!

New Science Unit! - Animal Adaptations!

Math Homework

Quiz on Tuesday!

Social Studies - Archaeologists

Anybody want to be an archaeologist?

Part 2:
Think about the following questions when looking at the artifacts:

1. What is this object?
2. Who used this object?
3. Where could this object have been found?
4. When was it made?
5. What is it made from?
6. What is it used for?
7. Why was it an important object to the people who used it?

Math Homework

Fact Masters

A bit overdue: Sorry Kiddos...

Our Newest Xtra Math fact Masters:

JaeHwan is an addition master!
JaeNa and Evan are subtraction masters!
And... Lukas is a multiplication master!!

WOOOOHOOOOO Congratulations! One step closer to not having to practice on it anymore ;)

Math Homework Thursday May 2

PG 7 #3-6

Science Test Friday

What it covers:

4 Properties of light:

1. Light can be absorbed
2. It moves in a straight line
3. It can be refracted
4. It can be reflected

4 Properties of sound:

1. Sound travels in waves;
2. Sound is caused by vibrations;
3. Sound can be absorbed and reflected;
4. Sound can be modified;

Artifical and Natural light - Give examples of each.

Difference between pitch and volume (think back to our musical instruments and what you learned in Ms. Soltes' class).

LED versus Incandescent Lights - which are better and why? Check out this comparison if you need help: https://www.viribright.com/lumen-output-comparing-led-vs-cfl-vs-incandescent-wattage/

Light and sound are Energy! They travel in waves, but we cannot see it without the use of specialized machines. 

Sound has Vibrations and solids absorb sound better than soft or liquid objects.

What absorbs light better? Light or dark colors? What reflects better? Light or dark colors?

What happens to light when it hits water? Does it reflect? Bend (refract)? Nothing?

Remember: I have posted a lot of science videos, and we have done many labs testing light and sound. Please look back at it all to help you answer these questions if you are a bit hazy!

Homework Monday April 29th

Reading Comprehension - Entire Booklet: Determining Important Information

Paragraph of the Week - Should students have more recess time? - Final copy & drawing due tomorrow.

You have had plenty of time to work on the paragraphs and should be done by now. Please get them done or you will be spending recess with me!

What Forgiveness Means To Me..

We will be presenting tomorrow at the assembly..

So time to make a video.. on what forgiveness means to us!!

Opinion Writing and Main Ideas

What is the MAIN IDEA of the following paragraphs?

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Math Homework

Don't forget to finish for tomorrow! Patterns Page 5 #3-6

Sound Vibrations & The Ear

The Four Properties of Sound:

1. Sound travels in waves
2. Sound is caused by vibrations
3. Sound can be absorbed and reflected
4. Sound can be modified

Also.. Look how your eyes work!

Extra Patterns Math Help

Here is a great booklet you can print and work through at your own pace! It will help you in our Patterns unit, but also when we begin our algebra unit later in the year!

Grade 4 Patterns Extra Practice Booklet

Earth Day 2019

Here's the Earth Day song if you want to keep listening to it and reminding yourself what you need to do to help the earth!

Remember we can:

1. Reduce our footprint
2. Use less energy - turn off the lights!
3. Use less water - don't let the faucet run, take shorter showers
4. Use reusable containers for lunches
5. Don't use plastic bags, straws etc. Find reusable ones
6. Pick items that have parts we can reuse - ie: get a metal or glass reusable drink container, not plastic!
7. Use both sides of the paper, recycle our paper, and don't waste it!
8. And so much more!

What other ways can you help Mother Earth?

Mr. DeMaio's Awesome Videos

So remember our Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk Continents video... he has more! For all the multiplication facts! Check him out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwyVRKfytvjSF6q5s7noKZQ

Second Page of our Paragraph writing

Please finish the first 4 sections: Topic Sentence, and 3 supporting details:

Main Ideas and Extreme Weather

What is the difference between a Hurricane or a Typhoon? While we were working on finding our main ideas and details, we also started wondering about extreme weather and how to stay safe during lightning storms! Here's the videos!

Wangari's Trees of Peace

For more information: https://www.smore.com/61ag-wangari-s-trees-of-peace

Masters of....

Congrats to our latest Masters of Addition: Evan & Tanishka!
Our Masters of Subtraction: Lukas!
And our latest master of Multiplication: Yiang Yang!!
Wooooooo!! Keep up the awesome work team!

Growth Mindset

Stretch your brain and increase those brain muscles! Here's the book again in case you want to read it!

Remember you have a math test on Monday! You need to be able to:

• Estimate numbers to find the sum (+) and difference (-)
• Add and subtract showing your work and your steps (borrowing, carrying)
• Find out the amount of change/bills you should get back when you purchase something. 

You can spend some time reviewing the homework I've posted, working with money, or practicing on Prodigy or Freckle. Remember, when we did our Plickers reviews you should know where you struggled to ensure that is where you continue practicing!

***REMEMBER: You need to read the question, to ensure you are answering it correctly.. like: Estimate, THEN calculate!

Save the Rainforest!

Today we learned a bit about the different rainforests around the world. They are all over and close to the equator. Costa Rica, Brazil, Madagascar, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, and of course... MALAYSIA all have rainforests. We need to be careful about what we do so that we do not help the destruction of the rainforests around the world. We need them because they produce... oxygen!

Wonder Update

We are halfway through our "Wonder" read aloud. Yesterday we read a quote that really stuck with me.. sometimes we need to apologize and say sorry if we have hurt somebody, even though we didn't mean to. They still got hurt!

Math Homework

We are going to bump the Math test to Monday, seeing we had a few away today who didn't get to review for it. Please ensure all the questions are done, so we can use our "Plickers" to review tomorrow. Questions #2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12.