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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?