Life Cycles

OK, so I am posting this a week after school is out, but better late than never.  Our last unit in Science is Life Cycles.  Our job is to compare and contrast various life cycles.  So, we set up stations and rotated through the life cycles of various plants and organisms; butterfly, frog, flowers, tomato plant, and meal worms (very smelly).

Multiplication Tracker

For a long time, I have tested and tracked student's ability to complete math facts given 60 seconds per fact.  This year, I had a student observer that came up with this cute poster.  The fact tests look like little spider webs so we drew spiders each time they correctly completed a factor.

Summer

Thanks for a wonderful year!  It was such a joy to invest in your child this year.  Remember to review those multiplication and division facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Translations

Not only did we learn the Translation Hustle Dance . . Do the Hustle, but we manipulated figures before we glued them to our journal.

 

Symmetry

This week we are continuing our geometry unit with testing lines of symmetry and connecting that with our knowledge of transformations (reflections specifically) and congruency.  We also introduced a new math tool.  I just call it the Red Mirror.  It helps us see the reflected figure and to test lines of symmetry.  Really cool!

MLA "Ecosystem"

We went out today to view our own class ecosystem.  We are blessed enough to have an awesome Outdoor Learning Area.  We categorized the Living and Non-living components of our Pond (lake) ecosystem.

Building Terrariums

We are studying ecosystems right now, and how living and non living components work together within a given habitat.  We build a terrarium and will observe how our seeds grow.

Look, We are using our journals!

We often refer to our journals when in need.  We are defining 2D and 3D figures based only on attributes.

3D Figures

Our journal entry for 3D figure vocabulary.

More Polygon Attributes

Today we added to our journal.  In fourth grade, we will define and identify 2D figures by their attributes.  We created two journal pages to help us organize the attributes. 

Polygons

Measurement

OK, sorry this has taken so long.  Here it is, all my Measurement materials in one big post.  This will include our class foldables as well as anchor charts.  Sorry if anything is repeated.

Combinations

Points, Lines, and Angles

We started our Geometry unit today by creating our Point, Lines, and Angles foldable.  They will use this throughout the unit.  I explained to the students today, we will not measure angles in fourth grade.  But, we will have to identify angles within a 2D figure.  As well as identify parallel and perpendicular lines within 2D figures.

Open House

Thank you to all who attended Open House.  I hope you enjoyed the math and science stations.  How did you do playing Are You Smarter Than A 4th Grader?  Don't forget to keep practicing the Think Through Math online math program.  You should have received your child's user name and login at Open House.

Time

Please practice telling time.  The students need to be able to read an analogue clock.  In fourth grade, we focus on elapsed time.  The students will be given either a start time, end time, or how long the event lasted.  The students have to solve for the missing information.  If they do not understand the concept of time, they will struggle with elapsed time.

Please check the links for more practice.  Johnnie's Math Page and Virtual Library has good activities.

Converting Measurement

We are learning about Units of Length this week.  We are also learning how to convert customary units of length.  We learned a song to help us.