First 2 weeks of Grade 4

Grade 4 in Portable 1!

Our first 2 weeks in Grade 4 have been super busy and extremely fun! We are all getting to know each other and are off to a great start!

Spaghetti and Marshmallow Challenge
On the first day of school, students were challenged to work in groups to create the tallest free standing structure using 20 sticks of spaghetti, a meter of string and a meter of tape. The goal was to have the marshmallow on the top.

 

 

 
























Chromebooks
Students have been exploring a variety of activities using the classroom Chromebooks. We started off by adding our birthdays to a shared google doc. We quickly learned what worked and what didn't work when 25 people were trying to edit the same document at the same time! Their next challenge was to learn how to insert pictures. Students each had their own copy of a bingo template and they all participated in Bingo Selfie. 

Math
We have started the year off learning about Place Value and Comparing and Ordering numbers. Students have been using a variety of techniques to display their learning such as Base Ten Blocks, Chromebooks and whiteboards. 

Art
We completed our first art activity this week. We discussed what abstract art is and then students created their own piece of abstract art by following instructions based on the outcome of rolling dice. 

Learning Skills
This week the class reviewed what they knew about Learning Skills. We first discussed as a group some examples of each Learning Skill. Next, students worked in small groups to brainstorm specific behaviours to represent each Learning Skill. We condensed all our ideas and will be creating posters next week.