Grade 4's Habitats

The students today learned about: Producers, Consumers and Decomposers.

Producers- are plants because they produce their own food.  Green plants use the energy from the sun to turn water and carbon dioxide from the air into the food they need.


Consumers are animals that consume or eat other living things to get the energy they need to survive.  There are three different types of consumers:  Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores.


Herbivores- are animals that eat only plants. An example is a white-tailed doe and fawn, moose, hares, hummingbirds, beavers, etc.


Carnivores- are animals that only eat other animals. An example is an eagle, lion, tiger, wolf, hawk, etc.


Omnivores- are animals that eat both plants and other animals.  An example is a raccoon, black bears, squirrels, pigs, etc.  Many humans are also considered omnivores.


Decomposers- are living things that feed off dead plants, animals and reduce their remains to minerals and gases again.  Examples are fungi like mushrooms, bacteria, worms, etc.

Reminder Grade 3's have an Urban and Rural Communities test tomorrow

Safety Village

The students today had a great time learning about bicycle and fire safety.  What a great experience it was for all of them.

Numeracy- Ways to Write numbers

The students learned the how to write numbers using standard forms with numerals and words, expanded form and place values.

The grade 3 students learned up to the hundreds. 

While, the grade 4 students learned up to the thousands.

Students can practice with place value by playing a fun game.  This is great practice for all!

REMINDER: MATH TEST TOMORROW.

Grade 3's- Urban and Rural Communities

Urban is having characteristics of a city or town.  Rural is having characteristics of a country or a farm.

We will continue our discussions on the difference and similarities between the two.  We will also be doing a fun activity that will help the students to distinguish what is Urban and what is Rural.

Points of View

Today we read the book "Who is Melvin Bubble", by Nick Bruel.   We used this book to identify the point of views from the different characters on who is Melvin Bubble.  The students enjoyed this story and were able to identify the different points of view by looking at pictures and listing to story during the read aloud.  Tomorrow, we will be using the same book to try and figure out the main idea of the story.

Mapping put to practice

The students have been making and using maps containing the necessary map elements i.e. title, symbols, legend, and compass rose.
They used what they have learned to create a map that was created of Stuart Scott's P.S. playground to recognize a wide range of features i.e. the playground, track, field, trees, bicycle rack, etc by representing them using different colours on the map.
Students were later asked to create directions that would lead their peers to a desired location of their job.  They did a great job- well done grade 3's!!

Practice test sent home

Students have been provided with a practice test that was sent home.  This is a great opportunity for students to practice what we have been learning on patterns. We will be taking the test up tomorrow, so please make sure you put in the work to get it completed.

Reminder

This a reminder to my students that I have assigned the following pages
as homework which is to to be completed for Mon, Oct 3, 2011.  They are as follow:

Grade 3's-  correction to previous homework along with lesson 3, 4 and 5.

Grade 4's-  correction to previous homework along with lesson 3 and 4.

This is great practise for our pending math test that will be on Wed Oct 5, 2011.

If you have any trouble, please make a note of it so that we can discuss it in class.