Geometry!!

Hi Grade 4's!!!

I was so excited to get started on geometry with you as a class. I love geometry and exploring different shapes and exploring different quadilaterals.
I am glad that as a class each of you enjoyed today's introductory lesson on geometry. Since, we have already discussed in class how to identify and compare different quadilaterials and we learned how to classify them by their geometric properties, I feel confident that you will be able to excel at this activity online.
When you enter the site it will say 'geometric flash cards'. Each of you will enter the site and will see a picture on the screen of a different geometric shape. Click under the drop down menu to pick which geometry term describes the shape.

Click GEOMETRY to enter the site.

ROCKS AND MINERALS

Hello Boys and Girls!

As you know boys and girls yesterday we had a lesson on the difference between rocks and minerals and explained the difference between how they are used. In today's lesson at school we learned to describe the differences between igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and how they are formed.
**Remember Igneous rocks form when hot liquid rock from below the earth's surface rises above the surface. Sedimentary rocks form when small pieces of the earth that have been worn away by wind and water accumulate at the bottom of rivers.
Metamorphic Rocks form when pre-existing rocks are changed by heat and pressure.
Heres a website that teaches more about the difference between the three different type of rocks as well as some interesting facts that you can learn. I would like you to find at least 1 interesting fact from the website and bring it into class tommorow.

I look forward to hearing your amazing facts!

Click on ROCKS AND MINERALS to go directly to the website.

This Week's Math

This week, boys and girls, we are learning more about graphing and how to choose the kind of graph we want to display information. I know we have talked about circle graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. For next week, we are going to focus specifically on making bar graphs. To learn more about this in preparation for our classes next week, follow this link to take you to a page with all kinds of help prompts for you. When you get to the main page, make sure you follow the CLICK HERE link.

LIGHT AND SOUND!

Hi Grade 4's !
I hope you are all enjoying your March Break!
The weather certainly has been wonderful for the past couple of days.
I know that when we return all of you will be presenting your projects that you have started or finished already over the past couple of weeks on what we have learned in our unit on light and sound. Everyone will present their projects on March 24; either you chose to design a device that demonstrates light and/or sound or whether you have researched properties of light and sound. I found some links that I thought would be fun as well as useful to your learning about light and sound. The first is creating a kaleidscope click here. The second is on sound and light, follow this link and a click on an object that you would like to learn about and see how it works. The final link is a video I found on light and I thought it would be fun for all of you to enjoy click here to watch.

Resources

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! I know that I certainly did.
This weekend I found myself browsing the internet and found some great educational resources. I realize that as parents sometimes finding websites that are educational can be quite difficult. Therefore I have decided to put some educational resources that I thought would be useful on the classblog.

For my students I have also included some resources for you as well on the classblog.
To the parents of the students in my class as well to my students if you have or find anymore websites that you think the class would benefit from knowing feel free to add to the blog.

I look forward to seeing my students in class tommorow!

Miss Chambers Class

Hello To All Parents and Students!

Welcome to my edublog! This year is going to be exciting year full of new challenges and learning experiences. As you know technology has a major influence on students. This blog will be used to communicate with students as well as parents.
Parents have a vital role in their child's education and I hope that we can all work together to ensure that each child in my class will have success throughout the school year. I will be posting websites as well as information for both students as well as parents to have.

If you have concerns or any questions feel free to e-mail me or to blog on this site I am always willing to hear any suggestions so that we can have a great year.


I look forward to starting an exciting new school year!

Miss Chambers