by Teacher | Mar 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The task was simple (with no guidance from the teacher to start with) : measure all the shoes (only the right shoe) of your classmates, display the data in a bar graph and calculate the average. Once we have understood the concept of averages well we will move onto...
by Teacher | Mar 10, 2014 | Grade 4
Summarizing information wether it is in written or spoken form can be a challenge at this age. For the next few weeks children will be working on this skill during their writing and reading periods. Our challenge today was to summarize the popular story Ali Baba and...
by Teacher | Feb 20, 2014 | Grade 4
Our Oman week trip ties in very well with our current unit of inquiry that looks at explorers and exploration. One of the things I will be encouraging the children to find out during our museum visits is if evidence exists to prove that Sindbad the Sailor was indeed...
by Teacher | Feb 11, 2014 | Grade 4
The excitement and anticipation was written on each and every face as the grade four ‘explorers’ headed outdoors armed with magnifying glasses. Their mission – to see what explorers would have done to start a fire if they were armed only with a...
by Teacher | Feb 6, 2014 | Grade 4
Can you create a persuasive print advertisement (poster) that would convince someone to buy this car? This is one of the tasks the children worked on this week. Have a chat to them about it. Who knows, with their new found knowledge of persuasive techniques they may...
