Online At-Home Lesson 3
Welcome to the third online at-home lesson.
Please note that this page represents a variety of the lessons that I would teach the students over the course of a week or more. The Education Minister Stephen Lecce has implemented a new plan to re-established what he described as "teacher-led learning." The plan sets standards recommending a minimum of five hours of work per week fro Grade 4 students. Having said this, you are encouraged to your own pace and complete as much as you wish.
I am always open for suggestions and feedback... in class we call it "stars" and "wishes". If you have any comments or questions please feel free to contact me.
Stay well,
Miss Davies
Please note that this page represents a variety of the lessons that I would teach the students over the course of a week or more. The Education Minister Stephen Lecce has implemented a new plan to re-established what he described as "teacher-led learning." The plan sets standards recommending a minimum of five hours of work per week fro Grade 4 students. Having said this, you are encouraged to your own pace and complete as much as you wish.
I am always open for suggestions and feedback... in class we call it "stars" and "wishes". If you have any comments or questions please feel free to contact me.
Stay well,
Miss Davies
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As you know, I am a foster dog ... I am really happy to be home with Waldo but there is one really big problem... he keeps calling me "Dog"...
I don't mean to sound ungrateful or rude but I would rather that he call me something other than "Dog"... I am wondering if you might be able to help him come up with a name ... when you do please send your suggestions to Miss Davies so she can forward them to Waldo... Please, please do not call me Bunny ... I am a male dog!!! Did you know that Bunny is short for Bernice - how about that! Make sense, I didn't think so! Also, can someone, anyone, ask Waldo or Miss Davies to remove these bunny ears... they are hurting my head!!! As you know Miss Davies LOVES to turn everything into a math lesson - even though she "says" math is not something she enjoyed before becoming a teacher! Miss Davies thought you could send the names to her and she will let you decide as a class, based on the "majority rules" principle... So, can guess how she might be going to that when we are not all is a classroom together?What strand is she going to teach? What tool do you think she will use to figure out the majority? If you guessed a tally chart then you are right!! Until she gets the result she thought you might like to try gathering names at home and create your own tally chart... |
Weekly Language Calendar
In grade 4, we move from learning to read which was our focus in grades 1 to 3, to comprehending or understanding what we are reading or have read...
We all have different levels of interest in reading and our ability to read ... therefore some of us are strong readers while others of us are still working on it ...
The following links are for the grade 4 weekly language lessons and depending on your comfort level in language you are welcome to complete whichever weekly language calendar (select the grade you would prefer using the above link) best suits your ability and comfort level ...
** Note: the rule of thumb for finding "just right books" is called the 5 Finger Rule
THE FIVE FINGER RULE
The five finger rule is a quick and easy way for you to check if a book is suitable to read on your own. Before you start, turn to a random page in the book and read it. For every word that you don’t know, you should hold up a finger.
Use the following guidelines according to how many fingers you hold up:
0 or 1 – Most probably too easy for you.
2 – A good choice that will give you a reasonable challenge and allow you to learn new words.
3 – You might need some help, but still a good choice if you’re up for a challenge.
4 – May be too difficult for you to read on their own. If you have a friend or parent/guardian to help you, have them read along with you.
5 – Most probably a bit too advanced, try a different book.
We all have different levels of interest in reading and our ability to read ... therefore some of us are strong readers while others of us are still working on it ...
The following links are for the grade 4 weekly language lessons and depending on your comfort level in language you are welcome to complete whichever weekly language calendar (select the grade you would prefer using the above link) best suits your ability and comfort level ...
** Note: the rule of thumb for finding "just right books" is called the 5 Finger Rule
THE FIVE FINGER RULE
The five finger rule is a quick and easy way for you to check if a book is suitable to read on your own. Before you start, turn to a random page in the book and read it. For every word that you don’t know, you should hold up a finger.
Use the following guidelines according to how many fingers you hold up:
0 or 1 – Most probably too easy for you.
2 – A good choice that will give you a reasonable challenge and allow you to learn new words.
3 – You might need some help, but still a good choice if you’re up for a challenge.
4 – May be too difficult for you to read on their own. If you have a friend or parent/guardian to help you, have them read along with you.
5 – Most probably a bit too advanced, try a different book.
The following links are for the grade 4 weekly math lessons... depending on your comfort level in math you are welcome to complete whichever math calendar best suits your ability level (see the link above for calendars for each of the grades ...
Note - in the classroom we would break into a few groups at this point for those of us who've got it, are working on it, or are a little confused and would like extra support...
Note - in the classroom we would break into a few groups at this point for those of us who've got it, are working on it, or are a little confused and would like extra support...
Depending on your comfort level, pick one of the four numbers and use the link below to complete the paperwork for your number of the day.
89
893
8 939
89 397
89
893
8 939
89 397
All About Chicken Eggs: an integrated lesson
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This week we are going to learn about chemical reactions and who better to teach us about it than Miss Davies' third best male idol, Bill Nye...
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Using this real image of a dog shown below, draw what you the lower half of the image might look like? You may wish to use a grid to help you to do this...
Using whatever recycled materials you have at home, create new hat for Dog. Using metric length, the hat cannot be greater than 10 centimeters high or 10 centimeters wide.
