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We began our Charlotte's Web novel study today.  We listened to the author read the first three chapters on cd.  The students really enjoyed listening to the actual author read the text.

Today we continued our work with the continents.  The students worked in groups to trace the various continents and decide on how they could remember the shape of the continent.  For example, Africa reminded one group of a high heeled shoe.  The groups worked well and used their imaginations to come up with the responses.

We are working on writing lists of instructions.  Today we watched a video about how to make a traditional Irish beef stew.  The students needed to write the steps necessary to create the tasty dish.  I am pleased to report that the students did a great job with this task.  You can view the video we watched via the Links page on my blog.

Today we worked on ordering fractions from least to greatest and greatest to least.  When you are working on this concept at home you can use the Fraction Strips worksheet that is in your child's dua-tang to help.  We do not find common denominators at the grade 4 level.

Today the students worked on a variety of St. Patrick's Day centre activities.  The activities focused on developing Math, Social Studies, Language Arts and Technology skills. We are working on writing lists and instructions.  The students had to watch the video on the links page of my blog and write the steps for making a traditional Irish beef stew.

We had a good time at the Fluvarium this morning learning about the concepts of light, sound, reflection and refraction. Many thanks to Grace's mom for volunteering to come along on our trip today.  Parent help is always appreciated!