Main Idea of Forces and Motion

Today we practiced finding the main idea vs topics of a book about our new unit, Forces and Motion.

We took different sections of the book and found the main idea. Here is how you find the main idea:

Here is what we will learn about in our unit!

Wind and water are powerful natural forces that makes things move.
Force can make something change direction.
Friction is a force that affects movement.
Friction is a type of force that slows things down.
Pushing forward helps go faster.
Friction is when you rub against something and it slows you down.
Slope can be steep or flat.
Pulling back stops things from moving.

Finale! - Do we agree on the main idea of the last pages
Friction stops you from slipping. - fact
The more friction there is, the slower you go; the less friction there is, the faster you go. - statement
Friction affects how fast or slow something moves. - main idea!
Friction stops you from moving when you slip. - example
The less friction, the more you slide; the more there is, the more is stops you from slipping. - examples
If you are walking on a rough ground, friction will stop you from sliding; but if you are walking somewhere, like on ice, there is less friction because you will slide. - example

Global Citizen

What do we already know about Global citizens?
-Being kind, aware of what you are doing
-Knowing about the world
-Global means around the world, citizen is a person that lives in a place. Maybe it is what you can do for the whole world
-Different place but similar culture
-Know what's happening in your life.

How does knowing one another's culture help you as a global citizen?

As a culmination of our Social Studies unit, we are going to investigate how we have evolved as global citizens. First, we watched this video where people share their views on what it means to be a global citizen. We took notes in the form of words, phrases, or symbols. Lastly we compiled our individual notes into a class note-taking sheet.

Our last step is to write an essay about the question How does knowing one another's culture help you as a global citizen? Since it is an essay you need to have a claim, reasons, and supporting evidence.

Some sentence stems are
Knowing one another's culture help you as a global citizen because .....
Another reason knowing one another's culture help you as a global citizen is .....
By learning ....., I now know......   This helps me as a global citizen.
When you ......, it helps you be a global citizen.

Cultural Identity Presentations

4HR shared its cultural presentations with 4JK today. Linked here are all the photos of our sociologists sharing the cultural universals with their partners.

The students were expected to identify, describe and explain their cultural universals in their presentations. They then had to compare and contrast their cultural universals with another student. This is guiding us to become global citizens, in understanding more about ourselves and others. 

Oct 16-17 Newsletter

Newsletter Weekly Update: Oct. 16-17, 2017

Language Arts

This week in Writing, the children will be working on their introductions and conclusions for their personal essay. In reading, the students will continue with nonfiction reading as they investigate one of the world’s 5 major belief systems.

Math

Students will be finding the multiples of a number, using various strategies including skip counting. They will be demonstrating their understanding of factors and multiples of whole numbers. Please be sure that your child is practicing his/her multiplication facts at home.

Science/ Social Studies

This week students will be finishing their cultural presentations ensuring that they have included information on factors that have influenced their cultural identity.  Students will be presenting their slides and information on Oct. 25th to other students in Grade 4.

Resources

As many classes introduce the area model, here are a few resources that may help you help your child if they need it. Using the area model ( two digit numbers x single digit) Multiplying two digit numbers

Announcements

Don’t forget to return scholastic orders by Oct. 30th.

Celebrations

Please see your class blog or class website for individual class celebrations.