How to embed photos of work

Today I am going to show you how to embed photos of your work on Blogger. First, you need to take a picture of your work with an iPad.

Next, you are going to want to crop out the unimportant parts of the photo.

Next, upload the photo to Google Photos album called Portfolio pictures. 

Now, on your laptop, open Blogger and go to the icon of the landscape picture.

You will see a menu of options

Go to the option Google Album Archive and search for the Portfolio picture album. Select your photo and it will be inserted!

How to Upload Your Work to Blogger

It is now time to upload your wonderful work to your ePortfolio! First, you have to figure out: is your work in Google Drive or on paper? That will affect how you get your work into your post!

1) Google Drive

First, you need to locate your work in Google Drive. Make sure it is completed!
Then go to the File menu and located the Publish to the Web option

Next, you copy the embed code and paste it in HTML version of the blog post.


Add width = 600 height = 800

World Trade Summit

Today 4HR is going to be taking on the roles of Finance Minster, Trade Minister, President or Communications Minister. Each role is extremely important to help trade product to other countries. Before we meet, we need to think about the etiquette and norms for talking and collaborating. 

Rules:
1) Finance ministers decide the prices
2) Be fair - offer reasonable prices
3) No shouting
4) Each card is worth 10 pounds (or 5kg) of each product
5) Don't be silly
6) Don't be off-topic
7) Be polite and kind
8) Trade minister should follow their plan as closely as possible

Punishment for breaking rules: 4000 bucks or 1 day no trading or donate 1 product to another country

Finance Ministers

Presidents

Trade Ministers & Communications Ministers represent: 

A reminder of the different jobs and their descriptions.

World Trade Fair Job Descriptions

Job	Responsibilities
President	You are a proud leader of your country.  You are responsible for making sure that the other presidents know all about your country.  You are also responsible for collecting information about country profiles from other presidents. As you communicate with the other presidents consider the following: What are your needs and wants as a country? What are the products/ resources that the other countries need and want? Are there any countries that you might be able to partner with in order to make a better product or sale?
Finance Minister	You are the money man.  You are responsible for setting prices on the products that your country will sell.  You will also help manage the money and the resources after the trade minister has returned from trading.    When you meet with the other finance ministers, you should pay attention to the following: What countries have a lot of money to spend? What countries have only a little money to spend? How might the amount of each country affect the prices of your product?
Trade Minister	You are the trade master.  You will be trading at the trade fair with the communications manager at your side to help you make decisions and use convincing and fair language to make sales. When you go to trade, you should think about: What products are the most important to my country being successful? What are least important?
Communications Minister	You are the communications manager.  You will work with the other communications manager to discuss rules and guidelines for speaking with one another when trading.   When you go to make these rules with others, you should consider: What kind of rules should we have to make sure communication happens smoothly? What will be the consequences of not following the communication guidelines?

What do you think the agreements for communicating should be?

May 14th - 18th Newsletter

Weekly Update: May 14 - May 18, 2018

Language Arts

This week in reading, the children will be spending time identifying important events in the stories they are reading and adding them to a timeline to help track the story. In addition to the story timeline, the children will focus on historically accurate events that the author includes to add to a historical timeline as well.

Math

Now that the students understand the benchmark angels, they will continue working with the protractor. The students will be given various angles and will be using the protractor to measure the angles. Students will learn that the size of the angle does not change even if the length of the lines change. A fun way to practice measuring angles is to play Bunny and Angles.

Science/ Social Studies

We didn’t get as much done this week as we had hoped :) Next week, we will continue student’s reflecting on their google map of natural resources. We will also begin investigating vocabulary like: Needs and Wants, Consumers and Producers etc. This quizlet is a good resource for kids to practice learning the new vocabulary tied to the unit.

Announcements

• ES Melawati Spring Concert, Thur May 17, 7:00 PM , Melawati Studio 
• Head Of School Coffee, Fri May 18, 9:30-11:00, Melawati Community Room 
• Wet & Wild Day : Friday May 25 - Click here for sign up !

Newsletter May 7th - 11th

Weekly Update: May 7 - May 11, 2018

Language Arts
This week in reading, we will be using clues from the author about the setting, characters and history to help piece our understanding of the stories we are reading. The children will also be doing some writing about reading in the form of reading responses to share their thoughts about their book club books.

Math
This week students will be drawing and identify angles by comparing them to known right angles. They will also begin using protractors to measure the various angles that they create.

Science/ Social Studies
This week students will be reflecting on their google maps and start investigating vocabulary ………. Needs and Wants, Consumers and Producers etc. This quizlet is a good resource for kids to practice learning the new vocabulary tied to the unit.

Announcements
NO SCHOOL: Wed May 9: General Election, Public Holiday
ASAs end: Friday May 11
MAP Parent Workshop, Fri, May 11, 8:30am – 9:00am, Melawati Community Room
ES Melawati Spring Concert, Thur May 17, 7:00 PM , Melawati Studio

May 2-4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: April 30 - May 4, 2018

Language Arts

This week in reading, the students will begin their new Historical fiction book club and focus on the setting. As they focus on the time and place in the story, they will also have an opportunity to inquire into the real historical time period and important events from that era.

Math

This week the students will begin looking at points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, perpendicular lines and parallel lines. They will be identifying and classifying angles along with distinguishing between parallel and perpendicular lines. You might want to brush up on your geometry vocabulary through Quizlet.

Science/ Social Studies

This week is a short week, and students will continue their investigation into natural resources (renewable and non-renewable) and their connection to our physical environment. Some classes have begun looking at where these natural resources are located around the world.

Announcements

ISKL Holiday - April 30th and May 1st

Newsletter updates

Weekly Update: April 23 - April 27, 2018

Language Arts

This week, students will be getting into Historical Fiction book clubs and begin reading a new story while investigating the historical period connected to the book. In writing, the students will be showing off their learning in a final independent assessment of their nonfiction writing.

Math

This week the students will be finishing up the Decimals and Fractions Unit and will take the final assessment. Our next and final math unit for the year will be Geometry

Science/ Social Studies

We are launching our unit on Trade and Resources this week. The big ideas of this unit are: “Where you live impacts how you live” and “Resources impact the economy and trade in regions around the world”. Student will begin the week tapping into their current knowledge of natural resources and how they connect with products and trade. We will then look more closely at different natural resources and their location.


Announcements

Earth Dress Day - April 27th

ISKL Holiday - April 30th




Weekly Update: April 16 - April 20, 2018

Language Arts

In writing, the focus will turn to editing and revising of their work and most children will be publishing their nonfiction books this week. In reading, we will begin a new Historical fiction unit and get into our final book clubs for grade 4.

Math

This week the students will be using their understanding of fraction equivalence to investigate decimal numbers on the place value chart expressed in different units.

Science/ Social Studies

We are finishing up our unit by communicating our expertise to others. Students are drafting their books to describe how Earth changes connect to Earth layers, plate tectonics, and/or erosion, weathering and deposition.

Announcements

Maps Tests begin next week

Earth Week is next week. Students are encouraged to send in videos or pictures of them doing something good for the environment.

Earth Week Assembly - April 20th, from 11:50 - 12:20pm

Earth Dress Day - April 27th

ISKL Holiday - April 30th

5LT's No Plastic resources

Today 5LT presented to 4HR about the problem of single use plastics and why we should say No to Plastic. They want us to take action and make a positive impact in our community.

Here are their resources to help us change our habits and the habits of others.

The Hive, where you can get reusable straws.

Interviewing as Scientific Journalists

This week 4HR has been scientific journalists. We wanted to find out more from a first hand source about our research topic.

"It was interesting because I had never interviewed a person who had been on an active volcano." - Jenna

"It made me understand how other people felt and how things can get damaged." - Sophia

"I never knew how fast an avalanche falls." - Gregorio

"Now I know what it looks like and sounds like for a volcanic eruption." - Alice

Below are four interviews: Ms. Amy about a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, Ms. Stone about an earthquake in California, Ms. Heather O about the 2004 tsunami, and Mr. Wakefield about an avalanche in Colorado.

Backlog of Newsletters

Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: April 9 - April 13, 2018




Language Arts

This week in writing, the students will be working on publishing their Earth change information books. This will include revising their writing to ensure they have used scientific vocabulary and a variety of evidence to teach their reader about their topic. In addition to their writing, each student will be adding text features to emphasize important information in their text.




Math

This week the students will be using manipulatives to show how decimals can be represented through the base-ten model to the hundredths. They will learn that the square is referred to as the whole or one unit, the rods become the tenths, and the unit cubes become hundredths. They will then have the opportunity to draw their own models that will represent given decimals and the equivalent fraction.






Science/ Social Studies

We are finishing up our unit by communicating our expertise to others. Students are drafting their books to describe how earth changes connect to Earth layers, plate tectonics, and/or erosion, weathering and deposition.




Resources

As we are now studying decimal fractions in math, here is a Quizlet that will help you and your child be familiar with the vocabulary of this math unit:






Announcements




WIDA testing will begin Tuesday April 10th to April 13th. This test is only for some students, and those students and parents have already been informed through a take home letter.




Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: April 2 - April 6, 2018




Language Arts

The students will continue to use their reading research skills as they delve deeper into their Earth Change research. Throughout this week, the children will be drafting their information books and will focus on organizing their writing with a topic sentence and key detail sentences.




Math

This week the students will begin the Fractions and Decimal unit. They will be learning how to convert fractions into decimals and recognize their place value.




Science/ Social Studies

Students are writing as Scientists. They are taking notes from different resources, and creating their own text features to explain that information. They are beginning to draft their book by paraphrasing information in their own words.




Resources

As we continue to share resources on ways to engage kids without technology and keep them safe when they are using it, consider this article. Getting Kids Off Devices How about a tech-free March vacation?




Announcements




School Starts on Monday, April 2nd.


Take a photo of your child reading someplace interesting or pretty or just cool and send it to sdehart@iskl.edu.my They will be posted on the library facebook page.

Spring Break Reading and International Bookclubs!

It is very rare that a title warrants an exclamation mark, but today it does! We have two ways to share digitally and globally about our reading.

The first is contributing to our class slideshow about where and what we were reading over Spring break. I am sure you are excited to hear that I finished Lincoln in the Bardo and what fun places I got to read it in over break.



The second opportunity is to join an international bookclub. Liv, a tween reading enthusiast, has started a Padlet bookclub for The Mysterious Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. Go to her padlet, read the instructions, and share your thinking with a world of reader.

Happy reading over break!

March 19th - 23rd Newsletter

Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: March 19 - March 23, 2018




Language Arts

Reading and writing will be very integrated this week. The students are continuing their research of an Earth change and organizing notes in a way that will help them write their information book.




Math

This week students will use area models to demonstrate their conceptual understanding of multiplying a whole number by a fraction. They will continue to solve story problems that involve fractions, along with reviewing for the end of unit assessment.




Science/ Social Studies

This week students will be connecting their understanding about how the earth is structured and what causes continual change to the Batu Caves. During our field trip, students will note the different cave formations and what causes them.




Resources

Next bit for digital responsibility




Announcements




Monday, March 19, is DAY 6! Tuesday will be day 2 and continue as expected.


Tuesday, March 20 - 4NJ and 4KW are going to the Batu Caves Field Trip.


Wednesday, March 21st, 4JK and 4HR are going to the Batu Caves Field Trip.


Terry Fox Run - March 23, 2018 Friday - Parents welcome! Everyone invited to dress in Pink , old Terry Fox shirts, or PE uniforms - your choice!


Spring Break- March 26 . School Starts on Monday, April 2nd.

Survivor Stories

3 Act Task

Today 4HR is going to let their curiosity help them be mathematicians. Watch this video. What questions do you have?




What questions might we have?


What do you estimate the answer might be? Give a high and a low estimate. Then give your best estimate.

Now, here is some important information that might help you answer your question. What strategies might we use to figure out the answer to our question?

March 12th - 16th Newsletter

Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: March 12 - March 16, 2018




Language Arts

This week in reading, we will be using research skills to identify appropriate resources and use brain frames to structure notes. In writing, we will begin our Earth change information books with a focus on the organization of the book and using text features to support understanding.





Math

This week the students will be exploring line plots. They match the line plots to data and they will create their own line plot by using data they create. In addition, they will use the line plots to solve addition and subtraction problems.





Science/ Social Studies

Students are tying together what they have learned about What is the Earth made of and How do materials cycle through the Earth’s systems to answer What causes the Earth’s structure to continually change. They are beginning to research into their Earth change, using note taking strategies and text structures to help them.




Resources

Grade 4 have noticed that digital responsibility is an area of which students need reminding and parents may want some resources too. We will post a series of resources to provoke discussions with your child. Linked below is a presentation that our counselors and tech team gave recently entitled Parenting in the Digital Age that could be great discussion points with your children about the decisions and responsibilities of using mobile/ smart phones/ internet at both home and school. http://bit.ly/ISKLPDA




Announcements


Track and Field Day - March 16th 8:15 to 11:00 am - Come to school wearing your PE clothes - Parents welcome!


Grade 4 Batu Caves Field Trip - March 20 and 21 - Parent Permission Form: Web link - Please fill out the form by March 16th.





Terry Fox Run - March 23, 2018 Friday - Parents welcome! Everyone invited to dress in Pink , old Terry Fox shirts, or PE uniforms - your choice!

March 5th - 9th Newsletter

Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: March 5 - March 9, 2018




Language Arts

This week in reading the children will be synthesizing the information they have been reading on weathering and erosion and use brainframes to collect new learning. In writing, the children will be choosing topics for their research writing and develop questions to guide their research.





Math

This week the students will be exploring line plots. They match the line plots to data and they will create their own line plot by using data they create. In addition, they will use the line plots to solve addition and subtraction problems.






Science/ Social Studies

This week students will begin to choose an Earth changes topic to research. They will use their reading skills to help them learn more about how our Earth’s structure continually causes changes and what the effects are.





Announcements




Student Led Conferences March 7 and 8 - please return the letter slip indicating if you want to meet the teacher as one of the rotation stations.


Track & Field - Friday March 16


Terry Fox Cancer Awareness Run - Friday March 23

Feb. 26th - March 2nd Newsletter

Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: February 26 - March 2, 2018




Language Arts

This week in reading, we will continue to analyze text-structures in information texts and use brainframes to organize the information we are learning. In writing, the children will be reflecting on their writing from the Realistic Fiction writing unit and planning how to share their learning and progress with parents for the Student-Led Conferences on March 7 and 8.





Math

Students will continue to solve story problems involving adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. They will also use their knowledge of equivalent fractions to convert their answers into lowest terms. They will begin using manipulative visualize how to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers.




Science/ Social Studies

Students will study erosion, deposition, and weathering by observing how water and wind can change the shape and structure of the Earth’s surface. Hands-on experiences will spark curiosity about how water and wind can impact sand, rocks, and mud. Students will then use reading strategies to understand more about how erosion, deposition, and weathering impact the Earth’s structure.





Announcements


Book Character Dress Up Day has been changed to March 1st


New student photos - March 2nd 10:30am. Your child can wear their regular clothes or the school uniform. If your child has swimming that day, they are excused from swimming.


Student Led Conferences March 7 and 8 - please return the letter slip indicating if you want to meet the teacher as one of the rotation stations.


Terry Fox Cancer Awareness Run - Friday March 23

Track & Field Parent Information - Friday March 16

Feb. 12th -14th Newsletter

Grade 4 Newsletter


Weekly Update: Feb. 12 - Feb. 16, 2018





Language Arts


This week, the students will continue with reading non-fiction texts related to the Earth Changes Unit. WIth these texts, students will be learning strategies to help them understand the text, such as sketching to visualize the main idea and note taking strategies for organizing information they are learning. In writing, the students will be writing the students will be assessed in their realistic fiction writing as they complete one final piece.





Math


Students will continue to explore the different combinations that can be used to make one whole. Students will practice decomposing into unit fractions and write as a sum of unit fractions. They will also be given the opportunity to show their understanding by creating area models and number lines to show how the combinations of fractions equal a whole.





Science/ Social Studies


Students will continue to explore the layers of the Earth and how tectonic plates have caused change, both slow and fast. We will be using our nonfiction reading strategies to answer our questions about tectonic plates and Pangaea.





Announcements





Free Dress Day is on Feb 14th (5RM donation) Valentine colors/theme encouraged.


No School for students on Feb. 15 and 16 (Thursday and Friday)


CNY and CNY Cultural Day is on Friday, Feb. 23rd . The Lion Dance starts at 11AM in the gym.


Start bringing in books for the annual Book Swap on March 1st. Bring in a book and get a coupon.


Semester 2 Swimming Dates (click on the link)

Separating ideas

Punctuation isn't just kind to your readers, it also helps you as the author. If we smash all our ideas into one, then we don't get to clearly get our ideas across. You get to choose how you want your ideas to read.

For example,

(no punctuation) Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust but there was no one she was close to in her new town why can't I walk down the street to Grandma's house like I used to Carmen wondered why did we have to move at all

Option 1:
Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust. There was no one she was close to in her new town. "Why can't I walk down the street to Grandma's house like I used to?" Carmen sighed. "Why did we have to move at all?"

Option 2:
Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust, but there was no one she was close to in her new town. "Why can't I walk down the street to Grandma's house like I used to? Why did we have to move at all?" Carmen sighed.

Option 3:
Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust. But there was no one she was close to in her new town and she couldn't walk down the street to Grandma's house like she used to. Carmen sighed, "Why did we have to move at all?"

Feb. 5th - 9th Newsletter

Grade 4 Newsletter
Weekly Update: Feb. 5 - Feb. 9, 2018


Language Arts

This week we will begin our next non-fiction reading unit. This unit allows the students to explore texts connected to our Earth Changes Science unit, while building skills in information text reading. In writing, many children will be finishing their drafts and publishing their first realistic fiction story.


Math

The students will be reviewing the ‘Equivalent Fractions’ unit and will take the Unit Assessment. Our next unit will be ‘Operations with Fractions’. The students will begin learning how fractions be composed and decomposed, how can fractions of a given set be added and subtracted and how a fraction can be multiplied by a whole number.


Science/ Social Studies

The students will be exploring the Earth’s crust in depth. We will start to inquire into how do materials cycle through the Earth’s systems and what causes the Earth’s structure to continually change by looking at cause and effect relationships between the layers.


Announcements

Semester 2 Swimming Dates (click on the link)

After School Activities start on Monday Feb. 5th

Free Dress Day is on Feb 14th (5RM donation)

No School for students on Feb. 15 and 16 (Thursday and Friday)

CNY and CNY Cultural Day is on Friday, Feb. 23rd . The Lion Dance starts at 11AM in the gym.

Start bringing in books for the annual Book Swap on March 1st. Bring in a book and get a coupon.

The Size of the Whole

The Size of the Whole Matters - what does this mean to you?


Here are some of our classmates' thinking about why the size of the whole matters. Please leave a comment about their thinking:
-How does their thinking connect to your thinking?
-How does their thinking change your thinking?
-What questions do you have for them?
-What do you think they did well?
See my example in the comments section for guidance.

What Did We Learn From Camp?

Grade 4 Camp is a wrap! We learned so much about leadership, communication, and collaboration. To see all the action, go to Google Photos. Listen to this reflections to find out what our important takeaways were.

Show Don't Tell About Our Vacations

What: Finding out my baby had gotten her second tooth

Setting: Airplane seat, by the window, sitting next to my husband, at the end of the day (9 pm)

What am I feeling - surprise, shock, amazement, tired from traveling

Looks like:
my body is slumped backwards, Lane is moving moving moving
my eyes were heavy, half open
laser-focus on keeping Lane entertained
wetness covered my knuckle, as Lane sucked my finger like a lollipop, and chewed on my finger like it was her favorite food
eyebrows raised
mouth dropped
trying to hold her still to see her mouth

Sounds like:
scraping on my knuckles, like a rake scratching the sidewalk
"What on earth?"
shouting to my husband in surprise, even though the other passengers were sleeping (oops!)

Thinking:
"Ow!"
"This wasn't here this morning!"
"This can't be!"
"Did she grow her tooth on this flight?"
"But she wasn't showing any signs of another tooth coming in!"