Mr Dunlop's Class

Good evening parents and students I am currently working hard to learn how google classroom works in order to try get you all involved for a Friday start up lesson. Thank you to everyone that I was able to get in contact with via phone and email. The next week will be a steep learning curve and we will take it slow to make sure we all understand the new process of learning. I am however confident we will be able to achieve a lot after looking at the program and what we should be able to achieve. We will be able to have classroom online lessons where I will be able to help students with their work as well as give instruction. We have be lucky enough to have had experiences this year using google docs and google slides, this will make the transition much easier as we will be able to use these programs for our work. I was going to upload a video read aloud today however due to copyright I will wait until Friday using google meet for our first face to face meeting as a class. Thank y...

There are 78 people going on a field trip to the zoo. They need to drive in cars to get there.  If each car holds 6 people, how many cars are needed to take all the visitors to the zoo? 1. Use numbers to represent your thinking. (Show the equation and workings) 2. Words to represent your thinking. (Write your answer in sentence form) 3. Pictures and/or symbols to represent your thinking. (Draw a visual representation of this problem) If possible take a photo of your work and email it to me.

I hope everyone made the most of their spring break and had some time to enjoy the company of your family. I wish I could give you more information but I'm still waiting to hear the latest about how we will be moving forward in regards to education and curriculum material. I will try keep you all updated as best as possible via this blog and I might be putting some school assignments on here for the students to be able to do at home. Remember to get outside and go for a walk or run to keep fit and healthy in both body and mind. The weather is starting to improve so start taking notice outside of the new plants and growth changes over the next month. Well done for those of you who have been using Raz-Kids, Prodigy and Epic! these resources are the best way to keep your mind to continue to develop and grow! If you have created or have anything you would like to share with me in google drive share it with tadunlop@educbe.ca and I'll get to see it. I have already seen some gre...

If you get bored here are some fun educational videos   SCIENCE MAX Center of gravity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcIZhW5oEHo Make a balloon powered car:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4subpxu8TMM Friction and momentum:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWSuB_XlmgQ Simple machine Game:  https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/games/interactive-machine-science-max Light it up game:  https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/games/light-science-max If you are looking for the class code to get into epic reading it is: uwp0941

Hello everyone. I hope you are all safe and well. Currently we have not been give any information to give you but I will keep you informed as soon as I am informed. I am currently at school in an empty classroom. Thanks for listening to the news and staying at home for now.  Until we know more, here are some things you can do to keep learning: -read a real book to give your eyes a rest from screens -play a board game, card games with family -Build something if you have materials -Plan and begin thinking about your arcade game using recycled materials  -if you are healthy get outside and enjoy some fresh air with your family or at a safe distance -play math card games (unicorn, you can print off a grid paper and play ARRAY CAPTURE) -EPIC BOOKS will be available during the day -RAZ KIDS.  -Prodigy In class we were already working on area and perimeter and were going to be starting on devision and subtraction this week and after spring break, so you might as well resea...

Prefix suffix: https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/prefixes-suffixes-list/ Simple machines game: https://www.msichicago.org/play/simplemachines/

As you know the school year is flying by and we are nearly at March break already. After the break time will fly by as we prepare to send your children off to a new school next year. Grade 4 Families!  It is that time of year to start thinking about saying farewell!  Our Farewell is the morning of Friday, June 19th. We would like to invite any interested guardians to join a Grade 4 Farewell Committee.  As part of this committee you would help plan the theme, events, decorations, food, music for their year end celebration, etc.  The time commitment is fairly light until closer to the date.  Historically the grade 4 teachers have met with the committee about once a month.  Please start thinking about this. The first Grade Four Committee Meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 14th at 3:15pm in room 171 (Mrs. Duha’s room).  Thanks Grade 4 Team!!! This farewell will no take place without the support of volunteers. If you are available t...

Hello everyone, Sorry for the absence recently, I had to go home to assist with family matters in Australia. The students were left in very good hand with Mrs Samphire. We are coming closer to the March break and we have much to learn before the end of the year. Students are currently learning about Area and perimeter and will be moving on to division ASAP. We have been researching and learning about the many regions of Alberta and the different characteristics they each have allowing student to write an I survived story based on one of these regions. We are continuing to learn about simple machines in science and are beginning to make plans for our upcoming BMO entrepreneurial challenge where we will be using our scientific learning to create arcade games with recycled materials incorporating multiple simple machines. We have began using equipment in gymnastics working on balance, locomotion and controlled landings. I also heard that the students really liked the Auskick program that...