We learning about fractions! Let's watch Annie and Moby to get the basics! What is a fraction? What are the basic parts of a whole?

Want to make some pizza fractions? Check out this game, Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop!

Yesterday we looked at some real landscapes. How do you draw a landscape? Let's watch the video below to learn more about the horizon, foreground, middleground and background!

 Let's learn how to add dialogue, using quotation marks, to our folktales!

Learn about Forces and Motion on DK Findout!

 You can visit this website to watch videos and learn more about Earth's destructive forces of Nature!

Practice your times tables using multiplication memory! Just click on the picture below!

Here is an interactive multiplication table you can use to practice your times tables!

Let's make some Kandinsky circles using mixed media! Watch the video below to learn more about the abstract artist, Wassily Kandinsky!

Learn about pushes, pulls, motion, speed, and friction with Annie and Moby!

 Let's find out some more information about Halloween from DK Findout! Here are 11 Sppoky Facts about Halloween: https://www.dkfindout.com/us/explore/11-spooky-facts-about-halloween/ 

What do you know about the origins of Halloween? Let's read this article from CBC Kids to find out more! Let's take the Halloween quiz to test your knowledge about this spooky holiday https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/halloween-quiz! 

 How do you multiply by 0 or 1? Check out Annie and Moby on BrainPop Jr. to review!

 Visit BrainPop Jr. to review how arrays can help us multiply! Look around your house for arrays and practice doing some mental math around your home!

One of the most important elements of a folktale is the lesson, sometimes called the central message or moral. Teaching a lesson to the reader is the basic reason folktales have been created and passed down through generations in cultures all over the world. When we determine the lesson of a tale, we often discover the purpose of creating that tale in the first place. Today we read "Anansi Goes Fishing" by Eric Kimmel. What are some of the important messages we learned from this story? Was what happened to Anansi at the end of the story fair? Why or why not? What explanation about nature was this story trying to teach?

 The construction of our towers is in full swing! Here are a few samples!

We are really excited about our upcoming Food Drive for 448 Food Bank! The kids have created posters, visited classrooms and made announcements to promote it throughout the school! Let's hope it is a great success! Here is a link to the website for more information! https://donation.foodbank448.org/ 

Here are some videos from BrainPop Jr. you can use to support your understanding of multiplication! Remember to try out the quiz, word play, make-a-map and other activities to reinforce your understanding!

October 16 is World Food Day. What action will you take to help end hunger? Check out the website below to learn more about how healthy diets can help eradicate hunger worldwide!

Let's check out our castle collection on EPIC! for more research and design ideas: CASTLE Collection

Let's visit DK Findout! to learn even more: CASTLES on DK Findout!