Food Chain

Hello Grade Fours!

This week we have been learning about how food chains work. We know that every link in a food chain is very important to everyone in the chain. If one part dies, the rest of the food chain will struggle to survive as well. Please check out this food chain game on EcoKids. The information reviews what we've talked about in class, and the game tests you to see what you've really learned about food chains! Be sure to click both the forest and the northern food chain.When you've played this game, make sure to come and tell me about it so that I know you've been reviewing your food chain facts. Have fun!

Chapgar, Jasmine. (n.d.) . "Big Food Chain" (Cartoon). Retrieved from [http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain2.htm]

Food Chain Game

Caregivers:

This game is an excellent method to see how much your child has learned about food chains. It relates to the curriculum expectation that students are able to build food chains consisting of different plants and animals. It also helps them to investigate the interdependence of plants and animals within specific communities (for example, a forest food chain), which is another curriculum expectation. Above is an example of a larger food chain, as this game explores. Playing the game yourself is an excellent way to review what your child has been learning in school.

Have a great day!

-Miss Sybblis

Patterns, patterns, patterns...

Hello Grade Fours!

For the past little while, we have been working on patterns in math class. It is a fun and exciting topic that can take many shapes and forms. Remember the art project we created with the patterns in circles? Did you realize that this also was a math activity? You can find and learn about patterns in many different ways! Here is a fun game that will allow you to test what you've learned about patterns and see if you can figure out what's coming next. Look closely! Some of them can get tricky!

http://www.primarygames.com/patterns/2a.htm

Good luck! Happy Patterning!


Caregivers: In class, we have completed many different pattern activities. These have been linked cross-curricular with many different subjects, including art. The students have learned to see patterns everywhere. Try testing their knowledge- look for patterns in and around your house and see if your child can predict what's coming next! This game above will help continue their knowledge about patterns. It covers two curriculum expectations; namely, predicting geometric and numeric patterns, and extending repeating patterns through investigation including a variety of tools.


Have a great day!

Miss Sybblis