Predators and Prey

A predator hunts and the prey is the hunted.

How Predators and Prey fit into the Food Chain:

Here's a few photos of us playing the Predator/ Prey Game:

To learn more and review what we've learned, check out these sites:

http://www.macmillanmh.com/science/2011/student/na/grade4/g4_ch3.html (this is from our textbook!)

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=8451 (Bill Nye video clip about Food Webs)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/gamesforkids.htm (animal games)

http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains/preview.weml (BrainPOP video about Food Chains)

Polygons

What makes a polygon? 

Have you read this book?  It's a terrific story about a triangle who changes into other polygons.

Here's a right triangle

Quadrangle (specifically a trapezoid)

Regular Hexagon

another hexagon (six-sided figure)

one more hexagon

a CONVEX polygon

a CONCAVE polygon



If the sides are CURVED it CANNOT be a polygon:

If the sides INTERSECT it CANNOT be a polygon:

(In addition, if the sides are OPEN it cannot be a polygon)

Be sure to check out some of our favorite polygon links...
http://www.brainpop.com/math/geometryandmeasurement/polygons/preview.weml
(BrainPOP video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpkjb4Tx844&feature=related
("I am a Parallelogram" Song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbR_rakilds&feature=related
(The Polygon Song)

Year of the Panda

Have you read the book Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein?
It's a terrific chapter book about a boy named Lu Yi who cares for an orphaned daxiong mao (giant panda).  Here's one book review about the story...

Quadrangles

Squares & rhombus...how are they alike/different?

Why is a square a special type of rectangle?

Can a kite be a parallelogram?



Compare/contrast trapezoids and rectangles

Sentences

In Language class we've been learning basic sentence structure. 
Nouns, verbs, subjects, predicates...
Here are some photos of us playing a subject/predicate game.
The little slips of paper have phrases (some have subjects; others have predicates).
Match two together and see if it makes a complete sentence.
We had a good time, and sometimes we made some silly sentences! :)

Geometry

What can you make with straws and twist-ties?

In math class, the possibilities are endless!

Triangle

Square

Trapezoid

rhombus

First Day

The Start of a New School Year

Here's a few pictures of our classroom. 

I'm looking forward to starting school with you.

Let's make it a great year together!