Our class, our school, what we do….
We have been learning to create iMovie Trailers for books we are reading. Chelsie and Odin have been our class experts and are teaching other students to use this app. Check these out! I am having difficulty posting these videos to individual student blogs, hopefully students will be posting these on their own blogs soon.
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This is a fun game you can use to practice comparing fractions. You can click HERE to play the game. This game has loud bird calls in it.
I do not believe in leprechauns. If they were real we would have seen him. Ms. Soltau could have set up cameras around the room.The height of the video was too tall. Ms. Soltau could have video-taped the class when we weren't here. No one has taped a real leprechaun that I know of.The hair and face of the leprechaun looked like a stuffy. I wonder where it would learn to edit an iMovie. We also saw a big thumb in the video. We know it's you, Ms. Soltau.
I believe there is a leprechaun in our class. There have been lots of little things that have happened in our class. He left us a video and I didn't see Ms.Soltau going around taping things. Ms.Soltau probably couldn't tape the video down that low. It left a chunk of gold on Brenna's desk. When I was in kindergarten a leprechaun hid my shoes. There is no way Ms.Soltau could crawl around in Ms. Bono's class and have them not notice. We didn't catch that leprechaun.
We learned new things about our classmates thanks to a challenge from Arianne Jones and Classroom Champions.
Here is Arianne's video on Friendship.
Mr Frost came into our class and talked about how we keep warm. Mr Frost talked about hypothermia. You can get hypothermia when you sweat because the sweat is like water and water cools your body down quickly. Mr. Frost talked about how you should keep warm by having many different layers of clothing. He went from undershirts to heavy duty jackets. First you wear an undershirt made of material that absorbs sweat from your skin like polypropylene or silk . Next you wear wool to insulate you and keep you warm. Then you wear a wind breaker to block the wind. Finally, you wear a waterproof and warm jacket.
Mr Frost told us that it has to really cold to get frostbite (-40 or so). Mr Frost said that when you get frostbite your skin turns white and that the blood tries to stay in the core of your body. Frostbite starts in your hands and ears. You can loose fingers or toes or part of your ears when you get frostbite. You could also die from frostbite.
We had a lot of fun listening to Mr. Frost. We are very thankful he came to teach us and we now know how to stay warm and safe outside in the cold.
Written by the grade 3/4 class.
Students were asked to identify what items they would take on a sled dog trip. They needed to have the mandatory items and at least 3 personal items. What would you take? We would love you to comment!
Read about what makes a good sled dog HERE.
This week we learned some new vocabulary about Sled Dog racing with our Words Their Way. Some of the vocabulary was related to the sled. Students also learned some commands that mushers use to train and direct their dogs. 
We are lucky enough to have a student teacher, Ms. Shiels with us and she did a fun lesson on sleds on Friday. We created our own dog sleds out of popsicle sticks. It looks like Captain Kirk and Pluto have formed a team.
Can you name the different parts of the sled?
Next week will learn about how the dogs are connected to harnesses. You can keep updated on the race news HERE
The Yukon Quest is an international 1000 mile dogsled race between Whitehorse and Fairbanks. This race will help us learn about Northern Canada, the Inuit people, planning, goal-setting and research skills. This year students will be given a general overview of the race and then will be creating their own inquiry projects based on personal interest. The actual race will begin on February 4, 2017 and will last 10-14 days. Once the race begins will will track the progress of individual mushers and teams HERE .
The First thing to know is that this is an odd numbered year so the race will be run from Whitehorse, Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska. We will be exploring various themes related to Canada's North, its' people and
THIS is a link to all of the 2017 mushers
THESE are some interesting facts about the mushers.
THIS is background information about this race.
HERE is the definitions of the vocabulary sheet.
Please check back for updates.