Oreo Phases of the Moon

Science lesson for the day: 

Can you recreate the phases of the moon with Oreo cookies?

Everyone stepped up to the challenge and even got to sneak a cookie or two! Cooperation was the key.

Hour of Code

We were busy this week coding away from  being buddies with the first graders, the kindergartners, and special ed students to finally getting our own hour of code! 

Why Code?

• Coding and Programming is a basic literacy in the digital age.
• Coding can change the world.
• Coding gives children confidence that they can be designers and builders.
• Coding is becoming the most in-demand skill across industries.

 

Trimester One Genre Goals

This trimester most of our class was successful in meeting their Trimester One Reading Genre Goals. Way to go! Keep on reading!

 Keep on Doodling!

Using Scratch to Code

To get ready for the international week of "Hour of Code", we dipped our toes in the water designing the GOOGLE logo on Scratch. The students had to watch a short video clip explaining how to code and without any help from me were coding within minutes!

STEM Thanksgiving Fun

Before the Thanksgiving break, students had fun working collaboratively to construct a Thanksgiving table worthy of a feast using 5 sheets of paper and 10cm of tape. Their design had to hold a canned good without toppling and be at least two inches high. Some groups were successful on their first attempt while others had to make modifications along the way.

Thank You

Thank You

If you donated to Get Your Math Game On, thank you again from a great bunch of fourth graders. I think some of the pictures will help you see what your donation does for our class. I always put in money to help fund these projects because I believe in changing things up and meeting the needs of every child so that school becomes a fun place to be. Every year I try to bring in a new twist so its fun and fresh for everyone including me.

Strawbuilders were a big hit!

 I still have two projects up on DonorsChoose. If you donate on Giving Tuesday, November 27th, you and I will both get a chance to win $5000 for our classroom. Every donation is one chance. It doesn't matter the amount either!

Click on the links below to check it out.

Lady Gaga's foundation is doubling your money to this project.

Multiplication fluency building

Reading Workshop Time

We have been working on expanding our vocabulary when talking about characters and their internal traits which are determined by what they say, do, feel and think. Trying to spice it up a bit, the students created their own monster and gave clues about their traits in a short blurb. I have included just a few of their monsters and clues to give you a taste of our reading workshop project.

We have also had a chance to get on a cool website to create our own Wonder  profile and choose a precept that speaks to us. We are reading a book in class called Out of My Mind, which will challenge us to treat other people with kindness and empathy despite what our eyes see first.