October Happenings

Fourth grade is off to a great start! The children would like to share some of the highlights of fourth grade so far.

Our class is reading the book, The Kid Who Ran For President. 

Mrs. Moses always reads the book after recess. She calls us to the rug and we sit next to our reading partners. Mrs. Moses tells us to make connections, vizualize, and listen carefully to eachother. She is always using expression when she reads, and that helps us to understand! This book is about a boy named Judson Moon and he is running for president. He's in 7th grade and his friend Lane convinced him to run for president! In the book they made the 26th ammendment, which would allow kids to run for office, and Judson got enough signatures to become a candidate in the state of Wisconsin. We will see if he wins!

                                             By Emma, Vivian, Harry and Matthias



In Science we're studying Geology. We learned about erosion and weathering with Mrs. Moses and Mrs. Oddo. We have science in the lab every Thursday at 9:25. Our latest experiment was erosion sand tables. First, we put sand in a tray on the table. Next, we poured water on the sand. Then, we pulled the cap off and drained the water. Later, we saw how much the position of the sand changed. This is called deposition. As you can see, we have so much fun at science!!

                       By Lindsey, Hunter, Louisa, Gabe and Dylan

We have Peace Talks in Fourth Grade. We have Peace Talk on Friday at the end of the day. We do Dove awards, Bucketfiller awards, Teamwork awards, and golden tickets. We do Peace Talk on the carpet or sometimes in an air conditioned room. We have Peace Talk because we want to be kind to each other. In Peace Talk we have a word of the week. Some words we've talked about are: patience, friendship, respect and compassion. The kids nominate people that were kind to them and helped them for awards. If your golden ticket gets picked from the jar, you can get a prize from the prize bin, read to another class, have lunch with the teacher or earn a homework pass! We love Peace Talks!

                                     By Danny, Ashley, Alvin and Naima

In 4th grade we are writing stories that happened to us. They are called personal narratives. Jack's story is called, What's That Splash? Julia's is called, Glow Stick Time, Drew's story is called, Porgy's Little Suprise and Kathryn's is called, Always in My Heart. We did this project during October and September for Writer's Workshop. We used our Writer's Notebooks in room 18 and the computer lab. We did this so we could get better at writing and show our parents and friends. First, we made entries in our writer's notebook. Then, we wrote a draft on paper. Next, we revised our story. Next we edited our story. Then, we made a neat draft. After, we started typing. Finally we made a dedication and an "All About the Author" page. Finally, we published. We got to share our wonderful stories with teachers, parents and friends! Hooray!                        

                                    By Drew, Kathryn, Julia and Jack

In Social Studies we've been learning about New York. In our classroom and computer room we did a lot of research on New York. We researched the state animal, flower, beverages, and many other things. Then we made an awesome Power Point presentation about NY.  Also, we made New York cookies and labeled the important land forms and bodies of water. We put M&Ms on the important cities and blue frosting  on the rivers. We also put a swedish fish on Long Island. We even put a Hershey Kiss on Albany, our captial state. We did all these activities because we wanted to learn cool facts about our state. Social Studies is so much FUN!

                By Ethan, Anjali, Austin and Carly                            

 

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