Technology Videos

Our technology videos are starting to come together!  Fourth graders are working on the following types of videos:

• MATH ~ How to multiply and/or divide numbers
• TECHNOLOGY ~ How to create a Google Slideshow
• READING ~ Book trailers - comments on books we love

Click this link for a a sneak peek of a math video, compliments of Mrs. E. Williams' class.

Juicy Nibble

Today we learned about some famous people who were born in the southeast region of the US.  BB King was born in Mississippi and was one of the greatest Blues musicians of all time.  He died in May of 2015.  We listened to one of his most popular songs, The Thrill is Gone.  Check out the video below!

Fourth Grade Update

We have continued to build our community with Monday Morning 4th grade meetings. This is a great opportunity for our fourth graders to reconnect with their friends after a weekend, and to start our week of right!

Our mantra for this week was "Effort is Everything", which connects nicely with ~

• Our Washington, D.C. projects (due Thursday)
• Our Fraction assessment (Today)
• The Patriots' Superbowl comeback!

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday with Valentines and a Party in a Bag.  This celebration will be in place of our regular snack.

Wednesday was a beautiful day for outdoor recess (just before the blizzard)!

Family Fun!

Next Saturday is "Take Your Child to the Library," day. It is, "An international initiative that encourages families everywhere to take their children to their local library," (Connecticut Library Consortium). I hope that you are able to get to the library with your family!  Click here for more information about this fun day.

Poetry Workshop

We are writing free verse poems in the style of Robert Frost and will be using paper snowflakes as a muse for our verse.  Here is a link to the online snowflakes that we experimented with in class today.
Have Fun!

Make a Flake

Fourth Grade News

Fourth Graders worked together to create small "forests" while learning how to adapt the yoga tree pose to partner yoga! The weather hit 2 extremes this week- very, very cold on Monday, and unseasonably warm on Wednesday.  We enjoyed our outdoor recess on Wednesday.

Our chorus concert was a huge success!  Videos of two of our songs can be found at the links below:

This Little Light of Mine

Lost Boys 

Lost Boys Complete Video

Social Studies

Here is a video of a family hiking the Beehive Trail in Acadia National Park. Mrs. A.Williams and her family hiked it and it was scary!  Do you think that you and your family would like to hike The Beehive?  Leave a comment and let us know.