Spirit Day

Spirit Day, as always, was a very fun-filled day!  We started the day with an opening ceremony, story-telling, disco mania, picnic lunch, field events and a closing ceremony.  Such a fun celebration of our year together!

Spirit Day Video

Last Week

Wow, I can't believe it is actually here, our last week of school!

We've got a lot of special things going on this week like Spirit Day, 5th Grade Recognition, time with Character Partners, 4th grade store and more! In between all of the end of year celebrations, we will also squeeze in some more time for metamorphosis, Civil Rights, narrative writing and some end of year activities.

Wax Museum

Wow!  Those wax figures resembling the students did a fantastic job yesterday!  The backdrops were creative and picturesque, the costumes were some of the best I've ever seen, and their performances, right here at the end of the school year were really great!  I was proud not only of how they performed during the day, but their behavior in between shows and their willingness and eagerness to help clean up at the end of the day!  Great work, fourth graders!  

There are even more photos on Google Drive.

Operation

For the past several weeks in LEAD, students have been creating their own "Operation" game by using their knowledge of electricity and circuits.  They created some very fun and unique projects!

Week 9, Fourth Nine Weeks

It is another busy week here, our second to last week together!  Wow how time flies!

Reading: Students will be finishing up book clubs this week as well as looking at Greek and Latin roots and even some analogies.

Language: We will be working on narrative writing this week.

Math: Students are continuing to work on our geometry menu that works on patterns, shapes and problem solving.  We will also continue working on measuring angles and measurement.

Science: The students will be finishing their animal adaptation projects at the beginning of the week, then we will begin looking at metamorphosis.

Alabama History: Besides working on and presenting the Wax Museum, we will also be discussing WWI and the Roaring Twenties.

Week 8, Fourth Nine Weeks

Reading: Students are continuing their book club discussions looking out for figurative language, signposts and inferences about characters.  This week, we will also be discussing cause and effect.  Students are working on their vocabulary in their books clubs, so each group has a different set of vocabulary words.  Their vocabulary test will be Friday and the focus will mainly be using the vocabulary words in a sentence.

Language: The students are finishing up their persuasive letters to people in the school asking for changes to be made at school.  A few have already turned their notes in, and I even heard from Dr. Lowry today that the students presented some really good arguments for their cases!

Math: Our focus will continue to be on geometry as well as noticing patterns.  Later this week, students will also spend more time using a protractor.

Science: We will be studying animal adaptations that help animals to survive in certain habitats.  Students will start working on a project (done completely in the classroom) where they research an animal and explain the features of the animal that help it to survive.

Alabama History: The students will be researching for the Wax Museum and of course, going to visit our state's capital!

May

When I put the calendar up in the classroom today, the kids all said, "Wow, there is something everyday!"  Yep!  So much celebrating, giving back and culminations to our year to be done these last three weeks together!