Holiday Party

We have been working so hard the past couple months. What a great day today was celebrating all we've done & celebrating the holidays too!

Holiday party games:

Holiday party:

Christmas tree decorating contest:

UL concert:

Sing Along:

Narrative Stories

Here they are! After a month of working hard on our narratives, here are the final products.

We first researched an animal of our choice. Then we personified those animals and gave them human traits. From there, we began mapping out our stories. We made sure they had a beginning, middle, and end; a theme; and a problem and solution. We took our brainstorm and wrote a draft. We typed our draft. We revised, edited, and finally had our final draft!

Once we had our final copies, we took on the role of illustrator! We made pictures to go along with our story. The final step, we made a movie of our illustrations as we read our story aloud.

We have worked really hard on these stories. We are so proud of these final copies; we hope you enjoy them too!

Aidan’s story: Sam the Scorpion

Kaden’s story: Longnose
Colin’s story: Speedy and Gaze
Sarah’s story: Mona Losing Her Toy
Hayden’s story: The Adventures of Billy and Sammy
Cecelia’s story: Janet's Journey
Justin’s story: The Hunters
Emily’s story: Hummingbirds vs Hawks
Matthew’s story: Craig and Allen
Saylor’s story: Meggie the Megladon
Bailey’s story: Ollie and Me
Cameron’s story: No Fighting
Nick’s story: The Hunting Trip
Jack’s story: Never Give Up
Holly’s story: Jaggy the Jaguar
Ella’s story: Clean, So Clean
Reagan’s story: Are We Friends or Not?
Aubrey’s story: The Ocelot
Emma’s story
Payton’s story: Friends
Margaret’s story: The Lions
Naomi's Story: The Big Fight
Sam’s story: The Watering Hole
Savannah’s story: Natalie the Bully

Animal Classifications

In science we were given a variety of animals: different mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, amphibians, and more. We then had to decide how to divide these animals into two different groups. After much debate and deep thinking, we finally cracked the code! Invertebrates vs Vertebrates!

Is It Fair?

This week in math, we were given a challenge! A class was divided into 4 groups on a field trip. Group one had 4 people sharing 3 sub sandwiches equally. Group 2 had 5 people equally sharing 4 subs. Group 3 had 8 people equally sharing subs. Finally, group 4 had 5 people equally sharing subs. We had to determine, was this fair?

After debating, drawing pictures to prove our thinking, and supporting our opinions with math, we made posters to represent our thinking. Our class took a gallery walk to observe our own posters. We then took a gallery walk through Mrs. Cadima's room to see if her class had similar thoughts to our thoughts. It was interesting for us all to see the different ways we solved this problem. While we may have solved it in different ways, in the end we all agreed that this definitely was not a fair distribution.

Field Trip Fun

Friday was our first field trip. We went to see our very own Ella perform in The King and I. It was so neat to watch her on stage and cheer her on. Here are a few pictures from the day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harmony Auction Items

 

Elf Party 

 

with Mrs. Cadima, Mrs. Curran, Mrs. Hoagland and Ms. Howard!

 

Please send in money in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher name, and auction event.

Grab your coziest pajamas and pillow and join the fourth grade teachers in a winter wonderland!  We’ll cozy up by the fire as we decorate sugar cookies and eat popcorn and laugh hysterically as we watch Elf.

All grade levels are welcome – the more, the merrier!  Sign up below for just $20 per child and join us on Friday, December 5^th  2:20pm-4:30pm.  All donations will go directly to classroom budgets.    Everyone’s a happy elf!   http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/23610350002

 

Tech Time

with Mrs. Cadima, Mrs. Curran, Mrs. Hoagland and Ms. Howard!

 

Please send in money in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher name, and auction event.

 

Calling all techies!  The fourth grade teachers are creating a day just for you.  It will be filled with techie activities for you and your friends like Wii competitions, Minecraft, ipad apps and more! You won’t want to miss this event!

Sign up for just $20 per child and join us on Friday, January 16^th from 2:20pm-3:30pm.  All donations will go directly to classroom budgets.  Everyone’s a winner! http://vols.pt/7MmQuQ

 

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Disney Day

with Mrs. Cadima, Mrs. Curran, Mrs. Hoagland and Ms. Howard!

 

Please send in money in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher name, and auction event.

 

Calling all Disney fanatics!  The fourth grade teachers are throwing a bash just for you.  It will be two hours of Disney fun!  Wear your Disney pajamas and bring your most adorable Disney stuffed animal or toy and cozy up as we watch a movie and play Disney Scene-It. Popcorn will be provided.   You won’t want to miss all the enchanting fun!

 The more Disney lovers, the better!  All grade levels are welcome.  Sign up for just $20 per child and join us on Friday, February 20^th from 2:20pm-4:30pm.  All donations will go directly to classroom budgets.  Everyone’s a winner! http://vols.pt/M7Ng4v

Sports Spectacular

with Mrs. Cadima, Mrs. Curran, Mrs. Hoagland and Ms. Howard!

Please send in money in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher name, and auction event.

 

 Calling all athletes!  The fourth grade teachers are creating a competition just for you.  It will be filled with sporty activities like kickball, flag football and/or Steal the Bacon!  Which 4^th grade class will take home the title of CHAMPION? You won’t want to miss this competition!

 Sign up for just $20 per child and join us on Friday, March 13^th from 2:20pm-4:00pm.  All donations will go directly to classroom budgets.  Everyone’s a winner!   http://vols.pt/7GBQHS

 

 

Science Weekly: Wk 7

Word Bank for this week's homework:

(yes, I listed the word "field" twice...you will use this word twice!)

 

bifocals

Borealis

electric

field

field

lodestone

magnetic

plasma

repeal

Character Costume Day

What a fun day dressing up as some of our favorite book characters!!

Even the teachers got into the spirit of it all...

Science Weekly Word Bank: Week 6

This week’s words include:

transparent

mechanical
electromagnetic
refract
light
Thomas Edison
solid
reflect
echo
emit

Unit 3 Review

Today we reviewed the concepts that will be on tomorrow's math test. We did this by making videos where we had to really explain our thinking!

Composite vs. Prime numbers
By Colin and Hayden
(remember, composite numbers have more than one factor pairs and prime numbers only have one factor pair: 1 and itself)

Factor Rainbows and Factor Pairs
By Reagan and Savannah

Multiplying (using lattice - multiply first, add diagonals
seond)By Nick, Jack, and Jake

Area and Perimeter
area - inside of a figure
A = length x width

perimeter - outside of the figure
P = (length + length) + (width + width)

Math Facts Websites

Here are some great websites to help practice with the nightly math facts! The awesome thing about these games is that most actually allow you to play on your computer or tablets! I've listed some of the specific games below, but once you get to the site, you can see that there are several different games that would help reinforce these skills.

 

Multiples: Crossing Math Canyon

 

Around the World: Basic Multiplication Facts

(timed per problem)

 

Great American Math Challenge

(basic flash cards)

 

Multiplication Games

(the link to the general site that includes many other multiplication games)

 

Addition Practice

(link inlcudes: games, basic drill practice, printables, and more!)

 

Subtraction Practice

(link inlcudes: games, basic drill practice, printables, and more!)

 

Divison Practice

(link inlcudes: games, basic drill practice, printables, and more!)