American Symbols Poetry

This week we've continued our study of the American Revolution, as well as examined how the point of view and perspective of a piece of writing can change the way a story is told. We read a beautiful poem called The Flag. It inspired us to try this ourselves! We researched some famous American symbols and wrote poems in first person point of view.

Here are our poems:
Aidan's The Bird
Kaden's The Statue of Liberty
Colin's The Statue of Liberty
Savannah's Remember Me? Freedom.
Sarah's The Bald Eagle
Hayden's The Statue of Liberty
Cece's Lincoln Memorial
Justin's The Eagle
Emily's The Star Spangled Banner
Matthew's The Statue of Liberty
Saylor's The Statue of Liberty
Bailey's Remember Me
Cameron's I Can See You; Can You See Me?
Nick's The Bald Eagle
Jack's The Bald Eagle
Holly's The White House
Ella's Remember?
Reagan's The Statue of Liberty
Aubrey's Liberty Bell
Emma's The Statue of Liberty
Payton's The Statue of Liberty
Margaret's The Declaration of Independence
Naomi's Ellis Island
Sam's The Liberty Bell

Shark Skits

Payton, Savannah, Justin, and Cameron

Sarah, Cece, and Holly

 Margaret, Reagan, Sam, and Ella

Naomi, Hayden, Jack, and Saylor

Emily, Bailey, Aidan, and Nick

Kaden, Colin, Aubrey, and Emma

Science Weekly 15 Word Bank

Gifford Pinchot
conservation
recycle
Rachel Carson
resources
renewable
the sun
petroleum

Science Weekly 14 Word Bank

tsunami
Richter scale
storm surge
tornado
Saffir Simpson
hurricane
seismograph
earthquake
wind speed

Shark Week Day 2

Today we had a blast with shark dissections! After observing the organs inside of the shark, we were able to take the organs out and examine them more closely. Some of us found fish inside of our sharks' stomachs, while others food had already been digested. A few of the other 4th grade classrooms even found baby sharks!! Shark week was a blast!