Tuesday Evening Treats

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday evening!  Ice Cream Social for 4th grade is at 7.  Please drop off your supplies to our classroom and go enjoy ice cream.  See you then!

Welcome to Fourth Grade!

Welcome to our class blog! Looking forward to meeting you soon .Students please leave a comment telling me what you are looking forward to in fourth grade OR tell me a favorite book you have read this summer!

Math Pickle

Today we tried to solve an unsolved math problem from 1937. The math problem is from a Greek Myth about Daedalus and his son Icarus.  The problem was from a website called Math Pickle. After watching parts of this video, students got to work!

The problem:

Our thoughts and solutions:

After working to save both Icarus and Daedalus students get some new information:

A possible solution!

Literacy Festival!

Today we had our Literacy Festival. Students participated in a variety of activities focused on reading and writing. We started our day with an presentation by Michael Rex! He is the author of Fangbone, Goodnight Goon, and his new series Icky Ricky. He taught us how to add humor in our writing. Students made a drawing and added funny sayings to tell about the picture.  We then heard a story from Mrs. Nelson-Link. She read a story called Catching the Moon. In the afternoon we went out to our new courtyard to pick out books and read. The students picked out two books to keep! We then wrote thank you notes for our presenters. Great day!

Author, Michael Rex signing our class copy of Fangbone!

Mrs. Nelson- Link talking to our students.

Reading in the courtyard.

Thank you card creations!

Book Trailers!

Today students created a movie trailer based on a book their Book Club read during reading. Groups read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, How to Steal a Dog, Because of Winn-Dixie, and City of Ember. They used the iPads and the app iMovie to create their movie trailers!  They did a great job with the limited time they had. Take a look!

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
How to Steal a Dog
City of Ember
Because of Winn Dixie

Todaysmeet.com

Our class discovered a great new website today! It is called Todaysmeet.com. It works as an online chat, similar to Twitter but can be only for our class. Students used it today to have discussions about their book with their book club. They did a great job! We will use this in the future for many different discussions.

Storybird Books!

Students have been working hard writing different forms of poetry. We learned how poems have stanzas, rhythm, and don't always rhyme. After writing several different types of poems, students created a book of poems on Storybird. Storybird is a website that provides artwork and templates for students to use to create an online book! Students were able to leave comments as they read each other's books! So fun!