Dive in on Three...1...2...3!

                         Catch of the Week:
(or... what's going on in 4th grade this week!)

Social Studies-We will be reviewing our 7 continents and 5 oceans and finding out what the "Land Bridge" theory is all about.

Reading-We will be exploring KINDNESS by creating our own class acronym and designing kindness bracelets as a kick off to our "Choose KIND" PBL.

Language-We will be comparing two "What If" poems about the first day of school and trying our hand at writing our own version.

 

Math-Multiplication Fast Facts!  Practice sheets will be corrected in class.  Check out your misses and practice just those at home.  Remember success with division and fractions depend on these facts.

Science- Our first unit is all about "Process Skills" and "Inquiry."  We will be doing some exciting, hands on activities such as...

The Thing!  Each group had an observer, relayer, buyer, and constructor.  Only the observers from each group were allowed to get a close up peek at the THING inside the shoebox.  They had to use their quantitative and qualitative observations in order to report back to the relayers.  The relayers had to be outstanding listeners so that they could pass on the detailed observations to the buyers who had to remember what they were to buy (how many toothpicks & gumdrops).  The buyers then brought back the materials to the constructors who were the only ones allowed to actually TOUCH the materials and build according to specific instructions from the observers.  Very challenging!! 

Check out our 1st place winners! Theirs was identical to the shoebox version.

Gummy Bears Taking a Dive:

Day 1- Each group had 4 different solutions (plain water, vinegar, baking soda water, and salt water). Here is Ruvim, Connor, and Zachary getting ready to drop their unsuspecting, gummy bears into their different solutions. Next, back to their notebooks to predict what changes may or may not happen in each solution.  Now there's nothing left to do but WAIT! Check back with us tomorrow for the results.

Stay tuned for more inquiries to come:  Elephant Toothpaste...and Color Changing Milk!

Surf's Up
(or...do we have any TESTS or PROJECTS?):

Tuesday- be ready to present "What Keeps You Sailing?" to the class

Friday-Math test on multiplication