The Revolutionary War has begun!

Have you ever played tug of war in social studies?  Today we participated in a fun activity demonstrating the differences between the colonists and the British troops using tug of war.  We had a team representing the British troops, a group representing the colonists, and then a little assistance from the French. Ask your fourth grader about it tonight!  

Setting up Google Sites

Wow what great experience we had today. Students teaching other students how to set ups their Google sites to display their writing. This teacher learned a thing or two too!

Metric Conversions

King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk. That may seem like a crazy phrase, but it helps when converting the metric system. Using this phrase students can add or subtract zeros when converting their metric measurents using the chart below. 

Expo Fair Preparations

Do you know what is happening tomorrow night in or fourth grade hallway? It is the Expo Fair and all of our knowledge of the American Revolution will be on display. If you are free please stop by!  There will be food trucks too!

Expo Fair Prep

We started getting ready for the Expo Fair which will be the week after spring break. The fourth grade hallway will be revolutionized with an American Revolution theme. Each student will have a mini patriot or loyalist representing their views in the debate we had in class. 

Readers in Action

If you look in our room during reading you most likely will see students all over the place reading in nice, comfy spots.  It’s a great way to end our day!

 

Adding Quotes to our Writing

Thanks to Rebecca, Charlie, and all of our volunteers today that demonstrated how they quoted sources in their writing. We are becoming experts in here on many different topics!

Good job, Baxter!  We played two math review games today and Baxter was the champ each round!  Test is tomorrow!

Read Across America

Did you know today is Read Across America day?  To celebrate students could wear their “foxiest socks” to celebrate as our principals read Fox in Socks to classes throughout the day. 

We still are building circuits in science.....

Converting Measurements

Here are a couple charts we have used in class when converting measurements in the customary system. It can be tricky but the are getting it!

Continuing Westward Expansion

Today we continued the lessons on westward expansion. Students learned about Sacajawea and how she helped the Corps of Discovery communicate with the Shoshone. Tomorrow we will wrap up this unit. Don’t forget those crazy socks for tomorrow!