Dancing In Math Class
9/22/2017
Though many of the Fourth Graders (and Third Graders from Mrs. Orbase's class) love math, sometimes it's hard to sit still. Because of that, we decided to start our class off this week with some dancing. As you can see from the video above, it really got everyone's blood flowing and jumpstarted quite a few brains (including the teacher's brain). This week in Language Arts, the Fourth Graders got down to some serious business as they learned the differences between proofreading for errors and grammar and editing for style, pace and form. We started out by writing summaries of a story, The Gold Coin, that we had read together. In this way, the entire class could discuss and debate how it was best to break down and summarize the work of another author. Who were the characters and how did they change? What was the plot and how quickly or slowly did it unfold? What problems did the characters face and how did they overcome them? By doing so, the Fourth Graders put on training wheels in order to study everything that goes into making a story clear and compelling to a reader, and then distilling it down to the essentials. Tuesday was picture day and, for a few brief hours, the Fourth Graders were looking quite sharp. This was, at least, until after pictures at which point everyone changed into slightly more casual attire (including, okay, their teacher, as well). In the pictures below, you get some exclusive sneak peaks at how they, and the rest of the school, looked! Finally, this week the Fourth Graders took on more of a mentoring role, providing clues to the Early Kindergartener's class as to the location and whereabouts of two gingerbread people. It seems the EKers baked them on Thursday, only to have them disappear Friday night. Through process of elimination, the EKers followed clues and hints that brought them to the Fourth Grade classroom, where our students helped them in their search. I am happy to report that the EKers were reunited with their gingerbread people. (And the gingerbread people were happily consumed!)
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Martina HenkeMartina Henke has been a K-8 educator for 30+ years. A life-long learner, she loves working with kids of all ages, new technology, great books, fiber arts, and her wonderful family! Archives
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