STICKER MADNESS!
9/29/2017
This week, the Fourth Graders went a little crazy with spirit, as they did their best to show their Pacific Northern Academy pride! Some of the students whose parents were quick with their email managed to get the answer in to last week's secret newsletter question, thereby earning their kids a (cheap and inexpensive) prize. The kids covered themselves in stickers even as they showed their pride in being being American by displaying the red, white, and blue! In addition to Monday's flag day, there was also Tacky Tourist Day, Animal Day, Dress Up Day, and finally, Pajamas Day! Here we see the Fourth Grade hosting the Third Grade for a combined morning meeting! Have you ever seen so much red, white, and blue in one place? I think not! Over the past week, the Fourth Grade has been studying the Five Themes of Geography, as well as the use of longitude and latitude on maps. This is in an effort to prepare them for a solid year of studying United States geography. Students start by learning to plot coordinates on an X/Y axis, and then move on to learning about plotting coordinates on a map, as well. In this way, techniques in one class are reinforced in another. Above, you see a map of the United States in which students were asked to find the locations of various states and cities using only latitude and longitude. Finally, using many of the techniques in both Math and Social Studies that they'd studied over the past few weeks, the kids mapped out the geography of their own classroom. Students were broken up into pairs and asked to plot the locations of furniture and other objects around the Fourth Grade classroom. This exercise combined mapping, which we've been studying in Social Studies, with the Multiplicative Comparisons, something we've been working at in Math class. In this way, techniques and ideas learned in one class are used in another to connect them to real world uses as well as reinforce mastery. And, Sometimes You Just Need To Get Out... Comments are closed.
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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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