Weekly blog post #18

April 4th, 2014

Written by:  Laney & Trinity

Announcements:

Today, the entire 4th grade went into the gym to support our classmate who has Muscular Dystrophy. We danced to Happy, by Pharrell Williams!  We also played lots of fun games.  

 

Beach Day is on Friday, April 11th!  The lunchroom will be decorated as a beach and the salad bar items will be placed in a canoe!  We will sit on towels and listen to the Beach Boys while we eat our lunch.  It's so much fun!  

 

A Crime in Parkinville

Someone hacked into our classmates' Sumdog accounts and spent their Sumdog money and/or changed their character.  This was a big problem!  We had a very good class conversation about trust and privacy of online profiles.

Math

We took the Unit 10 Part B Assessment today.  These are not secure skills, but it lets Mrs. Parkin know where we need help.  We already started Unit 11, which is on weight and volume.

Writing

We are still working on our Maine research project.  Our bloggers are studying Samantha Smith and black bears.  We have finished researching and taking notes and next week we will be writing and revising our essays.

Science

Our Aero Garden is back!  We are growing 7 different kinds of basil (lemon basil, thai basil, globe basil, genovese basil, marseille basil, napolitano basil and red rubin basil).   Did you know that basil comes in purple, too?  That's the red rubin basil!

Marseille basil

Red Rubin Basil

Reading
We are reading historical fiction books in our reading groups.  We read aloud to each other, then read a couple of chapters by ourselves, then regroup and discuss what we all read.  Character development, plot and setting are some of the things we discuss in our groups.  One of our bloggers is reading A Lion to Guard Us.

Read-a-loud 
Charlotte is still in the brig, but she was just accused of murder and sentenced to death!  We think Captain Jaggery killed Mr. Hollybrass, because Mr. Hollybrass accused Captain Jaggery of sailing into the storm on purpose.   We will be finishing this book next week.  It's been very popular!

 

Spring is really coming....

We know spring is really coming, because today is the Opening Day (home opener) for the Boston Red Sox!  They are going to celebrate their World Championship win by receiving their rings before the game!

Have a great weekend!