We Are Connected
Over the summer I read about a beginning-of-the-year activity on one of the many 4th grade classroom blogs I follow. Unfortunately, I didn’t keep track of which blog that was so I can’t give credit...
View ArticleQR Codes
My students visited the computer lab today to make QR Codes for the first time. We’ve used QR Codes in math class this year to find word puzzles or to check our answers but this time we made the...
View Article2014-2015 Class Pet
This year’s fourth grade class picked a dog for our class pet. We found our class pet at aBowman, a wonderful source for class pets. After voting, the class selected Scooter to be our dog’s name.
View ArticleWeird and Wonderful Weather
Almost the whole class went outside this afternoon to learn how to do the monthly Weird and Wonderful Weather activity. Now that everyone knows what is expected, 2-3 students will go outside each month...
View ArticleRounding and Estimating
We’ve been busy rounding and estimating! We used videos on Brain Pop, games on Think Central, games from Super Teacher Worksheets, and board games in our classroom to practice these concepts. We...
View ArticleQR Codes and the Qrafter App in Math Class
Today the fourth graders learned to use the Qrafter app on their iPads to read QR codes on an addition worksheet I found for them on the SuperTeacherWorksheet website. Interest was high as they...
View ArticleIt’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day!! Arrrr!!!
To celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day, my fourth graders made eye patches and answered pirate jokes in pirate voices. We wore our pirate eye patches when we went to pilfer both third grade...
View ArticleInternational Day of Peace 2014
We are fortunate to attend a school across the street from a convent where the School Sisters of Notre Dame live. Each September we join them for the International Day of Peace prayer service. We had...
View ArticleField Trip to Old World Wisconsin
The fourth graders had terrific weather for their annual field trip to Old World Wisconsin in October. They toured the blacksmith and wheelwright shops before visiting the country store to learn how...
View ArticleOur First Week of School
The students and I have been very busy this first week back. We’ve been working on team building activities with just our class and with Mrs Perez’s class. My students shared something about...
View ArticleWeird and Wonderful Weather
We left our roasting hot classroom and ventured outside to use our senses to describe the weather. We wrote down what we saw, felt, smelled, and heard before going back inside. Students saw a white...
View ArticleInternational Day of Peace with the School Sisters of Notre Dame
Again this year grades three through eight joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame and students from the Notre Dame Middle School in a prayer service for the United Nations’ International Day of Peace....
View Article2015 Oreo Project
Once again our fourth graders have participated in a collaborative project hosted by Projects by Jen. Last year over 500 classrooms, and over 14,000 students, from around the world stacked Oreo...
View ArticleWeird and Wonderful Weather
Jack and Anna from Mrs Perez’s class and Kim and Tommy from my class went outside a half hour apart to see, smell, hear, and feel the great outdoors. They: saw – blue skies, grass, trees, flowers,...
View ArticleNovember’s Weird and Wonderful Weather
Emily and Johnny from Mrs Perez’s class and Augie and Mary from my class went outside a half hour apart to see, smell, hear, and feel the great outdoors. They: saw – blue skies, sun, colored trees,...
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