September 7, 2012

Blogging About Blogging

The kids had been anxiously awaiting the KidBlog site. Some of them had experimented at home a little bit with it, but most had not. We took Friday afternoon and we all blogged about what we thought we would do this weekend. It was absolutely awesome to see how they helped each other and me when we came to a problem.










September 5, 2012

Finally---All Here

We have been waiting to take a class picture until we were all here. Today was the day. We have 13 boys and 10 girls. We certainly are a handsome bunch of kids.



But we have our goofy side too!!



August 31, 2012

HOT!!!



This is what greeted me when I got to school today at 7:30. While it only went up a degree or two the rest of the day it was plenty hot enough!!



The students did a great job of working despite the heat!!

Have a very safe and Happy Labor Day weekend. I will look forward to seeing the students again on Tuesday.

August 30, 2012

We Welcome a New Member

We welcomed a new member to our class today. We now number 23 students.....13 boys and 10 girls.


August 28, 2012

Polygons

Students were given three straws of three different lengths and eight twist ties. They were to make shapes that had five sides.









After constructing our polygons we went on to discuss concave and convex polygons and how we could manipulate our shapes to make each type of polygon.

August 24, 2012

Iditarod Explorations!

Hi Fourth Graders!

I would like for you to click play on the voki window below to find out what needs to be done before school on Monday. See you then!
Mrs. Wilson



http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/index.htm


http://www.robertjblake.com/

August 21, 2012

First Day Activities


Making a Difference

The fourth graders found a message in a bottle today. Here is the message.

Dear Fourth Graders,

You don’t know me, but you might have read about me! Your teacher put a poem about me up in your classroom. I am the child from the poem about the starfish. I hope that the elderly man I met on the beach now knows that kids like us can make a difference to those around us and all over the world! Maybe you can remember a time when someone helped you or even a time when you have helped someone else! This year in fourth grade I challenge you to make a difference to your school and community, while learning and having fun!

Thanks for reading my poem and I hope you have a wonderful fourth grade year!


We took some time and did some writing about who we have helped in the past and people who have helped us. We are going to do the same activity at the end of the year and see if our list of people we have helped has grown throughout the year.

Math Activities
Math today involved working in partner groups to explore our forth grade Math reference books. I was quite impressed with how well they worked in groups. way to go, fourth graders!!