During Writing, we have finished our essays. This has been an exciting time for us. We learned about how to explain our point of view, and we also typed our essays using our new Google Drive. We LOVED this part of our writing. Ask your son or daughter about this. He/she can sign into Google Drive from home and share his/her writing with you. Mrs. Merten was able to comment on our writing as we wrote. Students, comment on how Mrs. Merten's comments helped (or didn't help) you with your published work.
We also have been working on using Google Drive to create presentations. Students have been working together in partnerships to create these presentations. If your child would like to show you his/her presentation, he/she can log in using the following information:
UNAME: student number@franklinps.net
PW: last name (all lowercase letters) followed by 2022
Some of the children have been working on these projects at home. This is wonderful that they are so excited about this work. Doing the work at home is optional, not required.
In Math we finished learning about the basics of measurement. We learned how to measure in the customary and metric systems, and we also learned about conversions within each system. We took our measurement test on Wednesday, and started right in on our next unit. We are taking what we learned and applying it to the next part of our measurement unit. We will learn about area and perimeter, and will have to measure shapes in order to solve area and perimeter problems.
In Social Studies we wrapped up our trip to the northeast. We were able to play Ring that Bell with Mrs. Williams' class and enjoyed this way to review. We will continue our trip across the US with a journey to the southeast.
In Reading, we have ONE more chapter to read in Snow Treasure. This book has been full of cliffhangers, as well as figurative language. We have loved the cliffhanger. At the end of each chapter, when we stop reading, there are moans and groans from students who want to know what is happening next. What a great way to show they love the book! We are all anxious to know how this turns out for Peter and his friends.
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We continue to learn about the different aspects of studying the Weather. We are learning about wind and clouds. On Wednesday, fourth graders had the exciting opportunity to meet and learn from a real meteorologist, Danielle Niles from WBZ! Ms. Niles explained her work as a scientist, from making predictions and using data to communicating her findings to others. She answered many of our questions about storms, clouds, safety, and predicting the weather. Ms. Niles also showed us a video and explained to us what the meteorologists do on a daily basis and some of the equipment and tools they use to measure and predict weather. We even learned about some fun weather experiments and activities we can do at home! Kennedy fourth graders were the "wake up call" this morning, and will be on the CBS local news tonight at 5:15 and 6:15 PM. Check us out, and let us know that you saw us in the comments below!
Today was PI Day. To celebrate, we enjoyed some circular snacks and our class ran a 3.14 mile relay in the gym. Everyone had a race number ~ 3.14.We used a round plate with a PI symbol as our baton. We completed our race in 20 minutes and 38 seconds!
In Music we are all well on the way to earning our BLACK BELT in recorder karate. Mrs. Mac has some links on her blog to help with practicing. You can find the links here.
In Art, Mrs. Hess made finger puppets with us out of class. The puppets were adorable!
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