SADAKO

Sadako

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The fourth graders have all read the very touching story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. It is an historical fiction book about a real little girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived with her family when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War Two. The story takes place a few years later when Sadako develops leukemia due the radiation lingering the air after the bomb. It teaches so many deep lessons about courage, hope, peace and strength.

To enrich this experience further,we spend a day with two talented artists who teach the students music and dances that relate the story and theme. This comes to us thanks to TESPTO.

Our class will perform along with Ms. Scott's class on Monday, June 1st. Students should wear black pants or shorts, sneakers and a white top.

We hope you are able to attend this heartwarming show. Parents should arrive at 2:00.

"NOODLING IT OUT"

As we have been working on the rectangles and square unit in math these past two weeks, we have had an opportunity to really "noodle out" problems. We have had to persevere and persist to solve problems. These have been very important lessons, not just for math, but for life. The essential questions we have been working with are:
"What are the properties of squares and rectangles?" "How are rectangles and squares the same and how are they different?" To explore these ideas more fully, we looked at the ancient problem of putting seven pieces together to form a square. Otherwise known as, Tangrams. Here we are working out some challenging problems.

Click on the puzzle to explore an incredible Tangram website.