BOOK CLUB BOOK TRAILERS!

4K started book clubs earlier this year. First, students selected a realistic fiction book to read. Then, students who picked the same book got together once a week to discuss their reactions, questions, predictions and connections during our reading period. The students were eager to get to their book clubs each week. They really enjoyed this independent reading time.
 We wanted to do something to convince others to read these books, so when the books were completed, each group planned and created a book trailer using the i-movie app on the i-pads.

Please click on the links below to watch these clever and engaging videos.

Eating Fried Worms
  Hatchet
Hatchet
Rules
Rules
Skinnybones
Trouble With Tuck

MENU MANIA!

We were invited to Team Murphy to collaborate on creating a menu for dinner complete with salad, main course, vegetables, side dishes, fruit and dessert. The students teamed up to plan a meal that met all the criteria, but was the lowest total cost. We really had to put our new decimal knowledge to work. 

LIFE CYCLE OF STUFF!

Change Is Simple returned to help us learn about the life cycle of the things we used everyday. The students learned about where, how, and by whom their products are made. Students are able to look at items in new ways: tracing a plastic lego, or t-shirt back to the oil from which it's made, and realizing the environmental impacts included in the production process. All the activities are connected to the Next Generation Science Standards.