4K LOVES READING!

 What readers! 4K loves reading!

WOW! WHAT A WAX MUSEUM!

We read biographies. We researched famous, important and influential people and then we became these people. The fourth grade annual Wax Museum was phenomenal. Everyone's script captured the most essential parts of their lives and they all looked the part. Take a peek for yourself

The whole fourth grade looked and sounded excellent!

Every individual matters -- Jane Goodall 

David Bowie AKA Ziggy Stardust

One Giant Leap -- Neil Armstrong

Yum, chocolate -- Milton Hershey

I salute you Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Lower taxes" --Ronald Reagan

Making beautiful music -- Stevie Wonder

Yes We Can - Barack Obama

What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong

First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice -- Sonia Sotomayor

With great power, comes great responsibility -- Stan Lee

Always fashionable and elegant -- Jackie Kennedy Onassis 

Casting a spell on young reaers -- J.K. Rowling

The first female author - Anne Bradstreet

Four score and seven years ago - Abraham Lincoln

Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country -- JFK

Without her Apollo moon landings wouldn't have happened -- Margaret Hamilton

I Dissent -- RBG

I still believe in the goodness of people -- Anne Frank

Words are our greatest weapon -- Malala Yousafzai

Lights, cameras, action -- George Lucas

Always thinking of and helping others -- Roberto Clemente

A life is important for the impact it has on others -- Jackie Robinson

BOLD BREAKOUT EDU!

We got the chance to tackle another Breakout challenge. Breakout is an activity where students get clues to solve the code to unlock a series of locks. They need to work as a team to find solutions and persevere. BreadkoutEDU focuses on critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity~ The 4 C's. We love it!

TAG YOU'RE IT!

We surprised Mrs. Murphy's class today by "tagging" them. We recited a poem to their class (click below to see us in action) and now they are IT! They have to memorize a poem and tag another class (or even us again). That class has to memorize a poem and then "tag" someone else, and so on. Let's see how far it can reach.

WHAT A CHARACTER!

What a Character!

4K is learning about inner and outer character traits. To introduce this idea, we used Disney Movie characters. Students worked in groups to identify character traits such as brave for Harry Potter and happy-go-lucky for Olaf. What a fun way to learn!

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

SKYPE AND SEUSS

Today our class got a real treat.

We Skyped with about our favorite "Seussism" with Mrs. McCarthy's second grade class at Steward School. The students took turns sharing their favorite Dr. Seuss sayings and books and telling why they liked them.

It was fun to see that even though we are in different grades, we liked some of the same quotes.

One popular quote was "Today you are you, that is truer than true. No one alive is youer than you." 

DR. SUESS' BIRTHDAY

4K IS READING TODAY

IN HONOR OF DR. SUESS'S BIRTHDAY!

WHO DOESN'T LOVE A DR. SUESS BOOK? 

NOT US, JUST YOU TAKE A LOOK!

Our Favorite Books by Dr. Suess!