Postcards From Abroad

Today we got a package from our friend Mr. Tracy! Mr. Tracy an engineer on the T.S. Kennedy, which is currently on a voyage through the Gulf of Mexico and into the Caribbean. The T.S. Kennedy is part of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Each year, the freshman students,...

Natural Lead-ers

As we continue to work through the writing process in fourth grade this year, we have talked many times about drawing the reader into our writing. One of the ways to do this is to create good “leads” or topic sentences. We want to lead the reader into the...

Glogs on Blogs – Photosynthesis on Glogster

As we wrap up our plant unit in science, one of our culminating activities was for students to create a glog to share everything they had learned about photosynthesis. This was our first experience using Glogster, which is a site that allows you to create online...

Blogging Around the Globe – First Stop, Antarctica

One of our goals for the second part of the year is to interview people who live on or have visited different continents.  We are hoping to learn about the similarities and differences between our continent, North America, and some of the others. The first interview...
Elapsed Time Number-Line

Elapsed Time Number-Line

 Elapsed Time Number-Line We’ve recently been learning different ways to solve elapsed time problems. One way that students found helpful was using a line so that it was easier to visualize the problem. Marshall and Amanda created a video to help show...

Photosynthesis Tag

Photosynthesis in the Classroom In science, we’ve been studying all about plants. We’ve discussed the parts of plants and flowers. We’ve also talked about how plants need to produce their food to survive. This is done through a process called...

Slides, Flips, and Turns – A Winter Story

Looking outside the window, with the beautiful landscape of snow, we can definitely tell that winter is here!  Winter brings many different feelings and visions.  Some think about the holidays.  Some think about ice and snow.  What do I think about?  Well, I think...

Holiday Sing-A-Long

Every year, right before our winter vacation, the entire school gets together for a holiday sing-a-long.  Our wonderful music teacher, Mrs. Cardinal led us through many different holiday carols.  Santa even showed up to lend a helping hand! I look forward to seeing...

Chris van Allsburg – As Retold by Mr. Avery’s Class

For the last month, we have been studying all about Chris van Allsburg.  We learned some great information about him.  Did you know that he didn’t even start getting into art until he decided he wanted to be an architect in high school?  Another interesting fact...