Voting for President!

We held an election to vote for President. Students wrote a campaign speech and created a campaign solgan. Caitlyn Patterson was named Class President after the big election!

Soil, Weathering, & Erosion

Discussing the three types of soil (humus, sand, and clay) Which will grow the best plant?

Erosion and weathering experiment using water (spray bottle) and wind (blowing through a straw). We were able to see how wind and water can cause weathering and erosion to our clay mountain!

A.R. Bowling!

Students were rewared for meeting their A.R goals!

Resources for 12-12-12

Relative Adverbs
http://www.grammaring.com/relative-adverbs-where-when-why

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/elt-relative-adverbs1.html



Point of View
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/e4topic.cfm?TopicID=39

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofview4p.cfm

Multiplication Table Top Twitter

Table Top Twitter

Students rotated throughout six centers today solving multiplication problems and word problems using different strategies using as the standard algorithm and distributive property! We play the Move it! Move it! song as we rotate centers. Check out the video!

I am a Rock!

Students choose one of the three rock types and wrote a story in their journal about how they change from one type to another during the rock cycle. Lastly, students were able to share aloud in our author's chair!

Scholastic Storyworks

We have loved our Scholastic Storyworks so far this year! It includes lots of fiction and non-fiction articles that align with our standards. Pictured above, students are comparing across text, looking at characters actions, thoughts, and what lesson they learned in the end.