Fourth Grade Happenings

November-December 2013

Class party game

Class party game

A sad goodbye to our sweet Evan

Class vs class kickball game

Go team!

 

 Meet Norbert... our mischievous class elf.

Kate wrote Norbert a note asking that he sit at her desk...

He did!!!

 

Mr. Howard reinforcing the 5 steps of awesome test taking during a math test.

Our class reading word now in t-shirt form! Thanks Ms. Lanie!

Writing code with the help of some Angry Birds.

Christmas Musical

  Read-a-thon Ice Cream Eating Contest

The number one reader at BLE!

Meet our champs!

FSU athletes came to talk to our classes since we are awesome readers!

Found some fanny-packs at a safety conference...

They were a hit!

 Turkey Dialogue

 Paper Bag Book Reports

 Hand Turkey Contest Winners

Science Class- Mentos and Coke

 Operation Christmas Child

 Mr. Belay came in to talk about magnets.

Thanks Mr. Belay!

 Field Trip to the Museum of Florida History

A classic!

Admiring the beautiful handmade quilts.

Inside of the Capitol

Mrs. Adams' Class

Mr. Howard's Class

Both classes

Using Our Tablets

  Fall Party

Uncle Si even came!

Our lovely PE teachers

Hippie and "Mr. Howard"

Love this face!

Brody couldn't quite reach...

Mr. Howard to the rescue

Ethan was the winner!

 

 

Mummy wrapping contest

 

 August- October 2013

Our first class photo as we celebrated by "painting the school pink."

Oreo makes his first classroom debut around the classroom.

 

The boys playing Noah's homemade spelling game before Friday's test!

Having fun in music.

Backchanneling with our story of the week.

Joshua sporting the "Goggles of Criticism" that we use to revise our writing.



Evan reading Mrs. Frisby and the Crow with a whisper phone.



Kate reading Mrs. Frisby and the Crow with a whisper phone.

Brody reading Mrs. Frisby and the Crow with a whisper phone.

Some days we love to go outside and read on the hill.

Turbo made a special appearance on Jacob's book!

The students put on a lovely play about the live of Langston Hughes.



Jessica came in to share about her life with Cystic Fibrosis.

To show our support, a group of kiddos did a 5k to help Jess earn money.

While reading, "A Snowflake Story", the kiddos pretended to be a water droplet and go on a journey throughout the water cycle.

Mr. Howard and I hosting auditions for the WBLS News Crew.

Karlie on the first day of school.

Spelling Test

Rock and Roll Forever

May 15, 2013

The best Elvis impersonator I've ever seen!

The Beach Boys Crew

Mr. Howard promised the kids he'd try a banana for the firs time... Oreo really enjoyed eating the rest of that banana.

We threw a surprise birthday party for Mr. Howard in between the shows. We decorated him with silly string of course!

Mr. Howard tried his hand at hair spraying...

 Field Day

May 10, 2013

 Water Relay

 One happy camper :)

 A very heated game of 4 square volleyball.

         This has to be one of the best moments of my fourth grade year!

 Yes, that's right. We Gangnam Style during our relay time! Great Adam!

E-book Writing:

Watch out publishing world... here we come!

This project gets a Jennie seal of approval.

 

 St. Augustine

April 24, 2013

One of the most beautiful roads in Florida.



Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church



Jennie had no fear... I was terrified...

This was as close as I was going to get!

No fear from Ms. Edson!

Isn't she brave?!

The natural rookery at the Alligator Farm

My boys reading up on the legendary Gomek.

No fear!

Crickey! Look at that croc!





On the trolley tour of the city.

One of the most beautiful roads in Florida.



The old St. Augustine jail house.

The Zero Millstone marking the end of the Old Spanish Trail.

Henry Flagler's crypt.

Ponce De Leon Hotel now known as Flagler College.

Class photo atop of the Castillo de San Marcos.



St. George Street

WBLS News Action Photos

Can you tell I have a blast with these kiddos? 

Writing Class

After a much anticipated wait, our class books finally arrived! We are now published authors!

Naturally, the first things that the kids wanted to do was run over and show Oreo the stories they wrote about him.

He was a good sport about it all...

 The "Goggles of Criticism"

 It's always hard to get the students to reread their stories and revise them. One day we came up the metaphor of putting on the "Goggles of Criticism." When we wear these imaginary goggles of criticism, we are able to edit our work as if we have never seen it. Well, thanks to the handy-dandy dollar store, these goggles have come to life! I think the kids seem to like using them too!

Valentine's Day 2013

Most school spirit box.

Jennie let Oreo in on the love too!

Most creative box!

Our box winners- Great job kiddos!

Most "Valentines-esque" box- Meet Miss Valentina Von Heartington.

 Oreo got a special Valentine's filled with strawberry stems and apple cores!

Lily sure knows the way to this little guy's heart!

Most school spirit box.

Field Trip to Bellevue Plantation

We got to see the tiger hunt for his lunch.

Many of the kids had never seen a real turkey before.

The whole gang!

Outside of Bellevue Plantation

Old school house from the 1800's. I think the kids were thankful times have changed.

The kids had to try to unscramble a hidden message on the chalk board.

Old African American church from the 1800's.

Feeding time for the tiger. A highlight of the trip!

 February 2013

BYOD Week: Back-Channeling and QR Codes

 

After much debate through back-channeling, my boys asked to use the map to trace the route of Sallie Hester. 

 

Gotta love that FireWall

Group work

 

                                           January 2013

                                               BYOT Day: Text Features Hunt

 

December 2012

Tropicana Speech Participants

Howard's Homeroom Tropicana Speech Participants

Mrs. Adams' Class Speech Winners

Guest Speaker

Olympic Decathlon Athlete Gonzalo Barroilhet

Q and A Time

 

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year....

Lily even remembered to share some of the love with Oreo.

We kicked off the holidays with a Game Day.

Book Report Time

Holiday Party  

This party would not have been possible without the planning of Julianne Cortese and Tracy Tabb. Thank you and everyone who came to make this day so special for the kids. 

All of our tasty treats :)

Table 2

Table 1

Table 3

Table 4

Fun paper plate game. The kids were asked to draw certain items while the plate was on top of their heads. At the end, points were awarded based on how "accurate" their drawings were. They were just tickled by this.

Christmas Word Scramble Game

 Who am I? Game

A tag was placed on the children's backs with the name of a certain Christmas character. They had to walk around the classroom asking yes or no questions to attempt to figure out which character they were given.

November 2012  

There was a lot to look forward to in this month! Right before we breaked for Thanksgiving, the students learned how to use dialogue in their writing. In order to get it down pat, the kids made paper bag turkeys and wrote a brief script with a partner. This month we also prepared for the holidays by participating in Operation Christmas Child. The students (and of course their parents) gathered items to be placed in a shoe box. These shoe boxes were then collected and will be delivered to a child in need all across the globe. What a great lesson in selflessness! 

Maggie

Rachel and Maggie

Akash and Riordan

Riordan

Kylie and Keirsten

Funmi and Karli

Alex and Chris

Mrs. Adams class' hand turkey contest winners.

Operation Christmas Child

Look how many we collected!

 

 

October 2012 

This month we presented our Charlotte's Web WikiSpaces as well as our book report posters. The kiddos did a great job and worked really hard on all of their projects. The principal even joined us in watching the kids present their wikis!

Joelie did Harry Potter justice with her book report. She even graced us with a lovely British accent :)

Wilbur and Mr. Arable opened up the Wikispace presentations with a bang!

Rachel and Chris

Cole did a great job presenting by himself!

Maggie and Zach

Ansley and Funmi

Riordan was our host for the day and kept the presentations flowing right along.

Nolan and Akash

Nolan and Akash

Karli and Keirsten even included in in their presentation!

Colby and Amr

Patrick and Jennie

Joelie and Riley

Cooper and Alex

Cameron

Jamal and Leeah

Yuli and Farwa

Paxton and Hugh

Lily and Sydni

Aniketh and Haley

Katrina and Rachel

Katrina

Surprise party for Mr. Howard before his wedding

Joelie- "The Swamp Monster"

Play writing

Pumpkin Adjectives

Group Work

Karli with her pumpkin

Nolan

Rachel and Alex

No we're getting a little silly :)

Hugh's Cycloptic Pumpkin

 

Our Class Halloween Party

Cooper playing the mystery body parts game

The kids were so excited!

The Goodies

Easily my favorite face :)

No Fear

Aniketh Deep in Thought

The girls putting in their votes

Jackson having fun

And the sugar high begins... luckily this was the very end of the day.

The mom that made this whole party possible :)

"Fern"

Patrick

Paxton

Jennie

Cooper decided he wanted to bust a move

"Fern" aka Rachel with Wilbur

Patrick was a little unsure of what he got himself into

Let the mummy wrapping begin!

Jamal looking very mummyesque

A finished mummy

I think Haley may have taken the lead on this one :) She's our fun-sized mummy!

Fern, Wilbur, and a Ninja Turtle

Charlotte's Web Dress up Day

Lily's soccer game

Watching the boys take the win!

August 2012

Olympian athlete Maurice Mitchell came to speak to the kids about working hard as a team. At the end of our Q and A, the kids got to run with Mr. Mitchell on the playground! How cool is that!?

I don't think the kids have ever been this still!

It's Q and A time

The jackets the Olympians wear are made from a reflective material- notice the glow?

The whole gang

Mrs. Adams, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Howard

The gang running with an Olympic Athlete

Miss Ansley brought a necklace for Mr. Mitchell

 

Electricity Demonstration: Talquin Electric

Ms. Sara came out to talk to my fifth graders and at the last minute I asked if she could stay for the 4th grade. I known I teach writing and we were going to have a spelling test but it was so cool! Needless to say, the kids weren't too upset when we didn't take the test. Fire is way cooler.

Storybird Narrative Writing

February 10-16

"Birthday Party Disaster"

"Knights to Remember"

Fall Party

4th Grade Fall Party