Well, time has one again escaped me. As the year swiftly comes to a close, there are so many memories to fill you in on! Towards the end of April, we headed over to the old city of St. Augustine. We spent the day touring the historic city and getting a first hand look at all of the places we had studied.
Sure, we're already published authors, but we wanted to stretch the limit even further. So, naturally, we decided to write an E-book. This book (which will soon be available on a Kindle near you) will serve as a preparation guide for the upcoming third graders. We tackled many things you need to know about fourth grade such as what to expect in class, things to help make your year successful, and even how to take care of our dearly beloved Oreo. More details will follow.
Last Friday, we hit the field and celebrated in a wonderful, fun-filled field day. The overall consensus was that "tip the pin" was the class favorite for all of the kiddos. My favorite part of the day, well, that would have to be when the Cupid Shuffle played over the loud speakers. All of the students stopped their relay races to bust-a-move. Not to worry... yours truly captured it on film. If you ever need a giggle, you know where to turn :)
Tonight, we kicked off the last month of school with Rock-N-Roll Forever, our fourth grade musical. We heard from Elvis, the Beach Boys, Little Richard, and even the Marvelettes. The kids looked the part and did a phenomenal job.
To see some of these highlights, be sure to look under the photos section of the blog!
This was a big weekend! Mr. Howard and I were able to run along two of our kiddos in the Young Actor's Theater Break-a-Leg 5K. Mr. Howard and Alex kept a look out in the front while Keirsten and I brought up the rear. We all reached the finish line in one piece!
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!
Well, our first cast and crew of WBLS has come to an end. Here is a news team photo of the crew. Excellent job kiddos!
After many hours of planning, no one could have guessed the great down fall to our QR Codes... it wasn't that the wrong addresses were linked, or that the QR Codes were laminated... it was that ever-protective school firewall! As the students anxiously scanned their first code, we realized we had a problem. While the WiFi would not allow for the students to access the test questions, the students who had access to a 4G network were able to get to work. We were very fortunate that in each class two students had devices with 4G. We quickly broke into two groups and got cracking! Lesson learned... test out the firewall before trying to reinvent the wheel!
This week we had a great time incorporating back-channeling with our reading. During reading class, the kids questioned/inferenced/summarized/etc
our story through back-channeling. Essentially, the kids typed their
thoughts as they populated on the board behind us. Here are the
transcripts from the week. This was a wonderful activity because it
allowed the students to take charge of their learning. They each became
the teacher and worked together to share with one another. Here are the transcripts from both classes. The further you scroll down, the more everything seemed to "click."
Howard's Class: http://todaysmeet.com/wagon/transcript
Adams' Class: http://todaysmeet.com/wagon2/transcript
Well, time has one again escaped me. As the year swiftly comes to a close, there are so many memories to fill you in on! Towards the end of April, we headed over to the old city of St. Augustine. We spent the day touring the historic city and getting a first hand look at all of the places we had studied. 
Sure, we're already published authors, but we wanted to stretch the limit even further. So, naturally, we decided to write an E-book. This book (which will soon be available on a Kindle near you) will serve as a preparation guide for the upcoming third graders. We tackled many things you need to know about fourth grade such as what to expect in class, things to help make your year successful, and even how to take care of our dearly beloved Oreo. More details will follow. 
Last Friday, we hit the field and celebrated in a wonderful, fun-filled field day. The overall consensus was that "tip the pin" was the class favorite for all of the kiddos. My favorite part of the day, well, that would have to be when the Cupid Shuffle played over the loud speakers. All of the students stopped their relay races to bust-a-move. Not to worry... yours truly captured it on film. If you ever need a giggle, you know where to turn :)
