Take a look at our Blogs!

Head to the student websites tab on this blog to take a look at all of our personal blogs!  Each week we are given a blogging challenge.  We work on different learning targets that we have been introduced to each week within our blog post.  You will notice our latest post practiced writing an essay with a thesis statement, reasons, and a conclusion.  We also practice commenting on others posts with questions, feedback, or appreciations.  

We would love to hear your questions, feedback, and appreciations as well!  Log on and let us know what you think about our writing!

Ride and Read! Thursday, November 20th

OSMO for Ipad

Our class has the exciting opportunity to pilot a new add on for Ipads!  OSMO is a learning tool that attaches to our ipad, and comes with different learning activities.  It allows us to manipulate activity pieces on a surface outside of the ipad, and recognizes what we are moving/manipulating on the ipad.  Today we checked out the Tangram learning experience.  The app on the ipad showed us an outline of a picture, and we were able to manipulate the tangram pieces on the table to put the picture together.  The app then recognizes which pieces we have put in the correct location and fills them in within the picture.  How Cool!  Soon, we will also try out a word activity and an engineering activity!  

Take a look at us in action! 

Scholastic Book Order

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Weekly Update

WI Map skills

Today we practiced finding cities in Wisconsin using the legend of a map and the coordinates the legend gives for each city!  We found some popular tourist destinations as well as some tiny towns and cities!  

Check out our new Reading Incentive! Reading Super Stars!!

Each student has a goal this year to read at least 20 chapter books.  This goal can be accomplished by reading at both home and school!  Each chapter book that a 4th grader reads will earn them a Reading Superstar charm to be placed on their lanyard on our reading superstar bulletin board!  Look at all the charms we've already earned this year!!