Recorders
In the 4th and 5th grade music classes, the students are rapidly progressing in playing songs on the recorder! They learn fast, they are eager and also excited to play solos. We have spent time on scale drills, on the song Hallelujah, and also introduced the song He Knows My Name, which have great lyrics. Put a recorder in their hands, and they are even inclined to write a song of their own. Great class and some musicians in the making!
Miss Farrell
Class Elections
This month in Social Studies we are studying government. While learning about the executive branch, 4th grade also held Presidential and Vice-presidential elections. Students wrote campaign speeches and made a poster that included their slogan. They also had to campaigne amongst each other before they gave their speech to ensure getting more votes. Finally, the class voted by secret ballot for their new president and vice-president. Congratulations to our new President Isadora Macedo and Vice-President Jaymie Franco! Also, students taking part in the legislative branch have been elected as Senators and House of Representatives members. Our bill writers also tried to get their classroom bill passed through Congress and made into a law.
Miss Laforest
Butterflies
Along with our insect unit, we have been learning about the life cycle of butterflies. In addition to studying about them we have been observing actual butterfly larvae in our classroom! We watched as tiny baby caterpillars ate (and ate and ate) and grew larger, turned into golden chrysalis’, and eventually emerged as beautiful butterflies. Finally, we released these amazing creatures that God created back into their natural environment.
Miss Laforest
Paul
In Bible we have been studying the life of Paul. We followed along on his four missionary journeys. We learned about diligence by seeing how even after being beaten, ostracized, imprisoned, stoned, and even shipwrecked (more than once!), he continued to have faith in God and preach the gospel. We saw how through Jesus, he was changed from a person who hated and persecuted Christians to the greatest Christian missionary of all time. What an encouragement to win the race!
Miss Laforest
Electricity
In Science, students were being electrified! We have been exploring static electricity. Not only have we been learning about atoms and how electricity works by the exchange of electrons, we also did hair raising, paper shifting, and foil lifting labs. Students discovered how and why static clings, lightning sparks, thunder snaps, and why opposites really do attract.
Miss Laforest
Harriet Tubman
Students have been studying about black history from the time of slavery through the Civil War. We learned how abolitionists fought for equal rights and how the brave people in the underground railroad helped slaves escape to freedom. We went to see the play Freedom Train, which dramatizes the story of Harriet Tubman from the time she was a child to her death. The students also memorized and recited a poem about Tubman’s life as a runaway slave who went back 19 times to help 300 other slaves escape.
Miss Laforest
Spring Celebration
The students practiced on their two songs for the spring celebration. They also worked with the flags and streamers. They took time to go in the sanctuary to work on their routine so they could get the feel of how it would be on stage.
Mrs. Rosario
4th grade has continued to listen to parts of our book, Ideas that Changed the World. Our students love technology so they are amazed to hear how inventions like the computer and the cell phone emerged and have become so popular and necessary to our everyday lives.
Mrs. Ruiz
Technology
The 4th graders enjoyed listening to bits and pieces from our new book, Ideas that Changed the World. This is a book that talks about technology and how things have evolved into the complex machines we now have. We talked about the cell phone and how they believe it will evolve in the future to the extent that cell phones will be placed in our teeth.
Mrs. Ruiz
Be Nice
4L has been listening to the story of Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco. This is a story about a bully who is touched by a caring principal and changes his whole attitude. It is a wonderful story that our students enjoyed listening to.
Mrs. Ruiz