Algebra
Students have been studying a unit on Integers and Expressions. They have been learning the importance of mathematical principles, as compared to using God’s principles in our daily lives.
Mrs. Christian
Pre Algebra
Students have been studying a unit on Integers and Expressions. They have been learning the importance of mathematical principles, as compared to using God’s principles in our daily lives.
Mrs. Christian
Iroquois Confederacy
This month in Social Studies we are studying the Native Americans of New York State. After learning about their history and lives, 4th grade is now becoming members of the Iroquois confederacy. Each student has been given a Native American name, is part of one of the 5 tribes of the confederacy, and has a role in it- clan mother, council leader, respected elder, or storyteller. Next, we will be having a council meeting in which the tribes will be given situations they have to decide on and vote about. Every member gets to share their opinion first. Finally, our storyteller will share stories they have made up that teach a lesson.
Miss Laforest
Medieval Times
Students are studying Medieval Europe and taking a closer look at how a feudal society works. Not only are we revisiting a time of kings, queens, knights, serfs, manors, and castles, we are also seeing how some of the laws we would eventually use when forming our own country came to be. As a culminating activity students create a shield for their own family and describe what symbols and colors they used and what they each represent.
Miss Laforest
Fly Me To The Moon
In November we visited the Museum of Natural History. While there, we saw a space show at the planetarium in which we became astronauts that were traveling from earth to the moon. We got to see the moon up close and even the dark side that is never visible to us on earth. We also explored the museum’s exhibits of African and North American mammals. This let us see what the animals we have studied about, as well as what their habitats, actually looked like.
Miss Laforest
NYC Fire Museum
Students had fun on our trip to the New York City Fire Museum. While there we learned about how the first fire brigades and departments in New York formed. We got to see up close antique fire engines and gear, as well as a 911 memorial. We ended the trip having to escape safely from a room on fire and describe all fire hazards we found while going through it.
Miss Laforest
Go Kidney Beans
This month in Science is we studied the plant cycle- from seed to adult. First, we diagramed the parts of a seed and then planted beans to watch them grow. This was part of an experiment in which we followed the scientific method in order to figure out which bean sprout grows the fastest (this year the kidney beans won!). The class had to form hypothesis’, observe and collect data daily, then form a conclusion about whether or not they were able to confirm their hypothesis or not.
Miss Laforest
Our Brain and Senses
We have been studying what psychology is and how it affects the body. The students have learned about our brain and senses, our perceptions and nature vs. nuture theory. This year I am teaching in a flipped classroom so the students will copy vocabulary and examples into their notes for HW (kind of pre reading for the next day’s lesson). In class the next day, they will watch a mini lesson of how to and practice the application in front of me. This has been helpful in not only the student understanding during homework/classwork, but in starting up math conversations during class about what to do and why. Currently, we are studying how we learn. Today we talked about making good decisions and judgements.
Miss Stahler
Forensics Scientists
We have been studying what a forensic scientists job is, what evidence is located at the crime scene and which types are not, and many types of tools that forensics experts use to help solve a crime. This year I am teaching in a flipped classroom so the students will copy vocabulary and examples into their notes for HW (kind of pre reading for the next day’s lesson). In class the next day, they will watch a mini lesson of how to and practice the application in front of me. This has been helpful in not only the student understanding during homework/classwork, but in starting up math conversations during class about what to do and why. Currently, we are studying questioned documents and forgeries. The students are learning how to spot handwriting that is altered and therefore a forgery.
Miss Stahler
Algebra 2
We have been studying number operations and reviewing algebra 1 topics for the first half of this school year. This year I am teaching in a flipped classroom for math and so the students will copy vocabulary and examples into their notes for HW (kind of pre reading for the next day’s lesson). In class the next day, they will watch a mini lesson of how to and practice the application in front of me. This has been helpful in not only the student understanding during homework/classwork, but in starting up math conversations during class about what to do and why. Currently, we are studying radical equations and how to solve for x if it is in the radicand.
Miss Stahler