Have We Been Busy?!?!

As you can tell, we have been incredibly busy in the fourth grade over the past month! We have begun our Voice Thread where we can share our ideas about books with children in schools from different countries. Our writing has included Adventure Stories and essays on "What We Are Thankful For." In morning meeting, we have also started to play a game called "The Minister's Cat" in which we must come up with adjectives to describe the cat. It really makes us think about all of the wonderful adjectives out there! Everyone worked very hard on the November Book Project which was our first real written book report. Our reading in December is focusing on poetry and the pure emotions that can be expressed in the genre. On Friday we listened to and talked about the song "Puff the Magic Dragon." Such a simple song, but such a sad story for that dragon, Puff. This week we are working on holiday cards to brighten the day for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital. It is difficult to believe that our holiday break is just a week and a half away, but it is! Signed, The Class

WONDERFUL WEDENSDAY

Today we started the day with library and there was a substitute. Then we had snack. After that, we had music and sang Dona Nobis Pacem with the other class. Then we had math and in Mr. Evan's math group took a brake from our virtual business and did more graphs. For hot lunch we had ham calizone and milk. After lunch, we had word study, witch went very quickly. Then we science ,we started the electricity unit with some notes and stating an experiment. In history we read and answered questions.

WJP
ERS

Project Day

Today was an awesome day. After we checked our DLR, we played hop potato in morning meeting. Then we read are new book Remember Patience Whipple. After that we had snack and went to art. At art we worked on the skateboards we started with Gabriel Pons. Math, vocabulary, and lunch was next. After we went to recess for a friendly game of nation ball then had science and this is why the title is project day because we shared are science posters today. Then in history we found out we have a least one thing to be a good leader. Now we are reading our AR book and about to go home. To that end you know what happened in are day.

GJH and MVP

The histarical talent show

Today we had music, and library. Of course we had fun at both, but one thing we enjoyed most likely is when we did a little talent show. Our classmate played a very, beautiful piece on the piano. Towards the end of music it was our turn to do our own show and we sang a song from High School Musical 2, and the name of the song was We Can Work This Out. Geting closer to the end of the day we had Science,there we watched a movie about weather. Then we had History,that's when it was the real deal,we tried to put a theory toghter about The Lost Colony.Well that's our day in conclusion,it was an ASTONISHING Wednesday.


AJP
MKW

An Artistic Day

Today was awesome; we started by doing a pinky greeting and hot potato. Then we corrected our DLR. Then we started our new non fiction packs. After that we went to art and finshed our dragon flys and drew art cards. Then we had an awesome math class. After that we had a cool lunch where the two quietest tables won lolipops"2 FOURTH GRADE TABLES"won. Than we went to recess and did some ball slaming nation ball. Next we went to history and found out about a mystery that nobody has solved in the world and it is called the lost colony. Then we watched a video in science. Finally the day is over and we sit here writing this blog while other people talk,do homework and write there scary stories.


GJH
CLZ

CAMPOUT DAY

A little rain could not dampen our Campout Day. Despite the dreary weather, we listened to guest speakers and helped pitch a tent inside Mr. E's classroom. So many of our amazing parents worked to provide us with an outstanding cook out....in the breezeway! We finished the day with some "Sleeping Bag" DEAR time, and braved a rain shower to continue our pursuit of the perfect Nation Ball match.

Thank you parents, families, and students for working together to make this a fantastic day!

Mrs. B

GYMNASTICS MONDAY

Mondays are never average, but today's was exceptional. We began the day with PE and Foreign Language (fun as always). When we returned to class, we had snack and DEAR time. During LA, we finished our Lady of Shalott paragraphs and read further in our Gary Paulsen books. At 11:00, we had a major change of pace as we ventured to the gym for a presentation by a group of Danish gymnasts. We were awed, amazed, energized...you name it! After lunch, Mr. E's and Mrs. B's math groups had assessments to complete. In science, we played Weather Jeopardy in preparation for our test on Wednesday. "I'll take Climate for $800, Mrs. B." We ended the day with a competitive set of Nation Ball matches. As you can see, it was not your average Monday.

THE AMAZING THURSDAY!

We the 4'th graders, started off our day with the one and only Computer Lab where we ,challenged Mr. E's 4'th grade class in puzzles, not just any puzzles but stick puzzles!
Then we came back and ate snack while some people studied for our Wordly Wise test and if you don't know what Wordly Wise is well it's vocabulary.
After eating snack we wen't to P.E. and that stands for Physical Education, and Mrs. B's class played soccer while Mr. E's class swam. Right after that we all came back to get ready for a great math class. Then we ate lunch in a really loud room. After lunch we are going to take a really hard and a exciting Wordly Wise test.
AND AGAIN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDLY WISE MEANS IT MEANS vocabulary basicly! And one more thing this is one very out of the ORDINARY DAY!!!
MW
KB

WHAT A WEDNESDAY!

We have been so busy these last two weeks....we even forgot to blog! Our days have been packed full of fun and work. Today we began the day with Mrs. Atkins in library and a speedy snack when back in class. Music was fantastic, as always...thank you Mrs. Calloway! In math, we are finishing our review of addition and subtraction and beginning our journey into multiplication. In reading, we continued to read our adventure books by Gary Paulsen and we were given our next non-fiction packets. Some of us are working on comprehending a rebate form while others are delving into a set of board game rules. Our weather unit in science continues, and today we experimented with and discussed two parts of the water cycle. We also talked about water exhibiting three of the four phases of matter. In history, Mr. Evans shared Native American artifacts and began our study of the First Americans. What an exhausting day, and we didn't even have recess!

The End of a Fantastic Week

We started the day off with our usual DLR (Daily Language Review). After that, we met Jane Limbrick. We had a fantastic time. Then we went to foreign language and had a ball. Next we shared our book projects, and we were great at it! After that, we went straight to lunch. At the end of lunch,we did the Friday raffle. When we got back, we finished our book projects. Next we made lunches for homeless people with the third graders. When we got back to class, we got ready to go to dance party and carpool. In dance party we had a blast, and Nation Ball was awesome too! That's the end of a fantastic week!

KPG
ERS

The Coolest Author Ever

Today we started off with computer. Then we went to the author visit. The auther was Frank Bedder.He let WJP as Dodge & MKW as Alyss. It was emberising. Also the teachers got to act too. Mrs.B was Redd's top assasion who was a evil cat. Mrs.C acted as scary Redd. Then we had math and some of us played Around the World.
KB
JP

Reading is Excellent

We stared our day doing DLR and writing our homework asigment. Next we went to libary and she read us MRS.ROOPY IS LOOPY then we checked out books. After that we wentto math where we did word promblems and we had to solve them. Then we went to lunch and we read Hatchet and Danger. Then we had science, and took notes on weather, and in history we made a brochure to sell Virginia. That's the end of our day!

BW
KT

ADVENTURE BOOKS RULE!

To start our day off, we played a game of HOT GLOBE! Today in class we read Hatchet and Danger on Midnight River. In art we made dragonflies and learned many facts about them. We also finished our accordian books. Mrs. Reynolds also read a book called By Order of the King by Joan Limbrick. Then we had fun in math, and some of us took our first math test! Next is lunch and after that we played Nation ball. Then we had the best history class where we reviewed the key words for our test. In science class we used a thermometer outside, and watched a Brainpop movie on weather and took the quiz. Now everyone is working on their homework or reading our Gary Paulsen books. In conclusion, we had a very productive day!

ZG, CC, AH-W, AP

An exhausting day!

We started off the day by doing Type to Learn in computer lab this morning. Then we came back and ate snack. After that we did a soccer unit with Mr.Carroll while Mrs.Wimble helped the other class with swimming for an hour. Right after that we had a fire drill right before math. Math flew by after that. Lunch was pretty loud. Then we came back and every one shared their exciting Warehouse paragraphs. In history we just talk about earthquakes. After history our class switched into science and into the weather unit. We are now finishing off the day by cleaning out the desks for Back to School night.What an extravagant day!

KB
KG

The day we had no recess

We started the day by checking our DLR then we had library. Then we had snack .Then we had music and read about Woody Gutherie and Keke Palmer. Next we had math in math we all made word problems. We then had lunch and LA. When we did our LA time we talked about our Abandoned Warehouse paragrahs. In science we talked about the earth's atmosphere. When we did History, we made notecards for our studying. Then we had a class meeting and then went home.




Signed: ZWG, CLZ, MVP, JBE

AN AWESOME DAY

Today we started off with morning meeting and during morning meeting we played Hot Potatoe. Afterwards we went to art and MKW brought in some bark paper to share with the class. Then we went to lunch and had a delicious meal and as soon as we were done with our lunch we all started getting excited about Nation Ball at recess. When we got back from recess we went to history first and KMT got hit in the bottom lip by Mr. Evan's watch (an accident) and we had science right after history. And in a few minutes were going to have D.E.A.R and type our blogs. And wow, what an exciting day we have had in Mrs. Bushman's class!

MKW
KMT

A Very Cold Day

Today it was very cold, but that didn't stop us from having fun. In PE we played the game "Royalty." It is almost like dodge ball, but if you get hit you must sit down and the royalty must tag you to get back in. If the royalty gets hit, the game is over. In French and Spanish, we practiced writing our numbers. Afterwards, we had math which was fun because we got to play Place Value Quizmo. We had DEAR right after lunch for 25 minutes. Then we banned the word big by coming up with synonyms to take its place. In our short assembly, the upper school chorus sang the song, "That's What the Devil Says." We used WHALES ON STILTS to help us create a descriptive paragraph about a picture of an abandoned warehouse. Now it's off to recess! In conclusion, it was really fun for a Monday!

CLC
AJP

Our Second Test

To start our day off, we played "Hide the Eraser" in morning meeting. You had to pass the eraser without the person in the middle finding out who had it by pretending to always have it. Then we had DEAR for twenty minutes, and some of us took AR tests. Next we went to Foreign Language and had a great time. In French we did a skit! In math we took quizzes and played games. Then it was time for lunch. Today was the first hot lunch of the year, and we had the raffle. After lunch, we took our second test of the year, but this time is was a history test. We took reading notes about the plot in stories, and now we are all writing these paragraphs on paper and Mrs. Bushman is reading WHALES ON STILTS. We'll end the day with Dance Party and recess. In conclusion, this was a great day and week!

This entry is a combination of paragraphs by the following students:
AJP
MKW
KPG
GJH
JBE
KG
BW

A GREAT DAY!

To start our day we went to computer during computer we typed on type to learn that was really cool. And after computer we went to P.E. and played capture the flag whitch was a lot of fun. Right after that we had math and played a computer game where we turned into a snake that lived out west and had to do math problems to open doors to get a southern bad guy. After lunch we had our first vocabulary test. Right after that we had history and seince witch was very interesting. And to end our day Mrs.Bushman read us a chapter of WHALES ON STILTS.

BNW
MW

Our Day

First off Mrs. Atkins read a book called Alpha Betty. She was all disorganized and could not find any thing. Then she becomes organized. At snack we checked our DLR. After lunch we shared our paragraphs about a tropical island. Then we had science and history. In science we did an absorbency and wet strength expermint. In history we didn't have any homework. Then we had free read time.

JHB
JBE

The Best Day Ever

Today we took notes for The Elements of Fiction. In Art we were making Acordian books and made them look ancient. Also today we played Nation ball and divided up into teams of Evans's girls and Bushman's boys and Evans's boys and Bushman's girls. We also explained are results for our science experiment where we tested different brands of paper towels. We had fun today and it was The Best Day Ever!!!!!! Signed: MP and ZG

A Busy Day!

Today was a very busy day. We began with PE and foreign language. Then we worked on using our writing checklist to help us edit our work. We edited a descriptive paragraph that Mrs. Bushman wrote about the tropical picture linked to our blog. Math was spent working on rounding, fractions and money. In science, we began our experiments to test the absorbency and wet strength of four different brands of paper towels. Mr. Evans gave us a graphic organizer to help get ready for our history test later this week. We also worked on creating note cards to help us study. A busy day to begin a busy week! Signed: The Class

Spectacular Science

What do paper airplanes, the solar system, and writing checklists have in common? They were all things we worked with today. In computer class, we used the Science Explorations website to cut and paste information about the solar system into a word document. We had to leave PE early to have our yearbook pictures taken. In math, we worked on comparing and also rounding larger numbers. Our experiment in science class let us do something our teachers never let us do in school, make paper airplanes. We experimented to see if attaching a paper clip to the front of the planes would allow them to fly farther. The day ended with a discussion about our writing checklist. Signed: The Class

The Day of Books

We started our day with morning meeting where we did a puppet greeting. Then we went to library to get our AR books with Mrs. Atkins. After that we had snack. After snack we went to music with Mrs. Calloway. After music we had math. Than we had lunch. After that we recommended books to each other in language arts. In science, we were put into our lab groups and got to name our teams. We shared our maps in Mr. Evans's class. Signed: CLZ, KBB

Nation Ball!

Today we started the day off with ball toss greeting. Then we did some Wordly Wise and also we learned about the elements of fiction. Then we went to art and worked on our accordian book covers. Our math groups started today, and we worked on place value. In recess, we learned the strategies of Nation Ball. We played class against class, and Mr. Evans's class ultimately won with a score of 3 to 2. Everyone showed great sportsmanship. Our history homework is to draw a map Mr. Evans's classroom using a grid map, transportation map, product map or a combination of these. In science, Mrs. Bushman explained some of the theories behind the results of our Mentos experiment. We will also be completing another experiment this week! To end the day, we had some DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read). Signed: JP and WS

The End of a Great Week!

Today was a crazy day because of our 11:45 dismissal. Our one special today was foreign language, which was a lot of fun. We got our new Wordly Wise books and looked at the first lesson we will be working on, Lesson 7. In math, we played Around the World with our multiplication facts. Most importantly, our day ended with our first Dance Party. It was a blast! We can't wait for next week's. Signed: The Class

The fourth day of school

This morning we had our first computer class of the year.After that we had PE. It was exhausting! Then we had math and then lunch.

In history we had a scavenger hunt. During science class, we did an experiment to see which soda had the biggest reaction when Mentos were added. We used Coke, Diet Coke, and Sprite. It was awesome! Signed: BCM and KJG

the 3rd day of school

Today we first went to library. Then we took a break and had snack and went to music with Mrs Calloway. After that, we had fun math with Mrs. Bushman then went to lunch. Then we did 5 of our Essential Rules in our class circle and disscussed our Genre Wheel. In science we got to see a powerpoint about the scientific method, and then switched to history. For an experiment in history somebody got to tell Mr Evans where to go in the using using directions . Now we were good so we are going to recess. Signed: GJH and KMT

We started off our second day by going to art and drawing dots, while Mrs. Reynolds read a book to us called The Dot. Our first math class consisted of taking a math "test" and playing Around the World with mulitplication facts. During recess we had a huge Freeze Tag scrimmage with the entire fourth grade. In history class today we went to Mr. Evans's room and learned about Mr. Evans and cool artifacts. He talked to us about seeing things, including Virginia history, from different perspectives. Then in science we learned about safety and had to sign a Safety Contract. At the end of the day, we typed this paragraph as a class. As you can see, our second day of school was a lot of fun and very interesting. Signed, The Class

Great Day

Our first day has come and gone, and we were able to get most of our materials organized and put away. Our teacher began to go over her 44 Essential Rules, and we began to become accustomed to how she "does things." We interviewed a partner and introduced that partner to the class. Now we are looking forward to tomorrow when we begin our science and history rotations.