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