At the end, students had the chance to reflect, and one student observed: "I had no idea diapers were so expensive."
In Math, students practiced estimation skills through a real-life scenario: creating a grocery shopping list. Their assignment was to feed a family of 6 a nutritious supper, with a limit of spending no more than $30.00. Students used local grocery store flyers and estimation to choose food items and then ballpark their grocery list cost; afterwards, they used calculators to total the exact cost and compare with the estimation.
At the end, students had the chance to reflect, and one student observed: "I had no idea diapers were so expensive."
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Fourth Grade enjoyed a day full of fun activities at Camp Albemarle! Students caught and studied macro-invertebrates in the Moormans River, hiked on a nature trail, conducted watershed and erosion experiments, and studied natural resources and population fluctuations through playing a game of "Oh, Deer!"
A call-out to ACPS for the recent experience at the NYC Maker Faire--in one word, inspiring! Photo below shows me learning to solder. Saturday was hot and sunny, and a fellow maker and I needed hats. We found the Unexpected Costumes tent and created some. My favorite quote from the event was spoken by Betty Ray: "We need kids who can fail and brush themselves off and try again."
Last week, our class completed our first class book. Each student chose an object inside the classroom or outside of our classroom window, and wrote a paragraph about that object. Then, we worked on drawings of our objects, and turned our simple drawings into "Zentangles." This class book is posted in hopes that Mr. Matt and his class in Malaysia will be able to enjoy it and maybe write a reply to us. Take a look inside! Click here if you'd like to download a copy:
Students enjoyed gentle explorations with earthworms today in Science! Bonding occurred quickly, worms were named--"Chloe," "Bedrock," "Slip 'n Slide," among others. Students have created individual "Parking Lot" game boards to practice Place Value up to the hundred-thousands place. (We will also use these later in the school year to practice rounding and decimals.) A call-out to retired teacher Janelle C. for teaching me how to make this, so that in turn I could teach how to do it. Example pictured above: student was told to create in standard form the number "Seventy-nine thousand, sixty."
On August 29th, I posted notes on our "How To" writing prompt in Language Arts. Following are photos of students engaged in sequencing each other's writing.
I found a Red Eft walking outside our classroom the other morning and brought him in to share with the children. Efts are amazing critters--I encourage everyone to learn more about them! This is my favorite image of teaching--the student and I have approached one another with hands and hearts open for learning from one another and the world around us. A big "Thank you!" to my student teacher for seizing the moment to snap the photo.
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |