MS. KYLIE'S FOURTH GRADE!
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SENSORY IMAGES

9/30/2021

 
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We're revising our personal narrative writing. Revising is the process of making something better through detail, word choice, and organization. Today we found sensory images in a funny book called The Relatives Came. Then we found places in our writing that could be improved with sensory details, worked with partners to come up with ideas, and shared them with the class. Now we're experts! We said things like, "the wind pierced my ears," "I jumped up and down," "he knew the waters like the back of his hand," "the moon glistened on the ocean surface," and "the sweat froze on my face."

LUCKY

9/29/2021

 
Talk about classroom views!
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BOOK CLUB

9/29/2021

 
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In my book club, we finished the book Frindle today. It's a book about curiosity and "out with the old in with the new". We got to examine how the characters changed with the events of the book. We also learned how characters can have hidden agendas and how authors use foreshadowing and character traits to give us hints along the way. Ask us about the book tonight! 

We also practice responding to reading using the following acronym. 
This is hard stuff, but we're becoming better writers and deeper thinkers in the process. 
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FISH IN A TREE

9/28/2021

 
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We are absolutely loving our read aloud book Fish in a Tree. It's a quality read about a girl, Ally, who has dyslexia. She is a master at hiding her struggles, but she is always left feeling dumb when other kids around her can read. Whether we have dyslexia or not, we can relate to Ally while she tries to fit in. The moral of the story is differences are valuable and highly important. We can't wait to see how this story turns out for Ally and her fabulous friends Albert and Keisha in Mr. Daniel's sixth grade class.

FRIDAY READING

9/24/2021

 
During our literacy block we practice IDR, Independent Daily Reading. We read "nutritional" books. These are high quality books at our reading level...books that make us think! On Fridays, we get a little more choice. We look forward to reading on Friday all week long!
Sweet Books! (graphic novels, picture books, silly books)
Partner Reading!
Computer Reading! (Epic! and Learning Ally)
And of course Nutritional Books!

MINDFUL BREATHING

9/23/2021

 
We use mindful breathing in the classroom to help us calm down and refocus throughout the day. We have a lot of transitions from recess to reading to math to lunch and all over the place! We also have transitions through emotions inside of our bodies throughout the day. Breathing helps us take a minute, notice our senses and feelings, and start fresh. 
Today Ms. Stacey taught us a new breathing technique. Check out Five Finger Breathing below! 

A WORK OF ART

9/22/2021

 
Today we visited the Center for the Arts. We had the privilege of seeing the modern art exhibit. We loved the colors and the messages. We loved how we were overcome with emotion from different works for art. We loved how we all had different preferences.
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We LOVE this...
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So many amazing works of art. We might ask you to do the CB art walk on Friday night!

WATERMELONS AND SEEDS

9/21/2021

 
We're deep into our personal narrative writing unit. It's fun to write stories about memories that are important to us, but it's challenging to decide which details to include and leave out. We use watermelons and seeds to help us remember. Next time you read a story at home, notice the details and decide if it's a seed or a watermelon.
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REACTION TIME

9/20/2021

 
Your brain takes information through your senses and then uses the information to make a picture. Today we tried a cool experiment that showed how the brain uses information from both eyes to create a picture. Then the brain uses other senses to complete the picture and make a decision. Ask us how this works!
Check out this cool experiment to see the decision making process in action. First read the words below. Then read the colors. Notice how hard it is to make your brain switch tasks.
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Sensory nerves travel from your senses (fingers, tongue, nose, etc.) and bring information back to the brain. Movement nerves travel from the brain back to the parts of the body to ignite a movement. Reaction time is a great way to see this in action. We used a ruler and a partner to test our reaction time today. You can try this at home with a ruler or a dollar bill.

CELEBRATE THE BEAT!

9/17/2021

 
We are really enjoying Celebrate the Beat with Ms. Colleen.
​We're working on our rhythm, coordination, and memory as we learn new dances.
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