Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese art of printing using fish and other marine creatures.  We've been using rubber fish, not actual fish, but it's just as fun.  We learned how to create a print, intentionally choose color, and consider the background.  You may see a practice print coming home, but the final is going in our portfolio.  Thanks, Ms. Elise.  

"Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole live believing that it is stupid." -Albert Einstein
We finished our first read aloud, and it was amazing.  We fell in love with the characters, cheered for them, had empathy for them, learned from them, and ended up proud of them.  We learned about dyslexia and how everyone's brain is wired just a little bit differently; this is called neurodiverisity.  We realize that if everyone were the same, the world would be a very dull place.  We also learned that everyone deserves to be treated with kindness because kindness is always a choice.  Did you know some really creative geniuses are believed to have had dyslexia? (Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and the list goes on and on.)

We've been playing this really fun game during math workshop.  It's an actual, real live board game called Prime Climb.  It's super cool because you can play with up to four people., everyone can be working on different kinds of math at the same time, there's neat strategy involved, and it's actually really fun.  Check out the pictures below and the directions if you're interested in learning more about it.  If you want to go all out, here's the link to get this board game for home.
Prime Climb

So...as you may know, Arbor Day happens every year on April 24th. However, here in CB there's a lot of snow in April, so we've officially moved the holiday to September! We even had an official declaration from the Mayor himself.  Things are getting real over here in fourth grade!