by Eriks KRONITIS | Dec 10, 2020 | Grade 4
We started the lesson by asking what year email was invented and had a wide range of answers – all the way from 1820 to 1923! Students learned how to write and reply to emails, and we had a nice discussion. In addition, a group of seventh graders led an activity...
by Eriks KRONITIS | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 4
We have begun reading Ratburger by David Walliams, and the fourth graders have done a splendid job of making connections between what is happening in the story to real life. Be sure to ask your children what happened to Gingernut!
by Eriks KRONITIS | Nov 26, 2020 | Grade 4
As you know, our “How We Express Ourselves” unit is one that we will periodically explore over the course of the whole school year. This week, students looked at food as an expression of culture and learned about the traditional foods of nationalities...
by Eriks KRONITIS | Nov 19, 2020 | Grade 4
Grade 4 students investigated one of the fundamental physical properties of matter – density. How many teaspoons of salt would it take for an egg to float in water? Hypotheses ranged from one to seven… Find out from your children what happened!
by Eriks KRONITIS | Nov 12, 2020 | Grade 4
This week the Grade 4 students worked on identifying important fraction terms like denominators, numerators, proper fractions, improper fractions and equivalent fractions. They were asked to explain how fractions with different numerators and denominators could be...