Social skills

Grade four students worked collaboratively to perform skits focusing on the topics of cooperating, group decision making, and respecting others. Students showed both positive and negative examples of each skill. In the end, grade four students reflected on the...

Learning Skills and hoop gliders in 4E

This week I introduced the 5 learning skills to our 4E students. Our classmates from 4A had done some work last week and acted out some social skills for us. We also held the hoop glider competition in STEAM today.

STEAM plan, organize, and create

STEAM this week involved grade 4 and grade 5 planning three paper gliders. Students created a test glider, a creative glider, and a glider that would travel the farthest using straws, tape, and an index card. Students worked in cooperative groups to organize their...

Fractions at the 4E Zoo

This week during math instruction the students learned to compare wholes and parts of the whole. We did this by creating a zoo and feeding the animals with fractional parts of meat.