Persuading Speeches - Author's Purpose Lesson

We have been learning about Author's Purpose this week. The kids wrote small speeches to convince us of their opinions.

Rock Cycle Demonstration

Today we SAW how the rock cycle works. The rock cycle is the continuous changing of rocks into different types of rocks. OUR" rocks" changed quickly, but of course real rocks take thousands of years to change.

September 30, 2010

My name is Chloe.This week we have been learning about Native Americans, rocks,and a little about Martin Luther King.I learned that Native Americans had a rough time when food was scarce.I felt bad for them.We had to act like we lived long ago and write a letter.We learned that Martin Luther King did not know when all of this was going on.He made a promise and kept that promise he turned this world up side down. Now what we have all been waiting for...ROCKS!! I have loved learning about rocks.We learned about the 3 different kinds of rocks Igneous,sedimentary,and metamorphic.We did a demonstration, it showed the rock cycle it was so fun I love fourth grade!
Chloe Cook

MAD Scientists!!!!

Today, we did a demonstration using the Rock Cycle... crayon style. This is the scientists practicing safety!!!!

September 23, 2010

My name is Brady. This week has been a blast. We have been doing a lot about multiplication and division.This weeks math facts are zero the hero, anything times zero is always zero. The other one is six times six is  thirty six, seven times eight golly gee fifty-six dollars all for me.We also did this cool little project where we put a bottle of water over the salt block and it makes a little hole into the salt block. This is called erosion.

Brady Carroll

ZERO the hero!!! Anything times 0 is 0!

Video of Erosion Demo

Blake and Tyler narrated our demonstration. They did great!

EROSION Demonstration!

Yesterday, we started discussing types of rocks. We talked about sedimentary rocks and how they are tiny bits of sediment compacted together over the years. Sediment results from EROSION so we set up water dripping onto to a mineral salt block. This is what we saw happen. It ERODED and left behind sediment. They thought it was too COOL!

More Recipe Pics....

Math Measuring with a Recipe

Today, we made Astronaut Granola Bars from our reading story this week. The kids did it all: read the recipe, measured, poured, stirred, and even ATE them! DELICIOUS!

September 16, 2010

This week our class has learned about different types of rocks, like calcite, that was Science.  In math we have been doing multiplication facts. We have started a new thing called Boogie facts and that is fun , and on Friday we do math club and we are timed on it for three and a half  minutes.

Chance  Campbell

My First Blog Post

I am trying out this new tool, Blogging. I am hoping that it is a tool for parents to see what their children are learning in class. I am also hoping that my students get excited about posting what they learned and enjoyed each day at school (or at least each week)! I hope to get spelling lists and other parent info posted here also!