I was really impressed with how well students worked together this week! Students reflect on their own collaboration skill set regularly and set goals for themselves on how to improve. It is wonderful to see each of these fourth graders make a concerted effort to improve how they work with and interact with others to solve problems and reach goals. Check out the highlights of our week below and ask your child to share about his/her personal experience!
The Place Project...our second visit!We had a wonderful second visit to Elizabeth Gardens! We quickly noticed that so much had changed. Some of us had a difficult time locating our special spots! Students returned to their Field Journals for journaling and recording their qualitative and quantitative observations. Upon returning to the classroom, students reflected in small groups and then independently planned and wrote short reflective paragraphs about the similarities and differences among their first two visits. Below are some images from our trip!
BLOGGING, BLOGGING, BLOGGING...Students are now on their own (sort of) with their blogs! Each student has a Blogging Choice Board from which to choose post topics. There is quite a variety of topics and writing forms. All are tied to the curriculum standards for fourth graders. Please ask your child to share the choice board with you. Explaining the assignment to you will help them remember what is expected and will bring to light any confusion so students can ask questions. Thanks for your help with this!
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Sharon Talarczyk
12/2/2012 06:04:59 am
WOW! Fourth grade in Mrs. Walther's class is much more exciting and difficult than my fourth grade experience!
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Kimberly Walther
12/2/2012 06:46:31 am
Haha! My fourth grade experience was a lot of sitting, quiet, and my teacher had me grading papers! Goodness! School certainly is not the same as "back in the day." It is definitely more fun than I remember!
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