4th Grade

Ms. Buehler captured this pic from inside!! Such a great surprise to get!

What a terrific last day together!🙌

We ended with another fabuuulous kickball game and one mighty happy 4th Grade Hug!

😁Seeing kids grow together this year has been really special--- and this group did!👏

Be sure to take a look at their Great State of Idaho Seal and Rubric.

📚Report cards will be mailed on Monday and more information about resources to access to keep working on skills will be emailed then too.

Thank you! Ms. Bonzo🦉

So much to learn about Idaho forests!

Project Learning Tree has beautiful and fact-filled pamphlets, bookmarks, and small books about Idaho's forests and the industry. I gave these out to the kids to have for the summer as so many camp and even in town you can take a short walk around any neighborhood will be interesting and amazing what you can see and learn.

There is a dichotomous key to help you identify the tree you are looking at and there is information about which habitats support what types. There is history info and art, how the timber industry thrives, and the math of carbon sequestering. These 4th graders have loved using graphs and understanding data.

It is STEAM all the way!

Double Double This This is so fun!!

Yesterday we did such an organized and synchronized clap game. Plus, it was fun to have a parent visit and be in the mix. Thanks Ms. Kelly!

It was such a blast to see them all focus on working together and accomplish a complicated pattern. I put them into two concentric circles and one side moved counter clockwise and the other moved clockwise after each time they said the chant and clap.

On top of this-- at the end of the day, we did a full circle round with a spin around--talk about how much they can be cooperative!! They are on the road for so much more!!

Raise the Roof for 4th Grade!

"How have I grown over this school year?"

In Morning Meeting, the kids worked with their Class Job Partner. Here are Daisy and Elliot interviewing each other about simple things such as 'What is your favorite song?' to more in-depth reflections about, 'What skill have you practiced and learned?'

My question for them too today was, How have you changed this year? Before they started their talks, we refreshed our memory with some timeline markers. The year started all online. Then on to the Hybrid A/B Cohorts Learning Schedule with lots of Zoom, until right after Spring Break (end of March), when we all came back 4 days a week with one online or at-home learning day. What a year!!

Knowing all this, we have agreed-- truly-- we all feel like the last 2 months have crammed the first, middle, and last days of this whole year into a very short time. It has been something to experience! Each day has so much emotion and change.💗

This group of kids has really come together and our class culture is supportive and becoming more aware all the time.👏😍 They have worked to get to know each other better in many areas.

After our Focused Breathing Practice that starts each day, I, again, encouraged the kids to continue to take at least a few minutes each day to breathe and focus on what is going on around and inside them. It takes practice to learn how to cope with life's events. They have grown up a lot. I am very proud of these kids and excited for them. I know 5th Grade will be a great academic and social year for them!

Thanks, Ms. Bonzo🦉

Math Gallery Walk about Flying Cars

The kids did cooperative thinking to solve a problem. They each had a whiteboard separated into thirds. The top was for the model to represent the problem, the second section was for the expression, and the third section was for the equation and solution.

After the kids worked together, I had them stand and move table by table looking at the other thinking of their classmates.

It was a sticky problem and the key to having the kids get their thinking into a model helps them create the expressions and equations.

Learning how to make a Number Bond Division Model

It takes a lot of time to understand that division can be done to show parts or groups. The kids tried a new model today to show the part of the problem. They are really just getting started on this whole concept. After the group of three talked and solved the problems, one person put the cooperative finished work up on the board and a student who didn't write the problem on the whiteboard explained it.

There was a fun discussion even especially after one of the models I showed by dividing up 32 crayons between Jorja and Malia. They couldn't hold them all!🖍

Reading, Jumping Jacks, and Multiples-- It's the Morning Meeting Activity

Using the big wooden dice made by a fourth-grader from long ago, the kids worked with a partner to read parts from their books and do jumping jacks based on the number rolled. Once the number showed up again, it was to time do the math of counting in multiples or practicing their multiplication. They got in lots of jumping jacks. One group ended up getting four-- 7 times!!

They said when we came back together in a circle that they really like talking about books that they had been reading and getting to socialize this way. I reminded them that socializing isn't only with computer games. There were quite a few lightbulbs!!

Learning about Probability and Luck with Coins and Dice

Our Morning Meeting Activity was to understand the ratio that is created when using dice or coins. Here Hawk and Jorja start their T Chart.

The kids were paired with their Job Partner for this week and together, they each made a prediction about how many times their coin would land on heads and their die would land on the number 3. Each student threw their game piece 10 times. They kept count on the whiteboards.

When everyone had finished, we talked about how it seems easier to guess correctly when there is a 1:2 chance over a 1:6 chance. They figured out that the more sides mean that the probability goes down.

Yes, we all love thinking we have lots of luck!! For sure, I have been lucky to have these kids this year!

Making Weather Vanes during At-Home Learning Wednesday

This project helped the kids in STEAM because they created a weather vane from instructions that had been read from a Newsela assignment. We read together, annotated, and looked through the sequence of steps very carefully. Then I gave them a hard copy to use at home.

These kids that figured out the project used all kinds of thinking. They had to measure and stabilize different materials. Learning to work with your hands takes a lot of practice to build skills. They talked about how hard it was, but how interesting it is to do the problem-solving. This has allowed us to talk about all the things they see daily and how they are put together.

After our visit to the Nez Perce Historical Park where they saw artifacts from deer, salmon, plant, and fur, this project allowed them to think about the resources that people used and what they use today. It is what is around us.

Seeing the integration of all the work that they do is at the heart of 4th grade.

Learning to twin with Jared at Nez Perce Historical Park

The kids learned to twine while Jared explained the artifacts that had twine, quills, beads, and sinew and how these items were made.

Vivian teaches the kids about Memory Strings at Nez Perce Historical Park

The kids learned how rewriting societies kept track of time and special events in life. Once a Nez Perce Woman married, she started a string to hold the events of her life. They used knots and beads to mark special times. The kids made their own and shared their stories.

Outside Playing Kickball!

I taught the kids how to play kickball and they are really getting it. During our Morning Meeting Activity, the two teams take turns pitching, being fielders in different areas, and learning the strategies of offense and defense. They have loved playing together. It is really going well!

Since we were outside and we hadn't had a school picture together this year, I asked the kids to quickly position themselves on the geometric dome for a school shot. It was fun to see their smiles. We have shared a big year together!

Carnivorous Plant Expert Mr. Miller Zooms in to help us learn more about Venus Fly Traps!

The kids learned how to clone these dramatic plants and to care for them. It was interesting to learn about this botanical business and see beautiful specimens like the pitcher plant and other carnivorous plants.

Thanks to Ms. Buehler for the introduction!

Writing Claims and Evidence about 1st Grade Chicks in 10 minutes!

Here, Anthony and Jorja are writing what they see about the 5-day old chicks. Learning to write about observations as a claim and how to prove that it is true is the science skill these kids are working on. Each partner group got 10 minutes doing this science work in their notebook. They loved it!!

Grinding Wheatberries for 1 loaf of Wholewheat Bread!

Each student only gets to do 1 tablespoon of berries since it takes so long to use the mortar and pestle. This has been a great lesson in what human labor is all about!

Here Ezra shows off 15 minutes of working with the wheatberries!

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