Good Day at Nez Perce Historical Park

Ice Skating Was So Much Fun!!

Thank you to the great staff at the PIR!

And, it was so terrific to have family members show up and skate too! Here Benja and his mom took a break from making fast laps to let me take their picture!

Remember our next field trip is on April 5 to the Nez Perce Historical Museum-- if you can come, ride the bus with us!

One Grain of Rice

Indian Folktale that teaches how fast totals can double and how the generous spirit of one girl helped her community! We have been working on multiplication this quarter and the kids really saw the power of that operation!

If one of the kids does ask you about doing chores and you paying them a certain way, be sure to check your math or it may cost you!!

Upcoming Fieldtrips and Optional Conferences

Hi Families,

The kids will have information in their Planners for you to see.

There are two interesting Fieldtrips. We discussed one today. Soon, more details will come about the other one.

We will go to the Palouse Ice Rink (PIR) on March 31 for an hour of skating with the 5th grade-- it will feel like a recess! Hope you can join us. 😁

The third quarter will end soon, and you are welcome to schedule a conference for April 8.🏫 These can be Zoom or in person. Again, it is best to have the students present so they can talk about their learning and progress. I will fill in on things that I see are looking good academically or that need attention.

Hope you are feeling the Spring vibe!🌼☔😊🌞🐰 🐦

Thanks, Ms. Bonzo

Be a TOURIST in OUR TOWN!

With a week to bike, think, read, notice nature, draw, and yes, play video games, I gave the kids a map of Moscow to hunt down new parks to find and see all that is here.

They enjoyed finding their homes, our school and learned how to use the grid, see the difference between county and city, and where Paradise Creek runs. This is a lovely place!

Read2Ride Logs are due March 30 to get a Silverwood Ticket!

STEAM(ed) Bread ART

As we steam towards Spring Break, we are 'Ceresly' finishing the last parts of this work. The kids have learned much and 'ye still want more!' 🤭

The example you see here is showing the work of three kids as they create the title page and art page for the unit. Specific directions were given for making sure the pages have symmetry and correct details, but their interpretations of words and mythology are their own.

The work will get assessed and come home when we return on March 21.👏

Have a 'loafly' break ! 🍞 Ms. Bonzo

4th Grade Bakers!! Steam(ed) Bread

They did a fabulous job following the steps that they wrote in their notebooks yesterday! They appreciate the yeast, know a lot more about wheat, and are ready to have some baked bread. Medora, Benja, and Ely are all working well-- no loafing around! Haahaahaa!

It will be fun to talk to them tomorrow!

Bread is not only life but ART!

Today during our STEAM(ed) Bread Unit, we studied sayings and the paintings, and other beautiful and imaginative ways that humans are connected to bread through art. Then the kids picked the quote that they liked from the ones we studied and created a drawing to go with it. This photo shows some of the students during a Gallery Walk where they get to see all the work by their class and discuss the criteria list of what was expected. Plus, it was just fun too!

Today, we follow the steps and make the dough that you all will get to bake this afternoon or evening!

STEAM(ed) Bread!🍞

We started our STEAM project today that will last until Spring Break looking at the meaning of the words bread, meal, flour, and cereal. There were some great discoveries about something so familiar that we are analyzing and will be creating.

The picture here is of Benja and Spencer doing some of the math we did to find out the square inches in one slice. We did the math model-- line segment-- to total up how many years sliced bread has been around. Be sure to ask about that!

We looked closely at yeast and gluten today and know what they do. That was a lot of cool science.

By Thursday, they will be making their own bread and you will be able to bake it when they get home. 🍞 It will be a yummy evening treat!

Spanish taught by the 7th and 8th Graders-- twice a month

These wonderful middle schoolers led a fabulous lesson for the 4th grade. And, the 4th grade is so excited to get a foreign language to explore and learn, add to what they know, and get to work with these older kids! Magnifico!!

P.S. 6 of these kids were once in this class!! Fabuloso!!

Wednesday Storyweavers Share!

There is a job during our Morning Meetings where the Story Weavers pick a story to share. Eliza and Lila were excellent examples of how real cooperation works.

They started talking last week when they realized this would be their weekly class job. They discussed two books because each wanted to read something that they really liked. They agreed on one and exchanged ideas and planned ahead by reading over it.

It was a terrific example of how the class has grown because the kids listening allowed the story and made connections that were shared after the reading.

As I reminded them, they are learning to be a good audience just as much as being presenters. YAY!!

#1 out of 628 schools nationwide participating in the Trex Challenge!

We are keeping the momentum going to get more people recycling. check out the new leaderboard and the video that Trex asked me to do to help others learn about the program. Please share so more kids can get involved.

Thanks, Ms. Bonzo

https://recycle2win.com/

Ms. Bonzo talks about how recycling plastic film started

Making the Dog and Cat Toys for HSoP

The discussion and lessons from the Human Society were so exciting and interactive that we didn't even make the toys. So, yesterday morning, we took an hour and did the whole project from cutting up the t-shirts or pants, to making the strips and braiding. You can see Medora and Max in the first step of the project.

With only 7 kids that knew how to braid, it was good to share that skill and help others learn that and knot tying.

The kids finished about 30 toys that will last seven days for one dog. They felt really good about doing something to help the animals at the shelter.

Humane Society of Palouse talks about helping their animals!

The kids wanted to help out in our community so we contacted the HSoP who came in and had a great discussion with the kids and helped them learn what they can do-- like how to volunteer or donate items. It was so neat to hear how much the kids want to learn about what they can do.

Thank you Lauren and Sierah!

Library Books (Please look around your homes and see if you have one of the class library books.)

Report Cards and Classwork Examples

Hi Families,

It's the start of the 3rd Quarter! The kids have grown so much!

Today, lots of items will be coming home that show some good examples of things we did in the 2nd Quarter.

I wrote a note on every report card, plus a reminder--- please-- turn in 3 Reading Logs. That is an expectation for each quarter and it teaches responsibility for the kids to fill out the log and get it signed by a family member.

Also, there is some helpful Lexia information included too.

You may see work coming home to be finished. We are at the place in the year where the kids know the criteria for what they are doing and need to meet getting things done in 4th-grade time too. They are ready and they are excited together.

Plus, we are talking about a project for the Humane Society of the Palouse. Stay Tuned!

Thanks, Ms. Bonzo

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