Population Density = 14 kids per square yard!
Helping the kids learn the difference between urban and rural as we worked with comparative data.
Fun!
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Jigsaw🧩 Protocol or Taking Notes on One Part and Sharing it so that when it's all put back together Everyone has all the Information that is essential and relevant! 🏫-- Super Schooly Activity!😁
This cooperative learning strategy is very effective at teaching how to take notes and analyze what you are taking down.
Each group started separately silently reading their section.
Then, they came together to take notes. We used a T Chart graphic organizer.
They will put their notes into a paragraph and share it with their class members. That is the ELA connection solidifies the knowledge they learned.
This way a lot of information is broken apart, like a puzzle, and put back together again so that each person has all the correct information from the chapter.
It is interesting to do and learn in this way! It really teaches cooperation through content!
Six Step Greeting Sequence-- Partner Practice and then to Whole Group
See if you can learn it with your 4th Grader!
Having a playful attitude while learning anything keeps your mind flexible. Plus, you get to laugh at mistakes or learning bumps as you go. It is something we all share when we take on something new. They did some fun socializing and cooperation while doing this together.
3rd Quarter Reading and Math-- keep at the 40 minutes for reading and at least 10 minutes of math practice each day outside of school.
Thank you!
Eos explains the standard algorithm for large-number addition and checking with subtraction.
Putting words to how you think and process is so important and being able to show your knowledge in front of the class is great and so many kids did that today.
Keep practicing math facts as it makes regrouping and all parts of the problem.
All these kids, a middle schooler, 4th and 5th graders have been Trex Recyclers!
This shows what is in the trailer as January finishes up.
The opportunity for any community organization to participate in collecting is the new way that Trex is getting more people energized to collect plastic! Check out Nextrex.com
Once 1000 pounds was collected back in October, we got our newest bench--it's the new sand-colored one in the Middle School.
Way to keep plastic film out of the waterways and landfills!
Great Picture of what working together in Triad Groups looks like.
Here the 4th graders were explaining their ideas and then making improvements. It is always exciting to see their concentration and effort!
Building Consensus Using A Scientific Process to Solve a Social Problem
Lilianna shows the idea her tablemembers agreed upon after the kids did some brainstorming to figure out a very important argument about Snow Play.
This was a very serious afternoon. Notice the notetaking and attention.
It is important to understand that addressing one part of a problem is essential and not to get confused by other details or data.
The kids finally had a chance to vote and came up with the 2 ideas of the 8 that they would utilize as a class to handle the issues with each other outside during all recess snow play--- building and destroying, sharing, and asking permission.
They did a good job of going through each step and learned that the process can be applied to other situations.
Loren finishes the Lewis and Clark Friendly Letter Project!
This was a big Social Studies and English assignment where content about Lewis and Clark was shared and explained after learning the details about tone and specific needs for a formatted letter. The goal was to meet the criteria and deadline time so that the letters could be addressed and mailed so that they could be read with a family member over the holiday break.
They put in a lot of revision and thought and was a fine example of how the effort they put in shows what they can do!
I took a picture of each student after they put the stamp on their carefully addressed and decorated envelope to show they completed their work!
"Hooving" a Good Time! They "lichen" all they did!
The kids did a wonderful job creating their reindeer at play! They watched a PBS Nature video for Science about the life of reindeer and how to take care of the land. It was an interesting lesson in ELA as they shared their original idea and revisions, and this was our theme for the Door Decorating Contest.
Charlotte, Wyat, and Amy teach Ms. Hoffmeister's First Graders on their STEAM project🌾 math work!
The kids got to work together and help the first graders do a multistep problem using calculators. It was important for the 4th to know the story of the math and let the first graders use the calculators.
The 4th graders learned they are really math programmers and that the tool can only do what they tell it the calculator to do.➕➖➗
🙌Good Learning all around!
Ace and Charlotte show why RCR2E (Really Creative Reindeer Reverly Exchange) was soooooo fun! 🦌The Secret Reindeer did well this year!⭐
Each year the 4th grade gets 'to give and get' from each other in that 'Secret Santa' way.
This year's class decided by vote to give treats on one day and a homemade gift on the second day. Ace made a Minecraft Creeper! This is the biggest homemade gift ever! The smiles on both their faces say it all.
The whole class learned a lot about playing by the rules of this game because that kept it suspenseful and interesting.
😊One more week until our holiday break, and my wish for your family is that you have sweet times together celebrating in your special ways.
Eos and Gavin work on the Lewis and Clark Math Challenge
Each partner group had a chance to check their work on the board.
The task was to search for math information in their Social Studies text and then do the equations correctly.
It is a fun and valuable activity because it incorporates cooperation and problem-solving, gathering facts and learning material more deeply.
Plus-- they were all having a great time!
Cooperative Musical Chairs!
The kids loved this and were one of the best groups to do this!
This game is so different than Old School Musical Chairs. This one is filled with laughter and this class worked to help each other balance and feel included. They showed what working together can be. :)
MCS🏫 has collected 1039 pounds of plastic film so far this year and the school gets another bench to celebrate!
Here, I was at the Moscow Recycle Center last Saturday (the first Saturday of the month) unloading from the MCS trailer where our school stores the donated plastic. Sending pictures this year was a requirement and since this was the one that met our goal-- thought I would be in it grinning! 😁
The program has changed from years past and is now a community-wide collection to grow♻ recycling of #2 and #4. That means any organization in our town can collect plastic and drop it off at the Recycle Center. Once 1000 pounds has been collected, Trex will give a bench to that organization!
Trex is encouraging more people and communities to recycle and I hope that more people will! There is more good news! The city will start allowing plastic film to be dropped off twice a month starting in January! YAY!!
Six years of collecting plastic has shown the kids that we can all take action. This has meant that they know they can do something and that small amounts can have big results.
To date, our school is closing in on 30,000 pounds of plastic👏 that has been recycled! 🎉Way to go MCS families and community members!
The kids have learned so much! That is what it is all about! We can all do something! And, we did!💐
Thank you, Ms. Bonzo
Snow Ballet Performer and Kids from 4th and 5th Dancing too-- Inspired by Ballet Victoria!
Festival Dance provided tickets to all our 3-5 grade students. It was an hour of amazing skill and beauty. For many, it was the first time to see ballet and the Nutcracker story.