Hello World!

Welcome to our fourth grade blog for the 2014-2015 school year.  Check back often to see what's happening in our class.  This is our first entry of the school year.  We hope you enjoy our pictures, and maybe you'll even learn a little.

In Science today we learned that plain water has more cohesion than soapy water.  Cohesion is when similar molecules stick together.  Soap reduces the amount of cohesion in water.

In this experiment we filled plastic cups with plain water and soapy water.  We wanted to find out which liquid heaped higher over the brim of the cup.  Plain water heaped higher because it has more cohesion.

Your student bloggers,
The Class of 2023

Field Day Fun

We celebrated our school's annual Field Day on June 10th.  It is a day when we compete in athletic games.  We had quite a surprise when it started to pour rain during our very first event...the tug of war.  The rain lasted about 30 minutes, but then the sky was clear and beautiful.  We are lucky it didn't thunder because that would have postponed or even cancelled our Field Day.

After tug of war we competed in an obstacle course, fifty yard dash, sack race, survivor island, three man race, and ended with a water balloon toss.

Tug of War

Obstacle Course

Sack Race

Sack Race

Here are our favorite events:

Ayush- Obstacle Course

Kate- Survivor Island

Gavin- Water Balloon Toss

Sumira- Tug of War

Aidan- Obstacle Course

Kat- Fifty Yard Dash

Alex- Obstacle Course

Puja- Obstacle Course

Carter- Obstacle Course

AnnaMarie- Tug of War

Hugh Thomas- Three Man Race

Grace- Sack Race

Brice- Obstacle Course

Brooke- Survivor Island

Pranay- Obstacle Course

Olivia- Survivor Island

Jacob- Fifty Yard Dash

Sydney- Obstacle Course

Next year will be our last year of competing in Field Day because we will be fifth graders.  

Your student bloggers, 

The Fantastic Fourth

Race for Excellence

On Friday we participated in our school's annual Race for Excellence.  We walked and ran around our recess/sports field for an hour.  This event helps raise money for school improvements.  Last year's Race for Excellence raised money to expand our lunchroom.  

Before the Race we sent letters to our families and friends asking for donations to support the Race for Excellence.  Our class sent over 200 letters.  We sent letters as far away as India, California, Arizona, England, Colorado and Florida.  

We sang the Star Spangled Banner before starting the Race.  Then we walked/ran for an hour.  There were water stations in case we got hot.  We even had a D.J. playing music to keep us motivated.  After the Race we enjoyed snacks such as cookies, fruit, brownies, and other sweet treats.  We also had cold gatorade and water.

Some students won prizes for mailing twenty or more letters.  The prizes were 6 tickets to a water park, $200 gift card to a surf shop, and the grand prize was an iPad mini. One of the fourth graders won the iPad and was very surprised.  

Your student bloggers, 

The Fantastic Fourth

A Day in the Sun

Mrs. Lynch made us a deal today in the beginning of math class.  She said if we didn't complain about completing a 100 fact subtraction drill we would have a special math class.  We didn't complain because we wanted a fun math class surprise.  Since the weather was so nice today we got to have math class outside.  

We started by sitting in a group and learning today's math lesson, which was about tables and schedules.  Then, we were allowed to spread out on the playground and start our math homework. Some of us sat next to the monkey bars.  Others sat under the trees.  Some of our classmates were in the sun, but some were in the shade.  Even though we got to sit where ever we wanted we still got a lot of our homework finished.  

 

Your student bloggers,
The Fantastic Fourth

 

Grandparents' Day

We loved spending the morning with our grandparents and other special guests.  The students presented speeches about famous historical figures.  We also played a song on our recorders.  

We ended our program with our News Broadcast.  During the last couple months the students brainstormed and wrote scripts for their segments.  After filming, the students used iMovie to edit their footage.  Finally, we put all the segments together to make our complete News Broadcast.

Thank you to all the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and special loved ones that joined our class today.  This is such a special day for the students, and they are so fortunate to have you in their lives.

100th Day Challenge

100 days, 100 marshmallows, 100 toothpicks...

Today was the 100th day of school, and we had to make a tower out of 100 marshmallows and 100 toothpicks.  Some of our groups did well, and other groups found it more difficult.

Some things we learned during this marshmallow challenge were-
-how to figure and plan things out
-how to make a strong base
-how to agree with your teammates
-it helps to have a picture in your head before starting
-you need a bigger base and a narrower top
-put all of your teammates ideas together

9 inches

7 inches

4 inches

2.5 inches

We are 100 days smarter in 4th grade!!

Your student bloggers,
The Fantastic Fourth

Second Grade Bread Sale

Today we went to the annual second grade bread sale.  Each year the second graders bake tasty bread and sell it by the slice to the lower school students.  Each slice costs twenty-five cents.  The money from the bread sale is donated to Atlantic General Hospital which is just a couple miles from our school.

The second graders had jobs that switched throughout the morning.  Some of their jobs were bus people, cashier, bakers, drinks and host/hostess.

Everyone enjoyed the bread very much.  We had choices of white, cinnamon, or cinnamon raisin.  We also had icing, honey, butter, sprinkles, jelly, and cinnamon as options for our toppings.  A big thank you to the second grade teachers, Mrs. Frostrom and Mrs. Bunting for putting their time and effort into another successful bread sale.

Your student bloggers,
The Fantastic Fourth