Here is a slideshow with spine poems that the grades 3 and 4 created. There were many more poems, but unfortunately the photos didn’t come out well so I only included the photos where you could read the poems. Also, the slides go by rather quickly so if you can’t read the poems, come to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Grade 4'
When, oh when, will our book orders arrive?
September 25, 2012 · Comments Off · 2012-2013, General Topics
We placed our Scholastic book club orders two weeks ago. As stated on the flyers, books take 4 to 5 weeks to arrive from the US. Some students are getting a little anxious about receiving their books. It’s great to see that excitement and we hope that anticipation will make the reading of the books [...]
Tags: book club orders·books·Grade 4·students
Grade 4s Dewey-ing it at the Library
September 17, 2012 · 4 Comments · 2012-2013, Elementary Topics
How do we organize the IST library’s non-fiction collection? We use the Dewey Decimal Classification System to organize it by subject. The BrooklynExpedition.org site has a very good explanation of how the Dewey Decimal System came to be. It describes how Melvil Dewey, frustrated by how every library in the late 1800s organized its books [...]
Tags: dewey·dewey decimal system·Grade 4
Fractured Fairy Tales
March 26, 2012 · 4 Comments · 2011-2012, Elementary Topics
What happens after a fairy tale ends? What do Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Jack, the Giant and the Three Little Pigs do for fun? What if Sleeping Beauty were a dragon? What if the Frog Prince likes being a frog and wants to be changed back? If you’re looking for the answers to [...]
Tags: genre·Grade 4·language arts·OPAC
Grade 4 Are Principled Researchers
November 18, 2011 · 2 Comments · 2011-2012, General Topics
Grade 4 has just presented a fantastic science fair showcasing experiments each student devised. The central idea of their unit was, ” Scientific experimentation allows us to investigate our questions and reach conclusions.” As a culminating activity for the unit, students explored questions they had posed during the unit and independently carried out experiments to [...]
Tags: academic honesty·citing sources·displays·Grade 4·students·unit of inquiry
Does Grade 4 Know Where Books Are? Yes, They Do-ewey!
October 31, 2011 · 1 Comment · 2011-2012, Elementary Topics
Grade 4 students have been learning about the Dewey Decimal System and how it is used at our library to organize our non-fiction collection. They have been learning the main 10 subject categories and how using their knowledge of the “Dewey hundreds” they can easily locate books through our library OPAC and on the shelves. [...]
Tags: Grade 4·library skills
