You're It!

Congratulations to this week's, "It." #celebratealllearners

Juicy Nibble

We used a website, KAHOOT! to review for our science test tomorrow.  If you would like to use the Kahoot to practice for the test, use this  link.  You  will need to make an account to play.  Mrs. Merten recommends that you use the same user name and password that you do for your Google Apps.  Leave a comment and let me know if you played the KAHOOT at home.
 Shown below are the directions for how to play a KAHOOT.  You can also click here for the directions.

How can I preview/play a kahoot alone?

← Playing kahoots

This article explains how to play a kahoot in a “single player” mode.

Preview Mode: Overview
This mode is intended for uses like trialing the gameplay experience of a kahoot you’re building, or of a public kahoot you’re thinking of playing with others. Results will not save to your account.


Step 1: Find the kahoot
- If you want to play someone else’s kahoot, find it on the “Public Kahoots” page (or the “Featured” page if you’re 16 or under)
- If you want to play your own kahoot, find it on your “My Kahoots” page


Step 2: Find the preview button

- Click the title of the kahoot to access a detailed view of that kahoot

• If your browser is at least 1200 pixels wide, you’ll see the preview button
• Check here if your “browser size” (width x length) is wide enough
• You will likely need to use a desktop/laptop to access this feature

Step 3: Play the kahoot

- The host screen and player screen appear side-by-side so that you can manage both simultaneously.

HAVE FUN!!!
Mrs. W

You're It!

Here is this week's, "It!"  He was SO EXCITED to do the hour of code he fell down on the floor!🙌 Now that is excitement for learning!  #celebratealllearners

A Big Bite

This week's post is just a quick snapshot of some of the many activities that took place in Room 23 this past week.  As you scroll through the post, ask your child to give you all the details about the happenings; it sure was busy!  Don't forget to check out our Twitter roll, there were some funny tweets this week!  Also, there are new posts to the 4th grade blog, check that out too!

Long division was all the rage in math, in addition to some fun math games, working in small groups and having a really interesting conversation about money.  Ask your child to tell you all about the dollar bill story. 😃  The productive struggle of long division is paying off in huge "dividends," (I couldn't resist) as everyone's confidence is improving.  We will be ready for the test in two weeks!  

Our new interactive read aloud is Little Dog, Lost by Marion Dane Bauer and the students are loving it!  We are focusing on author's craft, point of view, and fact vs. opinion as new skills and are independently working on theme and writing in response to reading.  We are having fun tracking our thinking with digital journals.  Here is a screen shot of what the shared document looks like.  Technology can be so much fun!

We spent a good deal of time engaged in project based learning in science this week.  Teams worked together to become experts on one type of severe weather.  The groups researched their topic with books and on the Internet to create a poster which was then presented to the class.  EVERYONE did an awesome job and should be well prepared for the unit test on Thursday. 🙌

In poetry workshop, we learned about Robert Louis Stevenson and will be composing rhyming poems in the style of RLS.  This was also a highlight for many students this week.

During technology workshop, the students participated in the hour of code.  This was a highlight for many of the students this week.  Thanks, Mrs. Merten!

In celebration of inclusive schools week/month, we participated in a grade level read aloud, Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev.  We also completed ladybug spots with the phrase, I feel included when....., look for the ladybug the next time that you are at JFK.

Keep reading, keep practicing those math facts and find some time to play!!

Juicy Nibble

Here are some videos to help you with division homework tonight.

You're It!

Here is this week's, "You're it!"  #waytogo  #celebratealllearners

A Big Bite

We had a full week of fun and learning in Room 23.  We welcomed a new classmate on Tuesday and have had a great time building new friendships.  We are so happy that he has joined our class.😊 

We spent a good deal of time engaged in math centers as we practiced multiplication skills.  We learned more about the country of Canada as we continued studying the genre of non fiction in reading and we had A LOT of fun working on fiction story writing in writer's workshop. Here is a link to the story starters that we were using.  Have fun spinning the wheel!

Danielle Niles, meteorologist from WBZ4 in Boston visited us on Tuesday!  We learned about what it takes to be a meteorologist and we learned some cool weather facts too!  You can see us on the WBZ Facebook page.  Danielle told us, and all of the WBZ viewers, that we were the most well behaved group that she has had this year!  YAY FOR US!!!! #takeabow

Our word of the week was, "stencil."  This poster was created in Art class today. I think that they get it!👍

It was great to see everyone at conferences this week.  Thank you for being so supportive of everything that we do here at school and being such a big part of the Room 23 team!

Mrs. Williams