It’s All Good–Grades 3 & 4

Grade 3 students have been working on PowerPoint. Students have learned all the tricks and are creating wonderful presentations describing themselves and all their likes/dislikes.

Grade 4 students love SCRATCH!! Exploration and problem solving are key elements to our first attempts at creating SCRATCH projects. I’ll be posting the projects in a gallery on the Scratch website soon. Visit http://scratch.mit.edu/ to learn more!

It’s wonderful to be back to school after summer break. I’ve begun to meet with my classes and we’re excited to start working to integrate technology within their curriculum. I hope to build upon the lessons I developed last year and, if the students’ reactions are any indication, anything using the iPods and voice recorders will be a big hit!! I’m also eager to try to incorporate web 2.0 tools into my lessons. So, stay tuned!

Last week, the students of Mrs. Correia’s third grade class finally had the chance to meet their penpal Desy who recently returned home from Iraq. It was a wonderful experience for everyone who was able to attend the meet and greet! We were very fortunate to have a reporter from the local newspaper attend the event. Follow this link to learn more http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/education/x415950015/From-Iraq-with-love

Here are some photos I took of the meeting:


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 Here’s a link to another collection of photos taken by Mrs. Colbert: http://gallery.mac.com/colberts#100197

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Please visit the grade 3 FFES page to listen to Mrs. Hancock’s students share their original Dublin Adventure stories!! Enjoy!

In honor of Flag Day on June 14th, Mrs. Correia’s 3rd graders wrote about what the American Flag means to them. Please visit the Grade 3 WES page to listen to these patriotic podcasts! Enjoy!

Mrs. Chaskes’ 4th grade students wanted to share their projects on ecosystems on our blog. Visit the WES grade 4 page to listen to reports on oceans, forests and more! Enjoy!

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/whatecosystem.html

New additions to the grade 3 WES page are animal reports done by Ms. Hoyle’s class. Be sure to visit and have a listen!

With hopes of bringing a few smiles to the faces of Desy and the other troops serving our country, the students in Mrs. Correia’s class have recorded some jokes that are posted on the third grade WES page. Enjoy!

Visit the Grade 4 WES page to listen to students recite poetry in honor of National Poetry Month! The students did a wonderful job!

We’ve finally added some posts to our 3rd/4th grade blog! Visit the grade 3 WES page to listen to students in Mrs. Correia’s class share words of encouragement to a local servicewoman serving in Iraq. You can also listen to Biopoems written by students in Mrs. Martin’s class from FFES. Be sure to visit the grade 3 FFES page to hear the touching poems. We’d love to read your comments so feel free to submit words of encouragement to the students! Thanks for visiting and enjoy!