Fourth Grade PEAK
October 1, 2014 and GO ROYALS!
THEME: Kids CAN
KIDS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
- We reviewed how to write headings and subheadings for our research topic.
- We heard about Jorge Munoz, Angel of Queens, who has served food to the hungry every day since 2004 in Queens, New York.
- We started taking notes -- everyone did a fantastic job for the first week of note taking. This is a tough skill to learn - students are deciding big ideas (headings), smaller ideas (subheadings), reading for significant information and then deciding what is most important and writing notes in their own words.
AARP VIVA: Angel of Queens & Hunger Activist - Jorge Muñoz | AARP
Centers
Enrichment Centers:
- Topic Study: Students are busy taking notes. Students are tightening up their essential question. I am so impressed with this group's productivity!
- Math: We continue to solve problems. We have some excellent math problem solvers.
- Science: We conducted our fourth science experiment. Students wrote a hypothesis based on the testable question: Which brand of paper towel will absorb water faster? Students wrote the testable question and hypothesis, conducted the experiment, recorded the data, averaged the results, and wrote conclusions. Next week we will wrap up the experiment by answering follow up questions and making graphs of our data. As we conduct science experiments, we will revisit the theme: Truth in Advertising. We are using the scientific method to test advertising claims.
Note Taking Tips
PEAK "Selfie" Spotlight
Email: kturner@liberty.k12.mo.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/student.liberty.k12.mo.us/peakturner/
Location: Alexander Doniphan Elementary School, Clay Drive, Liberty, MO, United States
Phone: 816-736-5400 2674
Twitter: @PEAKturner
Technology Buzz:
Google Drive/Classroom:
- Students are actively using their Chrome books
- We have organized our Google Drives
- Practiced sharing and saving documents
- Bookmarked important websites
- Actively working in Google Classroom
Powtoons:
- Set up a PEAK Powtoons account - we should have fun with this!
Edmodo:
- We introduced Edmodo another online learning tool!
Classroom Book Source:
- Students learned how to check out books electronically from my classroom library.
Tweet:
- There is a link on my student resource page for students to "Tweet" about the day. I will post 5 tweets a week on my classroom board - some may even make it to real twitter. Tweets should be relevant to our learning day.
- Please follow me on twitter - you never know when a tweet will post about your child's PEAK day!
Create a Graph:
- Applied our knowledge on how to make graphs online
Padlet:
- Online note taking application used during Topic Study