Cinderella for us all

We have 18 great versions of Cinderella that the 4th and 5th graders made. We had so much fun creating them and even more sharing them with the school. You can watch all of these videos on my YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVhOUzNDaCdUqqt_08AW9kV5ccjHzagPL

Field trip

We had a great time at the state historical society. After the tour we had lunch and recess on the quad. 

Publishing

We have some great stories in summer school. Kids have finished the writing and now have moved on to illustrations. Pictured is a hard working albeit shy 5th grader. 

Cinderella

http://youtu.be/6CIpXo4vhhc

Getting ready

Friday is our Cinderella play at 1:45 the kids are really getting excited. It's short and sweet at 15 min long. Pictured are 3 girls who are desperately learning their lines after a script rewrite. 

Art walk

Wonderfully toasty day for a sculpture walk downtown. The kids had a great time experiencing all the beautiful art downtown has to offer. We even stopped by the fountains at flat branch park to cool off. 

Modern day poetry slam

The fourth grade wrote poems about their favorite month. Later that day created presentations on 30 hands. Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVhOUzNDaCdWDTQHDrqWwZxdAsuA9Ce4H

Teamwork

A pair of fourth graders are working on their landform research project, preparing slides and studying US mountains. 

Animal walks

It was too hot for PE today so we stayed inside and did animal walks, including my favorite armadillo roll http://youtu.be/GF_ax9nP4w8

That reminds me of....

We are comparing and contrasting African and Appalachian versions of Cinderella, we are getting ready to cast our play. 

A perfect day

First walking field trip of summer school! We went on a poetry walk to tiger fountain, the columns and peace park.

Nature poems

4th grade went outside for inspiration today. We were entertained by a flock of noisy birds and a adventurous bunny. This is a great warm up for our field trip tomorrow to MU's Campus. We will use the columns, ponds and fountains to spark our creativity. 

Bio-Poems

Guest author Sydney 

In class we are working on bio-poems we love spending time on our writing. Today's poem was all about feelings and taking the time to make it good, with great word choices. We have really enjoyed sharing, here is an example.

Irregular polygons?

Written by Emma

In math we are learning about regular and irregular polygons we are also doing logic math. Math is really really fun! In case you don't know the fourth and fifth graders are working on different Cinderella stories. 

It's all about the slippers

We started our theater study on Cinderella today. We will be looking at the classic story through the ages and comparing the folk tales in a variety of different cultures. This will be a 3 week project culminating with a student written play. 

First Day!

The fourth and fifth graders are having a blast setting up and learning all about the new rooms. Big smiles from the newly formed classes.