What a busy week we had in fourth grade, and a fabulous Wednesday performance by all our fourth and fifth graders at Glenmont School!

This week we chose our Revolutionary War writing topics and got busy researching a little bit more about them.  We read and studied a previous fourth grade student’s work so that we could get an idea of what our finished product would look like.  We have been using books from the public library as well as the Glenmont library, and the iPads to find out more and start to organize our information book. I have added a number of kid-friendly websites to the Social Studies tab on our blog page, for the fourth graders to access while researching their topic. 

We took our topic 14 math test today and will begin topic 15 next week, which will focus on solving measurement problems. 

Mrs. Paniccia came into our room this week and helped us study important science vocabulary words.  We worked with partners to study these words then played “I Have, Who Has?”.  It was great way to study the words and use our speaking and listening skills. We had a lot of fun!   

In Science we have been observing our ecosystems.  They are full of life, with many of the seeds that we planted growing taller than the top of the terrarium!  We completed different stations this week to practice the hands-on portion of the science test.  Centers included inclined planes, electricity and magnetism, and balancing and weighing.  They really enjoyed these rotations and I’m confident they are ready for the test in a few weeks!

If you haven’t checked out our ‘Important Dates’ tab on the blog, I encourage you to do so.  There have been many dates added to June that you won’t want to miss!  A field trip permission form will come home next week for the two trips that we have planned in June. 

If you are around this weekend, there is a group of students that are hosting a concert and family fun day at the high school tomorrow, May 14^th from 2-5.  There will be local bands, food, craft vendors, and activities for children of all ages.  Admission is $5 and the proceeds will go to World’s Window, a local charity that works to increase educational opportunities for underprivileged children in Belize.  

Next Tuesday is our annual school budget vote.  I encourage you all to get out and vote! In addition to the budget vote, there will be a “Kids Vote Too” program.  This allows children to vote for one of two different PE packages for their school. The town is also putting in a new playground and the kids will be able to vote on pieces of equipment they would like to have.

I hope you all enjoy your weekend!