Just a Few Little Reminders...

- Intent forms for the science fair are due this Friday, 12/20.

- Our holiday party is this Thursday from 11:00 until 12:00. It is also wear pajamas to school day.

- Thursday and Friday (12/19, 12/20) are early release days. Students will be released at 2:20.

Plan Ahead...

Next week students will be creating a holiday related STEM project. It will be a fun and creative way to apply the design process to solve a problem. To make this a great experience for your student, we need donations of the following materials: felt, glitter, craft feathers, tissue paper, pictures of clothing items from newspapers, ribbons, or similar materials.

This information for the Science Fair went home today:

Youth Museum

Our students happily participated in our field trip to the Youth Museum. They all did a great job! I was especially proud of the students who were reluctant (shy) to participate, and found that they actually enjoyed playing their part.

Our Thanksgiving Lunch will be Wednesday at 10:30. There is more information in the fourth grade newsletter and in the Addison Antics.

Students can practice their science vocabulary using the Ecosystems Quizlet found in the links under Check These Out!

This is an optional competition:

COBB REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION

Strong Opinions Anyone?

We introduced our unit on opinion writing with an activity involving a hot button topic: which is the better pet - dog or cat? Students lined up on opposite sides of the class based on their choice. Each student wrote a STRONG opinion statement to convince the teachers that their animal was the best choice. Can you tell which side was for cat, and which side was for dog? Ask your child which side had the most effective statements.

During science lab last week, each of our students played the part of a specific organism (such as a mushroom, squirrel, hawk, or worm). In a musical chairs-like activity, they had to sit in the chair that was labeled with the appropriate trophic level = producer, consumer, 2nd level consumer, or decomposer. Another great activity courtesy of Mrs. Knobbe. We are very grateful to our Foundation!

Ask you student to show you how to use the Declaration of Independence Thinglink in the links under 'Check These Out!' It is a fun tool to use in preparing for the American Revolution summative assessment (Friday 11/15). 

We're on a Mission

Student groups worked together today to talk about what our class wants to accomplish this year. Each group came up with statements they thought we should include in our class Mission Statement. Here groups are sharing their ideas with the class.