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QR Codes and the Qrafter App in Math Class
Today the fourth graders learned to use the Qrafter app on their iPads to read QR codes on an addition worksheet I found for them on the SuperTeacherWorksheet website. Interest was high as they...
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It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day!! Arrrr!!!
To celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day, my fourth graders made eye patches and answered pirate jokes in pirate voices. We wore our pirate eye patches when we went to pilfer both third grade...
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International Day of Peace 2014
We are fortunate to attend a school across the street from a convent where the School Sisters of Notre Dame live. Each September we join them for the International Day of Peace prayer service. We had...
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Field Trip to Old World Wisconsin
The fourth graders had terrific weather for their annual field trip to Old World Wisconsin in October. They toured the blacksmith and wheelwright shops before visiting the country store to learn how...
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The students decided they wanted a dog for a class pet this year! We visited aBowman, supplier of fine electronic pets to classrooms everywhere. After much discussion, they voted Spike for their...
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Our First Week of School
The students and I have been very busy this first week back. We’ve been working on team building activities with just our class and with Mrs Perez’s class. My students shared something about...
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Weird and Wonderful Weather
We left our roasting hot classroom and ventured outside to use our senses to describe the weather. We wrote down what we saw, felt, smelled, and heard before going back inside. Students saw a white...
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The Butterflies
When this school year began, Mrs Perez and I read the Butterfly story to our students. We explained to them that we are here to help and support them but we won’t do the work for them. The only way...
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International Day of Peace with the School Sisters of Notre Dame
Again this year grades three through eight joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame and students from the Notre Dame Middle School in a prayer service for the United Nations’ International Day of Peace....
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2015 Oreo Project
Once again our fourth graders have participated in a collaborative project hosted by Projects by Jen. Last year over 500 classrooms, and over 14,000 students, from around the world stacked Oreo...
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2015 Field Trip to Old World Wisconsin
We visited Old World Wisconsin for our annual field trip and once again experienced absolutely beautiful weather!! The kids learned how families who immigrated here during the mid-1800s lived and...
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We Took Part in the 2015 World Education Games
Once again our fourth graders participated with over six million other students from 20,000 schools in the 2015 World Education Games hosted by UNICEF. We visited the computer lab twice, once each for...
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Weird and Wonderful Weather
Jack and Anna from Mrs Perez’s class and Kim and Tommy from my class went outside a half hour apart to see, smell, hear, and feel the great outdoors. They: saw – blue skies, grass, trees, flowers,...
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November’s Weird and Wonderful Weather
Emily and Johnny from Mrs Perez’s class and Augie and Mary from my class went outside a half hour apart to see, smell, hear, and feel the great outdoors. They: saw – blue skies, sun, colored trees,...
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