Happy long weekend Scholars!
For Unit 2 we are building a Symbaloo! This will help you access great resources for our next unit.
Click on the link and go to Symbaloo to view the resources for our next unit:
Symbaloo - Ms. Dahls Scholars
Friday, October 28, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Learning About Inquiry
Back trough the month during inquiry my group learned so much about Hurricanes.We learned that hurricanes are giant spiraling tropical storms that pack wind speeds over 160 miles an hour and unleash more than 2.4 trillion gallons.Hurricanes are the 2nd most destructive storms in the world! We learned that the safest place to go during is indoors.The coolest thing about this project is that I'm kind of an expert of hurricanes. I can sit next to someone and talk a hole in there ear about hurricanes.The funnest part about this project is being on Youtube talking to people about hurricanes and help them know what to do so they would be like I'm not scared all you have to do is stay indoors away from windows and do not go outside.
Hurricanes can make people loose they're hope and make people become homeless some people are from a category 1 hurricane that's just horrible!I've learned that hurricanes make peoples house over flood and water would go higher than usual.It's pretty weird because people do not know it's coming unless they watch the news or something. The last thing I learned about hurricanes is that hurricane Irene would cost $15,000 to repair from a category 1 hurricane. 642 people died during Hurricane Andrew.
By: Nina D.
Hurricanes can make people loose they're hope and make people become homeless some people are from a category 1 hurricane that's just horrible!I've learned that hurricanes make peoples house over flood and water would go higher than usual.It's pretty weird because people do not know it's coming unless they watch the news or something. The last thing I learned about hurricanes is that hurricane Irene would cost $15,000 to repair from a category 1 hurricane. 642 people died during Hurricane Andrew.
By: Nina D.
Friday, October 21, 2011
VIdeo Links
Please note, these are posted on Youtube.
Please grab your parent or guardian and have them watch with you. Some advertising content is NOT appropriate for 4th grade.
Earthquake Group Presentation
Hurricane Andrew
Volcanoes Presentation
(Sorry - if I could control the world there'd be no advertisements at all!!)
Please grab your parent or guardian and have them watch with you. Some advertising content is NOT appropriate for 4th grade.
Earthquake Group Presentation
Hurricane Andrew
Volcanoes Presentation
(Sorry - if I could control the world there'd be no advertisements at all!!)
Wrapping up our first unit of inquiry
Greetings Supporters!
We've had such a busy week that we've barely had time to blog! Wednesday Larry and James were so pressed for time they didn't even have time to finish their entry! A few updates...
Last week we had written a persuasive letter to our principal, Ms. N, requesting permission to dress down for our tree planting volunteer work on Wednesday 10/26. We received a reply today that informed us that we may dress down. Below is the full text of her reply!
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We've had such a busy week that we've barely had time to blog! Wednesday Larry and James were so pressed for time they didn't even have time to finish their entry! A few updates...
Last week we had written a persuasive letter to our principal, Ms. N, requesting permission to dress down for our tree planting volunteer work on Wednesday 10/26. We received a reply today that informed us that we may dress down. Below is the full text of her reply!
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Good afternoon Indiana University!
Thank you for your persuasive letter about the need to wear
“dress down” clothes for the Tree Planting Ceremony next week.
I agree that it would be good to wear appropriate clothes for
tree planting, so that your uniforms do not get dirty.
You have my permission to wear tree-planting clothes on
October 26th.
A few things to remember:
· Your
tree-planting clothes must be appropriate for school.
· Bring sweaters
and jackets in case it is cold outside.
· Your shoes
must still cover your entire foot for safety.
· If you have
any questions about what to wear, please check with Ms. Dahl.
· If you are
having pictures taken for Makeup Picture Day, you must be in full uniform for
pictures.
· If you lose
the privilege of participating in the Tree Planting Ceremony due to behavior,
you must wear your full uniform.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. N
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Today we also completed our videotaping of our broadcasts for our Natural Disasters Unit. Monday and Tuesday we'll be reflecting over the work we've done throughout the past several weeks. I am working to upload the videos to my Youtube channel and will be sharing the links over the weekend if I am able to upload them successfully! I am so very proud of my student videographers and the scholars who created an impromptu, old school version of a teleprompter (someone holding their notes above the camera)! Most importantly, I am very excited to share our upcoming project with each of you as we get ready to start our second unit of inquriy!
Congratulations Indiana! We are so proud of you! Have a wonderful weekend!
Best always!
Miss Dahl
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
THE DAY OF THE LIFE OF TREES
Today our visitor came to tell us about planting trees. On October 26 we are going to be planting 5 different trees called Sweetbay Magnolia, Redbud and Hornbeam. The visitor told use how we should we treat or trees:
-no stumping,kicking, bumping
-don't break branches
-don't punch or kick.
We can collect leaves look for animals and measure our trees and keep our trees healthy.
We are doing this project with an organization called Casey Trees. Their website is: http://www.caseytrees.org/ (You can click the link to visit it them.)
Written by Tre and Dania
-no stumping,kicking, bumping
-don't break branches
-don't punch or kick.
We can collect leaves look for animals and measure our trees and keep our trees healthy.
We are doing this project with an organization called Casey Trees. Their website is: http://www.caseytrees.org/ (You can click the link to visit it them.)
Written by Tre and Dania
Anti-Bullying Month Survey Results
Yesterday at a staff professional development Ms. W, our school counselor, shared the results of our school-wide bullying survey. Below is a summary of our data:
- 34% of 4th graders report being teased at least once this school year
- 31% of 4th graders report being bullied at school this year
- 89% of 4th graders who reported bullying to an adult said that the adult solved the problem
- Most bullying incidents involving 4th graders happened outside of school
- 88% of 4th graders know the difference between teasing and bullying
- 94% of 4th graders reported that they would tell an adult, stand up for someone, or do both if they saw someone being bullied
- Where is the bullying happening outside of school? (Follow up survey/questionnaire coming next week)
- We need ways to support the 11% of students who do not feel the adult handled a time they told they were being bullied (issue bag, 1 to 1 check ins with a few kids).
- Continue discussing teasing and bullying
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Catching Up
We just realized we're really out of date on our blog! Last week was quite busy!
We had our first principals test last Wednesday. There was only one standard that we were not proficient on. That standard is estimation and rounding.
Last Thursday, Ms. Dahl found out some sad news. Her Grandma had gotten a lot sicker. We had a sub for the last half hour of the day. On Friday, Ms. Dahl told us her Grandmother had passed away and that she would need to travel to Indiana to be with her family.
Tuesday, we had a new student join our class. His name is Deon'dre! He came to us from another school in Washington DC. He likes math and science. Outside of school he enjoys going to the playground and doing a fundraiser with his friend. He is trying to raise money for the homeless. He is 9 1/2 years old
Yesterday we were very good for Ms. Baker and we worked on our stories. At the end of the day we had cookies and a dance party! She wanted to reward us for our good behavior while Ms. Dahl was away. We were allowed to wear orange to show support for students who are being bullied.
Today Ms. Dahl returned! Two of our classmates are absent today. We learned that we can more stuff with estimation than we thought before. We know that estimation is used in our real lives. Imagine if you didn't estimate and went to the store - you might not know how much you were going to spend. Today Ms. Baker helped us with independent reading while Ms. Dahl did Deon'dre's Fountas and Pinnell test. Today TWO people had their desks dumped over! It was a totally random desk inspection!
Today there is a volleyball game after school (good luck Taylor!) and the flag football game was cancelled.
Written: Antonique and Deon'dre (typed by Ms. Dahl)
We had our first principals test last Wednesday. There was only one standard that we were not proficient on. That standard is estimation and rounding.
Last Thursday, Ms. Dahl found out some sad news. Her Grandma had gotten a lot sicker. We had a sub for the last half hour of the day. On Friday, Ms. Dahl told us her Grandmother had passed away and that she would need to travel to Indiana to be with her family.
Tuesday, we had a new student join our class. His name is Deon'dre! He came to us from another school in Washington DC. He likes math and science. Outside of school he enjoys going to the playground and doing a fundraiser with his friend. He is trying to raise money for the homeless. He is 9 1/2 years old
Yesterday we were very good for Ms. Baker and we worked on our stories. At the end of the day we had cookies and a dance party! She wanted to reward us for our good behavior while Ms. Dahl was away. We were allowed to wear orange to show support for students who are being bullied.
Today Ms. Dahl returned! Two of our classmates are absent today. We learned that we can more stuff with estimation than we thought before. We know that estimation is used in our real lives. Imagine if you didn't estimate and went to the store - you might not know how much you were going to spend. Today Ms. Baker helped us with independent reading while Ms. Dahl did Deon'dre's Fountas and Pinnell test. Today TWO people had their desks dumped over! It was a totally random desk inspection!
Today there is a volleyball game after school (good luck Taylor!) and the flag football game was cancelled.
Written: Antonique and Deon'dre (typed by Ms. Dahl)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Principal's Test Story
Today we had an awesome and cool day! This the second day of Anti Bullying Month. Yesterday, Melody shared an interesting fact about bullying with the whole school on the morning announcements. She told us that 1 out of 4 kids is bullied sometime during their school years. Today, Nichelle, wants to share that we completed a bullying survey to help the adults know how much help we need to squash out bullying! Later this week we are participating in a poster making contest about anti-bullying!
Today was our second day in our new Reading Results classes. Yesterday some of us had to change to new classes. Ms. Dahl ate more rocks during her class!! Our new class is really big for those of us who stay here at Indiana University!
For lunch today we had Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and oranges.
We completed our first Principal's Test for Math. After that we took a minute challenge test for our multiplication facts. Yesterday in math we reviewed the properties for multiplication. Some of us also worked on PEMDAS - remember to: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. Unfortunately our Touch Math class has come to an end but we'll start something new with Ms. S and Ms. M.
Ms. Dahl was able to reserve the laptop cart. We used the laptops to get on Apangea! Ms. Dahl posts a chart that shows how often we use. We are also using the laptops for our "Finding Out" session of our inquiry unit! We're working hard to answer our inquiry questions about our unit on natural disasters caused by earthquakes, hurricanes and volcanoes. Melody says, "Earthquakes can cause a lot of injuries to people."
Ms. B left early today because she has to go to her college classes. Ms. Dahl was being silly again!
Please feel free to leave us school appropriate comments.
Written by: Melody and Nichelle
Today was our second day in our new Reading Results classes. Yesterday some of us had to change to new classes. Ms. Dahl ate more rocks during her class!! Our new class is really big for those of us who stay here at Indiana University!
For lunch today we had Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and oranges.
We completed our first Principal's Test for Math. After that we took a minute challenge test for our multiplication facts. Yesterday in math we reviewed the properties for multiplication. Some of us also worked on PEMDAS - remember to: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. Unfortunately our Touch Math class has come to an end but we'll start something new with Ms. S and Ms. M.
Ms. Dahl was able to reserve the laptop cart. We used the laptops to get on Apangea! Ms. Dahl posts a chart that shows how often we use. We are also using the laptops for our "Finding Out" session of our inquiry unit! We're working hard to answer our inquiry questions about our unit on natural disasters caused by earthquakes, hurricanes and volcanoes. Melody says, "Earthquakes can cause a lot of injuries to people."
Ms. B left early today because she has to go to her college classes. Ms. Dahl was being silly again!
Please feel free to leave us school appropriate comments.
Written by: Melody and Nichelle
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