4th Grade

My fourth graders have just finished our study of "Those Who Pray" and have each selected an individual project to complete: Cathedral design, Illuminated name in calligraphy, or Journal entry from the perspective of a medieval monk or nun. They are doing an awesome job on the rough drafts of their projects and will continue to work towards completing them during homeroom each morning. Beginning last week, students have begun their rotation to Mrs. Wallace to learn all about "Those Who Entertain." In this course, they are learning about the music and entertainers of the Middle Ages, composing ballads, and even learning a medieval dance! For Mini-Course, they are also with Mrs. Wallace for Science, held in our well-equipped Science Lab, and they are getting to partake in many interesting experiments, as well as create some gross, goopy concoctions! They are loving every minute of it!

Greek Mythology Projects

This week, we concluded our Ancient Greece Values and Beliefs Unit by presenting our Pandora's Boxes and selecting/beginning individualized projects based on Greek mythology. Students chose between four projects: myth script/skit, mythology newspaper, mythology family tree, or fashion designer for the gods/goddesses. Students had great fun working on these projects this week, and we hope to finish next week! Next week, we will also begin our Daily Life in Ancient Greece Unit.

In my Art Exploratory, students learned about Leonardo da Vinci this week and are in the process of creating their own modern Mona Lisas. A group of students performing in Disney World (and luckily, their teachers!) are leaving for Orlando early Thursday morning. Best of luck to all of my "Disney stars"!!!