Bridges Lesson 2 "Getting to Know You"

Students got to meet their seniors.  After having a discussion came up with a group name based on similar interests of everyone in the group.  Each group created a bridge and designed it based on their name.  

Group #1 The Reading Group

Group #2 The Pet People

Group #3 The Sporty Group

Group #4 The Book Worms

Bridges "Growing Older, Growing Together"

For the next 7 weeks your child will be participating in the Bridges program.  Bridges is an inter generational program that fosters friendships and understanding between students and older adults in our community.  Over the next 7 weeks, 7 older adults will join our classroom to participate in discussions and small group projects that focus on our common experience.

Through this program your child will strengthen many academic skills including: listening, summarizing, speaking, interviewing, writing paragraphs, recording main points from group discussions, creating charts, and working with maps.

Please enjoy some pictures of Lesson 1 Learning About Seniors (this activity was done without the seniors)

Students were asked to think of a memory they had of a senior.  Then they had to work in pairs, one person was a piece of clay while the other was a potter.  The potter had to sculpt the clay into the older person in his or her memory.  The rest of the class tried to guess the students memory.

More Exciting Science!

To start our unit on Animal Behavior Ms. P. from the science center came to do a presentation for the whole 4th grade.  She brought with her two animals Dracula, a Great Horned Owl and Thimblina, a Boa Constrictor.  Students were able to ask questions and pet Dracula!

Science in room 206!

Students have fun learning about Sir Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion.  Students had a chance to arm wrestle each other in order to learn about equal and opposite reactions.  I think they were more excited to see who was the strongest!