Category Archives: Reading/Grammar

Responsible Researchers

Posted on May 11, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

The fourth graders began their final research paper this week.  They each chose an important person to research from Florida’s history.  Mrs.Hallett helped them determine the proper search engine to use.  They had to find 2-3 websites to obtain the … Continue reading →

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Terrific Trailers

Posted on April 7, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

Here are a couple of the book trailers that the 4th graders created.  There are more to come.  We are in the process of uploading all of the others to vimeo. Stay tuned.

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Who OR What is Digigogy?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

Reflection written by: Jeremy Z and Griff W This month, our fourth grade class had a skype call with a well known teacher and recent poet, Mike Fisher. This is a great opportunity for us because each of us was … Continue reading →

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Super Sea Turtles

Posted on January 22, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

The  fourth grade students wrote about sea turtles after learning about them for an art project with Mrs.Gutterman .  They learned some basic facts and reasons for the sea turtles being in danger.  Here are a few of their blog … Continue reading →

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Creative Words

Posted on November 14, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum
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Chatty Animals Hanging Out in 4th

Posted on October 18, 2012 by rivka.cohen

For this week’s writing assignment, the students were to choose a picture of animals and create a story with a dialogue.  We were working on the use of proper quotation marks and punctuation marks.  Here are three students’ creative stories. … Continue reading →

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4th Graders Write “How to” Essays

Posted on October 12, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

This past week, the students worked tirelessly on their “how to” posts.  Most have them completed their essays and posted them on their blogs.  They also were encouraged to add hyperlinks, video, and/or images to their post to enhance their … Continue reading →

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A New iPad App

Posted on September 28, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

This week was a short week, but we were able to accomplish so much.  The students are in a great routine with our Daily 3.  We determined that trying to squeeze in three rotations each day is too much, so … Continue reading →

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Tweeting in Class

Posted on September 23, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

Students have been enjoying tweeting weekly in class.  Mrs.Tolisano has been coming in each week to teach the process of tweeting.  She developed this info-graphic for us to follow. We are developing a routine in class so that students are … Continue reading →

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We Started Word Work!

Posted on September 14, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

We introduced the final rotation to the Daily 3, Word Work.  Students discussed all of the different types of Word Work that they could complete in class.  We named all the reasons for working with words. The students are looking … Continue reading →

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