DUE TO THE TESTING DURING THE WEEK OF 1-5 APRIL, ALL "CITIES OF THE CAROLINAS" PRESENTATIONS WILL BE DUE AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK'S (8-12 APRIL) CLASS.

MARCH 2019

28 March 2019: All classes continue to work on adding appropriate photos to their presentation, make all the text consistent, and apply themes. Next week is the last in-class time to work on this assignment. All requirements have been posted to the Google Classroom page.

Homework: Do any work you need to make sure this assignment is finished next week!

22 March 2019: All classes continue to work on adding appropriate photos to their presentation, make all the text consistent, and apply themes.

Homework: None

15 March 2019: All students should have their twelve slides (one title, ten content, and one bibliography) made before next week's class. This week's lesson showed how to change the theme of the presentation, make all text consistent (in size, color, and font), and how to add basic pictures.

Homework: Get your ten facts onto the slide presentation.

8 March 2019: The fourth graders have all begun to put their research onto a Google Slide presentation. Students who did not turn in a Cities of the Carolinas Research Document are using the provided information about Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to make their presentations.

Homework: None

FEBRUARY 2019

22 February 2019: All classes are continuing to work on their Cities of the Carolinas research project. Each class had four class periods to work on the project at school. The document is due by Friday for Mrs. Bridges' class. All other classes have already begun Phase 2, which is a Google Slide presentation. Requirements are posted to the Google Classroom.

Homework: None

15 February 2019: All classes are continuing to work on their Cities of the Carolinas research project. Each class has four class periods to work on the project at school. The document is due by Friday for Mrs. Stewart's class. Ms. Bridges' class has one more session after this week. Mrs. Dellinger's class began Phase 2, the Google Slides presentation (their documents were due before the start of this week's class). Mrs. Barnes' class had work time on their presentation. Requirements are posted to the Google Classroom.

Homework: None

8 February 2019: All classes are continuing to work on their Cities of the Carolinas research project. Each class has four class periods to work on the project at school. This is the last week for Mrs. Stewart's class. Ms. Bridges' class has two more sessions after this week. Mrs. Dellinger's class finished this week. Mrs. Barnes' class began phase 2, which is a Google Slide presentation. Requirements are posted to the Google Classroom.

Homework: If you are not answering an *average* of five questions each class period, work on the research from home. DO NOT finish the project at home! You must be working on it all four class periods in order to receive credit.

1 February 2019: All classes are continuing to work on their Cities of the Carolinas research project. Each class will have four class periods to work on the project at school. This is the last week for Mrs. Barnes' class. Ms. Stewart's class has two more sessions after this week. Mrs. Dellinger's class will finish their sessions next week. Mrs. Bridges class has three more sessions after this week.

Homework: If you are not answering an *average* of five questions each class period, work on the research from home. DO NOT finish the project at home! You must be working on it all four class periods in order to receive credit.

January 2019

25 January 2019: All classes are continuing to work on their Cities of the Carolinas research project. Each class will have four class periods to work on the project at school.

Homework: If you are not answering an *average* of five questions each class period, work on the research from home. DO NOT finish the project at home! You must be working on it all four class periods in order to receive credit.

18 January 2019: All classes have begun working on their Cities of the Carolinas research project. Each class will have four class periods to work on the project at school.

Homework: Find good websites to use for researching your chosen city. Remember that you need at least three websites other than Wikipedia (do not use Wikipedia for more than 5-7 questions). If you are not averaging 5-6 questions answered and cited each class period, you MUST work on this assignment outside of class. Just log into your school account from any internet-connected computer. It is NO DIFFERENT than logging in at school.

11 January 2019: Stewart and Bridges learned about the requirements for their research project. Dellinger and Barnes learned how to use Google Docs and had time to work on their research project. Each class will have four class periods to work on the project at school.

Homework: Find good websites to use for researching your chosen city. Remember that you need at least three websites other than Wikipedia (which may be used for a handful of the questions).

04 January 2019: Dellinger and Barnes learned about the requirements for their research project. Stewart and Bridges will begin this next week.

Homework: Find good websites to use for researching your chosen city. Remember that you need at least three websites other than Wikipedia (which may be used for a handful - no more than 5-7 - of the questions).

December 2018

18 December 2018: Mrs. Stewart's class honed their research skills with a Christmas Around the World digital scavenger hunt.

Homework: None.

UPDATE (11 Dec 2018): Due to three snow days this week, we will postpone the beginning of our Cities of the Carolinas project until the new year.

14 December 2018: Mrs. Barnes' class is on last week's lesson. All other classes began their research project on a city in either North or South Carolina. Research may be done from home, but the majority of the work should be done at school.

Homework: Look at the questions on the Google Doc. Try to find good websites to get answers from.

07 December 2018: Students began their Digital Literacy unit with a quick lesson on how to look up information on Google.

Homework: Answer the three questions on Lesson 1. Click the "turn in" button to submit your work.

November 2018

30 November 2018: Fourth graders ended their Electricity and Circuits unit with a presentation on Static Electricity and Electrical Safety.

Homework: None

20 November 2018: Due to NC Check-in testing and the Thanksgiving break, no new curriculum introduced. Students worked on block coding skills.

Homework: None

16 November 2018: Due to NC Check-in testing, no new curriculum introduced. Students worked on block coding skills.

Homework: None

09 November 2018: Final week of snap circuits for Stewart and Bridges. Next to last for Dellinger and Barnes.

Homework: None

02 November 2018: Students are nearing the end of the Electricity and Circuits unit.

Homework: None

OCTOBER 2018

24 October 2018: Students are continuing to work with our Snap Circuits kits to explore electricity. Each project has a worksheet with questions and a space to draw the circuit schematic.

Homework: None.

19 October 2018: Students are continuing to work with our Snap Circuits kits to explore electricity. Each project has a worksheet with questions and a space to draw the circuit schematic.

Homework: None.

12 October 2018: Students are continuing to work with our Snap Circuits kits to explore electricity. Each project has a worksheet with questions and a space to draw the circuit schematic.

Homework: Talk with your parents about the Maker Faire!

05 October 2018: Students are continuing to work with our Snap Circuits kits to explore electricity. Each project has a worksheet with questions and a space to draw the circuit schematic.

Homework: None

SEPTEMBER

28 September 2018: Fourth grade classes are continuing to create circuits using Snap Circuit kits.

Homework: None

21 September 2018: Fourth grade classes are beginning to create circuits using Snap Circuit kits.

Homework: None

14 September 2018: This weeks, students learned basic circuit schematic symbols and how to draw a complete circuit.

Homework: None

7 September 2018: Fourth graders began their exploration of electricity and circuits with a lesson on the nature of electricity and what constitutes a circuit.

Homework: Look around your house and notice what happens when you flip a light switch or depress a power button. Think about what is happening, physically, within the circuit.

AUGUST

31 August 2018: All fourth graders need to read through the syllabus with their parents and have them complete and sign the last page.

Homework: Syllabus signature page due 7 Sep 2018