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Interviewing the Veterans of Hill
Interviewing the Veterans of Hill
This year a group of 4th, 5th and 6th grade students took on a special project interviewing the Veterans of Hill. In early October we sent a letter to the Veterans we knew of in Hill and invited them into our classroom to be interviewed by the students. The entire 4th, 5th and 6th grade learned about the interview process and practiced interviewing peers. We also talked about the importance of preserving our towns history. After initially learning about the interview process we asked for student volunteers to take the lead in creating the interview questions, recording the interviews and for individuals to conduct the interview . We were thrilled by the response we received from the veterans who came into our school to participate. I hope you take the time to watch the video that was put together from pieces of the interviews. Full length interviews may be available in the future.
Force and Motion Science Investigation
Force and Motion Science Investigation
Our new science unit focuses on force and motion. One of the experiments we did was titled Marble Speed and Collisions. We conducted the experiment to answer the question: If a marble rolls down a ramp and collides with a cup, how does the speed of the marble affect how far the cup moves? Check out the video from our most recent experiment!
Abenaki Final Project
Abenaki Final Project
The fourth grade has spent the past month and a half learning about the Abenaki Native Americans. As part of their final project they cooked lunch for the school using recipes from the Abenaki. Working with Chef Steve, the 4th grade students cooked Three Sisters Stew, Turkey Soup and a Cranberry and Nut snack.
Each student also created a poster to share their knowledge of the Abenaki. Their posters helped explain a variety of things, including the differences between cooking today and cooking 600 years ago, where and how the Abenaki got there food. They also researched how tools were made, what season the recipe would have been made in and included any traditions or myths that surrounded the recipes or its ingredients.
Click the link to view more pictures from out morning in the kitchen.
Bats!
Bats!
Information writing:
Information writing:
Fourth Graders have been focusing on information writing as part of our first language arts unit. Our first information writing piece was all about famous people from New Hampshire. For our second information writing we focused on Bats! Each student was required to find two sources, take notes and write their own essay about their type of bat.
Pumpkin Experiment
Pumpkin Experiment
On Friday, 10/29, we placed moist garden soil and a small pumpkin into a plastic container and sealed the lid. Then we made predictions about what would happen to the pumpkin. Many students predicted it would explode right away, to our disappointment that did not happen. What we were able to see right away was condensation collecting on the inside of the jar. We will continue to monitor our pumpkin over the next few weeks, or possibly even months. Do you have a prediction?
Update: After returning from February Vacation we finally have some noticeable change!
Gummy Bear Experiment
Gummy Bear Experiment
The 4th graders, with a little help from kindergarten, experimented with placing gummy bears into 8 different types of liquid (sprite, root beer, water, salt water, blue lemonade, vegetable oil, and vinegar) to see what would happen. We made predictions and practiced our observation skills.
Road Trip Across The U.S.A
Road Trip Across The U.S.A
Social Studies students have been learning about the geography, regions and climate of the United States. As part of this unit, students chose one state from each of the 5 regions. They completed research about the state that included learning things such as state capital, symbols, resources, climate and landforms as well as finding two attractions that they wished to "visit". Once all of their research was completed, they compiled their learning into a slideshow, map and series of postcards about their trip.
Road Trip Through N.H.
Road Trip Through N.H.
New Hampshire History Students completed their first unit by learning about the climate and geography of our state. As a final project each student took us on a road trip to visit N.H attractions. By creating a slideshow they showed us what they had learned about our state and a few interesting places to visit.
Creating our own map of the United States
Creating our own map of the United States
Another part of our first social studies unit included creating our own map of the united states. Each time we learned about a new region of the United States, students would create one of the states in the region. At first the regions were hung in the cafeteria when we ate the regional food prepared by Chef Steve. Later we recreated the map by putting all of the regions together into one large map. We noticed that the size and scale of many of our states was a little off, but we still enjoyed the project.
Famous People from
Famous People from
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
4th grade is learning about information writing in our first language arts unit. For our first piece of information writing, each student chose a famous person from New Hampshire to research and write a paragraph about.
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