Tales of the Fourth Grade Everything!!

Mrs. Besterci's 4th Grade

The Academy at St. Mary

The students worked together to create 3-D models of plants.

Spoonly Saints

The students created 3-D images of their saints. They used wooden spoons to construct their creations. They also researched their saints using our school's ipads. Finally, they presented their projects to their peers.

The Month of November

Honoring our Veteran's today and everyday! God Bless America

During the month of November, our class motto was " Gratitude is our Attitude". I guess it really worked, because our class donated 64 cans of gravy. These cans were donated to the Rutherford food pantry.

Say Hello to Sheldon!!

Sheldon arrived to our classroom on Friday, 11/29. He brought all of the students a little treat. Today, he was found hanging in a stocking. He also left treats in our Advent calendar. As a writing assignment, the children will be keeping a daily journal of his antics . We will keep you posted !!!

December 10,2018

Earlier today we could not find Sheldon. He left us a note saying "I'm like John Cena you can't see me!" We just continued with our day, and

after snack we had a five minute search party. We still could not find him!

December 10,2018

After the search party we did some work. My group and I were just doing guided reading. Then, I went up to Mrs. Besterci's desk to ask her a question. She asked me to get something from the pencil holder, so I did. When I opened the pencil holder I saw his hat! Mrs. Besterci and I started laughing!

-Sophia Bautista

Chronicles of Sheldon

Author of the Day: Sophia Bautista

Congratulations!

Our Class's 1st Trimester Honor Roll Students!!!

1st Honors: Mia Ford, Noah Kervel, and James Zuniga

Principal's List : Sophia Bautista and Joseph Zuniga

Joseph and Daniel

They are working on their Tundra Biome.

Sophia, Sami, and Arsima

Working hard on their Tropical Rain forest Biome.

Mia, Dominick, and Lucas

Creating their Taiga Biome.

Max and Avni

They are creating cacti for their Desert Biome.

Noah, Alex, and James

Discussing their next move.

Chronicles Of Sheldon

December 17,2018

Today we found a note on the tree.It said," Shh! I'm sleeping."We tried to find him, but we could not find him anywhere.

It was so hard to find him. Finally, we found him. He was on top of the tissues in the closest sleeping!!! Can you believe it ?

Written by : Noah Kervel

Author of the Day

Noah Kervel

The Taiga Biome

It was so fun to do this biome project with my friends Lucas and Dominick. We chose our forest animals. It included birds,bears,moose,and deer. Dominick had real twigs for the trees, and Lucas had fake grass from an Easter basket. We worked hard and we did well.

Finished Product

We were the first group finished, and we took a picture. Awesome picture Mrs.Besterci ! It was fun to type this.

Written by : Mia Ford

Ocean Biome

Sami, Arsima, and Sophia

First, we put coral in the box .Next, we put cardboard as the sand . Then, we glued fish to the cardboard . The red fish was hard to glue. Finally, we painted the water, stuck stickers, and labeled all parts.

written by: Sami Zaitoun

Noah, James, and Alex's Rainforest Project

My group and I were very successful with our project. We had a science project that we started last week. Our class was split up into five groups of three, and we all made biomes! My group got the Rain forest biome. All the biotic and abiotic factors where placed in a shoe box. I got to bring in the animals and the green clay to support the grass! We also had to label everything and write if the biotic factors are producers, decomposers, or consumers .I think my group did a fantastic job.

Written by: James Zuniga

A Wonderful Rainforest Biome!

The Tundra

This is our Tundra biome project. It took about two weeks to make. We had to label all of the biotic and abiotic factors. My two partners, Isabella and Daniel kept on trying to keep the caribou standing up. We had to use many supplies to complete this project. There was also a lot to do and make it. Plus, we had to make our own decomposer! Even though it took long to make, we hope it will boost our grades up.

The Close Up Tundra!

This is what our tundra looks like closer up. The ground is moss and cotton. The mushrooms are made from flower petals and white clay. The mountains are black clay, and the bears are stickers. There is definitely more space in the Tundra.

Written By: Joseph Zuniga

Back Stage Shenanigans!!!!

My lovely ladies !!!

My handsome boys!!!

Posing for the Picture

Isabella, Arsima, and Sophia

Just the Boys!

Alex, Noah, Lucas, and James

Two girls and a boy.

Joseph, Mia, and Avni

All Smiles!!

Max, Daniel, Sami, and Nicholas

Say Cheese!

Arsima and Sophia

The Dessert

We glued real sand in our shoe box, and added a camel,snakes,worms , and rocks. We made cacti using green pipe cleaners. Our last minute decision, was to paint. We used light blue paint, and it added a lot of detailing. It was time to label. We used sticky notes .

Written by: Avni Anish

All I Want for Christmas is.....

Our Stockings are Stuffed with Compound Words!!!

O' Christmas Tree !!!

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Civil Rights Posters

Arsima and I researched Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joseph presented his project on Jackie Robinson. This is a photo of all three of us, after our presentations.

Written by: Lucas Gomes

Southwest Cookbooks

We made recipes for the Southwest region. We had to include eight recipes for this cook book. We looked up the information at home. Then we showed the recipes to the class.

Written by: Alex Holland

Catholic School's Week Celebrations

On Wednesday, we had Heritage Day . We learned that this school is 102 years old! We had a little snack and some water. We also had to put the School's mission statement back together. Then we went back to the classroom to have some food. There were a lot of tasty foods. We all had a nice snack.

Written by: Daniel Mezzina

Career Day Presentations

During Catholic School's Week, my mom came to class to teach us about web designing. She gave us paper cellphones to have us create our own class page. We did this activity, because my mother's job is to convert computer websites into cellphone sites.

Written by : Sami Zaitoun

Career Day Presentations

My dad came in on Catholic School's Week, and he explained what a software developer does. He said to work hard for the first 25 years of your life and then enjoy the rest.

Written by: Avni Anish

National Bubble Wrap Day !

Mia is painting a unicorn !

Arsima is having fun painting a rainbow !

National Bubble Gum Day !!

Sami is trying to unwrap as many pieces of gum as he can!!! Wow those gloves are huge!!!!

Our Spelling Bee Contestants !

Our Math Bee Contestants!!!

Our Bee Winners!!!

Sophia and Joseph participated in both bees. Sophia placed 2nd in our Spelling Bee, and Joseph placed 2nd in our Math Bee. We are so proud of both of them!!!

Sequence of Events

I Have a Dream!!!

January's Word of the Month Was Respect !!!

We Love the Academy !!!

The 100th Day of School!!!

The students and I celebrated the 100th Day of School on February, 7th. The children came to school dressed like 100 year old people. Throughout the day, the children completed activities centered around the number 100.