by Mr. Avery | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog, Other
As we enjoy another snow day, it’s a great time to look back on some of our projects that we’ve done so far this year. Each student has grown so much since the beginning of the year, both educationally and physically! Let’s look back upon some of the...
by Mr. Avery | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog, Other
Today we got a package from our friend Mr. Tracy! Mr. Tracy an engineer on the T.S. Kennedy, which is currently on a voyage through the Gulf of Mexico and into the Caribbean. The T.S. Kennedy is part of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Each year, the freshman students,...
by Mr. Avery | Jan 24, 2011 | Blog, Other
As we continue to work through the writing process in fourth grade this year, we have talked many times about drawing the reader into our writing. One of the ways to do this is to create good “leads” or topic sentences. We want to lead the reader into the...
by Mr. Avery | Jan 17, 2011 | Blog, Other
As we wrap up our plant unit in science, one of our culminating activities was for students to create a glog to share everything they had learned about photosynthesis. This was our first experience using Glogster, which is a site that allows you to create online...
by Mr. Avery | Jan 14, 2011 | Blog, Other
One of our goals for the second part of the year is to interview people who live on or have visited different continents. We are hoping to learn about the similarities and differences between our continent, North America, and some of the others. The first interview...
