by Mr. Avery | Feb 12, 2011 | Blog, Other
It’s that time again! Mr. Tracy and the T.S. Kennedy made their next stop in Bridgetown, Barbados. Luckily for us, while there, Mr. Tracy sent us some more postcards and coins to share in his experience with the trip! Did you know that the currency (money) that...
by Mr. Avery | Feb 5, 2011 | Blog, Math
Read the Full Post Below Finding Area We’ve been learning about how to find the area of rectangles in math. In order to find the area, you must multiply the length and the width. In the rectangle above, we see that the length is 8 inches and the width...
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...
