Storm School with Meteorologist Jeff Jamison!

Today our fourth grade scholars participated in a distance learning opportunity: Storm School with Jeff Jamison, CBS 11 Meteorologist! They learned about the science behind severe weather with experiments and even a hands-on demonstration! We were able to ask questions, and had several questions from Cannon answered! We had a blast and learned a lot!

Weekly Objectives - Week 8

Reading: 
I can record my thinking as I read.

  
Writing:
I can maintain an informative stance in an expository essay.

Social Studies:
How can we use our learning about Texas Regions and American Indians to tell the past and present story of Texas?

Does where you live really affect how you live?

•  Keywords: culture, region, lifestyle, agriculture, adaptation, origins, exploration, governments, settlement, geographic factors, towns, cities, environment, natural resources

This week:

• Reading log - Read 20 minutes each night
• Spelling words - Practice on SpellingCity App
• Tuesday - Scholars will sort their words and receive practice lists. 
• Friday - Test will include 10 words from the practice list and 4 mystery words that follow the spelling pattern.
• Students will sort their words into categories as part of the test.

Cardboard Creations!

We had a fantastic time viewing cardboard creations! Here are some wonderful pictures taken of our scholars with their creations!

Learning Objectives - Week 7

Reading: 
I can record my thinking as I read.

  
Writing: 
I can revise to improve my writing.

Social Studies:
How can we use our learning about Texas Regions and American Indians to tell the past and present story of Texas?

Does where you live really affect how you live?

•  Keywords: culture, region, lifestyle, agriculture, adaptation, origins, exploration, governments, settlement, geographic factors, towns, cities, environment, natural resources

This week:

• Reading log - Read 20 minutes each night
• Spelling words - Practice on SpellingCity App
• Monday - Scholars will sort their words and receive practice lists. 
• Friday - Test will include 10 words from the practice list and 4 mystery words that follow the spelling pattern.
• Students will sort their words into categories as part of the test.

Week 6 Update

What an eventful week! On Wednesday, scholars had a great experience being part of a webinar with specialists from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston! The webinar, "Investigating Earth with Astronaut Imagery from Space," was led by Lisa Vanderbloemen (NASA's Image Science & Analysis Lab) and Paige Graff (Education and Public Outreach). Scholars viewed images of hurricanes, volcanoes, floods, and glacial formations on Earth as seen from space, and they interacted with the presenters by participating in discussions and asking questions through a chat. Within our classroom, scholars also used TodaysMeet to communicate their questions and to share their thinking!

Scholars also did a fantastic job completing a Social Studies Cornerstone Task. Given several primary sources, including the lyrics and song of “Texas, Our Texas” the Pledge to the Texas Flag, photographs of the San Jacinto Monument, the Alamo and several missions, as well as some secondary sources describing state celebrations like Texas Independence Day and Juneteenth, students analyzed the sources using Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning to support the claim that Texas is a unique and interesting state.

NASA webinar pictures:

Social Studies - Cornerstone Task - Source Evaluator: Texas!