Our study of data, or statistics is coming to its head as we begin our final project using the app Comic Life. We began our project by creating a question that requires a numerical value for an answer. We, then, surveyed every student in fourth grade and recorded our data on recording sheets. From this, students will create a Comic Life, which is an app that allows you to create a poster-like story that is similar to real comics! Each student has creative freedom to present their analysis of the data, including the results and explanation of the mean (average), median, mode, and range. To extend our thinking, students will include challenging questions that relate to the graph, which they will also include, in the project. Pretty sweet!
We have begun our November book shares and they are awesome! Students' hard work is evident in their detailed background scenes and colorful characters. It is also clear that we have been practicing at home, as our expression is varied to capture and keep the audiences attention.
Our focus on sentence structure continued this week, as we worked how to use a variety of sentences, including imperative, interrogative, exclamatory, and declarative sentences to make our writing sound more vivacious and interesting. Additionally, we worked on the challenging skill of identifying and using adverbs in our sentences to help evoke passion and emotion in our writing. This week we will use these skills to write a piece called, The Best Part of Me. Can't wait!
We were lucky to have a very cool musical guest from Israel grace us with his multi-talented musicianship and song-ship abilities. Hilarious in demeanor and entertaining, he shared instruments from around the world that he has collected along his journeys. A video of his performance is up on the TIS YouTube channel, so check it out. Enjoy the week!
Homework: Continue practicing your book share presentations, reading 20 minutes each night, and complete the follow...
Monday: Calendar comprehension activity
Tuesday: Pictographs activity; please choose 1 spelling activity to complete as well
Wednesday: How far can you get on IXL section J? Please choose 2 that you want to master. If you're finding them difficult, find the Grade 3 version of the same activity to complete. Another tip from a student is put a sticky-note over the score and time, which helps you focus on the learning and practice rather than the score. Thanks!
Thursday: Analyze line graphs activity
Friday: Balance 2 plates spinning on sticks, while kicking a football up to score a goal, all while you read a book that is held upside-down. I need photographic evidence of this one:)
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