Farms to Factories

On Thursday, February 19th the PTO brought the program, Farms to Factories, into the fourth grade classrooms. This program, through the Lowell Historical Society, taught the students how towns like Lowell and Nashua went from farming communities to larger cities through the Industrial Revolution and emerging technologies. This fun and hands on program prepared the students for the next unit in Social Studies: New Hampshire! Check out all of the fun we had below:

What is Smarter Balanced?

Smarter Balanced testing is beginning for fourth grade the last week of March and the first week of April. More information will be sent home about the testing. Until then, feel free to view this Prezi which will give you some basic information about what this new state testing is.

Geography is Worlds of Fun!

Our last Social Studies Unit was all about Geography! Below are two videos that we showed in class that are a lot of fun!

Tour the United States:

Tour the World:

Happy Halloween!

On Friday, October 31st, Mrs. Osinski had a fun, social studies Halloween project for everyone! The students were each given a pumpkin and had to free hand draw the continents. After they were painted and dry, the students used glue dots to stick on the names. What a fun way to review continents during our Grography unit!

The Daily 5 in Action!

We have implemented the Daily 5 as our way of delivering language arts instruction. I am pleased to report that every day, students are doing Read to Self (independent reading), Work on Writing (journaling, fiction, and nonfiction writing), and Word Work (integrating spelling and math) with 20 minutes of stamina in each area. Below are pictures of students during our round of "Choice" today. You'll notice that some students are working at their desks and others on the floor. It may seem unconventional, but the students are highly motivated and excited about learning! 

Our State House Field Trip

After studying government since the beginning of the year, it was finally time for our first field trip! We went to Concord to visit the New Hampshire Historical Society and State House in order to learn about New Hampshire and see government in action! Although we were unable to see the governor on our trip, it was a beautiful and fun day!

The New Hampshire Historical Society:

The New Hampshire House of Representatives:

The New Hampshire State Senate:

The Governor's Office:

The State House:

Getting Into the Groove

It has certainly been a busy first few weeks of school. We are getting into our routine, and really taking off with the Daily 5! Today we worked towards 16 minutes of Read to Self stamina, and are well on our way to our 20 minute goal! More pictures and information about our class is to come. Until then, let's celebrate the 20 kids making the start to this year a great one!