We Are Builders!

Join our star of the week, Carolyn (and a few of her friends!) as we recap some of the highlights of our week! We talk about consecutive numbers, Interland, Holes, Student Council, and Star of the Week routines!

Listen to Silas, Carolyn, and Michelle chat about first impressions in our first 8 days of school! What makes coming to school great? From rewards to genius hour, from reading and math challenges to flexible seating, come get a sneak peek into all the small things already happening in 4th grade!

Follow along as JJ, Layan, and May tell us all about the last few weeks, including butterfly camouflage, letters of recommendation, economics, Tile It, a field trip to the State Museum, and more!

Clara, JJ, and Kyla take us through the last few weeks, from the Slow Boat challenge to the actual performance of the play, from tessellations to Trap the Zoid, and everything in between!

It's been a MILLION YEARS, but we're back in action! Clara, Molly, and Kyla walk us through the ADVENTUROUS weeks before spring break, including catapults, our play, staff Living History Day, our first annual 4th grade Fairy Tale Day, and our "change the world" genius hour projects!

Join Kyla, Clara, and Layla as we look at measurement, more of our read-aloud, 18/19th century Native American studies, several presentations/guest speakers, Bob, and more!

Andrew, Daniel, and Knox tell us all about our field trip to the State House, our math task "All in the Axes," Purdue Space Day fun, a gingerbread house/cookie decorating party, our new (and super-important-to-us) read-aloud, and our Thanksgiving STEM challenge!

Theo, Sarita, and Mia talk about our math task (Leo the Rabbit,) our field trip to the Tippecanoe Battlefield, our school's Veteran's Day program, Thanksgiving Roll-a-Stories, the intro to our ENERGY unit, AND learning about the first peoples of Indiana!

Join us as Layla, Kyla, and Molly explain how we've connected with others outside of our classroom, from special areas to guest speakers, from state competitions to student-led conferences!

Minjoon takes us on a JOURNEY to the Delphi Opera House, through candy bar plate tectonics, and an in-depth summary of the start of our global read-aloud, And Then, Boom! (by Lisa Fipps).

Minjoon takes us on a JOURNEY through our field trip to the opera house, candy bar plate tectonics, and more about our global read-aloud, And Then, Boom!

Knox and Daniel teach us about crowd scientists, studying fossil records, the Indiana statewide essay contest, the start of our Global Read-Aloud, fort building, spooky First Look Fridays, AND Red Ribbon Week dress-up days! WHEW, we're tired!

Our week consisted of lots of routines and catching up on things, but we still squeezed in some fun things to talk about! From building Lego maps of Indiana to exploring erosion with "sand tables," from multiplication strategies to "First Look Fridays," and explaining more about our houses and early finisher options, the kids had a lot to say!

We'll be back in a few weeks, after fall break and end-of-quarter assessments wrap up and we start our second nine weeks!

Size of a million task, going to the movies, cross country meet, Hoosier Group artists and our own Indiana paintings, and Tinkercad explorations!

This week we explain some of our latest and greatest projects, from a number visualization/pattern-seeking activity to "flashlight Fridays" and everything in between!

Listen to our FIRST classroom podcast and learn about our egg drop lab, read-aloud, ArtSmart: Indiana, spirolaterals, and year-long reading challenge/rewards!