Art Museum Trip

Check out some highlights from our trip to the San Antonio Museum of Modern Art. We took a trip to see some works of art depicting life in America.

President George Washington

Tradtitional Portraits

Modern Art

Famous Sculptures in art

Excited Students

Crazy Teacher

SASIC 4th Grade

1. Take a few minutes to look at the print above. What do you see? What looks interesting or weird? Can you see any patterns or objects that repeat? Using your imagination, what do you see happening in the photo? What type of story can you create? What is the artist trying to say in giving us this print?

2. Many things and objects all around us have repeating patterns in them. So many natural representations of repeating patterns are found in nature. Look at the leaves we cut out in preparation for fall and Halloween. These leaves show us that both sides are identical. That means they are equal. Also, we see these equal patterns in many buildings, cars and other man made creations. Look at the image below for an example of hand drawn symmetry.

Try this introduction to symmetry Click here

1. Over the past few weeks we have been building up a lot of energy for the celebration of Food Day. We have studied a lot about smart food choices, what ingredients are included in our favorite dishes, and how to use moderation in selecting our daily foods. We have discussed that eating our favorite foods is all right, as long as we choose them in moderation. When we use good limits in our food choices, we can have a not so healthy lunch, as long as we choose a more healthy breakfast or dinner. Ideally, we can make healthy choices at every meal, and hopefully with every snack.

2. Now, let's look some other information on this website about health, food choices and even recipe options. First, we will look at the six important elements of nutrition. Click here so that we can read as a class about how to get the proper amounts of fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

3. In our groups, we have spoken about the idea of making healthy substitutions in our food choices. Have you ever noticed that you make a healthy food choice every morning with the milk provided to you by the school? Well, the milk that we drink at school is Skim milk, or 1% milk. This helps us reduce the amount of unhealthy fats and limit the number of calories that we consume. Follow this link for a list of each ways to make substitutions in many of our daily menu choices. 4. For those of you who are working well and staying on track, here is a website to help you see how much of each food group you should eat each day, and suggestion on where to get those good nutrients.

Spelling Words

Week 9 Spelling Words

1. Flour
2. However
3. Coil
4. Enjoy
5. Amount
6. Powder
7. Moist
8. Vowel
9. Spoil
10. Flower
11. Joint
12. Joy
13. Power
14. Royal
15. Foil
16. Plow
17. Choice
18. Mouth
19. Crowd
20. mount

Alamo Trip

Our class had the privledge of going to see some living historical sites. Beyone the readings and activities in class, we were able to see the very cite of an historical battle in the history of Texas.

These are just a few snap shots of our exciting day.

Arrival

Lunch Break

Protective Windows

Strike a Pose

Cheese

Tired Ride Home

Food and Numbers

1. Let's dive into the relationship between multiplication and division. In the same way that addition and subtraction work hand in hand, multiplication and division share a tight bond. Division Games Here's a really cool Division Bingo game. Follow this link... Here's a really challenging activity to see if you can arrange the cards in the proper order. Click Here to check it out.

2. Back to what matters… Remember that all the things around represent different states of matter. While most things we touch during the day are solids, let's not forget the importance of the air we breath-gas, and the water we drink-liquid. From the video we watched together as a class, take the following quiz that is accessable on the same website that you will find here.

3. Food Day is quickly approaching, so we need to continue exploring healthy food choices. This website will help you see that there are many options for choosing the right foods.

Getting Around

Our class took a moment to review the rules of finding the perimeter of a space. A friend of our classroom made these snazzy name plates for us to color after drawing our own borders and measuring the perimeter.

Fun After Reading

Afternoon Fun

Matter Matters

1. What's in a name?  Think of what a name means and why we have differernt names for different things.  What are some names of your favorite movie characters or book characters.  Now, what do these names mean, or why do you like them so much.

Write a good paragraph about what name to give one of our classroom fish. If you want to name more than one fish you will have to write separate paragraphs. The one who writes the bes explanation and details about why we should give that name to that fish will win.




2. In our next round of science projects we are going to look at the idea of matter. In just one brief statement, we are going to learn that, "matter matters".  So, what are some of the familiar states of matter that we find around us in the room?    With your table mates, make a list of all the different types of matter around the room.

    In our experiments we are going to discuss the process when matter changes states.  We all know how water can change from a liquid to a solid, but have you ever seen water change from a liquid into a gas? Or how about a solid changing into a different type of solid? Does anyone like popcorn?

     One other important thing to talk about when it comes to matter is the importance of recycling.  This process helps us to reuse certain types of matter. Think back to our lessons on photosynthesis. The CO2 that is put out as waste is sucked up by the plants and then turned into oxygen. In the same way, many types of trash can be collected, processed and turned in to something new.



Good website that shows how to recycle materials into new creations. Click here

2. Language Arts Games

Spelling Words

Hello Students and Parents,

   I am posting the spelling words for this week on the blog to help see if this cuts down on the number of students loosing their words. Visit this site throughout the week to study and get ready for the test on Friday morning. 

Week Seven

1.     Poet

2.     Coast

3.     Pillow

4.     Hotel

5.     Also

6.     Clothes

7.     Pony

8.     Bold

9.     Moment

10.  Obey

11.  Grown

12.  Hello

13.  Motel

14.  Boast

15.  Glow

16.  Goal

17.  Poem

18.  Shown

19.  Hero

20.  Fold