Looking forward to starting our school year on Monday!!! Be sure your child's teacher knows how your child is getting home on Monday.
Fourth grade has flexible seating. Your child will not have an assigned seat/desk. Instead they are free to choose from bungee chairs, pillows, small tables, large tables, crates, stools, etc. Research indicates that alternative seating:
1. Helps students’ attention spans which results in higher achievement 2. Make students more actively engaged in the classroom 3. Gives them an active outlet without disrupting their learning 4. Motivates students 5. Helps those with ADHD and Autism, along with other special need 6. Helps develop a sense of community and improves social skills 7. Helps students become independent learners This method will allow your child to do their BEST learning. We will guide the students how to choose a spot that is most conducive to their learning style. We are very excited to try this in our classrooms this year. If you have any questions, please contact us. We are looking forward to a great year! To read about Wake County's move toward collaborative learning environments click here. Looking for a way to support our 4th grade classrooms? Might you consider making a tax deductible donation through donorschoose.org to support our students?
DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit organization that helps public school teachers in the United States obtain funding for their classroom projects. As of this date, they've helped teachers receive almost 500 million dollars in funding for their classrooms and have impacted over 19 million students! This page has links to helpful resources for teachers who use DonorsChoose to obtain funding for classroom materials and supplies. Current projects: Light the Fire for Reading - (This project expires on September 18th) My students need 5 Kindle Fire tablets and cases to ensure all students have the equitable access to digital literacy. These tablets will allow all students access to high interest texts across the curriculum as well as to reach our most reluctant readers; BOYS. When Life Gives you Lemons ... Run a Business We are requesting Alexa Dots so kids can see applications of technology in their daily learning and incorporate 21st Century literacy skills. Imagine a classroom where students build lifelong research and real-world skills. The Alexa Dots will allow students to develop creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration skills while integrating math and literacy concepts through building lemonade stands. Students will be able to ask Alexa questions such as “Alexa, How many lemons do we need to make a gallon of lemonade?” “Alexa, how much should we sell our lemonade for?” Alexa will provide endless possibilities to cultivate a lifelong love of learning for a great group of 9 and 10 year olds! Coding Teaches Empathy and Tolerance - (for a limited time all donations are being doubled - for example, if you get a $10 donation, An Anonymous Funder will automatically make it worth $20!) Students will learn to code as well as tolerance and empathy through reading while incorporating technology, communicating and collaborating with classmates, using critical and creative thinking skills - the 4C’s using Sphero Educational Robots. The Spheros will help students learn about the characters in the books they read. Students will learn to code in order to program the robots using textual evidence to support their interpretations of the personality, emotions, and motivations of the characters. They will then have to decide how the Spheros, a simple round ball that can light up, could represent those qualities. While reading the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio, students will pick a chapter of the book and program the Sphero to light up based on the character’s feelings for example: Sphero may light up in quick red bursts over and over while bouncing back and forth of the wall -- showing the anger and unfairness over his dog dying. |
4th Grade Team
Forest Pines Drive Elementary School 11455 Forest Pines Drive Raleigh, NC 27614 919-562-6262 www.forestpineses.wcpss.net Amy Ehlers [email protected] Pam Foster pfoster1@wcpss.net Kim George [email protected] Gina Golden [email protected] Upcoming Dates Archives
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