May 19, 2011

The science fair last week was a great success! The students did a wonderful job of explaining their projects, and it was interesting to see all the topics they'd chosen, including catapults, rock candy, and video games. Congratulations to our fourth grade winners: Kevin and Nicholas, Robert, and Victor.

Congratulations as well to Ismael and Chelsea, whose essays about freedom came in first and second place, respectively, for the VFW contest.





Students are currently working on literature circles in reading class. Books they've chosen to read include Tiger Rising, Shiloh, Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? and Edgar Allen's Official Crime Investigation Notebook. They've also been working on writing a research paper. The fourth graders learned how to take notes and write a bibliography, organize their notes into an outline, and are now drafting their papers.

Upcoming tests include spelling, which will be this Friday, and social studies, which will be next Wednesday.