tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21039547739557535542024-03-05T04:38:05.538-08:00The Adventures of Mrs. Garcia's Fourth Grade ClassSusan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-46523582919365288812014-05-19T08:38:00.001-07:002014-05-19T09:03:55.842-07:00Bags and Bags of Garlic Mustard oh MY!!!On Wednesday, May 7th our class joined three ATC staff and volunteer members to pull Garlic Mustard. We had learned all about Garlic Mustard, how it is an invasive plant that actually has a chemical it discharges into the soil that hurts native plants. We started by carrying the tools we needed down to the path. Then we learned how to safely identify garlic mustard, how toSusan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-72470164811775571442014-03-21T06:48:00.003-07:002014-03-21T06:48:32.798-07:00Moon PhasesYesterday we did a great project to show the phases of the moon.
We took apart oreo cookies and made all the phases. Then we copied the cookies and drew them on a plate. Next we labeled them and then best of all we got to eat them... YUMMY science...
Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-76094745936144877352014-01-29T08:48:00.003-08:002014-01-29T08:48:32.621-08:00MagnetismLast week our class learned about Magnetisem. First we had done an experiment where we tested the magnetic force.
. What you do is you take a magnet and put a piece of paper over it. Then you gently drop iron filings over the magnet and see where they are attracted to. It was so cool that you could actually see the shape of the magnets through the paper. We also learned Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-20643680607044367212014-01-27T10:04:00.001-08:002014-01-27T10:09:15.509-08:00The Great State ChallengeWell the Great State Challenge has begun. The children all wrote letters to various people around the country. We received addresses from parents, staff members and friends from all over. After we sent them all out we waited and today our first packages arrived. The kids are so exicted to see what came. I have made arrangements to put up a display in the front Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-78749017881994132402013-12-09T06:50:00.002-08:002013-12-09T06:50:47.091-08:00Mouse UpdateWell Surprise, surprise...... We think our white mouse is pregnant!!!! That is right my two female mice seem to be not two females and now we are having babies. The KIDS ARE ECSTATIC!!! Me not so much! So now we are doing research on what Mama Mouse needs for her babies and how to care for them once they are born.
Talk about Teachable moments!!!! WeSusan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-23049423620818907882013-12-05T12:35:00.005-08:002013-12-05T12:36:20.060-08:00Homemade Wreathes
Our class made wreathes out of things we found in the woods, like pine cones, acorns, seed pods and other things found in nature. We glued them on a peice of cardboard and it was tons of fun. Next we are going to put a red bow on it to take home.
By Keenan
Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-8440756321270825192013-11-21T11:26:00.001-08:002013-11-21T11:26:32.626-08:00Kids teach kidsLast Monday Mrs.Garcia's class tought a lesson to Ms. Jenn's and Miss Galuecia's second grade classes on how seeds travel . We explained how water and wind move plant seeds from one place to another and how plants can explode out seeds when you touch them or when they are exposed to certain temperatures.
"It was cool to teach other kids and get them to look forward to learning Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-76093310305479403032013-11-21T11:12:00.000-08:002013-11-21T12:05:57.113-08:00Tree UpdateOur tree is now up and on display at the Berkshire Museum. It is on the second floor to the right of the stairs as you go up the stairs. It is in the group in the center of the second room. The title of our tree is "Hike Safe" on the AT for yourself and the environment.
The children created over 150 ornaments that show the principles of hiking safe including mini water Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-20347065540984770882013-11-13T12:54:00.000-08:002013-11-13T12:54:16.518-08:00Making a TreeToday we made oraments for a tree that we are going to put in the Berkshire Musuem.Yesterday we made ornaments for the tree and Mrs. Neet's class made signs for the AT.
I made a first aid kit with Trevor and then two 5th graders put them in plastic ornament holders. Phoebe and Charlotte made some jackets to represent to bring clothes while you are hiking and to keep warm. Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-82619651886139415752013-11-13T12:42:00.002-08:002013-11-13T12:42:51.864-08:00Appalachian Trail AdventuresThis month our class is working on essay. Each student got to pick out a picture form the Appalachian trail calendar and write a story about it.
They could pick either a winter or a summer scene. Justin and Charlotte did a winter scene and Phoebe and I did a summer scene. Oh, I almost forgot Mikel is so far writing a great story and it's in a summer scene.&Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-79688864740776941312013-10-31T09:10:00.005-07:002013-10-31T09:10:54.131-07:00literature studies
Journal entry by Keenan
For the next five weeks we are going to be studying literature. We will do these studies instead of Journeys. We have two groups. One is studying Abel`s Island and the other is studying Ralph S. Mouse.
Journal entry by Maddie
We have these journals and every time we read we have to answer a question. Then color a picture of something Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-67856093843218513282013-10-25T06:21:00.002-07:002013-10-31T09:17:24.544-07:00Hexagons, Trapezoids and Triangles Oh MyYesterday we created line plots graphs with real polygons. The students were given random amounts of pattern blocks. With a partner the students created graphs on their desks.
After we made graphs on our desks, we were able to answer many different questions about range, mode and comparisons. This activity brought to life how important graphs are as a visual Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-53888217450182698522013-10-23T10:10:00.004-07:002013-11-05T09:33:01.771-08:00Jug End Hikers Yesterday, October 22, we went hiking at Jug End.
We hiked with Christine Ward who maintains that section of the trail. Mantain means to take care of something. Our hike was mostly in the woods and across some wide, open, meadows, and a lot of walking across wooden bog bridges, which I liked. My favorite bog bridgesSusan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-84471615351499054202013-10-21T09:48:00.000-07:002013-10-21T11:25:34.551-07:00Invasive Species Post cards
In class we have been doing research on an invasive species
that we got to pickto learn about. Our class and Miss Neat's class are doing a tree for the Bershire Museum's Festival of Trees. We drew a picture of our invasive and when we are done we got to do some resarch on the computer.
Drawn by Logan
Drawn by Keenan
Some of the questions were hard but most of them were easy.We are Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-22955689547784100742013-10-09T08:53:00.000-07:002013-10-09T09:05:00.761-07:00Meet our PetsA great big THANK YOU to all of our parents. We now have two little mice in our room and another fish.
I bought us two female mice that are just sweet as can be. One is black and one is white. We are in the process of thinking of names for them. They are already hand trained and enjoy being pet. Right now I am the only one holding them, but soon your Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-49378942232384667622013-10-08T05:36:00.000-07:002013-10-08T06:27:54.338-07:00Bittersweet RemovalLast Friday the students in our class worked on a service project on our UME campus. Before we went
Lesson before we outside
outside we learned about how to identify the various vines that can be found on our campus so that we could differentiate between poison ivy and bittersweet. We learned that bittersweet is a vine that has alternate patterned leaves and can hang loosely from Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-43972045091638134672013-10-01T07:02:00.003-07:002013-10-01T07:04:11.780-07:004th Grade Goes Native!
Project Native Gardens
On 9/30/13 Mrs.Garcia's 4th grade class went to Project Native Gardens.This piture is at the end of the trip on the way to the butterfly house.Before that we were in the field walking around and collecting seeds. My favorite part of the trip was walking along and looking at the beautiful flowers. I saw so many flowers there, more then really anywhere! ISusan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-16618780376335606962013-09-27T06:41:00.002-07:002013-09-27T06:41:59.180-07:00Bean Seeds and Flowers Some of our bean seeds have started to grow, one of them has grown out of its CD case. 3 of them look like they're not going to grow, because they haven't grown at all since we planted them and we started them about 2 weeks ago. A couple of them look like they are colapsing in on themselves including mine. .  Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-68923987981324415652013-09-27T06:07:00.000-07:002013-09-27T06:07:55.182-07:00Trillions of Trees Today,September 26`th, 2013,we measured trees. we`ve been working on this since Tuesday, and its been very fun. Well here`s what happened today. First we learned how to measure the diameter, the circumference, and the height. The measurement required a lot of patience and teamwork, we had to make some adjustments and final answers. In our group, first stop was Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-39022484563369864152013-09-24T11:36:00.001-07:002013-11-14T12:41:24.816-08:00Tree Characteristics
Today Mr.Abrams came back in and we are working on non-living and living things that are part of the forest ecosystem.We are making posters that say leaf ,twig ,height,and bark.Today we did the first
part of it.We colored the leaf and twig part today.We each have a mystery tree and we have to draw a picture of the leaf and the twig of the mystery tree we got. Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-61272084013829371292013-09-20T09:09:00.000-07:002013-11-14T12:39:06.606-08:00DIchotomous Keying
Almost there... a few more questions.
In order to understand how to use a dichotomous key for our tree project we used this concepts with seeds today. The children were asked to come up with a yes or no question to start classifying their seeds. Our first question was is this seed brownish red or not? That broke the seeds into 2 Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-50887496980279864732013-09-19T12:09:00.000-07:002013-11-14T12:45:17.359-08:00A Walk in the Woods
Today we walked near the vernal pool on our campus looking for parts of the Tree Life Cycle
Mr. Abrams teaching us at the vernal pools
. We found evidence of seedlings, saplings, mature trees and decomposing trees. This is the life cycle of the tree and the trees in the forest. They are all part of a system called the forest ecosystem. We Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-36987973287232531902013-09-16T11:30:00.003-07:002013-09-19T12:10:43.324-07:00Our Seed Cases
On September 12th we planted a pea and a bean seed in a clear CD case. Mine has alot of progress so far, same with my friends. My friends and I had fun observing our cases.I had a lot of fun seeing it grow. I liked planting the seed with my teacher.Mine has 8/11ths of a sprout. The seedcoat has broken in Mrs.Garcia's class project.
Written by Lucian
Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-66655543751346403712013-09-13T09:06:00.000-07:002013-09-13T10:20:45.462-07:00Our First Appalachian Trail Hike on Sept. 5th
On September 5th we had our first hike ! During the hike we had a lesson on Invasive species ,kindly taught to us by Shawn ,who has thru-hiked the the trail and works on it . He showed us all sorts of cool things, like how to identify Invasive Honeysuckle ,the difference between Bittersweet and Grape vines, and the beauty but danger of Multi flora roses! Did you know it was brought over to Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103954773955753554.post-7766188954727102852013-09-10T17:54:00.000-07:002013-09-10T17:54:26.666-07:00WelcomeWelcome to the beginning of our new adventure. This blog will act as a year long journal for our class. Each day a new student will be writing on the blog as a reflection of what we experienced in class the day before. It will also be a place for them to document projects we are working on, events in our class, field trips and any other cool adventures we might be having. Susan Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884103650869186904noreply@blogger.com0