Midwest Slideshow

As a culminating project for our unit on the Midwest, our class worked with Mrs. Murphy's class to create a Google Slides presentation.  Each group was assigned a state and worked in separate classrooms, utilizing Google's comments to communicate.  All the research and images were found independently.  The classes did a wonderful job and we hope you enjoy our project!

Wax Museum

On Thursday, March 3rd, the fourth grade had their annual Wax Museum. Each student read a biography about a famous person, took notes and wrote a speech. They then memorized their speech and put together a costume, all helping to transform them into their famous person. The class did a wonderful job and should be very proud of their fantastic performance!

Our famous class!

Annie Oakley, Stephen Spielberg and Sally Ride

Babe Ruth, Maria Tallchief, Jackie Robinson and Ronald Reagan

Well done, fourth grade!

Change Is Simple

On Tuesday, we had another visit from Change Is Simple. We learned more about endangered animals and greatly enjoyed the habitat tents! Thanks again to GREEN Topsfield for sponsoring their visit. 

Persuasive Writing and Reading

       For the month of January, we have been studying persuasive reading and writing.  Our class has really enjoyed being able to "argue" one side of a claim!  In Reading, we have been working with Mrs. Moses examining some different ways companies try to persuade you to buy their product.  We showed the class this famous infomercial (click the picture to see the video):

       We then had a class discussion about what persuasive methods were used in this infomercial:

       Each student then wrote about whether or not the infomercial convinced them to buy a ShamWow towel:

       We then got to see a real Sham Wow in action!  Evan brought in one and we tested it out on a bowl of water.  What do you think?  We were pretty impressed!

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Change Is Simple

      This week, the 4th grade classes were visited by Change Is Simple, a group focusing on environmental education.  You can visit their website here.  Our workshop (one of four this year) focused on endangered animals and the role the environment plays in their survival.  We also learned about ways we, as humans, can prevent species from becoming extinct.  We greatly enjoyed our time with Change Is Simple and are very thankful to GREEN Topsfield for funding their visit!