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New Cards

2011-12-05T15:27:00.000-06:00

Today we made new cards to send to the soldiers. 4th grade made them, and worked really hard to make them as beautiful as possible. Some have raindeers,snowmen,christmas trees,snowflakes. Just by looking at the card you now someone who was greatful made it. It is really fun doing things for american heroes because you know they did something for us.

THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG

2011-09-18T18:43:00.003-05:00

Click on the following link and learn about the life cycle of a frog. Then return to this page and tell about what you learned.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/212/deploy/interface.html
Be sure to type your name at the end of your response and post as ANONYMOUS.

My Video 9/13/11 at OneTrueMedia.com

2011-09-13T10:46:00.001-05:00

Fiddler Crab observed and videoed in Mrs. Whatley's Fourth Grade Classroom.

Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!
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Fiddler Crab

2011-09-12T21:55:00.002-05:00

This video shows one of the Fiddler Crabs in our classroom feeding himself using one of his claws or chelae. Tell about one or more interesting facts you have learned about Fiddler Crabs. Please use complete sentences in your response.

Grandparents' Day

2011-09-05T16:16:00.002-05:00

Grandparents' Day

Last Friday, September 9, was our Grandparents' Day at Lincoln Elementary School. What activities did you enjoy sharing with your grandparents the most?

Be sure to write your answer in complete sentences. Use capital letters and punctuation where needed.

Dwarf African Frogs

2011-08-30T07:44:00.000-05:00

What items do you think we will need to set up a habitat for our Dwarf African Frogs to live in while they are in our classroom?
Use complete sentences in your answer.

Preparing for Passport Week

2011-05-04T20:35:00.008-05:00

Watch the video and then comment on what your favorite part of making the
decorations for our Passport Week was.

PASSPORT WEEK

2011-05-02T07:42:00.000-05:00

Last week, you received your speaking part for Passport Week. What information are you presenting about the country of Seychelles during Passport Week?

BMX Show

2011-04-12T07:22:00.001-05:00

Yesterday, we had a BMX team perform in our parking lot for us. We saw lots of bicycle tricks and learned about bicycle safety.

What were your favorite parts of the show?

Remember to use complete sentences and restate the question in your answer.

Coral Reefs

2011-04-05T20:44:00.001-05:00

Earlier this week, you read a book about coral reefs to help you better understand the islands and ocean areas of Seychelles.
What did you learn about coral reefs from the book you read?

Where in the world is Seychelles?

2011-03-30T21:12:00.000-05:00

Use your Passport Journal world map to locate the country of Seychelles.
Where is the country of Seychelles located?

Phases of the Moon

2011-03-01T07:32:00.000-06:00

Yesterday we learned about the phases of the moon.
Describe the 8 phases of the moon. You can use your science journal to help you.

Keyboarding Skills

2011-02-17T07:21:00.000-06:00

This year you have been learning how to use a computer keyboard. You have been practicing the correct places for your fingers and which fingers to use when typing.
Explain what the homerow keys are and tell which fingers should rest on each of the homerow keys.
Use capital letters and punctuation in your response.
Word Bank: pinkie finger, ring finger, middle finger, pointer finger and thumb.

Polygons

2011-02-08T07:12:00.001-06:00

Tiffany drew a shape that had 5 sides and 5 angles. She colored it red and placed it on her refrigerator door. Her brother Tim drew a shape that had 6 sides and 6 angles. He colored his green and hung it next to Tiffany's on the refrigerator.

What shape did Tiffany draw?
What shape did Tim draw?

2011-01-30T19:56:00.001-06:00

Watch the video of our K'Nex Force and Motion Vehicle Design Challenge. Then post a description of your group's vehicle that you built.

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Parents' Visitation Day

2010-12-06T21:12:00.000-06:00

This Thursday, parents have been invited to visit our classroom to see what we are doing in school. What are some things in about our class and that we have done that you would like to share with your parents if they come?

Wish List

2010-12-06T07:24:00.000-06:00

What do you have on your Christmas "Wish List"?
Start your answer by restating the prompt. For example, you could start with:
For Christmas, I wish...
or
I have these things on my Christmas wish list:

Electricity- Finding Hidden Circuits

2010-11-16T20:26:00.001-06:00

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For two weeks, we have been working with batteries, wire, and bulbs. We have created complete circuits, made wire filaments, made circuit testers, and found hidden circuits. What are some things you have learned about electricity during these lessons?

Being Nice

2010-10-11T20:57:00.000-05:00

When you do something nice for someone else, it gives you a good feeling of having done the right thing. Think of a time when you did something nice for someone. Tell about what you did for someone that was nice.

Description

2010-09-27T07:24:00.000-05:00

Describe the shirt you are wearing. What color is it? Does it have writing or a design on it? Is it short sleeve or long sleeve?
Remember to put your name at the end. Try to use capital letters and punctuation correctly.

Cartoon Characters

2010-09-20T07:25:00.000-05:00

Who is your favorite cartoon character? Why do you like them the best?
Remember to put your name at the bottom and to use capital letters and punctuation.

Favorite Day of the Week

2010-09-11T17:39:00.000-05:00

What is your favorite day of the week? Why is that day your favorite?

Remember to answer using complete sentences with capital letters and punctuation. Be sure to put your
first name at the end of your answer. :)

How many siblings (brothers and sisters) do you have?

2010-09-10T07:44:00.000-05:00

How many siblings (brothers and sisters) do you have?

Place Values

2010-09-02T21:30:00.003-05:00

If you use only the numbers 6 2 4 8 and 1, what is the SMALLEST 5 digit number you can make?

Remember to type your first name at the end of your answer.

Biggest Number

2010-08-31T18:59:00.000-05:00

If you can only use the digits 3, 5 and 2, what is the largest 3 digit number you can make?

Remember to put your first name or classroom number on the end of your post. :)

Fourth Grade

2010-08-15T08:31:00.002-05:00

You have been in fourth grade for one week. Think back about the things you did in class last week.

What was your favorite thing about 4th grade last week?

Remember to write in complete sentences, use capital letters at the beginning of each sentence, and use punctuation at the end.

Spring Break

2010-03-22T07:18:00.000-05:00

Last week, we were out of school for our Spring Break.

Tell about the things you did over the past week while we were out of school.

EDU GLOGSTER

2010-02-17T07:28:00.000-06:00

You recently received an edu.glogster account and learned how to create glog posters. Last week, you worked on a science glog about our Force and Motion unit.

Answer the following question. Remember to use capital letters and punctuation and to put your first name at the end of your response.

What do you like the best about your edu.glogster account?

Simplest Form or Lowest Term Fractions

2010-01-28T07:29:00.000-06:00

In math yesterday, we worked on changing fractions to their lowest term or simplest form. To do this, we had to find all of the factors of the numerator and all of the factors of the denominator. Then we found the largest factor that was common to both the numerator and denominator. We divided the numerator and denominator by that common factor.

What is 8/24 in its simplest form?

Equivalent Fractions

2010-01-27T07:15:00.000-06:00

Last week we worked on finding fractions that are equal to each other (equivalent fractions). We would have a missing numerator (top number) or missing denominator (bottom number) and have to find out what the missing number was supposed to be.

Solve this equivalent fraction problem:

3/5 = ?/10

Grabber Sentence- a rhetorical question

2010-01-21T07:03:00.000-06:00

Yesterday in our writing lesson, we learned that we could start our writing with a grabber sentence to make a reader want to continue reading what we wrote. We also learned that one type of grabber sentence is a rhetorical question. A rhetorical question is a question you ask to make someone think, so you really don't expect them to answer you.
Write a rhetorical question grabber for the following prompt. Do not write any other information, just the grabber question. Remember to start with a capital letter and end with a question mark.

PROMPT:
Describe your favorite automobile (car, truck, SUV).

Earthquake in Haiti

2010-01-20T07:09:00.001-06:00

Last Tuesday, the small country of Haiti had a very dangerous earthquake. Lots of people there can no longer go back to their homes. They only have left what they had with them at the time of the earthquake.
Imagine that we had a natural disaster like an earthquake this morning. Think about what supplies you have with you here at school.

Be sure to use complete sentences, capital letters and correct punctuation in your answer. Type your first name at the end of your comment.

If we had to run out of our school and could not come back inside or even go home for at least a week, what supplies would you need for someone to bring you?

Fractions

2010-01-14T07:22:00.000-06:00

In math class we have been learning about fractions. Look at the symbols below.
Write a fraction that tells what part of the symbols are stars. Write a fraction for the part of the symbols that are dollar signs. Be sure to put your first name at the end of your answer.

* * * $ * $ * * *

HOAXER

2010-01-12T07:20:00.002-06:00

One of our vocabulary words this week is hoaxer.

What is an example of something a hoaxer might do?

Snowman Drawings

2010-01-07T07:26:00.000-06:00

Yesterday, you drew a snowman in class. Think about the snowman that you drew and then answer the following question.

What clothing or decorations did you add to your snowman?

Winter Holidays

2010-01-04T13:49:00.002-06:00

We were out of school for two weeks.

What did you do that was interesting during those two weeks?

Thanksgiving Holiday

2009-11-30T07:03:00.000-06:00

We were out of school for 3 days last week plus the two weekend days for the Thanksgiving Holidays.

What are some of the things you did over the holidays?

Talladega Superspeedway

2009-11-19T07:15:00.000-06:00

We live in Lincoln, Alabama, where the NASCAR track Talladega Superspeedway is located.

What do you know about the races that take place at the Talladega Superspeedway?

Emergency Kits

2009-11-18T07:12:00.000-06:00

We read a story in small group about how the Earth's plates move and sometimes cause natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. It is a good idea for each family to have an Emergency Kit ready just in case a natural disaster happens where they live. Natural disasters can include wildfires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. An Emergency Kit would need to have supplies that your family could use for at least a week.

What supplies would you pack in your family's Emergency Kit?

What 5 Things Do You Need the Most

2009-11-17T07:46:00.000-06:00

Everyday we use lots of things to help us do things.
Think of 5 things you think are the most important items you use every day.

What 5 things do you need the most?

Countries that Soles4Souls has Helped

2009-11-13T07:23:00.000-06:00

Go to http://www.soles4souls.org/areas/where_been.html and look over the list of countries that Soles4Souls has helped by donating shoes to people there. In your Technology folder, write down at least 5 countries that you want to learn more about. Then type the f ive countries as your response to this blog. Be sure to spell the countries correctly!

Television Shows

2009-11-11T21:17:00.000-06:00

What is your favorite television show? Why do you like it more than other shows?

Reasons for Shoes

2009-11-10T07:07:00.000-06:00

We used the Soles4Souls website yesterday to research some reasons people all around the world needed shoes to wear.

What are some reasons that people around the world need shoes?

2009-11-08T21:32:00.000-06:00

As part of our global awareness studies, we are collecting shoes for the charity group Soles4Souls. They will give the shoes we collect to people all over the world who do not have shoes.

Think about your favorite pair of shoes that you have. Describe your favorite pair by telling what kind they are and what they look like.

Shoe Drive Global Awareness Project

2009-11-04T16:09:00.001-06:00

Our class is starting a Used Shoe Drive to collect shoes for Soles4Souls to distribute to people who need them all around the world. We will collect shoes from November 9 through December 16.

How many pairs of shoes do you think we will collect?

Pumpkin Contest Winners

2009-11-04T07:40:00.000-06:00

Our class won the pumpkin book character decorating contest last Thursday. The prize for being the winning class was a cookie decorating party.

How did being the winning class make you feel? What did you do at the cookie decorating party?

Camouflage

2009-11-02T20:27:00.000-06:00

Our reading story this week is about how animals protect themselves. The title of our story is Mimicry and Camouflage.

If you wanted to hide in the forest, what would you wear?

Halloween

2009-10-28T07:51:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow will be Trick-or-Treat night in Lincoln because of the NASCAR race traffic in our area for the weekend.

Describe your costume, or if you don't have one, describe the costume you would like to have.

Visitors Today

2009-10-27T07:30:00.000-05:00

We will have about 14 visitors in our room today. They will be watching us learn about sea turtles and watching us communicate with each other.

What do you think about having visitors in our classroom to watch a lesson?

Sea Turtles

2009-10-23T15:33:00.000-05:00

You have read the story, "Emerald's Eggs", about the fourth grade group that helps scientists look for sea turtles. You have also made a list of facts about sea turtles and blabberized a sea turtle that you drew.

What are two interesting facts you have learned about sea turtles?

Field Trip to the Reptile Program at the Anniston Museum

2009-10-19T15:39:00.000-05:00

Today we go on our field trip to see the Reptile Exhibit at the Anniston Museum of Natural History.

What reptiles do you hope you get to learn about at the museum today?

Parentheses in Math

2009-10-18T21:17:00.000-05:00

This math problem, (4 x 5) x 2 = 40, has parentheses in it.

What do the parentheses mean?

Vocabulary Words

2009-10-16T07:10:00.000-05:00

Our vocabulary words for this week were slick, nimble, impressed, cease, exist, and fierce. The definitions or meanings for these words are on the Vocabulary Chart.

Choose one vocabulary word and write a great fourth grade sentence with it. Remember to start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.

Field Trip

2009-10-15T07:13:00.000-05:00

On Tuesday of next week, we will visit the Anniston Museum of Natural History to see a special exhibit on reptiles. The reptiles group includes alligators, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, turtles, tortoises, and tuataras.

What do you know about these reptile animals?

2009-10-13T17:10:00.000-05:00

We started our unit on Electricity this week in Science. On Monday we discussed what we think we already know about electricity. We put this information down on a chart so we could revisit it later if we learned something that changed what we thought we knew. On Tuesday we experimented with a D battery, a piece of wire, and a small light bulb. We tried many different ways to get the light bulb to light up.
What is one way you were able to light up the bulb?

Alabama History Chapter 4 Lesson 2

2009-10-13T07:04:00.000-05:00

Yesterday in Alabama History, we read about the Creek Indian Wars. The textbook told us about the settlers moving to Alabama from South Carolina, and it told us about the Creek Indians who lived mostly by hunting wildlife.

What caused the Creek Indians and the settlers to not get along with one another?

Math- Ways to Get to 50

2009-10-12T07:27:00.002-05:00

Last Friday, you were to list different ways to make 50 by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

What are 5 different ways that you can make 50. Type your answer in complete sentences, or use math symbols and type number sentences.

Working With Paper Mache'

2009-10-07T19:43:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, for art we started on making paper mache' pumpkins for October. Think back to our art activity. Think about the materials you needed and the steps you had to do to cover your balloon with paper mache'.

Tell how you created your paper mache' pumpkin. What materials did you need? What steps did you have to go through to get the first layer completed?

Justin and the Best Biscuits...

2009-10-06T18:19:00.001-05:00

Yesterday, we started reading the story, "Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World". In the story, Justin had a conflict (problem) which really upset him at the beginning of the story. He was eager to go visit his Grandpa on Grandpa's ranch to get away from home. Grandpa is helping Justin solve his problem.

What are some things that Grandpa does to help Justin?

Animals in Their Natural Habitats

2009-10-05T16:47:00.000-05:00

Everyone has seen an animal in its natural environment. Think of a time when you saw an animal in its natural habitat.

Write a paragraph that describes what you saw.

The Best Biscuits

2009-10-02T14:07:00.001-05:00

Our reading story this week is "Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World". It is about a boy who takes a vacation to his grandfather's ranch and learns a lesson about responsibility.
What kind of biscuits do you think are the best?

Compound Predicates

2009-10-01T22:25:00.000-05:00

This week in Language we have learned how to combine sentences to make a sentence with a compound predicate. Write ONE sentence that tells the same information as the three sentences in yellow. Remember to use commas to separate the predicates if you have more than two. You will also need to use a conjunction like "and" in your sentence. Be sure to start the sentence with a capital letter and end with punctuation.

Our class stacked Oreo cookies. Our class created bar graphs. Our class learned about the phases of the moon.

Oreo Project Day 2

2009-10-01T06:15:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was the second day in our O.R.E.O. Project at Lincoln Elementary. We added up our data of highest stacks of Oreo cookies, created pictographs showing our data, and learned about the phases of the moon using the cream and the chocolate cookie parts of the Oreo cookie.
What information or data did your group show on their pictograph? What did you notice about the phases of the moon?

O.R.E.O. Project Day 2

2009-09-30T10:50:00.002-05:00

Yesterday we stacked Oreo cookies as high as we could to see how large our stack would be before it fell. We made predictions and then checked to see if our predictions were correct. What strategies did you use to try to make your second stack higher than your first stack? What did you like the best about our Oreo stacking activity?

O.R.E.O. Project - DAY 1

2009-09-28T16:07:00.001-05:00

Today we will begin our O.R.E.O. Project. You will be trying to stack as many Oreo cookies as you can without the stack tumbling! Think about what you know about an Oreo cookie and then make a prediction of how many cookies you can stack before one falls. How many do you think you can stack?