Here students are using Chex Mix for their math lesson on fractions. First, students had to sort their Chex Mix and write a fraction to represent each type of food - pretzel, breadstick, brown chips etc. Students then had to do fraction addition with unlike denominators. After comparing fractions with their partner, students were finally allowed to eat their math!
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We had so much fun with The Yard! Whitley, from The Yard, led us in a name game where we had to share our name and a dance move. We learned about the "Language of Dance" and the symbols that go along with different movements. Leah, from The Yard, read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, and Jesse introduced the project that we will be working on over the next few weeks. Students will be choreographing dances to go along with the book. We are hoping that we can perform our finsihed product to other classes and our families.
Ella's uncle, Geoff Krill, visited OBS to speak about disability awareness. Geoff is a professional skier in the winter and the director of training at Loon Mountain's Snow Sports School. In the summer time, he runs Eastern Adaptive Sports which helps people with physical or intellectual disabilities learn how to get into sports again. They do fishing, cycling and waterskiing mostly. We fully enjoyed Geoff's visit and especially meeting his service dog Emerson.
Students designed and built tiny houses in Makers Space. They applied their geometry skills from math class to calculate the area and perimeter of each piece of furniture in their house. This project involved design, problem solving and collaboration. Students are preparing to write persausive essays to either convince someone that living in a tiny house is a good idea or not. Watch out HGTV!
Students are learning about sound waves! They built a telephone and then redesigned it using new materials. They tested their designs to see if their redesigns made improvements in the sound.
It was World Water Day on March 22nd. OBS students participated in a Walk for Water to gain awareness of and empathy for the millions of people who spend hours each day searching for drinking water. Students learned that some children have to walk three hours a day carrying 40 pounds to get water for their families. Often the water they collect isn't clean and contaminated with germs. Our fourth grade students walks approximately 2 kilometers in 30 minutes, carrying 20 pounds of sand. Ask your child what the experience was like for them.
We had so much fun planning a surprise baby shower for Ms. Clark! Students gave her a book of advice that they made in technology class along with some gifts for her first baby. Her due date is April 13th and we are anxiously waiting to find out if it's a girl or boy.
Here we are using the number line to identify and write equivalent fractions. In this lesson, students saw a major difference between fractions and whole numbers on the number line: there is only one whole number name for each whole-number point, but there are many fractions names for each point. Students used fraction strips and the 'Giant One' method to find at least three equivalent fractions for each point.
Loved cheering on our fourth graders Ronan, Breanne and Jack in the Oak Bluffs School spelling bee! Congrats to our school champ, Madeleine!
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