Tales Of A 4-5 Something

When we were studying Immigration and Industrial Revolution we were reading books that had characters who immigrated. Everyone in 4-5 read a book like that. In our class we read Maggie's Door, Flying The Dragon, Esperanza Rising, and Honeysuckle House. Each book has a character that left their home to move to America. Some of the stories were historical fiction and two took place today. Even though books happened at different times we found things that each book had in common. At the end we wrote a summary of our book and then made a soundtrack for the book. We made believe the book was a movie and we got to decide what songs played for certain parts. We had to make sure we shared what we knew about the book and sometimes we forgot because we liked the music part. We also got to make a new book cover for the book we read.       Read our summaries and listen to our music. We hope you like it. Maggie's Door      Esperanza Rising ...

In favor of the theme, Immigration and Industrial Revolution, we used a program called Minecraft in order to build our representation of a mill city. We got information from our study of mills and the Industrial Revolution. We saw some videos, worked with maps, and read stories. We learned how the land changed when life went from agrarian to industrial. We learned how hard it was to work in the mills. We also learned about what it was like to travel to a new country then and now. That was push and pull.   Before we built out mill cities each person got to apply for a job. They could be a Hydro Engineer, Mill Architect, City Planner, or Logo Designer. We did a lot before we even started building like designing a plan on graph paper. Then we met in our teams and worked on our jobs ( Logo design planning ). While we built we had to keep showing that we were connecting with the things we learned. ( Canal building and the location of boarding houses ). In the end, w...

The keys tapping and everyone is working tap… tap… tap… Here in 4-5 we are making nonfiction narratives. We had people come in to school who have immigrated to the U.S. Some people were students, some were teachers, some were parents, and others were grandparents. They all told us their stories. My group is writing the story of a girl named Amina who has an AMAZING STORY! You can see our writing on our Thinglink. We all hope that everyone in the world gets a chance to write one of these AMAZING stories! We are all so excited for our next writing project on cartooning! By Ami

A couple days ago a Northern Pine tree was brought in our classroom. This tree represents the winter season and came into our room because of a homestation bill that was proposed by our student congress. We discussed it in Congress and had a vote and the bill passed. Then the bill went to the Executive Branch and it passed too. We felt that the tree would make our homeroom more festive and homie. Before we could decorate it Tim had us do some research. He put up an outline of a key. That was the outline for a puzzle of fact that we put together so we could decorate. One fact is that pine trees can grow to be 100 years old.  Rafe and Rodas

During our Ellis Island simulation we had a lot of parent volunteers. Some were doctors and lawyers and people whe checked immigrants. One mom was a reporter and talked with us as we came into our Ellis Island. She wrote this article for us!   More pictures! **** Yesterday morning, as most of The Big Apple settled into another ordinary day, Ellis Island was abuzz with excitement and new beginnings. I greeted immigrants from many foreign shores, including England, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Scotland, South Africa, Iran, Bohemia, Russia, Poland, and Japan! The voyagers had each endured great hardships to at long last reach American soil. Some travelled with siblings, some completed their journey despite being orphaned and alone—still others befriended fellow boat mates and vowed that they would never separate. Travellers described “ atrocious food and filthy mats,” and “a dramatic storm which washed ten people overboard.” They were ...

4-5 Election Bills By Will and Wake Students came up with ideas for bills they wanted passed.  The bills that were picked were being able to throw snowballs, getting more playground equipment,having a pj day and having a choice recess. Next, we voted on the bills.  All the bills were approved by the Congress, the students. The next step is getting approved by the Executive branch made up of teachers. The Judicial Branch is the last step in the voting process that  bills go through. The Judicial Committee is Anne and Diane. They haven’t voted yet but we hope they all pass!

By Alexis and William We made family trees for part of our immigration study. Each student made their own family tree. It involved talking to family, we did it over Thanksgiving break so we got to talk to family members we don’t see often including grandparents, aunts, and uncles. We also used Ancestry.com for our research. It gives you information about your family. We made our trees out of paper, cardboard, poster board and even some real wood! We learned about our families and our classmate’s families. A lot of the kids in 4-5 are part Irish and English. There were some surprises for some of us! This year we made Family Trees in 4-5. People learned a lot about their families. Some people made 3D trees but some people made them on paper. They were very fun to see how people made them. People had very good questions and we learned a lot about our classmates. We also noticed that some things were the same from people's past and to the people we interviewed for our immigration s...

By Maddie and Lily Right now in 4-5 we are studying immigration and the industrial revolution. As part of our study, Nancy is teaching us to weave cloth, spin thread, and dye wool. This is how people made clothes and fabrics before factories.It has been a very fun unit. We have been learning about the different parts of the table and floor loom, how to fill bobbins, and how to spin wool into thread.   We have also been using natural materials like avocado pits and skins, cabbages and beans to color wool, that we have been using in art class.

A week before Thanksgiving we started collecting food for the Wayside Food Program. They collect food for the hungry and people who need a little help. The Tuesday after Thanksgiving everyone came to the gym with their donations. We had to have it after Thanksgiving because we had a snow day before the holiday. At the assembly, we heard from W.I.C. or the Waynflete Intergenerational Chorus. We also heard the Middle School chorus. But best of all was seeing all the food we donated. Did you know instead of donating on or before Thanksgiving do it after thanksgiving because everyone donates before Thanksgiving and then they have no more food to give out after the holiday. The time after Thanksgiving is the hardest time so be a helper and donate even when it is not Thanksgiving. This year, all of the students and teachers at Waynflete collected 1,907 pounds of food! Daphne and Elizabeth