Tales Of A 4-5 Something

  We like PE because of the games that we get to play. This week we took a driver's test to get ready for a game called Cannonball. For the test we had to earn money by being a responsible driver with our scooter. We had to stay in the lines, not knock down any buildings or run over people. Once we passed out test we could do Cannonball. We each get a partner and they sit on a scooter. We have to push them around on the scooter and the person on the scooter can through balls at other team's cones. If your cone gets knocked down you go to the end of the line. The point of the game is to stay in as along as you can. This is a fun game and we want to play it again soon. We also got to work with hula-hoops. Our teacher, Mr. Nelson, had us build a house with hoops. Once we built the house we had to go through it. The hardest challenge was to go through the house blindfolded.  We get PE twice a week all year long.  Sal and Aaron Mat Flipping on the first week of school

  In 4-5 we have been doing Digital Literacy. These classes have been about how we can use technology in the safest and most helpful ways. We started off thinking about research and using specific search terms and looking at urls before clicking the link. We looked at the end of links to see .edu .gov, or .com to help us decide if we could trust a site. When you click a link it isn't automatically helpful. You have to think critically about the site. We did a "sniff test" for the pages to make sure it was good for research or learning. We also looked at the sites to see if they were reliable, accurate, reasonable, and had the names of authors or a help link We tested ourselves by exploring these sites.  Is this site a reliable site? Northwest Tree Octopus .           What about All About Explorers ?  Soon, we will each receive our own iPad! Yeaahhh! We practiced these skills so we can be safe in school with the device.  Evie and Adam

On Thursday, September 16 we got on the bus to Kettle Cove beach. The teachers gave us a few directions and then we all got off and had the time of our lives. Some people headed right to the water to go swimming, some built damns to block the stream and make a wading pool, and some went exploring on the rocks. We even found a small waterfall next to the bridge. There were tide pools where we found crabs and shrimp. The day started out a little cloudy but got very sunny. Even though the water was warm for Maine it still made us shiver.  All of 4-5 enjoyed the best five hour field trip ever.  -Tom and Abraham