In 4-5 we have a 1:1 iPad system. That means we each get our own iPad to use at school for various things. We have some fun apps like Drawing Pad, PopWords and SparkleFish and some apps for work like Google Drive. We have spent time in WW building our folders. We also explored Explain Everything. The iPads are very popular during free time because of the fun apps. I like to use the app PopWords and later in the year we might get an app called TinkerBox which is, in my opinion, very fun. In TinkerBox you get to solve puzzles by adding pieces to machines to make a marble fall into a bucket or you can create your own levels for others to try to complete. I think the iPads are a great addition though I have nothing to compare it with! - Jacob
Every year 4-5 takes a mystery trip. We don't know where we are going and we find out when we get there. Sometimes we go to the beach or a lake. The teachers kick off the conversation with absurd ideas. Sometimes it is an exotic place or a spot that doesn't even exist. This year they told us we were going to a bean factory, (which was knocked down) a farm that had a rare and elusive invisible sheep called cloud sheep, and that we would be working for the Morton Salt Company picking salt off the salt hay on the marsh. The teachers told us that after we help with the beans and salt we would get credit on the labels of the containers and we would get to bring home the wool of the cloud sheep. Last year's kick off was even more absurd. They told us we were going to a donut farm to plant donut seeds which were cheerios, go to have tea with the late Queen in England, go on a treasure hunt, and visit the cheese museum. After telling us where we were going the teachers gave us a pa...
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