By Will G and Wilson Grades 3-5 now have new student council representatives although I can not name them all. In fact, I can only name two. Those two were voted to be reps for 4W. Their names are Norah.Y and Will.S. Will.S’s answer to the question, ‘What’s your favorite part about student council?’ was “Helping the school get better.” Norah.Y’s response was: “When I act on stage on Fridays.” I like these answers because of their simplicity.
By Tallulah and Mia
By Norah and Evelyn Being good at something is cool, but the kids in 4W this year are MASTERS at stuff. Like BIKING!! Or TRIGGERING YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS or making coffee out of a sock. That’s why we, the amazing, wonderful, peeps of 4w have decided to write about them. We like to call them EXPERT TOPICS. An Expert Topic is when everybody writes about something they’re GOOD at. (Examples are shown above) If YOU think YOU’RE good at something, you could also write an Expert Topic, if you want to. For reference, the one and only Evelyn Paul wrote about soccer and how to play soccer (Because obviously no one knows how to kick a ball) While the one and only Norah Yang wrote about the swim teams of America and how the swim team works while also teaching other peeps how to swim on the swim team (‘Cause obviously nobody knows how to move their arms in the water). So, see you next month on the hill!!
By Harry and Jacob Last week, Ted Scheu came to Pine Hill School. He taught us about poetry and how to make your poetry exciting! Ted Scheu is a poet and it takes him 5 years to write a poem. And also he goes to schools to share poems with kids around the world. Ted Scheu has currently 9 book’s. Ted Scheu has a few thousand poems. Ted is 65 years old. About Ted Scheu. .Ted Scheu was born in Buffalo, NY. His ideas come mostly from my memories. His writing voice is the voice of a 8 year old. His poems are silly and exciting to read! By: Audrey & Ariela Have you ever heard of a Wish Tree? Well if you haven't you are in for a treat because here is an article about the Wish Tree. (P.S it is a book). In class Mrs. Weiner read us the book Wish Tree, which you are going to learn about in this article. Before we start here is a poem. Be Different to Trees The talking oak To the ancients spoke. But any tree Will talk to me. What truths i know I garnered so. But those who want to talk and tell, And those who will not listeners be, Will never hear a syllable From out the lips of any tree. -Mary Carolyn Davies (1924) Without further ado let me introduce you to the book The Wish Tree… So in the beginning of the book it talks about talking to a tree, a wish tree, well that is what the town people call it because once a year there is a day called Wish Day in May. It is when people go to the Wish tree and tape, tie or say their wishes to the wish tree. The Wish Tree is named “Red”, Red never talks to humans but he talks to animals. Until one day Red speaks... If you want to find out more, you'll have to read the book! By: Maddie and Sam For book clubs 4W had Roald Dahl as their author of choice. Roald Dahl was born September 13, 1916, and died November 23, 1990. He was a famous writer that wrote many books, such as The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World and many others. Roald Dahl was known as one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He used to be a fighter pilot in World War II. He had a very rough childhood, starting when he was only 3 years old his life was shattered. His 7 year old sister died of appendicitis. A few months later his brokenhearted dad also died of pneumonia. His first book was James and the Giant Peach and that led to many more. Roald Dahl was, and will always be remembered as one of the best authors of all time and a favorite to many. For book clubs you get assigned a group and a Roald Dahl book to read. Each week you would have a meeting to discuss what you have read. In the meeting you also make a “Reading Goal'' which is the page-chapter you read to for each meeting. So far, 4W is loving book clubs and Roald Dahl! By Peter and Liam You may be familiar with some other 4th-grade math/Reading websites, but not these ones. Kakooma and Epic are new! Epic is a reading website where you can search for a book you want to read or watch a video. And if your teacher wants to, she can assign you a book to read. Kakooma is a math game where you are given 4-8 numbers and you click the number that is added up to buy two others in the box. Or you can race a C.P.U to a certain number of correct answers plus you get to choose a kakooma.
By Will S and Elizabeth There are many different angles in the universe. Angles can be found in your house! Or…. in your car!! Or… literally anywhere. Angles are normally found in math. They are very important for math. One kind of angle is an acute angle, also an obtuse angle. Angles have degrees. No, not literally like Fahrenheit height and Celsius degrees. For angles it's the amount of space between them. An acute angle is less than 90°. The right angle is 90 degrees.An Obtuse angle is more than 90 degrees. A straight angle is 180 degrees.A reflex angle is more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees. A 360 angle is a full circle all the way around. Those are the types of angles. There are many more but there are but we could not include them on this list because there are like I don't even know... a million more.
Howdy,and bye, because we are leaving…. Bye!!!!!!!! By Audrey & Tallulah Reading a book is great, I know from experience. But you know what’s better? Reading with someone else!
When you have a book partner you talk about things you notice in a book, create theories and ask questions! Once you finish a book, you create an idea about a character and then discuss your choice with your partner. But the real fun is having a book that you and your partner can read together. It starts by choosing a book you and your partner would love to read and devote to. Then you begin reading! Each day you and your book partner will choose how many pages you want to read. When you read it, at home or at school, you can come up with Stop-in-jots or discussion topics for tomorrow. And how do you talk about it? Q: Can you have more than one partner? A: Yes. You can totally have more than one partner. A bigger group to talk with makes things even better! Q: Do you choose which book you want to read? A: Not always. When you start, Mrs.Weiner chooses a book you read according to your reading level. Sometimes after you finish your book you get to choose another with only help from Ms.Weiner. Q: What are Stop and Jots? A: First, stop ‘n’ jots are when you come up with an idea or theory about your book and write it down on a post-it-note. Stop-in-jots can help start a conversation with your partner. What do you want to talk about? Q: Are the post-it-notes yellow? A: Yep. But we have pink ones if you’re bored and want to support fighting breast cancer. Q: What are Superstar stop-and-jots? A: Well, they’re not the Billie Eilish or Bruce Springstein (he’s famous, believe me) but they are great conversation starters and also are super cool. Part of writing a Superstar Stop-’n’-jot is…
By Leah and Charlie Have you ever had a marble day in your classroom? We have a marble jar, and we can earn marbles by being respectful, listening to the teacher and not fooling around. Every once in a while there's a day where all the marbles are in the jar we have a day where everything is fun. Last week, we had a movie day and we got to do nothing else but watch the movie Harry Potter and have some snacks. Also we went to Ms. Young’s classroom and sit wherever we wanted to. But that was last week, maybe in the future we would have more activities. Some of the kids played Prodigy, other kids played Kahoot, and some played with streamers. Can’t wait for the next marble day!!!
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