4th Grade

The 4th Grade Concert

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Yesterday was the Quaker Ridge School’s 4th grade concert. I had so much fun during the concert, and I think we did a very good job.

First, my parents had to drive me to school at 6:45 pm, before the concert that was at 7:00 pm. On the way there, my mom and I picked up my friend Tara, too. Once my mom dropped us of at school, she went back home to get ready. All of the kids met in the auditorium to practice singing with Ms. Giustino, our chorus teacher.

After practice, It was showtime. Mrs. Elkhatib told us to go to our seats on stage. I was sitting with Natalie. We talked quietly, while the audience found their seats. My grandparents, mom, dad, and my brother Andrew were there. Once the audience found their seats, which took about 20 minutes, the curtains opened. Our first song we played was called  French Folk Song.

After that song, we played our second song called St. Anthony’s chorale. Natalie and I both introduced the song, and told facts of the songs, along with two other fourth graders Lily, and Josh.

Our last song was called Pizzicato fizz. This was the hardest song out of these three songs, because it was hard to  lose track of where you are playing.

After the orchestra played our last song, the band got on stage. The band also played three songs, but I couldn’t hear them because I was sitting in the cafeteria with the other members.

The last part of the concert was the chorus. In the cafeteria, all of the 4th graders stood in their lines, so they were ready to go on stage. After everyone was in the lines, we started walking onto the stage. The back row went first, then the third row, then the second row, then my row, the first. Once we found our spots on the risers we were supposed to stand on, Ms. Guistino told the people who introduce the song to come up to speak. Then we started to sing our first song.

Our first song was called La Banda Della Zoo. This song was sung in Italian and it included us having to make our own beat without the piano playing.

The second song is called As You Walk Through This World. This song was sung twice. Once sung regular, and the second time sung in sign language.

The third song was called Honeybees. This was a song about worker bees and queen bees. On part of the 4th grade was the worker bees, and the other part of the 4th grade was the queen bees. I was part of the queen bees.

The last song we played was called Living what I Believe. This was my favorite song. This song was a fun song. We clapped during this song, along with Mr. Weber on the drums.

This concert was really fun. My family said that they loved it.

Field trip to Philharmonic

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This past week, my school took us on a field trip to the Philharmonic. The Philharmonic is an orchestra in New York City.

Inside the theater, it was humongous!!!!!!!! All of the seats were filled with kids. I think it was because it was a kids program, and many schools were there. There were at least 4 stories of seating, and more than 2,500 chairs.

The music was the best. The orchestra played about 7 songs. It was played so perfectly. There were violins, cellos, violas, french horns, bassoons, timpani, trombones, and more. I even saw that there was a gong. I would definitely want to go again to the Philharmonic. It was such a great trip.

Extreme Weather Presentation – Earthquakes

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This link goes to a video. This video is a video that my group ( Nash, Helen, Luke, and me ) made. this video took about 4 months and we put a lot of effort into it. It started with us making a summary and puting it into slides. With the help from our computer lab teacher, Mrs. Carroll we then put it all into a video. I hope you enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1udqz5BJTIlwRQi2O-qvhYTcGOSH6uniF \

Science Lesson #15

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  1. Did your landscape function the way in which you predicted?

Yes it did. We think it functioned the way we predicted it to because we made the stream wide and deep.

2. Consider your results, would you still locate your houses in the location you originally selected?

Yes

3. If you were to change your home site, where would you build the houses and why?

I would keep it the same

4. If you were to build your landscape again, what would you do differently?

I would ask for more time, and with that time I would use it to have more time for the grass to grow.

5. What have you seen outside of school that reminds you of something we studied in the unit? Explain your answer.

My grandparents’ house is on a lake, so it helped me get ideas of  what we should do in this lesson.

6. Briefly write about how factors like soil type, slope, vegetation and flooding affect where it would be safe to live and to built a home. Use what you have learned throughout this unit to explain your answers.

The vegetation (grass) will hold the soil, so there is less erosion.  Different soil types will do different things. For example, sand may absorb water wilt the water with gravel would go into the spaces in between. A flat land opposed to a slope will make the water flow slower.

 

Science Lesson #14

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In this science lesson, my science group/table (Luke, Nash, Helen, and me) designed our landscape. In this landscape we’re required to design a landscape that will reduce the amount of erosion caused by the stream on the riverbanks, protect the homes from the running water, providing the houses with a view of the bay/stream, and make the landscape pleasing to the eye.

  • In our design, we used a blue hole cup (small hole cup) because the flow of water will be slower.

 

  • The materials that our group decided to use are gravel, plants (grass), and sand. We thought that the grass would help the dirt stay in place, the sand would absorb the water, and the gravel was for decoration.

 

  • Our idea for where to put the position and location of the homes were next to the bay/stream. We wanted the “owners” to have a good view.

 

Prediction:

 

  • We predict that the water will flow slow and straight down.

 

  • We hope the water flow won’t affect the home sides

 

  • We hope the land won’t flood

 

Science Lesson #13/ Lesson #12 and Lesson #13 Comparison

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Lesson 13:

 

Today, my class and I grew our grass and used it to test “What would happen if we used grass in our science experiment?” The lesson was the same as lesson 12, but this time we planted grass.

 

 

  • How did plants affect the way water flowed on the sloped land?

 

 

Since the plants have roots, when the water flowed, the roots held back the soil. This caused for there to be less sedimentation in the sediment.

 

 

  • How did plants affect the way water eroded the soil?

 

 

The plants didn’t allow the water to erode the soil because the roots were holding on to the soil.

 

Lesson 12 and 13 Comparison:

 

 

  • Look at your two cylinders from lesson 12 and 13. What do you observe about the contents of the two cylinders?

 

 

The graduated cylinder from lesson 12 had more dirt in it, than in the graduated cylinder from lesson 13.

 

 

  • What conclusion can you make about how plants affect erosion and runoff?

 

 

The plants’ roots hold back the dirt which leads to less dirt in the sediment.

 

An Author Visit With Caroline Moss

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Yesterday afternoon was a really fun afternoon. One new author who just published her two new books, wanted to introduce kids to them. Her name was Caroline Moss. Caroline Moss created a series called Work It Girl. She only wrote two books so far that are published, but will have two more coming out in the fall. The first book that she publish is called Run The Show Like CEO Oprah Winfrey. This book is about how Oprah Winfrey was very poor and people made fun of her, to being a big host on a big TV show. The second book is called Boss The Big Seller List Like J.K. Rowling. This book is about how J.K. Rowling wrote a book that she kept a secret for 3 years. Once she was done with it, she showed it to a publisher. He/she said no. Then another publisher said no. But she didn’t give up trying. Eventually, she went through at least 30 publishers that all said NO! But she didn’t stop trying. She found one last publisher and he didn’t like it. But that was because it wasn’t supposed to be read by a grown up. They were supposed to be for kids. The publisher said that he/she would give it to their daughter to read. She LOVED it. The publisher published the book, and she became a billionaire. Over all, the author visit was really fun.

 

 

Field Trip to Beczak

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Last Friday, I went on a trip to Beczak. Beczak is sort of like a nature center. There were animals in tanks around the main room, but we also learned about the Hudson River.

In this trip we were two different classes, my class and Mrs. Kenny’s class. Because of this we were split into different rooms. In each room we were taught something different. In this blog I will tell you about the second room.

I thought that this station was the best. In this station there was an experiment. Here we were taught about water pollution. Some of the common pollution are oil, chemicals, sedimentation (dirt), and trash and litter. Based off of water pollution, we did an experiment. In this experiment, it was our jobs to try and get rid of the pollution as much as you could. The class chose which groups they wanted to be in. I was in a group with Helen, Sofia, Ariel, and Soula.

Each team received 7 fake dollars to buy whatever tools we wanted to use. At first, our team got a funnel and a screen. Our first idea was to put the screen in the funnel and see if the funnel with the screen would catch any of the big pieces of dirt. It did catch the big pieces of dirt, but there was still dirt in it. Next, we bought an eye dropper to use to take the smaller pieces of dirt out. Then, with our 3 dollars left we bought 2 cotton balls to put in our funnel to see if it would catch any oil or dirt. Lastly, to add more water in our container we used a little bottle of water that we bought before.

After everyone was done, the instructor judged how well we did. My team and another all girls team got 11 points. Since it was a tie, it came down to how much water each team had in the containers. My team won by a centimeter.

After all, I think the field trip was great minus the bus ride. (I got really, really dizzy).

 

Science Lesson #12

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Today, my class took down our dam from 1 week ago. Now, we are onto our 12!!!! Lesson. More like 14 because of lessons with part 1 and 2. In this lesson, we were going to do the same experiment as science lesson 5 blog but with a twist. In this lesson we used a dictionary to make the stream channel on a slope.

 

 

  • In what ways did the water change the sloped land?

 

 

In the stream channel, the land eroded and made a big canyon.

 

 

  • How did the sloped land affect the way the water moved?

 

 

I noticed that the water flowed faster with the sloped land.

 

 

  • How does slope of the land affect the amount of soil the water carries?

 

 

I think the slope of the land affected the amount of soil the water carried because the soil eroded and dropped in into water like an avalanche. The slope caused the soil to slide.

 

Science Lesson #11, Part 2

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Two days ago, my table tested our dams from lesson 11 part 1. My group was the first team to start. Our dam and town were successful. The dam blocked the town from flooding.

 

Questions:

 

How did the dam affect the direction and flow of water?

The dam in our stream table affected the flow of water because of our straw under the dam. The straw under the dam directed the water into it, and under the dam to the bottom of the stream channel.

 

Did each dam produce the same results? Why or why not?

 

No. Not each dam produced the same results. From the placement of the dam, to the placement of the houses. They were all different.

 

Did the placement of your dam protect your town from flooding? Why or why not?

I think the placement of our dam protected the town from flooding. I think this happened because the dam was right before the houses.

 

Think about how the rocks and the hills affected the direction and flow of water. In what ways were the results with the dam the same? In what ways were they different?

The dam was the same to every team because it was built by stacking craft sticks on top of one and another. The dam was different because in each dam, the dam was placed in a different spot. Most, but not all, of the teams were successful.

 

If you were to design, build, and test your dam again, what would you do differently?

If I were to build my dam differently, I would keep it the same, but just for extra protection, I would make the dam a little higher.