4th Grade Reflection

In 4th grade we did a lot of things. There were a lot of different types of projects too. The projects I did are my PSA, toy theater, curiosity project, biography project, and Colonial America project. We also had different read alouds. Some of the read alouds are The Tiger Rising, Book Scavenger, and Blood on the River.

We had a couple of subjects. Those subjects were math, writing, social studies, reading, and science. My favorite subject is social studies. I like social studies because you get to learn about new things.

My favorite read aloud is Book Scavenger. I like Book Scavenger because I like mystery. I also like Book Scavenger because there are a lot of parts in the story that makes the book more interesting.

My favorite project was toy theater. That was my favorite project because I liked learning about my topic and it was fun writing the script and making the puppets, theater, and the scenes.

In 4th grade I learned about different things and did a lot of different projects. 4th grade was a really fun year!

Colonial America Book Reflection

In class, we were supposed to make books that had to do with colonial life. First, we have to write three topics that you would want to research on. Next, our teacher picks our topic. Then,  we write about colonial life for chapter one, and then you research on your topic. When you’re done researching on your topic, you organize your information with index cards. After you’re done organizing your research, you start to write your second, third, and fourth chapters. Then you write your glossary and your bibliography.

In chapter one, you write about when Colonial America was discovered and the colonies there. Chapter two is about your topic. You can put subheadings in chapter two. Chapter three is when you make up a character who lived in colonial times. Then you write either a journal entry or a letter. Chapter four is when you come up with a question, and when you get up to chapter four, you use the question and answer it with your research and talk about the answer to your question. A bibliography is when you list all of the places you got your information or sources.

The process of making this book was fun but challenging. The fun part was when we typed our research on google docs, and copied it on google slides and find pictures. That was fun for me because it was really easy to do but I still liked researching. The challenging part for me was finding the information. My topic was school, and when I went home and searched up colonial schools, nothing was found. So the challenging part for me was researching because there wasn’t much to find about colonial schools and I have to use books because there’s information for colonial school.

When I was writing this book I learned a lot about colonial schools. I wasn’t really interested in colonial schools but I wanted to try something new. I hope you enjoy my book!

Maglev Reflection – Day 2

On day 2 we found a magnet that worked but when we tried to push the train the other way it didn’t work. We kept on trying and trying but we always fail. The magnet that we used was the strip magnet. It was very challenging and frustrating because we had a lot of arguments. Another problem was the magnets always attract on the side. We learned we could always learn from our mistakes.

Maglev Reflection – Day 1

In our science unit we’ve been studying about magnets and transportation engineers. We are trying to make our own maglev trains. We planned how to make the Maglev trains by drawing pictures and listing the materials we were going to use. The hard part is that sometimes it doesn’t work but we keep on trying. The first materials we used were: bar magnets, the track, the box and the square foam (train).  We failed the first time because the bar magnets were too weak and the train was resting on the bar magnets, also the magnets were attracting. The next materials we used were: ring magnets, the track, and the square foam. That didn’t work also because it was also resting on the ring magnets and we forgot to check if the side they were laying down on were north or south. Today we’re probably going to use the disc magnets because that’s the only one that is strong.

My Expert Book Reflection

We wrote expert books in 3rd grade. It was really fun doing the project because I can write about something I like. It was a little hard writing the book because sometimes when you think you’re done you always have to add more stuff to your book. The fun thing I like about writing this book is that you could add pictures and videos to your book. I wrote a lot of google slides and this is the best one I wrote. In this book you will learn about a lot of things in swimming.You will learn about rules, how to breathe and diving. I hope you like my book!