Walkathon with Juno, 4-307 supports shelter dogs #76learns

Winners of the walkathon poster contest enjoy a delicious ice cream party 🍨🍦Juno #76learns

Rich in vocabulary: words such as imminently, condescending, brevity, beseech, retort... and that’s on merely 2 pages! Want to talk about life lessons too?! And geography?! Teaching Shakespeare has it all! Oh yeah, we touched on Ancient Greek plays as well.

We love having Juno in our class💕 #76learns

Our last celebration in 4-307. We have enjoyed 5 years of teaching together and making 4th grade a memorable experience for our students. Wishing everyone a wonderful summer- Ms. Duran & Mr. Fragopoulos #76learns

Ending the testing week celebrating our hard work, a special birthday and Mrs. Duran’s baby BOY.

Using powerful images for a turn and talk as we delve into WW II for the new TC UNIT. #76learns

Ever wonder what shoes made out of fish skins look like? Well in the book “Number the Stars” they mention a girl wearing these kind of shoes, so we found an image. What do you think? #76learns

Getting ready for Powerful Book Clubs! 💪 #76learns

Students engage in a fun and challenging math game to get their minds primed for math and also get their minds off the state test. #76learns

Activating our brains with a game of 24 #76learns

It’s nice to see that flexible seating ends up as a gathering. #4-307friends #76learns

Showing the men’s final butterfly race from the 2008 Olympics focusing on the swim times (decimals). #76learns

historical time periods for our current writing piece on “realistic historical fiction” #76learns

Money money money! Students use money to help them understand decimals! #76learns

Writers do historical RESEARCH so they can make their historical fiction stories feel real and be accurate. #76learns

Students in 4-307 enjoy reading new books. Thank you! Lucy Calkins for enriching our class library #76learns #TCRWP

Modeling an introduction where students are expected to compare and contrast the book “Number the Stars” with the movie “Life is Beautiful”. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a MUST SEE! #76learns

Show don’t tell! Writers revisit this lesson and go back into their stories with peers as partners to edit their writing pieces. #76learns

Persistence is the key! This video clip wasn’t working for the lesson at the time I needed it, but we finally got it!! Using some humor from “Shrek”to drive home an important point! Ogres have layers, just like onions do. Well so do complex characters! #76learns