Before starting our first reading unit, we talked about different types of genres that are available to us. We discussed which ones are our favorites! Working with groups, we sorted different types of books by identifying which genre they belong to. #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears 📚

4th grade #LongfellowBears “I AM” 🤍 #WeAreD97

In science, we have been discussing the scientific method. Today, we used all 6 steps to answer our question “how many drops of water can a penny hold?” Students were definitely shocked to find out it was more than they hypothesized! #LongfellowBears #WeAreD97 📚🤍🧬

how can we use energy from our d-cell battery to light a lightbulb? how do we know energy is present despite not “seeing” energy? students investigated and tried different ways to make this possible. so cool to see the different ways they came up with! #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

We 🤍 nonfiction! We started our nonfiction unit this week. We are first tackling how to read nonfiction. Of course, we have to focus on text features and realize how they are helpful! #LongfellowBears #WeAreD97

In reading, we have been learning all about text structures in nonfiction texts. We learned how signal words/phrases can help us determine how authors are organizing the text. #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

First week back from winter break. 2024! 🤍🔔 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

This week, we began to build knowledge on the American Revolution. Students were given a list of words/phrases and worked together to create possible groupings. What relationship might some of these terms have? I loved seeing what each group came up with! #WeAreD97

Eclipse 🌙🤍 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

4th grade had so much fun at the Field Museum! 🤍🦖 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

Earth Day 🌎🌳🌲 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

Frank Lloyd Wright tour! Students had so much fun on this trip. I loved hearing them make connections to our geometry unit with all of the different shapes they saw used in the designs of the home. #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears 🤍

4th graders got the opportunity to think and create like an architect thanks to the staff at the Frank Lloyd Wright museum! What a great workshop! 🤍🏡 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

ABC countdown… A: show off your Art 🙌🏽👏🏽 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

How powerful that our 4th graders had an opportunity to hear from, and ask questions to a Holocaust survivor. We have been learning about WW2/The Holocaust in our reading unit. #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears

N- NEON PARTY! We had a neon party and also worked on an escape room involving decimals! #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears 🤍🤍🤍

woohoo! 2025 spelling bee finalists in our class! they will compete at the 4th grade spelling bee in April! 🙌🏽🐝 #LongfellowBears

learning about and making fossils 🤍 #LongfellowBears #WeAreD97

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Almost time for the SPELLING BEE 🐝 #WeAreD97 #LongfellowBears 🤍