The Countdown to Summer has begun!

It is hard to believe that the end of the year is already here.  This year has gone by so quickly. 

 I wanted to just touch base one more time to let everyone know what exciting things will be going on in 4B (We keep working right to the bitter end!)

First, I would like to start with thanking everyone for making Tacky Tourist Day a great success!

The kids loved sharing their foods with one another.  Everything was so delicious.  Look for their cookbooks to come home tomorrow.

Now, we are off on our journey across the Oregon Trail.  Students are traveling the trail with fellow pioneers in wagon trains.  Journals are being kept and STEM activities include designing wagons and creating rafts for those wagons to cross the river.  Quilts will be created and lots of reading is being done.  Oregon Trail day will be next Friday, June 6th.  Students will dress up again and spend the entire day outside on the trail.  Westward Ho!

In math, we have just completed Unit 12.  We will continue to focus on angles with measurement beginning tomorrow.  Students will be learning how to use protractors to measure angles.  Then, we will end the year with word problems and review of long division and multi-digit multiplication.

Our last science unit returns us to plants.  We will be looking at seed dispersal and parts of the plant and leaves.

Social studies will end with NH Survivor.  We team up and play a friendly game of Survivor for the remaining days of school.  This game requires us to use all our knowledge of NH to compete against one another in games both mental and physical.

4th grade will head to Camp Lincoln on Thurs. June 12th, have Innovation Day on June 13th, travel to UNH on Monday, June 16th, and say goodbye for the summer on Tuesday, June 17th.

Wow!  How much can you pack into 14 days?  4th graders are master packers and we plan to "Do it all!"  

(Cross your fingers that the weather improves for our trip to Concord on Friday.)

Sleepless at Swasey,

~Lisa

Tacky Tourist Day and 4B's American Grub

Here in 4B we are in STATE Overdrive.  Students have just completed their US tests and are now working to complete their state reports and Microsoft Publisher pages for our class cookbook, 4B's American Grub.  

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Students need to pick a recipe (one that they can make and share with the class next Tuesday) and one that has a main ingredient that grows in their state.  An example would be Apples for Rhode Island.  Apples are RI's number one food crop.  My recipe might be apple fritters. 

I believe that the students should have a good understanding of the agriculture of their state and should be able to share that information with you.  However, they need your help picking a recipe that you feel comfortable making with them and sharing.

I am asking that students check and confirm their ideas as soon as possible (Friday at the latest).  They each have an editable recipe card in their Google Drive that they need to use to write down the recipe and directions.  They will then share this back with me so that I can print them off for our cookbook.  Cookbooks will be organized and distributed to all families on Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday is Tacky Tourist Day in 4B!  Your children are to dress like those crazy tourist we all see when we are on vacation.  Socks and sandals, mismatched clothes, hats, ...the works.  Then, at 2:30 that day, parents are invited to join us for a tasting of all the "4B American Grub."  However, parents will not be allowed through our doors unless they too are dressed as tacky tourists.  It is so much fun!

Parents may send their child's food to school on Tuesday morning or bring it with them when they come at 2:30.

 I thank you in advance for all your help with this project.

~Lisa