Snapshots from the Storybook Character Parade

Choice Time Bloggers Weekly Update

Today,we had a party and we all dressed up  as a person in a book.  We walked a couple of blocks then we took a picture in our costumes!!!!--- Kira reporting from class 4-309.

In writing this month, we are working on our realistic fiction stories.  We drafted on yellow paper. Bring them home on the weekend of 10/28 if you didn't finish. ---Abby reporting from class 4-309. Hi mom!:]

In ballroom dancing we been learning a lot of different things like merengue, fox trot, and now we are leaning the swing.  We watched a video with Ms. Danielle this week to help us think about the final performance.  ---Samantha 4-309

Storybook Character Parade and more!

Halloween is here!!!!!!!!!! This year we are doing a storybook parade!!! The parade is Friday, October 28, and afterward, we will have a party in our classroom.  Parents are invited to watch the parade as we walk through Carroll Gardens and then join us in the classroom for the celebration.  We can't wait to see your costumes---don't forget you should dress up as a favorite character from a book.  Can you guess what Ms. Rippe, Mrs. Vanegas & Ms. Juliette are going to wear??

After school on Friday, the PTA will be hosting a costume party in the school yard.  Stop by for lots of fun and games!

----from Abby:] (and Ms. Rippe)

Choice Time Blogger Weekly Update

Today in Music, Ms. Rippe took a video of us playing our Chello’s, basses, viola’s and violin’s. We hope you will enjoy it! 

Today in Social Studies, we learned that Native Americans came here around 700.BC. We answered some questions about the Native Americans. Did you know that European explorers bought the island of Manhattan for $24? 

This week in reading, we have stepped into our characters' shoes. We practiced acting out what has been going on in our books. 

In writing, we started our realistic fiction stories.  We are writing about things that we should know about from the life of a fourth grader. ---Abby:]

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In math, we have done work with raisins. We were counting how many raisins are in one mini box. We found the mode, the minimum, the maximum. Today we took a math multiplication test. We only had three minutes so you can do your best.--- Abby :] . reporting from class 4-309 

                     

In Social Studies, we made timelines about when our families came to America. We also put post-its on it and wrote about what our parents remember from New York history. We hope you like them. Rosalie reporting from class 4-309.

Hope you all enjoy your three-day weekend!

Publishing Party

The writers of Class 4-309 have been busy working on their personal narratives, and we are almost finished publishing our first piece of the year!  Parents are invited to join us in the classroom on Friday morning at 9 to read our stories and celebrate our hard work.  We hope you can join us!