Passion for 4th Grade

Blogging... wow, not what I thought I would ever do. I am excited to learn how to blog as well as keep a journal of my experience flipping my classroom. Last year was my 7th year teaching fourth grade but my first year "flipping" the classroom.  It has changed my teaching pedagogy.  I LOVE it!

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I also love 4th grade.  Why......I don't know I have never taught another grade level. I tell myself it's the developmental age, the content in science or the math, maybe it's that the kids are ready to start reading more involved chapter books.  I just love the opportunity to open kids eyes to how numbers really work, what they mean mathematically.  I will tell you I am looking forward to the common core standards due to a solid foundation of number sense.  I love teaching science and putting scientific ideas into kids heads to ask more inquisitive questions and think about ideas at a deeper level.

Recording the daily weather to find patterns.  Each kiddo was the expert meteorologist on a different US city.

OIL SPILL!  Each pie plate represents an oil spill.  The kids had different devices that demonstrate different methods of how to clean up an oil spill.  They had to draw conclusions about which methods work best and why.

As far as reading, I love opening kids eyes to new author's and classic stories like Number the Stars, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Bridge to Terabithia, there are so many.  I find joy in helping them find their just right level and pushing them to read books at their level while building their confidence about their love for reading.

Working together to ask different types of questions and how to find the answers.

Nonfiction short stories with cause and effect.

We loved participating in "Battle of the Books!"

With flipping they have had so many opportunities to create videos about their learning, make projects and presentations at their finger tips.


So flipping....it started a whole new game.  More to come.  I'm not sure I am the blogger type or that anyone will to read these but it will be  a nice way to keep track one of my favorite passion- teaching in the classroom and now flipping the classroom.