Category Archives: 4th Grade
4th Electrical Circuit Animations
Fourth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about electrical circuits (SOL4.3b), so today, students in Ms. Waltz’s class created animated circuit diagrams using ABCYa! Animate. First, we reviewed the parts of a simple electrical circuit and how the parts work–batteries, switches, and objects that turn on. We discussed a variety of electrical objects so…
4th Grade Social Studies Videos
Fourth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been reviewing the regions of Virginia (VS.2b) and famous people from the Civil War era (VS.7c), so today Ms. Mayer’s class created Social Studies videos on these topics to help them review. First, they chose a partner to work with and decided together on a Virginia region or a…
4th Grade Social Studies Videos
Fourth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been reviewing the regions of Virginia (VS.2b) and famous people from the Civil War era (VS.7c), so today Ms. Mayer’s class created Social Studies videos on these topics to help them review. First, they chose a partner to work with and decided together on a Virginia region or a…
4th Grade Moon Fractions
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about the phases of the moon in Science (4.8c) and about fractions in Math (SOL4.2). Today students in Ms. Belcher’s class illustrated the fractional parts of the lunar cycle with ABCYa! Animate. First we divided the lunar cycle into eight parts and discussed the fraction representing each…
4th Grade Moon Fractions
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about the phases of the moon in Science (4.8c) and about fractions in Math (SOL4.2). Today students in Ms. Belcher’s class illustrated the fractional parts of the lunar cycle with ABCYa! Animate. First we divided the lunar cycle into eight parts and discussed the fraction representing each…
4th Grade Moon Phases with Scratch
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about the phases of the moon (SOL4.8), so today, students in Ms.Stevens’ class used Scratch to illustrate the phases. First, we signed into our Scratch accounts and created a new project. I showed them how to click on the background button at the bottom and select a…
4th Grade Measurement Comics
Fourth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about measurement in Math (weight SOL4.6, length SOL4.7, and liquid capcity SOL4.8). Today, students in Ms. Truda’s class researched some measurements and created measurement comics using StoryboardThat. First, we reviewed the different customary and metric units. I explained that they could pick one or more things they…
4th Grade Planet Books
Fourth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the planets in Science (SOL4.7), and they have been identifying nonfiction text structures in Language Arts (SOL4.6a). Today, students in Ms. Anthony’s class used BookCreator to make books about the planets with nonfiction text structures. First, they chose a planet to research and spent a few…
4th Grade 3-D Planet Models
Fourth graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about the planets in the solar system (SOL4.7), so today students in Ms. Mayer’s class used CoSpaces to create 3-D models of the planets. A cool idea would be to use this tool to create a 3-D model of all the planets, comparing their sizes like this…
4th Grade Virginia Tally Marks & Graphs
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about Virginia geography (VS.2) and Jamestown (VS.3) in Social Studies, and they have been making bar graphs in Math (SOL4.14). Today students in Ms. Belcher’s class chose a Virginia topic, created a spinner out of its subtopics, tallied the spins, and graphed the results. First, we reviewed…
