Mrs.Sanders 4th grade class

Accelerated Math/ Accelerated Reading Contract Party

2012-01-22T15:59:00.003-05:00

16 students from 4th grade enjoy watching The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and eating their delicious contract mix snack for completing their 2nd quarter AR/AM Contracts.

Nativity

2011-12-07T20:29:00.004-05:00

4th graders worked in pairs to draw life-size characters from the first Christmas.

Our Fantasy Power Point Book Reports

2011-10-23T16:59:00.006-04:00

Explorers Day

2011-10-15T08:48:00.011-04:00

You could only take this much with you on your voyage.

God's protection and provision was needed on their voyage over the ocean.

How many pennies can I get on my aluminum boat before it sinks?

Let's take a look at the volcano the early explorers encountered.

We're drawing the ships the early explorers came over on and the native Americans they saw when they arrived.

Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed

2011-09-27T19:30:00.003-04:00

We make GOOD homemade applesauce!

Realistic Fiction Book Jacket Book Reports

2011-09-27T19:21:00.004-04:00

We're in our seats ready for open house.

2011-08-20T11:19:00.003-04:00

The Ronald McDonald House

2011-06-07T08:46:00.004-04:00

4th grade collected 6 big containers of soda tabs this school year for the Ronald McDonald House. Here you see Alex B. and Alex C. helping me deliver them.

Biography Power Point Presentations and Hero Tea

2011-05-22T18:27:00.005-04:00

The students did a power point presentation on a biography book that they read. Then Friday we had we a Tea so everyone could meet our important heroes.

Future Fort Myers Mayors

2011-05-10T16:19:00.007-04:00

Field Day Go Badgers

2011-05-08T15:54:00.005-04:00

4th Grade Visits Mayor Henderson

2011-05-08T15:40:00.002-04:00

Metric Olympics

2011-04-28T15:40:00.007-04:00

We are learning the metric system.

My foot has how many centimeters?

How many centimeters can I throw the cotton ball(shot put)?

My handful of marbles is how many grams?

How many milliliters are there in
my sponge full of water?

How many centimeters can I throw my paper plate(discus)?

How many centimeters can I throw my plastic straw(javelin)?

Math Madness Week

2011-03-26T19:20:00.004-04:00

The students shot baskets and put up basketballs for every objective they passed in Accelerated Math.

The week concluded with Alex B. placing 4th in computation and Cole placing 4th in reasoning at the ACSI Math Olympics.

Lleyton is shooting a basket for completing an Accelerated MaTH Objective.

Echo (Educational Concern for Hunger Organization)

2011-03-14T19:03:00.005-04:00

Grandparents Day

2011-02-19T09:23:00.004-05:00

Mystery Book Reports- Homemade Puzzles

2011-02-17T20:06:00.004-05:00

Dissecting Owl Pellets

2011-02-12T10:47:00.005-05:00

Nativity Wall Mural

2010-12-13T18:17:00.001-05:00

The First Christmas

Mayor Henderson Visits 4th Grade

2010-12-13T18:12:00.002-05:00

4th Grade had the privilege of Mayor Henderson speaking to our class. Maybe you are looking at a future Fort Myers Mayor, too!

Fund Raiser Winners

2010-11-14T22:21:00.004-05:00

4th grade enjoys the latest Veggie Tale movie and pizza for being the highest selling class on the fund raiser.

Learning about Shells with Betty Baxter and Trish Lanahan

2010-11-14T22:07:00.005-05:00

Mrs. Baxter, a former teacher at FMCS and a missionary to Paraguay, and Mrs. Lanahan, a former teacher at FMCS taught us about a shell's uniqueness and our uniqueness to God.

Bookmark Winners

2010-11-14T21:47:00.003-05:00

Stephanie and Hannah's bookmarks were chosen 8th and 10th out of over 300 bookmarks in the public library bookmark contest.

Explorers Day

2010-10-17T19:06:00.009-04:00

Science

Experimenting and Learning about Volcanos

Taught by Mr. Westendorf

Math/ Science

Designing a Boat to Withhold Heavy Cargo

Taught by Mrs. Goguen and Mrs. Coval

Art

Creating Scenes of Early Floridians

Taught by Mrs. Stockman

Language-

Packing to Cross the Oceans Taught by Mrs. Sparks

Bible

Writing a Prayer Taught by Mrs. Bryant

Realistic Fiction Book Jacket Reports

2010-09-28T19:38:00.004-04:00

Enjoying Our 'Class-Made' Applesauce

2010-09-28T19:27:00.003-04:00

Open House- Waiting for Parents to Arrive

2010-08-22T16:44:00.005-04:00

First Week of 4th Grade

2010-08-22T16:29:00.010-04:00

Math Pals- Simple Machines

2010-06-10T10:14:00.012-04:00

Working on Gears

Working with a Wedge

Working with an Inclined Plane

Working with a Screw

Mrs. Gonzales Teaches Us About Japan

2010-05-02T13:31:00.005-04:00

Mrs. Gonzales and her family spent 4 years in Japan while her husband was stationed over there. She talked with us and let us view the many things she collected while she was over there.

Electrical Energy- Will It Light Up??

2010-05-01T11:06:00.004-04:00

Metric Olympics

2010-04-24T15:18:00.011-04:00

Big Foot/Hand: Students estimated and measured how many square centimeters their foot or hand was.

Marble Grab: Students estimated and then weighed how many grams the handful of marbles weighed.

Left-Handed Sponge Squeeze: Students estimated and measured how many milliliters of water was in the sponge.

Javelin Throw: Students threw the straw javelin and then estimated and measured how many centimeters they threw it.

Paper Plate Discus: Students threw the paper plate discus and then estimated and measured how many centimeters it went.

Cotton Put: Students threw the cotton ball and then estimated and measured how many centimeters it went.

Josiah Ravish Shares His Reptiles with Us

2010-04-14T16:02:00.003-04:00

Friday, March 12th

2010-03-14T15:43:00.006-04:00

Jordan is helping Austin put together his 'Mystery Book Report Puzzle'.

Kristina is helping Malyia put together her 'Mystery Book Report Puzzle'.

Emma and Morgan are working on their experiment '3 parts of a seed'.

Kendra is feeding Kenny, our classroom pet leopard lizard.

Ethan and Emily are weighing their seed.

Morgan, Kristina, and Mackenzie are looking for the 3 parts of a seed.

Insects

2010-03-14T15:25:00.005-04:00

Grandparents Day

2010-02-13T08:26:00.005-05:00

Dissecting Owl Pellets

2010-02-06T12:27:00.006-05:00

Spelling Bee Winners

2010-02-01T10:15:00.002-05:00

The Winners of the 4th Grade Spelling Bee :

1st Jordan Bergamann
2nd Morgan Tyson
3rd Emily Reeves

Jordan and Morgan will go on to the ACSI Spelling Bee. Emily will be an alternate if one of them are unable to go. Congratulations!!!

Realistic Fiction Book Reports

2010-01-16T09:29:00.005-05:00

Nativity Scene

2009-12-05T07:58:00.003-05:00

The 4th Graders created a wall mural of the Nativity Scene.

Helping the Heart Foundation

2009-11-25T10:37:00.002-05:00

Go Gators................................. and Alabama!

4th graders paid $1 to dress in their favorite college shirt to prepare for rival college football game weekend to support the Heart Foundation.

Math Pals - Turkeys and Indian Necklaces

2009-11-25T10:23:00.004-05:00

The 4th graders worked with PreK3 on patterning. They taught them to follow a certain pattern while making an Indian Necklace out of colored pasta. Then the made a paper plate turkey using a certain pattern to add the feathers.

Tom Turkey Disguised

2009-11-25T10:06:00.003-05:00

Pumpkin Seed Counting with Math Pals

2009-10-31T09:09:00.004-04:00

Did you know that the average pumpkin has between 400-600 seeds? With our PK Pals we predicted the number of seeds in our pumpkins and then putting them in groups of 10 we counted them. We also discovered that, of our 5 pumpkins, the biggest one did not have the most seeds.

Fantasy Book Reports

2009-10-31T09:01:00.002-04:00

The 4th graders wrote their book report as a power point presentation. Then they all shared their report with the class.

Friday Pick Up After a Hard Week of Recycling

2009-10-23T15:56:00.001-04:00

Classroom AR Party "Because of Winn Dixie"

2009-10-23T15:48:00.003-04:00

Explorers Day

2009-10-17T10:11:00.007-04:00

Open House

2009-09-07T20:45:00.006-04:00