It was quite a pleasure to spend time this month in every fourth grade classroom! We worked on the following components of creative thinking: fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality. Students chose either a leaf or a pumpkin and imagined all the other things it could be. They then used color and other details to turn it into something else. I was blown away by their creative ideas!
We have concluded our first novel, Danny Champion of the World. Students were assessed on their written responses to the novel, and our focus was on providing evidence to support their opinions. We are now beginning a unit on nonfiction reading skills and strategies through the use of a resource called Brain Bank by Scholastic. This includes small leveled readers, and we are beginning with science topics. Students will provide written responses designed to build skills in comprehension, vocabulary development, and writing within a variety of texts.
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Mrs. GregoryMrs. Gregory has been a teacher for 25 years. She lives in Montpelier with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs. Archives
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