Welcome to Mrs Murphy’s Fourth Grade ELA Class
The students have been off to a wonderful start of school. We began the year with the question, “What do good readers look like?” The...
Promoting Growth Mindset
Welcome to Ms. Kerner and Mrs. Murphy's Fourth Grade Classes! Do you know what it means to have a Growth Mindset? Our students do! Our...
What's the POV?
Understanding Point of View (or POV) allows the reader to grasp the overall plot of a story. To master this concept, we have been...
VOLUME
This week we started learning about volume! As our class discovered, Volume=length x width x height (V=l x w x h) and/or Volume=Area x...
Cooperatively Digging Deeper into Hatchet
Our class thrives during group projects! Recently, students were split up into groups to identify 4 different story elements in Hatchet....
Math Measurement
To practice our measurement skills, we recently completed a math art project! Every student was responsible for following the same set of...
Schema, Inferences and Evidence! Oh My!
Determining character traits based on schema and inferences: The members of room 204 wrote an essay identifying appropriate character...
Persuasive Arguments
Should contact sports be banned for kids under 14 years of age? Should students be allowed to have cell phones? Should dodge ball be...
Study Island Challenge
Our class loves a challenge! Since Reading Olympics has been such a success, I decided to start a Study Island Challenge at the end of...
Character Day and Lost Colony Theories
This past Friday RO had a Character Day! Some members of our class dressed up as characters from Tuck Everlasting! :) Every heard of the...
