Great Events Coming Your Way!

 CURRICULUM NIGHT

The Teaching & Learning Department will be hosting a citywide Elementary Curriculum Night on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 pm at Grant. The new Reading & Writing Workshop and Eureka Math curriculums will be reviewed with parents and support resources will be provided. All staff, not just elementary staff, are welcome to attend! 

WELCOME TO LAKEWOOD

The City of Lakewood will be holding its annual “Welcome to Lakewood” event on Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Garfield Middle School cafeteria. The event brings together businesses, social services organizations, and other nonprofits to provide info to new residents or anyone wanting to learn more about Lakewood. Lakewood City Schools will be there so feel free to stop by!

Curriculum Night

                         

Hello, Fourth Grade Families! I hope you can make it to Curriculum Night on Thursday, September 8, 
from 6:00-7:45 pm. 
The presentation time for 4th grade is 7:05-7:20. I will give a brief overview of the fourth-grade curriculum and activities.  Hope you can all make it!

Welcome Back 4th Graders!

Welcome back 4th graders! I am so glad that you are in my classroom. We are going to have a wonderful year. You will build on what you already know and discover so many new things about yourself. You will work hard, explore, and question so many things this school year. It is going to be great! 

Archaeology Field Trip: Dig Into the Past

Students were able to "Dig" into a mock archaeological site. Students interacted with real and replica artifacts and learned how several species have adapted over millions of years! 

Passenger Pigeon Martha 100 Years Later - Cincinnati Zoo

In science, we are learning how ecosystems can change gradually or dramatically. When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce and others die or move to new locations. An animal’s patterns of behavior are related to the environment. This includes the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the physical attributes of the environment.

Martha the Passenger Pigeon is a story of how a species can dramatically change.





Check out the amazing National Geographic Web

Star Student Teacher!

Today Haya took over the math lesson to teach the class how to subtract a mixed number from a mixed number when there 
are not enough fractional units by first subtracting the 
whole numbers then decomposing the subtrahend. the whole nu

Making Electromagnets in Science Lab

Today the students made simple electromagnets. Their electromagnets consisted of a length of conductive wire, copper, wrapped around a piece of metal, in our lab an iron nail. They created a current using a battery which allows the electron to flow through the wire. This created a magnetic field around the coiled wire, magnetizing the metal as if it were a permanent magnet. Electromagnets are useful because you can turn the magnet on and off by completing or interrupting the circuit, respectively. 

Electromagnets