#4thchat is a hashtag for teachers or anyone to talk about educational issues relating to 4th grade. Using #4thchat will create a network of 4th grade teachers or teachers working with 9-10 year olds across the world. We welcome anyone who 1. teaches 4th grade 2 .Works with 4th grade students and or 4th grade teachers 3. Likes 4th grade teachers (Groupies are encouraged).
How is your mom? Glad you had a day together. I hate the cold. I stayed in all day because of it. 40’s in New Orleans is not fun. Freeze expected tonight. #4thchat
Mom is doing well, thanks for asking. 40's would feel like a 'heat' wave at this point...but it's all relative. #4thchat It was 14 with windchill felt like 0
We were out for weather Friday and today, and they have already called it for tomorrow. Ice, snow, and wind chill below zero don't make things easy! But I am getting a lot of organizing going! #4thchat
A1: We have always spent time focusing on Biographies - even in the younger grades. Kids even choose to read them with the great "Who Was" series. #4thchat
A1 and 1a Students love reading biographies, so I do a unit where we all read different types of biographes, so they have a chance to choose them during the rest of the year. They learn about others and think about their lives. #4thchat
A1a. I think one of the benefits is that Ss learn that perseverance is needed to achieve success. They learn that so many folks did not have an easy path. #4thchat
A1 and 1a Students love reading biographies, so I do a unit where we all read different types of biographes, so they have a chance to choose them during the rest of the year. They learn about others and think about their lives. #4thchat
A2: Most recently, we read Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, where the mc wrote an author. We bridged that to studying bios of authors, and eventually others. A River of Words about William Carlos Williams was amazing. #4thchat
Mr. Mark! How are things? During cleaning, I found a list today from 2 years ago about starting Google Certified teacher training. Thanks again for encouraging and helping. #4thchat
A2: We also pull a lot from Patricia Polacco -- especially since our school is a full-inclusion school, and much of her stories involve her own experience in sp. ed and LD. #4thchat
A2: Since I don't have my own classroom...I have seen other classes this year have Ss select indiv from our state & research those folks. Mass is full of such historical figures. #4thchat
#4thchat I would encourage anyone remotely interested to give it a go. Google really has done a nice job on the certification. It's not really a test but a to do list to show you can do it. No multiple choice tests. I learned a lot going through the process.
A3: We look at the person's childhood, so Ss can make connections, and we also look at who they were inspired by, and how they've inspired others #4thchat
Perseverance: Bessie Coleman, John Harrison, and also in my skier hero in the new book. So important to show Ss that ordinary kids grew up w perseverance. Inspiring! #4thchat
A1a. I think one of the benefits is that Ss learn that perseverance is needed to achieve success. They learn that so many folks did not have an easy path. #4thchat
#4thchat This is the best camera angle. Lots of excited Ss today. Being a Vikings fan is for the long haul--no fair weather fans here. https://t.co/p4C8ZrP3Ga
Love the idea of Ss reading a range of biographies. It is a great way to introduce the difference between fiction and non-fiction both in subject matter and styles of writing #4thchat
Love the hot seat approach where Ss research then dress as their biographical character so that visitors in an open classroom can come and meet these people and ask questions #4thchat
SKI SOLDIER begins w a New England boy who loves skiing and trains w 10th Mt Division in Rockies. Then fights in Italy in WW2. Overcomes his wounds to found Vail #4thchat
Congrats to your Vikings, Mark. Broke my heart yesterday. #Saints came so close to the win. Will be pulling for the #Vikings to get to the Super Bowl. #4thchat
#4thchat This is the best camera angle. Lots of excited Ss today. Being a Vikings fan is for the long haul--no fair weather fans here. https://t.co/p4C8ZrP3Ga
A2: We also pull a lot from Patricia Polacco -- especially since our school is a full-inclusion school, and much of her stories involve her own experience in sp. ed and LD. #4thchat
My Biographies page https://t.co/a0ltD2vqcA Have students create a timeline of their lives.
Then, using that information they can write their own autobiography. #4thchat
#4thchat The main issue I think for those that prepare is pacing yourself out so that you have enough time to do the certification. Can't over due some parts and leave others undone.
A4: #4thchat We have been working on #growthmindset and I hadn't thought of using biographies. We have highlighted people for perseverance but hadn't thought of full bios.
My Biographies page https://t.co/a0ltD2vqcA Have students create a timeline of their lives.
Then, using that information they can write their own autobiography. #4thchat
A4: After our biography unit we made a huge timeline. It was awesome to hear students put the timeline together & discuss how the people could have been related (due to time/place in history). It was a great visual too! #4thchat
A4: One of our Ts a few years ago would begin the year by having kids interview each other and write a short biography of their partner as a way to get to know each other. #4thchat
Working on new biography right now #4thchat because I was inspired by the life story of my hero. His father was an imigrant. The 19th century = challenge to make these years real to our 21stc Ss
#4thchat Great theme ‘Rebel Girls’ -here’s a fantastic book to get you started. ❤️ ‘Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls introduces one hundred remarkable women & their extraordinary lives, from Ada Lovelace to Malala, Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama.’ https://t.co/r3mmIW1LAg…
A teacher in our school actually has Ss interview teachers & then write bio poems for them. They share the poems at an all school assembly. Kind of nice, really @srintchr#4thchat
A4: After our biography unit we made a huge timeline. It was awesome to hear students put the timeline together & discuss how the people could have been related (due to time/place in history). It was a great visual too! #4thchat
#4thchat My wife did a biography type project from PBS Faces of America where Ss interviewed family. I can get the resources they were hard to find. Here is the initial link: https://t.co/dCfst7mx0T
It is challenging to get them to read something from way back. My students really LOVED the Little House in the Big Woods (not considered biography) but were fascinated by how difficult life was back then. #4thchat Helped we read a lot together & discussed.
@ginakiyuna Wax Museum was awesome. I could press the button repeatedly like an obnoxious person & the Ss would stutter and start over on cue. Completely I rehearsed. Solid learning. #4thchat
@ginakiyuna Wax Museum was awesome. I could press the button repeatedly like an obnoxious person & the Ss would stutter and start over on cue. Completely unrehearsed. Solid learning. #4thchat
#4thchat My wife did a biography type project from PBS Faces of America where Ss interviewed family. I can get the resources they were hard to find. Here is the initial link: https://t.co/dCfst7mx0T
A8: Do a shared aloud of a grade appropriate biography. Share thoughts about the book each week via a blog, GHO, Edmodo, slow Twitter chat, etc. #4thchat
#4thchat This one is similar and fun to do with lots of options: Fodey The Newspaper Clipping Generator - Create your own fun newspaper https://t.co/pYoupdF8OU
