He's Back!!!

Miss Donofrio and Mrs. Constande's 4th Graders welcome home, Mr. Daniel Keegan from a 5 month deployment! He LOVES his banner you all made for him! We can't wait for this real life HERO to come visit our class!! I wonder if he will help me teach or if he will act as a student for the day... what do you guys think he should do?! :D

New Decimal Game!

The super cool decimal game we played in class today is now linked under 'Math Sites!' as Fractions, Decimals and Percents :) Happy Learning!

Yay, it's Decimals!

If you're ever stuck at home, refer to these videos for some simple explanations about decimal place value and finding fraction, decimal, and percent equivalents! :) You'll see some new charts in our classroom that will help guide you during the work period this week. We'll also take a look at lots of examples on Monday!

Decimal Place Value

Fraction, Decimal, and Percent Equivalents

Stuck on Fractions?

Check out these cool videos to help you understand different topics in Math!

Click this link --> Scholastic Study Jams

then click through the different math topics until you reach fractions. These will be sure to help you or confirm strategies that you are already using! :)

St. Augustine Field Study!

Here are some pictures from our St. Augustine Field Study! We had an AWESOME time seeing the history from our textbook and discussions come to life! The tour of the Castillo de San Marcos was so interesting. I definitely learned some things that I did not know before our trip. We also couldn't believe how short the Spanish explorers were! My little friends should feel so lucky that they got explore a city that is such a huge part of Florida's history. If you want to research more about the Fort, the official government website is right here. --> click me!

Leave a comment with your favorite part of the trip or a fact that your learned :D

Hope you all have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! See you on Tuesday!

Breaking Magnets!

We explored with broken magnets! Friends had lots of predictions about what they thought would happen to the magnets. Some said they they would become weaker, others said that they would stay just as they are with both N and S poles, and some said they would no longer have both a N and a S pole. Good thing we did this experiment, because we learned that even when you break a magnet, it will ALWAYS have a north-seeking pole and a south-seeking pole.

The image below shows the same piece of a broken magnet. The image on the left shows the south pole of the bar magnet attracting to the broken magnet. This must mean that is the NORTH pole of the broken magnet. The image on the right shows the south pole of the bar magnet repelling the broken magnet. This must mean that is the SOUTH pole of the bar magnet, since like poles repel one another.

Friends learned a lot from this exploration and had a great time too! :D

Free Exploration with Magnets!

Magicians or Magnetism?

Magicians or Magnetism? from Denise Donofrio on Vimeo.