Welcome to Ms. Erin's Room!: The Week in Photos: January 13-17

We have been very busy since school started back!

In 4th math, we have been studying geometry and shapes that are congruent. To illustrate the concept of a translation or a slide, we made tessellations! (This was something I did in 9th grade geometry, so when it was in the curriculum, I was super excited! The 4th graders proved they could do it!)

A simple note card becomes...

tessellation by Bente

Oliver's tessellation

Daniel's tessellation

Tessellation by Danielle

Tessellation by Simon

We began a unit on the human body. First, we learned about plant and animal cells and how they are alike and different.

Adrienne's cells, side by side.

Bente's animal cell

Queen's plant cell

We learned that cells make up tissues, tissues make up organs, and organs make up organ systems. Then teams were assigned body systems. They worked together to research information to put into a poster, presentation, and visual representation (human body)!

Andrew and Danielle work on the nervous system.

Malcolm and Connor research the respiratory system.

Simon and Oliver work on their digestive system poster.

Ian and Queen study the circulatory system.

Daniel adds bones to his skeletal system model.

Bente and Unai make their muscular system poster.

Ian and Queen get to work on their heart.

On Thursday, we headed down to the Middle School to join Mr. Riley and the 7th graders. They taught us how to look at slides under a microscope! We looked at human blood cells, a bee leg, corn starch, a peacock feather, and a fern spore!

Adrienne looks on.

Connor looks at human blood.

Simon's turn!

Unai observes and sketches.

Adrienne focuses on her peacock feather.

Oliver's turn!

Bente takes a look.

In writing, we started an expository informational text: writing about expert topics! This way, we can practice our writing skills while teaching each other about what we know.