Thanks for an amazing year!!!

World Problem Solvers

The Diviacchi Daredevils did an AMAZING job with their presentations this week!

Forensics and Summer Safety

Thank you Officer Deuchler for coming into our classroom to talk about forensics and summer safety.

From the “Great” Fire to Today – How Firefighting Has Changed

Thank you to Fireman Steffan for coming in to talk to our class about how fire equipment has changed since the Great Chicago Fire.

The Grove Field Trip

What we learned: https://padlet.com/mrsdiviacchi/thegrove

Ready to Travel Back in Time for our Field Trip to The Grove!

4th Grade Poetry Jam

Perpendicular Lines in the Classroom

http://padlet.com/mrsdiviacchi/perpendicular

Mystery Skype!

Today we did a mystery Skype with a third grade class. They asked us questions and we answered then we switched. Using only yes/no questions we determined they were in North Carolina by asking the question "is your state Capitol Raleigh" they said yes. Then they figured out that our state was Illinois and then we told them a little bit about where we live and they did the same. I think all the Daredevils and Coconuts had a blast.

 (Blog Entry by Lauren)

Rube Goldberg Machines

While half of the class was at chorus, we worked with Mrs. Chrystall's class to explore force, energy and simple machines by making Rube Goldberg Machines! Here are videos of their failures and successes! Enjoy!

Sparks Night

Dear Parents,

 

Next Monday, May 16th, we will be celebrating the arts and what we do with your kids during their time with the specials teachers (art, PE, library, music, Spanish).  Come and enjoy artwork, Spanish games, and a  hamsteriffic celebration for our One Book, One School read.  A concert and dancing will finish off the evening.  This event is for everyone,  the more the merrier!  We hope to see you there!  

We will also be having a book swap in the cafeteria.  Please bring a gently used book or two and hopefully your child will find something great to take home.  Finally, we are collecting the Humphrey books if your child would like to donate it back so we can pass it on to another group of kids.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Rolfes at krolfes@op97.org.

 

 

SpArKs  - Monday May 16th - 6:00-7:30

Library - Hamster games/crafts in Cafeteria 6:00-7:10

Spanish - Games in the Cafeteria - 6:00-7:10

Art - View artwork in the halls 

Music - Chorus in the auditorium 6:40-7:10

PE- Dancing on the blacktop 7:10-7:30

Also in cafeteria - Book Swap and Humphrey book collection

Art Appreciation Projects

Art Meets Technology 

Art meets binary code and static screens

Earth Day Project

We created a giant picture of the world using pictures from old magazines.

My Amazing Earth Day Birthday from the class!

Fingerprint Art

Our fingerprints are unique and so is each student's artwork! Using our own fingerprints, we created these beautiful pictures!

Setting up our Terrariums!

Daredevils hanging out at class recess :)

Chicago Fire Video

Click here for the Chicago Fire Video

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

"Could an entire city really burn to the ground?

Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city, but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode.

An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar! Will Oscar survive one of the most famous and devastating fires in history?" - From www.amazon.com

Reading assignments - Each week, the students will ready a chunk of the book (see below for the specific chapters that should be read each week). For each reading assignment, the kids will also have a page to complete in their I Survived the Great Chicago Fire booklet. On this page in their booklet each week, they will summarize what they read from the main character's point of view, identify one example of figurative language from the reading (the book has a lot), and find one new or interesting word. 

Chunk 1 - due Monday, May 2nd

Chapters 1 - 4

Pages 1-24

Chunk 2 - due Tuesday, May 10th

Chapters 5 - 8

Pages 25 - 47

Chunk 3 - due Tuesday, May 17th

Chapters 9 - 12

Pages 48 - 73

Chunk 4 - due Monday, May 23rd

Chapters 13 - End of the book (including the afterword)

Pages 74 - End of the book

Weekly Reading Requirements

·      Read assigned pages

·      As you are reading your assigned chapters, you will write a specific journal entry each week.

Fun Facts about Illinois!

http://www.50states.com/facts/illinois.htm

https://usafunfacts.wikispaces.com/Illinois

http://www.ducksters.com/geography/state.php?State=Illinois

When I grow up...

The problem I want to solve is... 


“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up but what problems they want to solve. This changes the conversation from who do I want to work for, to what do I need to learn to be able to that.” – Jaime Casap, Google Global Education Evangelist

 Project Requirements

Presentation Requirements

Project Rubric

Google Form - What Problem Do You Want to Solve?   

Website to explore for ideas! 

Research Resources

Global Virtual Classroom

The best journey takes you home... 

Our 4th graders created a website with schools from Voznesenskoye, Russia and Kingwood, Texas about homes around the world. As you check out the website, you will see that the kids researched homes around the world, wrote about their favorite part of their own home, reflected on what they think homes of the future may entail, and they included information about how we helped the homeless this year.

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Survival Book Trailers

Frozen Stiff:

 

Hatchet:

 

Holes:

Wild River:

Field Trip to Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

A padlet about what we learned!