Three 4th graders from BES received "Honorable Mention" in a recent Reading Rainbow Contest.
Students wrote and illustrated original pieces of work.
Allison P. - "Hurry Up Dr. Phil!"
Shannon R. - Sledding Down the Tower
Kira C. - The Girl with the Golden Wheels
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Gold Coin - Grade 4 TAG
We learned many things about writing, acting and stage production when we rewrote “The Gold Coin” in play form and staged a performance for our peers.
• It is important to project our voices
• How to decide what of a story becomes narration, spoken by actors, part of the scenery, and acted out through actor’s facial expressions and movements.
• Collaboration of writing, problem solving, sharing jobs
• How to overcome stage fright
• How much we have grown in the past year. (some of us use to have stage fright in third grade, but not in fourth).
• Sometimes we allowed one person to make decisions and be the leader
• It is important to project our voices
• How to decide what of a story becomes narration, spoken by actors, part of the scenery, and acted out through actor’s facial expressions and movements.
• Collaboration of writing, problem solving, sharing jobs
• How to overcome stage fright
• How much we have grown in the past year. (some of us use to have stage fright in third grade, but not in fourth).
• Sometimes we allowed one person to make decisions and be the leader
Rainforest Detour - 3rd Grade TAGS Play
Reported by: Jack P.
A cat has been accidentally dropped off by a plane in the middle of the rainforest. The cat is lost and doesn't know what to do. Several different animals approach the cat and try to convince her to join their groups. The rainforest animals included: parrots, anteater, ant bird, spider monkeys, howler monkeys, katydids, a boa constrictor, and a puma. The cat finds something wrong with each of the animals and their way of life. Suddenly the plane reappears and takes the cat away. All the animals are sad to see her go.
A cat has been accidentally dropped off by a plane in the middle of the rainforest. The cat is lost and doesn't know what to do. Several different animals approach the cat and try to convince her to join their groups. The rainforest animals included: parrots, anteater, ant bird, spider monkeys, howler monkeys, katydids, a boa constrictor, and a puma. The cat finds something wrong with each of the animals and their way of life. Suddenly the plane reappears and takes the cat away. All the animals are sad to see her go.
35th Parallel - Music Assembly
The Friends of Music funded the "35th Parallel" performance on March 31, culminating Music in Our School Month.
Mac Ritchey and Gabe Halberg are multi instrumentalists who share music from the Middle East, North India, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Besides their performance, they held special classes to discuss with third and fourth graders their different instruments and their own creative process and improvisational approach.
Mac Ritchey and Gabe Halberg are multi instrumentalists who share music from the Middle East, North India, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Besides their performance, they held special classes to discuss with third and fourth graders their different instruments and their own creative process and improvisational approach.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
About the State Invention Convention by Kerry Riley
All the inventions were really cool. There were some inventions that went through a maze just to take a picture or receive a cookie. There were others that were very simple. One of my favorites was the "Sip Drip". (see photos below)
State Final Award Winners, Reported Live by Kerry Riley
Two students from Barrington won awards at the State Final Invention Convention Competition at Merrimack Valley High School.
Over 40 schools and 139 inventions were represented from communities across the state.
Finn D., Inventor of the Game Assistant won the Leisure Award.
Sam W., Inventor of the Toaster Pult won the Most Marketable Award.
See video footage below.
Over 40 schools and 139 inventions were represented from communities across the state.
Finn D., Inventor of the Game Assistant won the Leisure Award.
Sam W., Inventor of the Toaster Pult won the Most Marketable Award.
See video footage below.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Grade 4 Invention Convention Winners
This is Oliver P. reporting for BES Live. I'm interviewing the winners for the BES 4th grade Invention Convention.
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