Proper Commenting

Responding to other students' work is a skill that is important in today's society.  Being able to read, critically and concisely respond with statements and questions (as opposed to one or two word phrases) and give feedback are some of the things 4th Grade Purple is working on.  Today, students read each other's blogs and practiced good commenting skills.  It's always nice when we can read responses to our writing, knowing that we have an audience for our work.

Rainbow Poems

With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, 4th Grade Purple is thinking about things green, leprechauns, pots of gold, rainbows, and more!

Today during one of our language arts pods, and then continuing into some of our writing time, students wrote a colour poem using the colours of the rainbow.  We discussed what good grade 4 writing (sentences) look and sound like, using adjectives and extending with detail.  Those with time to spare recalled how to upload an image into their post (or utilized the help of many of their classmates).

We hope you enjoy our poems --> Rainbow Poems

Ski Week Extravaganza

Interested to hear how we spent our ski week? The students started their morning off by blogging about their activities.  It was great to see how engaged they were in sharing this information, and of course doing so in different colours. ;)

Ski Week Extravaganza!