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The 4th graders have completed their final project ending their first book club study! Each student was part of a group that chose a book from 3 choices. The book clubs met over the course of 2 weeks to discuss the book. The final project was to create a iMovie trailer first by planning and then filming and acting. The results are fabulous! When we watched the short movies in class, many students shouted out "I want to read that book now!" Music to my ears. Check out the students hard work below.
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The Oregon Trail Overnight is in a couple of days. When packing for our trip, please keep a close eye on the weather and pack rain gear if necessary! As a class we have begun our Oregon Trail simulation. Each student chose a pioneer name and family to make the pretend journey. The pioneers packed their wagons and joined a wagon train. Then each wagon train chose a wagon master to lead the wagons safely across the wild frontier. Interested students wrote and presented speeches to his/her train. The wagon trains then voted for a wagon master, their leader. It will take a couple of weeks to get all the way to Oregon on our in class journey. The students will be writing diary entries to, in the end, create a journal. There has been a bunch of excitement humming around our classroom this past week. I love it! Here are some photos of the wagon master speeches.
Our next field trip is coming up quick. We are heading by bus to visit Fort Vancouver on Tuesday, April 24th in the morning. Look for the field trip form coming home tomorrow in your 4th graders planner. Two parents have volunteered to come along and I am looking for a couple more. Let me know if you are interested. We will leave at 9:00 am and return by 11:15 am at the latest. A quick reminder that our Go West play will be performed on Friday, April 20th at 1:30 pm in the Parish Hall. On May 10th, the 4th graders will be leading the all school Mass for The Ascension of the Lord. I hope you can join us at 2 pm in the church.
That is all I have for now. Blessings to you and your family this rainy Sunday!
Jenn Langhus
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