Tug-Of-War

On Friday afternoon, Fitness Fever ended with the Tug-Of-War ... each class faced each other for the epic battle ... there were some sore hands, bumps and bruises, and fierce competition ...

Mr. Greinger's Class - the Victors - Congratulations!

Fitness Fever

Fitness Fever has hit Milaca Elementary School! At 1:30 today, Ms. Leom walked us to the gyms to join the fourth grade classes in another February Tradition ...

After everyone arrived, and we listened to the directions, we had our routine warm up run around the gym ...

Assistant Principal, Mr. Meyer, shot some hoops

floor hockey

Next, it was time to visit each station. (Please forgive Ms. Leom as she makes up names for each station to give some information about the pictures) ...

game with flags

basketball throw

some kind of tag using hoola-hoops

obstacle course

summer saults are part of the obstacle course

Stay tuned for the finale ... the Tug-Of-War ... which fourth grade class will rein this year ... ? Let the games begin!

Penpal Letters

Ms. Leom's class's pen pal letters arrived from Royalton Elementary!

First, we read our letters.

Then, we wrote our replies.

sometimes we need to check back

It was an exciting morning in Room E113!

100 Days

Today is the 100th day of school. In fourth grade, we don't have an extravaganza to celebrate this milestone. Instead, we appreciate and enjoy the fun shared by this group of guests ... they arrive with their canes, walkers, voices, and characters of wisdom ...

(Mrs. Hass, Mrs. Ranweiler, Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Hobert, Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs. Blowers)

Today, Ms. Leom snapped a picture of them as they were preparing for their segment of our morning announcements, Wolf News.

(LOVE THIS school and the extended talents ... with their many talents and gifts that make learning an adventure EVERY day! Today, our First Grade Teachers rock!)

Chocol-ANT-y Learning

It all started in February, when Ms. Leom read the book, Chocolate Fever, to her class. If you are going to read about a boy (Henry Green) who eats SO (too) MUCH chocolate and develops a new disease, you should eat some chocolate to get into the flavor of the story ...

 

We had SO MUCh fun with story, when students asked, "What are we going to read next?", Ms. Leom didn't want to disappoint. So she pulled an old favorite from the closet ...

If you are going to read about Chocolate- Covered Ants, it would be even MORE fun if you got into the flavor of the book ...

So Ms. Leom shared some "chocolate-covered ants" with the class ... So if someone offered you "chocolate covered ants" ... what would you do? Would you try them ... ?

What kind of reaction would you have? What reaction would the people sitting next to you have? Several students insist that they were eating chocolate-covered raisins, but Ms. Leom only raised her eyebrow and twitched her mouth to a smile in a mysterious grin. Then she started reading our new book.

Our attention is captured. We only read to page six. There was a discussion about synonyms for the word, "said" ...

a discussion on puns ... some connections to the Liberty Bell ("LiberANTy Bell") and Independence Hall ("IndependANTS Hall") ... each student has his or her own copy of the book to follow along, and a packet of related learning to develop the story.

F-ANT-astic learning happening in Elem-ANT-ry Room 113!