Fourth Grade
Fourth graders dig into spreadsheets, stop motion video, and digital graphics, and finish the year with the Famous Person project.
What we do in Fourth Grade
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Digital Skills
Spreadsheet Magic!
This is our first big unit of the year. After learning spreadsheet basics through a series of lessons, kids research a fast food restaurant meal and then analyze the meal using spreadsheet formulas, charts, and graphs. A great project!
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Creativity
Spanish Vocabulary Game
Students create a Spanish vocabulary game for the Smartboard. Using Smart Notebook and four game templates, students created interactive games they shared in Spanish class.
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Creativity
Stop Motion Video Project
This is one of the favorite projects students complete in Fourth Grade. My ideas for this unit came from a summer workshop conducted by Joe Dockery of Mt. Si High School.
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Creativity
Claymation Unit
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Creativity
Introduction to Fireworks 8
We have a site license for the Macromedia 8 suite of products (Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash) so we use all three to introduce our students to web concepts. In this unit students learn to use Fireworks to create and manipulate graphics and photos.
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Research
Famous Person Graphic Encyclopedia
Each year the Fourth Grade students research a famous person, then come to school one day dressed as that person for a formal presentation in their classroom. I have the kids come to the lab where we take various poses against the green screen for later use in the project following their introduction to Fireworks. It is a fun project to finish out the year with!
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Robotics & Engineering
Mission to Mars: Lego Engineering Adventure
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Games and practice
Extra things to try when a project is finished. Some of these open other web sites in a new tab.