This year I will be working with fourth and fifth grade students in two capacities.
Interest based units Students are placed in two-week units based on their interest from a survey at the beginning of the year. 5th grade units: Digital storytelling, Forensic Science, Technology, Rube Goldberg, Money, Money, Money, Engineering, and The Amazing Race 4th grade units: Inventions/Creativity, Games and computer programming, Technology, Expanding Universe, and Circuits and Electricity Advanced Learning and Problem-Based Projects Select students in grades three, four, and five will participate in Problem Based learning projects, WordMasters, Continental Math League, and book clubs.