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Field Day:  Videos

5/31/2018

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I almost forgot to put these videos from Field Day on the website.  They are very short, and they only show part of the activity that wore kids out on that last Friday, but they still make for good memories.  Principal Bozarth even got in on the action, mounting a scooter and wiggling his way to the finish line.
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World's Fair 2.0:  Response from Authors

5/30/2018

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When our final projects, involving children's literature, history, art, and tiny robots, started developing, I emailed the authors and related organizations with links and information.  It didn't take long before I received return communication from each of them.

From Ben Mikaelsen, author of a story about a cerebral palsy patient named Petey (the book titled Petey, as well)​, we received the following message:
What amazing students. I felt so honored you chose my book Petey for this wonderful project....You all get 'A's" from me. :-)
Louis Sachar, author of There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, a wonderfully sweet story about a troubled boy and his school counselor, wrote:
Thanks...  I'm honored.  Say hi to your students from me, and also from my wife, Carla, who was a school counselor 30 years ago.  With best wishes,  Louis Sachar
Kate Messner, author of The Seventh Wish,  the book that takes a girl through the confusion of her sister's heroin abuse, wrote:
Oh, what a great, fascinating project! Thanks for sharing the photos [and] the link!  Best, Kate​
Two of the other projects were based on my own books, Mumsket and Chippin Cleats, so students got face-to-face feedback from the author.

The last project was based on a series of events in American history - the Corps of Discovery (or, the Lewis and Clark Expedition).  The "author" of that event in our past, Thomas Jefferson, is no longer living, so I tweeted to Monticello, the mansion and plantation owned by our third president, and the folks there retweeted it.  A handful of followers even liked the retweet.

Hopefully these little gestures of response lend some authenticity to the project.  Knowing their eyes have been on projects in which our students have participated is a connection we didn't know we could make at the time.

If you didn't see the projects for yourself, check the following links:
Petey
Mumsket
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Corps of Discovery
The Seventh Wish
Chippin Cleats
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Music Appreciation:  A Million Dreams

5/29/2018

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Students are often called upon
to read "chorally".

​That is, they read together
simultaneously 
as a group.

Repeating this practice assists young readers with reading fluency - the speed, accuracy, and inflection of  oral reading.

Why not, since it's called "choral" reading anyway, actually read the chorus of a song? ​
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Field Day Photos:  Water

5/28/2018

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World's Fair 2.0:  Mumsket Dark Ride

5/27/2018

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Our robot "people transporter" enjoyed its trip through the story of Mumsket.  Mumsket is my own book about a boy with a poor home life with a weak mother and an abusive stepdad.

​When the main character, Aaron, gets swept away in a snow storm, he discovers Mumsket and learns that life in the future does not have to be like his life in the past.

This group did a fine job of depicting Mumsket's cave and displaying the most impactful scenes in sequence.  They hope you enjoy their quick presentation.

We're looking forward to the last group's dark ride in a couple of days.  They chose one of my other books, Chip Cleats.
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Farewell to McCombs

5/26/2018

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Thanks to MACIE's mom, we have video of Mr. Gweedle's arrival to honor Ms. McCombs.  You can imagine how difficult it was to focus on my studies with this guy as my college roommate.

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World's Fair 2.0:  Chippin Cleats Dark Ride

5/25/2018

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The last group's dark ride project happens to be about one of my own books, Chippin Cleats.  Students didn't quite know how to take this story when I started reading it. They weren't sure about the violent nature of the main characters, wannabe gang members in St. Louis, Missouri.

When one of the character dies in a gang fight, friend Devin flees with his mother.  They find themselves staying with relatives in rural Oklahoma, where Devin realizes that gang life is not everywhere and that he doesn't have to fight to survive.

This was the last group to finish, but they also included some unique features in their ride - some pass-through scenes and a three-dimensional bus.
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Field Day Photos:  Inside

5/24/2018

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Last Day of Fourth Grade

5/23/2018

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I can't adequately capture the last day of school in pictures.  I don't even know why I try.

We started the day with our end-of-the-year slide show - over 600 photographs in 67 minutes, set to appropriate farewell music.

Pretty soon it was time to take our yearbooks to the gym where we conduct our traditional autograph session. Sometimes it's hard to know just the right things to write - something personal that will mean something to each student for years to come.  We spent about an hour in the gym, with me sitting and signing with a line of autograph hounds in front of me.

Afterward, we returned to the slide show, and there may have been a couple of songs taken from our Veterans Day program in November.  It was great to remember the program as the class sang along.

Finally, some students wanted to make speeches.  Honestly, when a couple of them took to the stage, I wondered what they might say.  I remembering thinking, This should be interesting.  But they did not disappoint.  They hit on the main points of our class this year, recognizing that we are different, that every person has improved, that we are a family, that everyone feels the support of his/her classmates, that we will never have this experience again. JOSIAH pointed to his head and his heart respectively, as he told us, "We may not remember each other here, but we will always remember each other here."  In line going to get lunches, he also told some of his classmates, "Anyone who doesn't get teary-eyed, today, needs to find a heart."

The kids ate lunch on the back porch and played for just a couple of minutes before going back inside for a huge group hug and one last "Once a Hoggatteer, Always a Hoggatteer!"  Lining up for the final departure turned out to be too much for some, and the waterworks began.  While other classes were celebrating the last day of a torturous year of slavery, Hoggatteers were expressing a bond - a connection based on respect and love.

It's always interesting to this teacher which students are the most affected.  Strangely, it's often that tough guy - the one who gets in trouble the most - who starts sobbing first.  His face gets red and wet.  His eyes are bloodshot. And he's not embarrassed because he is in the moment, experiencing loss and sentiment.  He means it.  His emotions are raw and real.  Other students, again, reach out to him with support.

I'm still getting messages from supportive parents.  It feels great to see that parents and students alike have appreciated my efforts.  Even when I make mistakes, they know that I have put my all into their children.  They understand that the love and concern that I have for their kids is genuine - that I want the best for each and every one of them.

So off we go into the summer season (which actually isn't until June 21).  We shall enter the season with the relief, satisfaction, and fatigue of knowing that we have grown mightily during this school year.
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World's Fair 2.0:  The Seventh Wish Dark Ride

5/22/2018

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Today, we present the third group's final project.  This group chose the book The Seventh Wish for their dark ride.  They created these intricate scene, "coded" the track for the Ozobot to follow, and took their video.

We recently finished reading a newer book titled The Seventh Wish.  This book, by Kate Messner, combines some unusual content with fantasy and stark reality.  It includes Irish dance, ice fishing, a fish that grants wishes, and heroin.

We were thrilled to get this project finished before school was dismissed for the summer.  This teacher was especially happy to see how well this particular group worked together and got things done.
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Field Day Photos:  Outside

5/21/2018

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Mr. Gweedle Makes an Appearance

5/20/2018

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My exuberant college roommate showed up for our assembly, Thursday. Typical to his character, Mr. Gweedle was an over-the-top addition to an otherwise serious moment.  He came to honor Assistant Principal McCombs as she prepares to take a new job as a school principal in Neosho.  The class was excited to meet him, but we're not sure what Ms. McCombs and Principal Bozarth thought.
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World's Fair 2.0:  There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom Dark Ride

5/19/2018

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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom is one of Louis Sachar's sweetest and most heartfelt books.  Set in a typical American school, this story features a main character, Bradley Chalkers, who is stuck as a bully and doesn't quit know how to get unstuck.

Through the efforts of a new counselor in the school and some revelations that Bradley picks up along the way, this boy undergoes a positive transformation.

One of our groups chose There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom as the topic of their dark ride.  It was interesting to see how each group attacked this creative project in different ways and how they all "coded" their tracks to instruct the Ozobot to perform special moves throughout the ride.
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Newest Hoggatteers

5/18/2018

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During the last week of school, this year, next year's Hoggatteers were given the opportunity to "fly up" from third grade.  In one short, 30-minute period, they met their new teacher.  That, of course, was just long enough for an introduction to the energy of our class and some quick questions about me and an introduction to Mrs. Friend, who will student teach in our classroom for the first half of the 2018/9 school year. Naturally, they are curious.

I love the opportunity to make this presentation.  All summer, they are going to wonder about their fourth grade experience!
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Are you one of my new recruits or the parent of a new recruit?  Stay in touch by commenting below or by emailing me over the summer!  Most are already connected to our class on ClassDojo, but if you aren't, please let me know, and I'll get you set up.  That way you can receive direct messages from me and send me messages, as well.
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World's Fair 2.0:  Petey Dark Ride

5/17/2018

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Our second dark ride for the World's Fair 2.0 is based on one of our favorite read-aloud books, Petey.  Petey was written by Ben Mikaelsen, who has one of the most unique voices in children's literature.

Here is the story of a man named Petey, starting with his birth in the early 1900s and finishing with a mature Petey in the nursing home.  Along the way the deformed, Cerebral Palsy patient meet and endears himself to many people.  Here is a story that breaks the mold for the type of books typically read by intermediate students.

It was interesting to this teacher to see which scenes would be chosen to highlight the sequence of this book.  Our Ozobot "people transporter" seemed to enjoy the quick trip around the circuit.
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