D8 Explorers

4th grade students from Quail Run Elementary School seeking to learn, inspire, & make a difference (adult support offered by Jon Williams & Jennifer Reynoso).

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Thanks for attending Open House! As promised, here is our music video for "Stability & Motion" #lyriciststudyhall https://t.co/87C2UDqQ31

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We learned so much and built an incredible amount of empathy through our abilities awareness week for ELOs!
We researched independently, read a few books together, and talked to parents and relatives. All in the… https://t.co/H7ORCCSHjV

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During our soft start this morning we continued to study a religion of choice. We focus on learning some of their core values and sorted and shared with one another. Ask your student to teach you about the religion they are learning about. https://t.co/g6ylfUfqe1

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Our next stop in Sacramento....the Capital building! We saw the governor's office, where the state assembly meets, and the BEAUTIFUL rotunda. What was our capital building modeled after? #sacramentofieldtrip… https://t.co/eC6o76Y4hd

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First stop on our Sacramento field trip today....The Train Musuem! Who were the people that helped build the railroad?? 🚂 #sacramentofieldtrip #socialstudies https://t.co/jJRH7aOHxT

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How are waves involved in earthquakes?? That's the first inquiry question we are driving deep on in our new Science unit-Earthquake Engineers! We explored how speed and energy effect a wave's amplitude and wavelength… https://t.co/INWHtFhoor

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As we continue to deepen our learning about African-American history, We will be collecting our questions as we challenge ourselves to make meaning out of the past and present. https://t.co/SLqRMVXX6c

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It's all about Famous Californians for readers and writers workshop right now! Each one of us has chosen a famous or influential Californian. Over the next few weeks, we will be learning all about our person through… https://t.co/LJLt48RVCy

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ELO theme this week was....🎶MUSIC🎶 Loved seeing how music influences and effects so many of our students. Very creative and fun projects this week! https://t.co/IeGcz6lFdB

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Caine's Arcade for Koalas was such a SUCCESS on Friday! We loved getting the chance to share our creations and our hard work over the past few weeks. Watching other students and parents play was a highlight of our… https://t.co/eBk3Jn1e0G

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🤠 GO WEST young 4th grader!! 🤠 What an INCREDIBLE performance in our 4th grade musical. Months of hard work and it shows! Thank you to our music teacher Mrs. Thomas for your hard work and dedication to our yearly… https://t.co/h69pU51dfk

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Exploring population data through some beautiful AND intriguing maps the @uscensusbureau sent our school! Did some noticings on post-it notes and asked each other some great questions about the US population and the… https://t.co/z2bb0hReHS

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Using Kim Sutton's number line to practice our understanding of multiples and factors. Then using this knowledge to determine if a number is prime or composite! This divisibility understanding will be vital as we… https://t.co/djluCkMplD

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Kicking off Division this week! We started with thinking about remainders, as we read a great story called A Remainder of One. We modeled the scenarios in the book by using blocks and thinking about what division equations would represent each scenario. … https://t.co/RUZGrQWcAM

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Kicking off Division this week! We started with thinking about remainders, as we read a great story called A Remainder of One. We modeled the scenarios in the book by using blocks and thinking about what division… https://t.co/uqlnpf4vtg

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New year, new READING unit! We kicked off our new Reading History unit this week, where we will be learning MORE non fiction reading skills as we research in teams about the Gold Rush. Started by brainstorming… https://t.co/93wFweDlXb

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Thank you @ARFtweets for a great assembly today! We learned how ARF and animal rescues work, how dogs noses and ears work, the role of service and therapy animals, and so much more. We even got to meet and pet a… https://t.co/U8ZVR9HgYu

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We had such a BLAST building Gingerbread Houses with our Kindergarten buddies today! Fun and SUGAR was had all around 🎄⛄🎄 https://t.co/BGHlvFxYMD

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To help promote CSED Week, our ELO theme was Computer Science! We learned so much about python, JavaScript, tried our hand at coding through #HourofCode and showed off our evidence today 👨‍💻 🖥️💻👩🏻‍💻 https://t.co/RayH2Y3Nlt

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Teaching our classmates all about the AMAZING research we have been doing about various extreme weather topics. We have become Non Fiction experts and can't wait to share our knowledge! #reading #TCRWP https://t.co/YtbLt9KGnm

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Art + NEW Geometry Vocabulary = An AWESOME math lesson! Creating artwork with our kindness partner that includes rays, lines, acute angles, line segments, right angles, parallel and perpendicular lines, and so much… https://t.co/n43UTJck8q