Ms. VanDeWerken

Teacher. 4th grade. STEAM. IDI. 👩🏻

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Students love going over food chains and seeing the end results of an owl’s lunch. @PLEgators

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Students chose a “Fun Friday” for their compliments chart reward. Art, Minecraft edu, and exploring building are some activities they chose @PLEgators

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Stretching our thinking by using HMH challenge problems in math. @PLEgators

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

What’s buggin you? We see up our cups today to observe the lifecycle of a meal worm. @PLEgators #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

We talked about public and private victories today. It was a win-win as we looked to see how we do things for ourselves and others. @PLEgators #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

What a crazy school year, but we made out! @PLEgators #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Learning about the rotation of Earth and apparent movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars are related. Today we looked at how the Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear to move east to west and creates changing shadows. @PLEgators #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Friday challenge ⁦@PLEgators⁩ ⁦@mianok16⁩ ⁦@ccpsDRIVE2BFIT⁩

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Skipping challenge ⁦@mianok16⁩ ⁦@PLEgators⁩ ⁦@ccpsDRIVE2BFIT⁩

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These kids requested some 90s today 😂 @mianok16 @PLEgators @ccpsDRIVE2BFIT

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. By the end of the day their lunch boxes were at 56.3*, 68*, and 68.9*. @PLEgators #gatorstrong #steam

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Designing lunch boxes #steam #gatorstrong @PLEgators

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Hard working 4th graders in @MsVandewerken’s class! They love working together! 😊 @collierschools @MrB_PLE

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#movingonup These ladies added an additional 15 points to their total Reading Counts points. #gatorstrong @PLEgators

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

These ladies are kind of a big deal around here. They have met and exceeded past our school goal of 150 Reading Counts points! @PLEgators #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Reviewing how rocks are formed with their play doh 😋 @PLEgators #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Dissecting owl pellets #gatorstrong @PLEgators

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Just pollinating our flowers as we learn about reproduction of flowering plants. #gatorstrong ⁦@PLEgators⁩

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

Kindness is cool #gatorstrong

[Ms. VanDeWerken @MsVandewerken]

One of my students and my daughter decided to take on the Egg Drop Challenge! Here are their EPDs (egg protection devices). How creative to use a hat as a parachute and bread for padding. @PLEgators