Erin Young

[Miss Kennedy @KeepUpWithMissK]

Love a good PD about writing workshop in the virtual classroom by @Ms_Young_Melzer 📖📝

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

@KeepUpWithMissK @MelzerMLions 😻

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

*hard at work

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Should we break away from Britain? These Loyalists and Patriots were having at work preparing for their debate tomorrow! #63success #melzermoments #tcrwp

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Patriots caucusing

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

I love how this student gave herself some space to digest her information 😍

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Loyalists caucusing

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Today some chemists from Northwestern showed us various examples of energy transfer. Thank you, @JasonKhoury1 @julielfenton @tslade005 !

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

We celebrated the end of our biography unit with a social! Students had to pick a person they read about and stay in character as they walked around meeting new people. #63success #tcrwp

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

I had an amazing time listening to Jasmine Warga talk about her newest book, which won a Newbery Honor Award this week! 😀

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

It took a couple of days, but every group figured out how to transfer energy from a battery to a lightbulb! 💡

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Kicking off our energy unit by activating some background knowledge. #melzermoments

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Designing homes for the wild robot, Roz! 🤖 @MrsCDouglass

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

A cozy way to spend the afternoon before winter break. #melzermoments

[Miss Kennedy @KeepUpWithMissK]

One of my favorite days of the year so far! All 4th graders have been researching a side of a debatable topic and today we came together by switching classes to hold our debates! @Ms_Young_Melzer 👏🏼🙌🏼 #melzermoments

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

And see that one underneath "least important" and flipped over? That would be the right to bear arms...🤷

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

After learning about the rights of US citizens, I gave my class the challenge of ranking them from most important to least important. Lively and thoughtful discussion ensued! #melzermoments

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

It was great to see the @MelzerMLions compete at Battle of the Books this evening. Their enthusiasm was unmatched! @MrsCDouglass

[Erin Young @Ms_Young_Melzer]

Each team is designing a structure that could withstand an earthquake, volcano, tsunami, and flood! #63success #melzermoments