Natasha Tyjer-Mendez

4th Grade Teacher at Riverdale Public School

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After reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the students created board games. They created the boards, the directions, the question cards, and everything else needed in order to play. They even designed and 3D printed game components.

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Choosing paint colors and calculating costs

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Choosing flooring and calculating costs for Dream Houses

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Creating and solving Two Truths and a Lie- Fraction and Decimal edition

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As we analyzed parts of a play, the students received their own Fractured Fairytales to put on. They chose parts, made some simple props, practiced their stage entrances, and put on the plays- all with very little time.

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Today was a matching/sorting day. We matched short paragraphs with their main ideas. We also sorted division word problems while interpreting remainders.

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I had the opportunity to share some of the games I play in my classroom that the students really enjoy. I’m thankful my awesome colleagues jumped right in and played. 🙂

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Working in partners to complete inference challenges

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Some student created 2 Truths and a Lie- Math Version

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Working on reasoning and computing with the Smallest Product game

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Two brains are better than one! Students are collaborating as they work to complete our partial products scavenger hunt.

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Using the short Hey Deer! to practice making predictions

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Students deal 5 random cards, and the 6th card becomes the Target Number. Using any operations, they work to reach that number. It’s amazing to see their math fluency, creativity, and problem-solving skills grow with every round!

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Bright Color Day

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First the students sorted story problems. They then solved and searched the classroom and hallway for the matching sums/differences. For each one, they got a puzzle piece and had to put the mystery puzzle together.

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Hawaiian Day- We understood the assignment

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I think games and movement make learning fun. Today, students were analyzing longer passages and identifying character traits and evidence. After each question, there was a game for a point. This was the balloon pop. Each ballon had a paper inside with a way to earn points.

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This was an amazing game- so simple, yet so fun. The kids want to play again and can’t wait to see who has the most bad bugs. #fourthgrade #studentengagement #elementaryteacher #iteachfourth

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We had a talk today about being a community- motivating each other, pushing one another, and holding each other accountable. After school, a scholar decided to take time and write everyone a message. 💙. #buildingcommunity #fourthgrade #striveforgreatness