Miss Quimby & The 4Q Fam

The 4Q Fam: Friends. Readers. Writers. Mathematicians. Scientists. Explorers. Dreamers. Collaborators. Upstanders. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Some recent fun: a trip to our local farm, spring crafts with buddies, a GeoDome workshop, and Field Day! #fourthgraderocks 💙

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We recently unwrapped these four awesome books for #FirstChapterFriday📚🎁

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Accentuate the positive! Positive pop graffiti by grade 4 for our @Square1Art fundraiser. This was a doozy to complete (sooo many steps) but who doesn’t want to spread joy, kindness and love? @QuimbysClass @BrownBears_4 @tildenteaches @kaile_nguon @natickps

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We shared the love in 4Q yesterday. #ValentinesDay ❤️🥰

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Check out who we met in the month of January! #MeetSomeoneNewMonday

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Reading is a gift! The Adventure is Now by @Jess__Red was unwrapped on Friday! Readers are eager to join Milton on his adventure. #FirstChapterFriday 📚🎁

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Mathematicians have been hard at work as they practice representing and comparing fractions.

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We learned about Zaha Hadid today. She used familiar landscapes to bring her architectural visions to life! #MeetSomeoneNewMonday

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We are impressed by Fauja Singh’s accomplishments! We recorded life lessons on our class MSNM @padlet to remember what his story teaches the world. #MeetSomeoneNewMonday

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Check out the books we unwrapped to celebrate #FirstChapterFriday in December! 📚🎁

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We loved learning about Frances Perkins. We were touched and impressed by her motivation to fight for many communities of people across the United States. Women can make a difference when given the opportunity! #MeetSomeoneNewMonday

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Yesterday, Ms. McHugh read to us about Stevie Wonder! #MeetSomeoneNewMonday 🎹

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Researchers create plans and visual tools before teaching: How will you hook your audience? What’s your teaching point? What supporting images will you create? What paper design do you need? Bring your vision to life. Now, use those explaining voices & teaching fingers! #TCRWP

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Today, we were introduced to Mary Golda Ross. One reader shared a life lesson — “In life, women can be whatever they want. They don’t just have to sit back and follow others’ expectations.” #MeetSomeoneNewMonday

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Last week, we learned about Harvey Milk! #MeetSomeoneNewMonday 🏳️‍🌈

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Reading is a gift! Young, Fearless, Awesome: 25 Young People Who Changed the World was unwrapped today! We read the introduction & considered the main ideas. We also studied the table of contents and structure of each chapter - info writing inspiration! #FirstChapterFriday 📚🎁

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Ms. McHugh read to us about Megan Rapinoe today! She is competitive. #MeetSomeoneNewMonday ⚽️

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Reading is a gift! Dragons in a Bag by @zettaelliott was unwrapped today! The summary sounds fantastical, and we enjoyed meeting Jaxon in chapter one. #FirstChapterFriday 📚🎁

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This week, nonfiction readers read across texts about one choice topic. They began practicing what it looks like to identify text structure, take notes, and collect/solve words! All of these skills will help them as they move forward into a new research project. #growingreaders

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Ms. McHugh read aloud to us about Alan Turing today! We thought about social justice. #MeetSomeoneNewMonday