The Fourth Grade class tries to put the United States back together again. This week the Fourth Grade was working hard on the first drafts of their new epics! The week started with a detailed, in-depth analysis of the typical structure of most plots. From the opening...

Well, the Fourth Grade made up for a short week with what was probably their busiest week of the year (to date). The students planned out their movie night, partied for Halloween, conferenced with Six Grade, started some new concepts in Math, and then ran the Big...

Kenny grows frustrated with the amount of sniffling and noseblowing that he encounters in class. Well, it was a short week, but a fun week! While our normal five days were trimmed down to three, the Fourth Grade didn't lack for things to do! In three days we managed...

Some Fourth Graders line up with their Hero's Journey 'studies.' (Drawings they'd done to help them get a 'feel' for the stories they are crafting.) This week, the Fourth Grade class hosted their very first Parent Lunch of the year. In keeping with our Social Studies...

This week, the students took a journey of their own through the worlds of myth and fiction. Recently, the students completed a 'group read' of Michelle Paver's book, 'Wolf Brother'. The book tells the six-thousand-year-old story of Torak, a young boy surviving in the...

This week the Fourth Graders put the cartography skills they learned in Social Studies, as well as the ratio table skills they learned in Math, to good use! Using a five foot tape measure, students 'leap frogged' across the parking lot and the playground in order to...

This week, the Fourth Graders went a little crazy with spirit, as they did their best to show their Pacific Northern Academy pride! Some of the students whose parents were quick with their email managed to get the answer in to last week's secret newsletter question,...

Though many of the Fourth Graders (and Third Graders from Mrs. Orbase's class) love math, sometimes it's hard to sit still. Because of that, we decided to start our class off this week with some dancing. As you can see from the video above, it really got everyone's...

Not all learning takes place in the classroom, and this week the Fourth Grade class was out and about in Anchorage building team spirit and camaraderie! Who needs a classroom, anyway, when there are so many sunny places to learn outside? First, on Monday, Fourth Grade...

No classroom would ever be complete without a comfortable couch for snoozin' and readin', and the fourth grade classroom is no exception. Over the summer, the second through seventh grades all moved one room over and, during the move, many teachers took the...