Reflections

Gamestar Fourth Grade Reflections

Joe's Game

Mathilde's Game

Clara's Game

Maciek's Game

Aidan and Amelia's Game

A few of my favorite things... by Joe

Aidan the Budding Rock Star's Touching Tribute

Fourth Grade Schedule for Final Two Days

Two more things...

1. Locker/Desk Clean out is tomorrow. Please bring an empty bag big enough for your stuff.
2. Bring a board game/card game to play on Thursday.

Even More Shared Reflections...

Charlie:

I think that this play was a great way to prove what we learned in fourth grade. Everybody that saw it, loved it, and probably couldn’t believe that it was written by fourth graders. I wish that we could do it again because I love to be on stage and talking in the voice that Brutus has. It was very fun to do Sugar, and my parents thought it was very creative and really helped us show our talents in the form of a song. Our journey took a very, very long time, and started when we were making fear fest and were thinking about how to make a literary work frightening by using the six traits of writing.

One of the things that I think proved what we learned in fourth grade, was if I looked back at a persuasion or story that we wrote in the beginning of the year, or in fear fest, and think… “Wow, that was me only months ago, and look how much better my writing is now.”. Even though fear fest was a great success and had very good writing, we got so good at writing, I think that those papers and fear fest could have been so much better. Now that all of it is over, I think that fourth grade is over. I feel like the point of fourth grade has been made, and there is nothing else that we can learn. I don’t feel relieved, but sad that it is all over, and kind of miss the stress of doing homework at 10:00 at night after a baseball game, or still not knowing when to do the sound effects the day before the play, and having to ask Luke for the hundredth time to teach me when to do the sound effects. But in all, it was fun doing all of this, and now that I am looking back, I kind of miss stressing out over projects, and assignments.

Aidan:

Before: This play has been a great success from the sound effects to the actors.  Tomorrow is the play and I am really excited to see and hear the laughter of the kids and parents. I’m am a exterminator and I’m a funny one that doesn't know anything about what is going on or what to do.  

After: Our play was a big hit. We performed for the 7th, 6th, 5th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and our parents. Every laughed more than once. Like when Justin and Dragon’s fight they made everybody that saw it laugh.  Also, when Mr. Fizgibbon walks in with his hilarious walk and sound effects people that saw act three laughed hard. Last, but not least, my part that I thought was the most funniest in act 3 because of me and of my lines.  This was an awesome play and my parents and my Mom’s friend loved it.  I want to know what the next project is but Mr. Crame keeps on redboxing us.  

Shared Reflections Continued

Cyrus,
Writing is an elusive thing. It can be with you at one second, and then slip away before you can even say “I forgot.” If you can catch it at the moment that it is with you, you can engage other people in an amazing thing. I think that in this play we had writing by our side the whole time. There were a few rough patches, but in general it went very well. From February to June we have worked on this play. I remember, after Fear Fest, you told us that there was an even bigger project. Of course, we all knew that it was the play. But you pulled the biggest “red box” and didn’t tell us for three months. Then everything that was anything was leading up to the play. For instance, the animal rights debate, the BS squared project, and the superhero project. Then I realized, the play has led up all of our writing. It will help us throughout our life. We learned all about many things that help our writing. All in all, it has been one of the best experiences in my life. Though it has helped me, I feel dull. I feel like I cannot put my brain to use…then again I feel more full than ever. “Our brains were pushed to the limits” as Nicodemus would say. Their gears are working hard. It was a great learning experience for next year.

 Maciek:

               Reflection #2

Right now I feel like I’ve accomplished something good, getting five compliments and all that. Although the play is over,my emotions are only to be described as all possible emotions are inside my head.

Joy:I finished the play and got lots of compliments!

Sadness:I’m obviously sad because the play is over

Fear: That I will have to do something this hard again.

Though all of that is true,I feel accomplished by what I did,yelling at girls and being sad while talking about death of old age. I feel  like a 999,999,999

ton play was lifted off my shoulders. But today,I’m going to game 1 (today) and game 2 (tomorrow) Of the world volleyball championships of the world and all that stuff.

And I  feel bad that the play is over.

Saniya:

During the play I was kind of worried that something would go wrong except it didn’t and everything went great. Except, now that it's over it's over we're done. After all the times, we did it in one day. To know that the parent performance was the last one is kind of weird to think about. We have been doing this a lot and to know that we are not going to do it again is really sad. I know that we aren’t going to do it anymore except for some reason I can’t get my brain away from the process. I feel like nothing. All these projects were leading up to the play, except what is the play leading up to. Nothing the play is leading up to nothing, nothing except the last week of school. I feel empty. I will look back at this moment and I will remember it. Next year in 5th grade I can’t say 217 it. I have learned a lot this year especially from the play and I am sad to move on.

Gabriela Rose:

When the play started I would always get worried that the sound could be messed up somehow. I was also worried that the dance was going to go wrong like someone forgetting to do something or someone falling off the stage, SOMEHOW...

                                   BUT…………...

My parents loved the play so much. My brother LOVED it. My friend that I invited to come was speechless. The makeup was so fun and cute and I loved looking around and seeing people wearing it. I was really sad that it ended. I loved dancing and singing in front of people.

I really wanted to see my brother’s classes face when cyrus and elizabeth were fighting, all I heard was a lot of laughing. And people loved how felix walked into the room.

I am also sad that when I go to 5th grade I can’t say stuff like 217 it, it just wouldn't work. But now when I go to a play and someone says “Wow youz peeps goods at writeing how you learn dat” and I could respond “I GOT SKIILLZ BRO”.

But overall, I loved 4th grade. Everyone is very nice and loves everything we do.

p.s  MR. CRAME IS THE BEST TEACHER EVER

                                                   The End

Midori:

Right now I don’t really feel like anything. But yet, at the same time I feel sad and somehow relieved that the play is over.

This was probably one of the best experiences that I will ever have at Edison, it was a fun, intense and crazy  experience that I will never forget. I would say that it was the most awesome last project of the year but then again Mr. Crame just won't say what the last project is so I can't quite say that.                                                                  Stupid red box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The day of the play I was jumping up and down with excitement, my face was a bright  red  but not because I was nervous but because the room was so hot but now that it is over I am sitting in my chair not knowing what to do with my life next but some how I know that it will be awesome.

Amelia:

At first, my stomach ached with thriving pains. I thought the play would’ve surely gone wrong somehow. In dress rehearsal, people weren’t either being loud, or too loud, or sometimes they would trip, or get injured. Let me give an example. A student (I won’t mention who) sprained his ankle just 3 days before the play. It was disastrous, but your father knew just what to do. He said there was a mouse that could… Wait, no. Wrong story. It was disastrous. We knew he wouldn’t be better, but the last time he had an injury, it was a speedy 4-month recovery. Luckily, just in time for the play, he felt fine. He was back on his feet, and up and running. Well, not exactly running… Anyways. The play was a huge hit. At first, it felt like moving day was in one day. The projector was faulty the first few days. I knew we’d be fine, but that was just the way I was acting. I didn’t actually feel fine. Not fine at all. Confident is how I felt. And as I said, the play was huge. 5th, 6th, and 7th were a wonderful crowd. And when the play was over, I felt very relieved, and when I went up to Kyle, I was about to say “make sure to skip the house scene, remember we’re outside at that time.” I guess I forgot. Oh well, at least it was still fun. I know, that as I’m writing this, I will remember that moment.

Forever. 🌝

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Shared Reflections... The Fourth Grade Play: In Their Own Powerful Words

-Andre (agent 0022)

At first, I thought the play was going to fail. Now, I have MANY feelings, and only one of them is bad because this is truly the only school year the never slowed down. To get it over with, I’m going to start my reflection with that one bad feeling. Confusion. I just am confused on what I’m going to do now, because the fourth grade play is over, and it took me a while to realise that. I don’t want to dwell on the thought that it’s over, so I’ll talk about how I feel better. The truth is that I just feel smarter, more confident,and better overall because of all of the learning and great experiences mixed together From the play.

It’s a truly amazing feeling to have. I also feel proud because of all the things that 217 has accomplished. I mean, we wrote a full on play! Through the play, I’ve gotten to know all of the people in 217 better, and now they feel like family. Lastly, I feel like the play went extremely well because of all of the laughs that I heard when I was backstage, and all of the smiling faces I saw when I was onstage. In short, the play was AWESOME! :{)

And I just want to say,”Thank you Mr. Crame!”

Felix

I am so excited about learning how to harness the sheer and mysterious power of writing. But it wasn’t just learning because we have made the best play since Shakespeare. Now I feel like I can move into 5th grade more confident with my writing skills than ever before. I know that my writing and creativity skills have been finely tuned in fourth grade. But now I feel like there is a hole in my life with nothing to do after this outstanding play. Through it all, I realized that Mr. Crame is the best teacher.

The End

Sofa D.

I feel like a pile of flesh. My bones aren’t doing anything, so it feels like they aren’t there. Before the play, my whole body was doing something. Practicing, worrying, there was always something to do. At the same time, I feel like a 2 ton broken air conditioner was lifted off my shoulders. I feel lost. Even at the beginning of the year, when we didn’t know what we were doing for the play, I was still thinking about it. I realized that every single thing we did, projects, reflections, everything I thought we did that was something by itself, not leading into anything, was actually leading to the play. But now that the play is over, we still have a week left! What do we do now?! I have realized, after Mr. Crame told us this a million times, that the play is leading up to the rest of our lives. All in all, The ONLY thing I have learned this year is that:

Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Our Lives!!!

(remember that)

• Sofia
• sofa king
• sofa

James

I feel that the play went very well because everyone in the audience laughed, gasped, and were scared for the characters when they were supposed to. This makes me feel great because it shows that the emotions we were trying to portray got across to the audience. This makes me feel great because we rocked it! I also think that even though we messed up a lot in rehearsals our talent really came through. All in all it has been a great year.

THE END

Sydnie:

Before

Although I am nervous, I think that the play will go pretty well. The one thing I am most scared about is that the sound effects will not have the correct timing, like the last runthrough where we had to redo Jenner’s part 5 times. But I am not as worried about that as before, since we, as the actors can make it go smoothly even if the sound doesn’t go so smoothly. Also I think the sound guys have done a better job being on time recently. Otherwise, I believe that it will run as smoothly as possible.

After

Even though I am a little sad, I am also feel very relieved and accomplished. Like Sofa D. said “It feels like I have a 2 ton air conditioner off of my back”, because there is 2 tons of pressure that I don’t have to worry about. Now that it is over I want to do it again, because it feels like I memorized all the lines for nothing since it is over. But I am still EXTREMELY happy that we pulled it off, and even when we made mistakes like when I put my goggles on my hat always fell off, or when the sound effects wouldn’t play everyone would laugh, or not notice, and we still did good wait we didn’t do good we did GREAT. But now as Sofa keeps say, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS LEADING UP TO THE PLAY, SO WHAT WILL WE BE DOING NOW!?!?!?!?

-Joe Agent 005                                                    :{)

Before

I feel nervous that something is going to go wrong and the play is going to be mess up.  I am also nervous that I will get nervous and have stage fright. What if Sarah, Owen or me forget our lines and ruin the scene? What if the tech crew doesn't get their cue? What if we make a mistake and the audience laughs at us?  I’m just nervous. But, I think we can still do this correctly. Lets do this!!!

After

Well the play is over, and it went really well! I did good as Brutus. It kind of stinks that it is over because it was fun. But I am also happy because it was hard doing it and we did awesome!The parents loved it!  Before the play I was nervous. My scene went well. No one messed up their lines and the tech crew was fine. I think the play went better than I thought! I love singing songs and parodies so Sugar was awesome. I really don't care what song it is as long as I can sing I bet there will be another small project! I think Mr. Crame is going to pull a

RED BOX!!!

Mia:

   I feel like Jeremy, happy to be unraveled from the string, but still looking for something shiny that glistens like the MOON!!! I feel so lively yet so lifeless. Almost like I’m living a life of opposites. I was expecting more laughs from the family performance, and I was expecting less for 5,6,and 7. Normally I would be so happy that school is almost over, but for some strange and mysterious reason I don’t want to go on vacation. Now about the play, I thought that every time the sound effects would go wrong, but they didn’t go wrong at all. Now, that the play is over I feel like a lazy couch potato, that has no job, living in a crummy apartment watching T.V. all day. There is nothing to do, I feel that I have paid off my tribute to the world. I feel so cold, and at the same time this room is burning hot.

       I don’t want to ever leave 4th grade. I feel that this is my place. This is where I stay. I want to be frozen in 217, for the rest of my life. Wait, never mind I take that back. Let me restate the sentence, I don't want to go to 5th grade. This has been the best year of school I could ever possibly have. And I have grown to really enjoy school. I will always remember this play and all the other things in fourth grade, like naming after pants in Polish.

Evelyn:

I feel almost empty. Everything we have done has lead to the play, which was unexpected considering it all started with fear fest. Who knew at the time? It all lead us here to the epitome of 4th grade. For me this was so exciting at the beginning now I fell like a tension was released only to be brought on again at a even more stressful force. I am almost frustrated it is over but i am ready even more than before for what lies ahead. Especially considering Mr. Crame said the play is the last big project, except now, he says no there's another project and is pulling the redbox. My feelings have changed much at the beginning it was exciting then I was scared of much that could go wrong. Now I am relieved, sad and ready for the future. The play has taught us a lot of things. But, the one thing that I realized the most in the end was that “ It always seems impossible until it is done. I realize it is not emptiness that has consumed me but a realization of all that the play has done for us.

Fourth Grade Virtual Surgery Session

Remember, this is only a simulation.  Please do not attempt at home.
http://edheads.org/activities/knee/

217 On Location... Bulls Sox Academy

MAP Tests Rescheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday

Due to computer network issues, we have postponed the MAP testing for the fourth grade until next week.  The tests should be on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Have a great weekend.

MAP for Math Tomorrow

We shall be taking the MAP test for Math tomorrow at 1PM.  Please get some rest tonight.

Making Joints in Fourth Grade... The Human Arm and The Spinal Column

Gamestar Rockstars! Playable Link

Gamestar Rockstars Oscar, Dominik and Luke show off their latest video game creation.  Learn all about multiplying fractions with "Fractions of Power!".  Follow the link and have some fun.

Fractions of Power!

Stay tuned for the much-anticipated sequel.

145 Literary Terms

Hello again Class,

Here is a link to some additional literary terms that are commonly found on MAP reading tests. Take sometime to look them over.  I think you'll be surprised at how many you recognize.

NWEA Vocabulary Words

Have fun with it!

Mr. Crame

MAP Exercises and Homework

Good Morning Class,

Here are a couple of websites for you.  The links take you to a collection of reading and math activities that have been arranged by RIT scores.  Your instructions are to take your beginning of the year RIT score for reading and math and add ten points to that score.  That is the RIT range that I would like for you to experiment with.  Your homework is to complete activities at your +10 RIT level in reading for twenty minutes and in math for twenty minutes every night through next week.  We will be taking our MAP Tests sometime next week, so it is good to refresh your memories and take a look at some of the content that you may see on the MAP.

I will be absent tomorrow.  You have two periods of math and two periods of language arts tomorrow.  I would like for you to work on these exercises for two periods (one for math and one for ELA).  You will be assigned additional activities by the substitute for the other two periods.

As you work through these exercises, be sure to vary the activities nightly.  You can adjust the challenge level up or down depending on how you feel.  If the activities are too easy, try the next RIT level.  If they are too difficult you can always try a level down.  Make note of some activities that you enjoy.  We can talk about these when I return on Friday.

Here are the links:

MAP MATH

MAP READING

Thank you and have a nice day!

Locked In with no Escape

Science is in our DNA

A Glimpse of NIMH

Mach Five and the Microbiome

Thank you Mach Five!  We have some interesting things growing in room 217.

Check out this link to the NPR Microbiome Video:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DTrENdWvvM

Save the Date... The Fourth Grade Play is Coming

Tetrapods, Your Inner Fish, Evolution of the Skeletal System, and a little X-Ray Vision

Act Three Scene 2