Mrs. Wiersema's Class

This year the fourth grade classes will work on a variety of projects in the computer lab. Each week they visit with their teacher and we work on projects related to the curriculum in the classroom. Movies will need Quicktime on your computer in order to view the movies. It is a free Download.

Map Skills

Students in Mrs. Wiersema's class studied all different map skills during social studies. The students then took the various map skills and organized them into appropriate categories using a program called Inspiration.

Making Connections

Students across the district are learning to make connections. One type of connection is between a character's emotions in a given story and emotions in their own personal background. To help students with this skill, fourth graders chose some emotions and created a graphic map showing their own personal experiences.

Immigration

The United States of America is known as the "Melting Pot" since so many of our relatives came to this country from other countries. As part of the student's study of the Northeast, grade 4 students learn about Ellis Island and the influx of Immigrants. To help make this lesson more meaningful students in Mrs. Wiersema's class interviewed a family member to learn of their past. An organizational map was used to organize their information. Click to learn about each student's chosen relative.

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