All the entries can be viewed on the NIE section of the Bangor Daily News. Click on the link below where you will find a search bar. Type in the name of the student whose entry you'd like to read. You can also search by school or town. I am very proud of everyone who participated!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Newspapers in Education
The results are in! We worked very hard on our editorials for the Newspapers in Education contest in the Bangor Daily News. The students were asked to describe their favorite subject and give three reasons why it is their favorite. All the students had excellent reasons to support their choices. On Wednesday, we got to see Nathan's editorial in print. His writing was selected as one of the runners up for the third and fourth grade group. To celebrate, we had donuts and juice as well as a small award ceremony. Mrs. McHugh came in to help present all the participants with certificates. Congratulations, everyone!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Spirit Week
Recently at Asa, we showed our spirit by participating in a week of themed days. It was a fun and exciting week of showcasing our creativity and resourcefulness. Check out our pictures!
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| Pajama Day |
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| Duct Tape Day |
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| Crazy Hair Day |
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| Time Travel Day |
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| Green Day |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
News Worthy!
Over the weekend, the University of Maine in Orono held an engineering expo. The expo is designed to get students interested in the field of engineering. Asa Adams student Law, along with his mom and brother, attended this event and were even featured on WLBZ Channel 2 News! Check out the full article and the video here:
Our Heroes!
Each year, the fourth graders at Asa Adams do a hero unit in Language Arts. In reading, we break into small groups and read one of the following books: Lost on a Mountain in Maine, The Courage of Sarah Noble, and Abbie Burgess. As we read, we answer questions in response journals and chose words to study for vocabulary.
The writing piece of this unit is a biography of a person that each student chooses as their hero. We have a wide variety of heroes that were chosen. Some are moms, dads, uncles, pastors, and grandparents. The students have been working very diligently and through their writing, it's obvious that they respect and admire their heroes. As a culmination activity, we will invite our heroes in for a special reading of the biographies that the students composed. The date for the presentation has not been set as we're still working very hard on writing.
As a lead up to our hero unit, we read books about and discussed heroes such as Nelson Mandela, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., and Amelia Earhart. Since we've also been reading stories from Greek mythology, we discussed heroes such as Odysseus, Perseus, and Heracles. The students had very interesting insights about heroes. They decided that some people are heroes, some people are noteworthy, and some are just famous. We discussed character traits of heroes, as well which many of the students have also included in their biography writing.
We are very much looking forward to celebrating our heroes and will keep everyone updated as to when this celebration will take place.
The writing piece of this unit is a biography of a person that each student chooses as their hero. We have a wide variety of heroes that were chosen. Some are moms, dads, uncles, pastors, and grandparents. The students have been working very diligently and through their writing, it's obvious that they respect and admire their heroes. As a culmination activity, we will invite our heroes in for a special reading of the biographies that the students composed. The date for the presentation has not been set as we're still working very hard on writing.
As a lead up to our hero unit, we read books about and discussed heroes such as Nelson Mandela, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., and Amelia Earhart. Since we've also been reading stories from Greek mythology, we discussed heroes such as Odysseus, Perseus, and Heracles. The students had very interesting insights about heroes. They decided that some people are heroes, some people are noteworthy, and some are just famous. We discussed character traits of heroes, as well which many of the students have also included in their biography writing.
We are very much looking forward to celebrating our heroes and will keep everyone updated as to when this celebration will take place.
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