Grade 4

On the last day of Fourth Grade, the class buried a time capsule. It is behind the classroom at the end of the wall.

Thank you to everyone for a Fabulous, Fantastic, Fun, and Fulfilling Fourth Grade year.

Jeff and Kathy

Dear BCD Community,

To me, being part of a community means supporting, and encouraging others, as well as creating a healthy environment. Yesterday’s event was a true community effort. Thirty-eight community members walked together to support Diabetic Research. Students, teachers, and parents, walked the beautiful trail from BCD to Olivia’s Overlook. The camaraderie, friendship, and support, showed the genuine spirit of the BCD community.

BCD is a magical place, and together we make great things happen.

This past two weeks in Fourth Grade Math have been incrementally exciting, as we have explored measurement. Students have practiced working with both standard and metric systems, considering weight, capacity and linear units.

This is the very last Follow the Fourth Grade on First Fridays (FFGFF)

Editors: Jamie M. and Chase V. with additional help from Abbey B.

Maya

We have started the Maya game. We are divided into four groups, similar to See the USA. There are four jobs in each groups: Noble Lord, High Priest, Ambassador, and Mathematician. We are all very excited about the game. We had a sacrifice on Wednesday where you gather together valuables and sacrifice them to Chac Mal, one of the rain gods. If Chac Mal likes your sacrifice he will reward you with a lot of corn (and rain).

Lacrosse

Boys-

We have been playing lacrosse for five weeks, and the boys are looking forward to their first game against Lee. In the practice we have to run back and forth a lot, do ground ball drills, and Chumash. Sometimes we play a full field scrimmage. In boys’ lacrosse the sticks have a deeper pocket than in girls’. There is more checking in boys’ lacrosse. 

Girls-

The girls also play Chumash. It’s been really fun because it is a new sport for all of us. We do scrimmages with the upper school girls which are really, really fun. We are looking forward to playing a game with the seventh grade against the Steiner team, and we’re also a little scared.

Field trips

On May 8, next Thursday, we are going to the Museum of Science in Boston. We will stay overnight. We will see a Theater of Electricity Lightning! show, science demonstrations, and go to the Omni Theatre. We are all excited about it.

On Monday, May 12 we’re going to Art Omi which has outside sculpture and has a camp in the summer. We will get to make our own sculptures. 

Handwriting

We have been practicing cursive handwriting for four months. It has gotten a lot easier since February.

Upcoming:

Friday, May 2- JV Girls’ Lacrosse vs Steiner, Away, PPU 4:45 and JV Boys’ Lacrosse vs Lee, Home, PPU 6:45

Saturday, May 3- ArtSoiree event, 6:00-10:00

Thursday, May 8- Boston Museum of Science Overnight trip, return on Friday

Monday, May 12- Art Omi field trip

Friday, May 16- Make up Pizza Friday for Fourth grade, Middle and Upper School Music Concert, 1:30-3:00 and US plays at 7:00pm

Saturday, May 17- US plays at 7:00pm

Monday, May 26- Memorial Day no school

Monday, June 2- End of the Year Jeopardy Game

Friday, June 6- Last day of school

The Fourth Grade is looking Forward to Fifth Grade in the Fall  (FGFFGF)