Wednesday, March 21st fourth and fifth graders are invited to a special Math Fun Night. It will take place at High School East from 6:30-8:30pm.

Here is a little sneak peak at some really good reasons for coming to Math Fun Night:

 1) Prizes for everyone and a pie eating contest

2) Flying marshmallows and floating pigs

3) Cupcakes and cartoons

4) Robots, tanks, and boats

5) Mini Golf and magic

6) Spinning, flipping, and sliding

7) Squishing, popping, throwing, and gliding 

8)  Bubbles……lots and lots of bubbles…..

With over 60 different attractions you can’t leave without having fun! You will be so amazed that your hair will literally stand on end. You’ll crawl inside and through math…..watch math glow in the dark….see math in 3-D….cut through it, throw it, and maybe even catch it. Best of all, it’s free!

Today we participated in a VTF (virtual field trip) with NASA to become more familiar with the Scientific Method for experiments.

The presenter for our lesson was actually a graduate student and has requested that we take 5 minutes to answer a survey so that they can create more successful distance learning lessons.

In computer lab tomorrow, you will be asked to follow the link bellow and take a few moments to give your honest answers. Be courteous and professional but honest. It does not ask for your name, however I will be notified if anything inappropriate is written.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VPVJ7RS

I am happy to have us participate in this survey to help the presenters create wonderful, interactive, and enjoyable VFT for us in the future.

:O) Mrs. Spata

We have begun to write our Hero Essays to celebrate an important person in our lives!!

We will share these essays at our annual Hero Day on Thursday, March 29th.

This is a special day for my fourth graders and their “hero” to spend some extra special time together! It is by invitation only! No additional audience members will be permitted.

In order to make it a memorable day, I am asking for volunteers to send in some yummy snacks and drinks for my students and their heroes to share following the presentations.

Please post on here or email me if you would be able to send something in.

Thank you in advance for helping to make another wonderful fourth grade memory for your children!

:O) Mrs. Spata

Benner’s Farm visited us today to let the students learn about and experience life as a child in Colonial times.

We participated in several fun time-period activities such as writing with a quill, carding wool and spinning it into yarn, weaving, stenciling, and making a common colonial times toy.

Check out the picutres on the photo gallery page.

We also made and ate traditional “Journey cakes” or  “Johnny Cakes”.

They are yummy and easy to make.

2 cups ground cornmeal, 2 Tbsp butter, 5 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, and 2 cups boiling water (must be boiling!)

Mix all of the above ingredients together and milk to thin to pancake consistency. Fry until golden brown on both sides in a buttered skillet or one sprayed with “Pam”. Dip in syrup or honey and enjoy!

 Link to Benner’s Farm website

This year, the fourth graders will be participating in a

“Walk through history with farmer and Revolutionary War spy Abraham Woodhull”. It is run by the Three Village Historical Society in Setauket.

The date is still far away, but I wanted to give parents the opportunity to take the day off from work if they would like to participate!

If you are available and interested in chaperoning the field trip on Wednesday, May 16th, please contact me either through this blog or my email (sspata@smithtown.k12.ny.us). 

:O) Serena Spata