NewsPre-K to 8
Fourth-Graders Busy
May 1, 2000 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Fourth-Graders Capitalize
Lower School Principal Mark Tayloe, who also teaches fourth and fifth grade social studies, issued a challenge to his fourth-grade class: Put all 50 states on the map and know their capitals, and pizza would be on him. And if 90 percent of the class could make an “A,” he would buy pizza for the entire fourth grade.
“I never realized how a little pizza would generate so much enthusiasm for states and capitals,” Tayloe said. “About two-thirds of the class had perfect papers, and over 90 percent of the students made A’s.”
Tayloe made good on his promise as the students and their teachers enjoyed pizza on the Lower School playground on Friday, April 7.
“I am really proud of the fourth-graders,” Tayloe said. “I think it’s impressive for anyone to be able to take a blank map of the United States and be able to put all the states on it and know their capitals. I’ve also heard from a lot of parents who, thanks to the challenge, know their states and capitals.”
Fourth-graders Out of This World
Lola Bradshaw’s fourth-grade scientists studied a unit on space that included the history of space technology, how radio and optical telescopes work, the solar system, constellations, and the sun. As a part of the study, rockets were launched, solar systems were built (many were edible), galaxies demonstrated, gravity explained, and exhibits were displayed in the science room. To build on and share their new knowledge, students researched, wrote, and presented science reports before their classmates.
Lower School Principal Mark Tayloe, who also teaches fourth and fifth grade social studies, issued a challenge to his fourth-grade class: Put all 50 states on the map and know their capitals, and pizza would be on him. And if 90 percent of the class could make an “A,” he would buy pizza for the entire fourth grade.
“I never realized how a little pizza would generate so much enthusiasm for states and capitals,” Tayloe said. “About two-thirds of the class had perfect papers, and over 90 percent of the students made A’s.”
Tayloe made good on his promise as the students and their teachers enjoyed pizza on the Lower School playground on Friday, April 7.
“I am really proud of the fourth-graders,” Tayloe said. “I think it’s impressive for anyone to be able to take a blank map of the United States and be able to put all the states on it and know their capitals. I’ve also heard from a lot of parents who, thanks to the challenge, know their states and capitals.”
Fourth-graders Out of This World
Lola Bradshaw’s fourth-grade scientists studied a unit on space that included the history of space technology, how radio and optical telescopes work, the solar system, constellations, and the sun. As a part of the study, rockets were launched, solar systems were built (many were edible), galaxies demonstrated, gravity explained, and exhibits were displayed in the science room. To build on and share their new knowledge, students researched, wrote, and presented science reports before their classmates.
