http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger The Life and Times of a Fourth Grade Class at the Dalton School in New York City Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:57:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today we are going to begin a new Language Arts unit on Cinderella. I have been teaching this unit for a long time and still love it. (I’ve written about it in a book, in articles, and, with Ms. Feldman, have taught a graduate course on fairy tales featuring Cindy!). We ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/11/04/heres-cindy-2/ As some of you probably already know, the winner of Sunday's New York Marathon was Mebrahtom Keflezighi who immigrated to America from Eritrea (in East Africa) when he was twelve years old.  While many are celebrating the first American to win the race in a very long time, others are ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/11/03/who-is-a-real-american/ Now it is time to take all you know about E. B. White and his books for children and create a work of art that beautifully and creatively represents his books' themes and ideas.  Yes, you will be using your shoebox for this, but no, it is not to be ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/10/18/e-b-white-boxes-2/ Wasn't Friday's assembly with David Macaulay terrific?  I don't know about all of you, but he really inspired me to think of all sorts of cool ways we can use the sketchbooks this year.  The above photos of you with your books (and my apologies to the person whose cover ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/10/18/the-year-of-the-sketchbook/ Some things we learned on our trip to Ellis Island: Old Country and Journey Money from the old countries came in all shapes and sizes. You were inspected before you came by the steamship company so they would not have to pay for you to go back. Some steamship companies required you to come ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/10/14/ellis-island-trip/ What Makes A Hero??? -saving a life and helping someone intentionally without a reward or being asked -taking a risk to help someone without worrying about the outcome or doing it for a reward -being a friend through good times and bad Fern the Hero G.N---Fern is the hero because Wilbur was going to be ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/10/08/who-are-the-heros-of-charlottes-web/ So here's the first chapter as we annotated it today on the Smartboard. http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/09/29/annotating-charlottes-web-2/ Old Country Where did you come from and when? What was the reason you came to America? What was your old country like? (customs, climate, food, childhood/special memories) Did you leave anyone or anything behind? If so, would you like to tell us more about it? Is there anything else you would like to ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/09/22/oral-history-interview-questions-2009/ We often think of history as something written down in a book, but many cultures have not had written languages and relied on oral means to maintain their history. Today, firsthand oral accounts are as valued as written documents, letters, photographs, and artifacts when doing history. In this project you ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/09/21/the-immigration-oral-history-project/ Often books have one or two paragraphs about the author, which are called blurbs. In fact, there are people who specialize in writing blurbs. It is a tricky job because the blurb writer wants to provide as much interesting information as possible about the author in one or two paragraphs. For ... http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2009/09/15/author-blurbs-2/