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Author Archives: grade4-ds
Hatim and Rhoda Visit the Class
Dear Sidi and Mommy, Thank you for coming to my classroom and sharing your stories. I enjoyed when you (Sidi) talked about becoming a doctor [...]
Wen Zhou Visits the Class
Mother of Zen Ze Chen Shares Her Story with Fourth Graders By Zen Ze Chen, NY-NY Today Wen Zhou mother of Zen Ze Chen (me) came over to LREI [...]
“Dear God, Will it ever be different?” Pauline Newman Gets Published – Young Immigrants Respond
Who was Pauline Newman? In a letter written to her sons in 1951, Pauline Newman, who worked at The Triangle Shirt Waist Co. as a young girl, [...]
Sweatshop Simulation: To Strike or Not to Strike!
On Thursday, Fourth Graders imagined themselves as recent immigrants working in a factory in 1909. The conditions in the factory were dismal [...]
Hidden Figures: A Movie Review Via Journal Entries
Our class went to see the film, Hidden Figures,….. Below are excerpts from diary entries written by fourth graders from the perspectiv [...]
Friday, January 20: Inauguration Day
On Friday, January 20, our fourth grade class spent the day watching, listening, thinking, talking, writing, and creating in response [...]
Victoria Confino:Primary Source Documents and a Visit with Victoria at the Tenement Museum
In preparation for a trip to the Tenement Museum to meet a recent (historical) immigrant, Victoria Confino, fourth graders spent some time l [...]
Good-Bye 2016: A Week in Photos
As we look forward to 2017, let’s take a peak at our most recent week of school together in 2016. As illustrated by our photo gallery [...]
Author, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Visits the Fourth Grade
Dear Andrea Davis Pinkney, Thank you so much for coming to our classroom. You taught me a lot that I didn’t know. I thought that the book [...]
