4th Grade: Mystery of Me

In fourth grade we are studying Mysteries and what better mystery to start on then the mystery of self! 

Mystery: Something that is difficult or impossible to understand.  A person or thing that is puzzling or unknown.

Last week the 4th graders chose 4 objects in the room and were asked to create similes or metaphors comparing themselves to the objects.  This allowed the kids to start thinking about who they are and to reveal a little of the mystery to the rest of us.  The slideshows below are their finished projects. Enjoy.

This week I had the kids look at a Wordle of a quote by Howard Gardner. They had to unscramble the words to create a sentence that made sense.  I always love the way the kids interpret and organize words of famous quotes.

Kamyryn: It’s NOT how smart you are, it’s how smart you are not.

Carson: It’s not how you are smart, it’s how you are YOU smart.

We had a lively discussion about Kamryn and Carson’s interpretations.  The consensus on Kamryn’s was that you need to focus on always wondering, growing and learning, to not be satisfied with how you are already smart.  Everyone agreed that Carson’s interpretation was about knowing yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, and using those things to push you forward.

It’s not how smart you are, it’s how you are smart.

-Howard Gardner

After revealing the actual quote, the kids took a pre-test on Multiple Intelligences to help me understand what they know currently and how we can develop our learning.  The kids then took a survey on Multiple Intelligences. We will look carefully at the results of the survey and what it all means.

To close out our day, the kids created a cover for the Mystery of Me book they will be making throughout the year.  Enjoy their covers.

Mystery of Me Covers on PhotoPeach

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  1. These are great! Thank you for being such a great influence in my daughters learning. She loves going to GT with you!!!

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