The 4th Grade Innovators Podcast

This is a pep talk from the 4th Grade Innovators to YOU! This episode of short pep talks is just the boost you need to reset your mindset and keep going strong. Hit play when you need a reminder that to keep on moving forward!!

At our school in April we proudly celebrated Autism Acceptance month and learned a lot about Neurodiversity. This group of students choose to create a podcast episode to share their learning!

In this episode the 4th Grade Innovators tackle the topic should smartwatches be allowed in schools? Listen to find out their thoughts!

This episode was created on our last week of the school year so we want to share our best advice to have a great summer break!

In this third and final part of our innovator mini-series we will teach you all about innovators who change the world today.

In the second episode of our innovator series, you will learn about many innovators who changed history! Make sure to listen carefully, there will be a quiz at the end!

Welcome to the first part of our three part series on what it means to be an innovator. This is a topic we've been learning about all year long and one we are super excited to share with you. In the next two episodes, we'll teach you about famous innovators from the past and famous innovators from now. Enjoy!

In this episode, you will learn all about the three main types of bullying. We discuss ideas to stop and prevent bullying so no kid has to face a bully alone.

We are so excited to be back with our first episode of season 6. We hope you enjoy! We look forward to bringing more inspiring episodes to you soon.

This is our final episode of season 5 recorded on our second to last day of school. This year's 4th grade innovators pass along their best advice for anyone going to 4th grade next year. We hope all of our listeners have a great summer!

In this episode the 4th Grade Innovators share some strategies to calm down and relax when feeling upset. Let's face it, we all have times when we get upset so this will help during those times.

Our class has a Word of the Day every day to help improve our writing and vocabulary. In this episode we share some of our favorite words to help you improve your writing. This is an episode you can listen to more than once when you need help improving your writing!

For the past seven weeks we have been studying the 7 habits of happy kids book written by Sean Covey. Now that we are experts on this topic we wanted to share our learning with the world!

In this episode we give 21 ways that you and your family can give back during the holiday time. We hope you will be inspired to give back and help others because one act of kindness creates an endless ripple that goes forever.

We are back for season 5 with a new group of 4th graders! Today we tackled our favorite topic, The Growth Mindset!

For the last two weeks our class has been working on passion projects. A few students wanted to share their learning with the world through this podcast episode!

Looking for a great book this summer?? In our 4th "Summer Series" podcast the 4th Grade Innovators give their favorite book recommendations that they have read this year. Happy reading!

In this episode of our Summer Series, we teach you some fun activities you can do on a long travel trip or things you can do with your family if you will be spending time with them this summer!

In this episode we share some fun activities kids can do over the summer and craft ideas they can make to have fun and be creative.

Summer is almost here! (or for some of you, it is here already.) The 4th Grade Innovators share some tips to having a positive summer in this episode.

Our class, just like our podcast, is called the 4th Grade Innovators. But what does it mean to be an innovator?? Listen to find out!

In this episode 4th graders share some of their favorite book recommendations! If you are looking for new books to read, listen here for some suggestions! Happy Reading!

In this episode we teach you about setting a New Year's Resolutions and picking One Word to guide your year.

In this episode The 4th Grade Innovators are back to inspire you with ways to spread kindness and do good deeds around the holiday season. Listen to hear ideas of how to do good deeds at school, at home, in your community, and even to people around the world! What will you do this holiday season to spread some positive holiday cheer?

For the past few weeks, we have been working on a social studies project which started at looking at Michigan's past and how Henry Ford's Assembly Line has a dramatic change in the world of manufacturing. We have also looked at the present and future to determine what skills and knowledge kids today will need to be successful in the future! As a class, we took a virtual field trip to an Amazon warehouse to see how much factories have changed from the past.

In this episode, the 4th Grade Innovators teach you about Mindfulness. Students break down what it means to be mindful, why you should be mindful, how to be more mindful in your life.

In this episode, the 4th Grade Innovators describe the last 12 months of living in a pandemic. From virtual school and all the changes and challenges that have come, we hope to inspire you with some ways to stay positive during this time!

In the last two months, our world has completely changed in so many ways. The purpose of this mini-podcast series is to have conversations with my 4th-grade students and to hear how this unique time has affected them and how they are staying positive through it all. This gives a unique look into the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of kids. In this episode, I talk with John, Jonathan, and Charlie

In the last two months, our world has completely changed in so many ways. The purpose of this mini-podcast series is to have conversations with my 4th-grade students and to hear how this unique time has affected them and how they are staying positive through it all. This gives a unique look into the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of kids. In this episode, the first conversation is with Rishik and Vishaagan and the second conversation is with Micah and Ajita.

In the last two months, our world has completely changed in so many ways. The purpose of this mini-podcast series is to have conversations with my 4th-grade students and to hear how this unique time has affected them and how they are staying positive through it all. This gives a unique look into the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of kids. In this episode, I talk with Gianna, Kennedy, and Lauryn.

In the last two months, our world has completely changed in so many ways. The purpose of this mini-podcast series is to have conversations with my 4th-grade students and to hear how this unique time has affected them and how they are staying positive through it all. This gives a unique look into the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of kids. In this episode, I talk with Gabe, Myles, Brian, and Cal

In the last two months, our world has completely changed in so many ways. The purpose of this mini-podcast series is to have conversations with my 4th-grade students and to hear how this unique time has affected them, how they are staying positive through it all, and their advice for staying positive during this time. This gives a unique look into the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of kids. In this episode, I talk with Toni Rose, Harshitha, Maddie, and Aurora.

Recently, our class read the book The Positive Dog by Jon Gordon. We were so inspired by all the ideas we learned in this book about feeding the positive dog and starving the negative dogs inside of us. You might be thinking, "What dogs inside of us??" well tune in to learn more and change your life for the positive!

The 4th Grade Innovators are back with another inspiring episode about the Power of Gratitude. Coming off of Thanksgiving, it's a popular time to be thankful and grateful but we're here to teach you that gratitude is a superpower you should use every day of the year!

Right now in Michigan, there is a debate on the popular Pure Michigan Campaign and whether it should be funded or not. 4th Graders have been doing research on the topic and in this episode they make their voices heard.

It's the last week of school in Michigan! We wanted to create another podcast episode to teach and encourage everyone to have a positive summer vacation! Have a great summer everyone! Thank you to everyone for supporting our Podcast this year. Stay tuned for more next year!

In this episode, we combine all of positive tips we have given you through this podcast in one epic episode. This might be our last episode of the school year so thank you for all of your support!

Our class recently completed the first ever Costello Developers Academy! We set out to answer the question, how can thinking like an app developer lead to making a positive impact on the world? In this episode you will hear 4th graders reflect on this question and teach you what they learned about coding and app development! We hope you enjoy!

We've been receiving questions about why we are called The 4th Grade Innovators and what "innovation" means so, we made a podcast episode explaining! hope you enjoy!

The 4th Grade Innovators are back with a new episode all about Mindfulness. Mindfulness seems to be everywhere but what exactly does it mean? How can Mindfulness help you? Tune in to find out!

In this episodes, the 4th Grade Innovators break down the art of setting meaningful New Year's Resolutions. You'll get tips and tricks to actually stick with your New Year's Resolutions so you can make 2019 the best year ever! We would be so grateful if you left us a review on itunes and subscribed so you never miss an episodes!

In this episode, we talk all about the comfort zone. While being in a "comfort zone" doesn't sound bad, we explain why leaving your comfort zone is the key to an exciting life. Life isn't meant to be boring. Try new things, take risks, and you'll never know where life can take you! Enjoy our episode! Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Subscribe! If you found value in this episode leave us a review on iTunes this helps us reach more people! Stay up to date by following Mr. Rondot on Twitter @MrRondot

Welcome to the second episode of the 4th Grade Innovators Podcast! We are back this week to talk about The Power of Positivity! We discuss what it means to be positive and what it DOESN'T mean to be positive. We talk about the benefits of having a positive attitude and tips you can use to develop a positive attitude in your life! We want to thank everyone who listened to episode 1, we got some amazing feedback from teachers all over the world. We would love to hear your thoughts on our podcast. Please consider leaving a review or sending us a message to zrondot@troy.k12.mi.us and let us know where you are listening from! The best compliment we can receive is for you to share this with your network of people! If you share on Twitter please tag me @MrRondot! Enjoy Episode Two! -The 4th Grade Innovators

Welcome to the very fist episode of the 4th Grade Innovators Podcast. In this episode we dive into what it means to have a Growth Mindset. 4th Grade Students answer 5 questions about the Growth Mindset. 1) What is a Growth Mindset? 2) What is a Fixed Mindset? 3) What is the Power of Yet? 4) What is the Dip? 5) Why is it important to have a Growth Mindset? We hope you enjoy this episode and learn something new. If you find this valuable please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with people you know! Recorded by: Mr. Rondot's 4th Grade Class in Michigan!