Welcome to Students Incorporated, a podcast where we dive into relevant topics and issues
related to the world of business, technology, education, and design.
I'm your host, Mr. Jason.
Episodes include student conversations, interviews with thought leaders, and inspirational stories
with an international flavor.
This podcast is created and produced with the help of students from the International
Community School of Bangkok.
In today's episode, for the first segment, we'll be playing, Are You Smarter Than a Fourth
Grader?
Followed by a spelling bee, my co-host today will be Lyon and Ronnie.
We are also joined by special guests, Mr. Jeremiah and Mrs. Sophia, two fourth grade
teachers along with eight fourth grade students.
But before we begin, let's hear our quote of the day and get some headline news.
Our quote of the day comes from famous author and lyricist, Paulo Coelho.
He said, a child can teach an adult three things, to be happy for no reason, to always
be busy with something, and to know how to demand of all his might that which he desires.
This is very true.
Often, children can be very good teachers and can provide inspiration for happiness,
passion, and the courage to follow your dreams.
Paulo Coelho is the author of notable work, The Alchemist.
He is known for his unique writing style which employs intricate symbolism.
The Alchemist has sold over 65 million copies and even holds a Guinness World Record for
being the most translated book in the world by a living author.
Now let's hear the news for today.
Here are some headline news from around the world.
The Super Mario Bros. movie has done very well at the box office.
In its second weekend, it beat Frozen 2's record and delivered $85.98 million at the
box office.
In total, it has earned a total of $700 million in 13 days.
The movie has become the biggest video game adaptation in history, overtaking Warcraft
and Pokemon Detective Pikachu.
Off the coast of Alaska, on St. Lawrence Island, a young girl was reunited with her dog who
had been lost for months in the frozen Bering Strait.
The family has three dogs, and two of them had been missing.
Although one had been located, the second dog was still missing.
Social media platforms and help from strangers helped the girl and her dog finally reunite.
Speaking of Alaska, a moose and anchorage walked into a hospital.
This was not the first moose that has entered Providence Alaska Health Parks building.
It has had other members of the deer family as well as bears try and enter their facilities.
Thankfully, security was able to safely stop the moose from damaging the plants.
Thank you for the quote and the headline news.
Let's begin our game show for this segment.
Our contestants for this segment are our very own Lion, a favorite co-host of our listeners,
and our very own talented writer and editor, Ronnie.
I'm also joined by one of the fourth grade teachers, Mr. Jeremiah, and four fourth grade
students whose names are Emma, Hagan, Ida, and Bill.
Thank you for joining us.
Can you all say hi?
Hi!
Before we begin our game, Mr. Jeremiah, would you please introduce yourself and let us know
how long you've been teaching at ICS, and if there are any other interesting facts about
yourself?
Hi, I'm Jeremiah, and I'm from the DC, Maryland, Virginia area in the United States.
I've been at ICS for five years, and I've enjoyed teaching third and fourth grade here.
And an interesting fact about myself is I've actually been to all 50 states in America.
I don't think I've even been to all 50 states.
That is a good fact.
It's time to jump into our game.
Okay, the rules for this game are simple.
Our fourth grade guests will ask Lion and Ronnie questions about various subjects they
have studied, and there are six questions.
Okay, let's begin with our first question.
Our first question is for Ronnie.
Emma will start us off with a question based on the English language subject matter.
Go ahead, ask Ronnie our first question.
When actions are ongoing or in progress, what are they called?
Are they called progressive verbs?
Way to go.
That's a great question.
I actually didn't know the answer to that.
Good job.
Let's move on to our next question.
Our second question is for Lion, and it's based on the subject of science.
Hagan will ask this question.
When a seed falls into the crack and the seed starts growing and cracks the rock, what is
the process called?
Erosion.
Nope.
It is not.
What is the right answer for that?
It's called root wedging.
Root wedging.
Oh man, that's a hard one.
I wouldn't have guessed that either.
Back to Ronnie.
Our next question is based on the subject of math.
Aida, will you ask this question?
Go ahead when you're ready.
When you write a number by adding the value of its digits, it is called what?
Is it called the sum of a few numbers?
No.
What is the correct answer to that question then?
Expanded form.
Got to go back to fourth grade, right?
Okay.
Our next question is for Lion.
You are back in the hot seat.
It is based on the subject of social studies.
Emma will ask this question.
So go ahead when you're ready.
The Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party are events that led up to what major event?
The American Revolutionary War.
Yes.
Wow.
That was said with quite enthusiastic pronunciation.
So good job.
Yeah.
So we're back to Ronnie.
Our next question is based on the subject of computers.
Hagan will ask the question.
So go ahead when you're ready.
What is the most common type of keyboard?
Honestly, I don't know much about keyboards.
So I'm just going to say I don't know.
What is the correct answer to that question, Hagan?
It's the QWERTY keyboard.
QWERTY keyboard.
That sound means we are at our final question.
Hagan will get the final question.
Are you ready?
Yes.
Okay.
This final question is based on the subject of Thai language.
Bill will ask this question.
Go ahead with the final question.
How many tones are in Thai?
Five.
Correct.
There are five tones.
I've got a follow up question for Lion.
What those tones are and give us an example of each tone.
All the five tones.
The names of them are Saman, Ek, To, Tri, Chatawa.
An example of them would be Ka for Saman, Ka for Ek, Ka for To, Ka for Tri, and Ka
for Chatawa.
Are you satisfied with my answer?
Yes.
And we will end with that.
This concludes the first segment of Are You Smarter Than a Fourth Grader?
Thank you to our fourth graders, Mr. Jeremiah and our two contestants, Lion and Ronnie,
for being great sports.
We'll be right back with the spelling bee after a quick PSA.
This past week, we had a fantastic strings and band concert.
The musicians sounded beautiful as they played music from various composers.
Thank you to everyone who came to watch and listen.
It was a very rewarding opportunity for the students to perform the songs they had been
practicing for a long, long time.
We thank the teachers, Mr. Christian and Mrs. Sarah, for organizing this and all the strings
and band students for their effort.
We are back for part two.
For this segment, we welcome a new group of four fourth graders and another one of our
fourth grade teachers, Ms. Sophia.
Our fourth grade contestants are Aliza, Ryu, Dylan, and Claire.
But before we begin, Ms. Sophia, could you please introduce yourself, let us know how
long you've been at ICS, and maybe a fun fact about yourself.
Thank you.
I am Mrs. Sophia.
I'm a fourth grade teacher and I have been teaching at ICS for the past four years.
Some fun facts about me, I'm a neat freak.
I love plants and I've almost been to all the Disneyland's just waiting to go to Paris.
That would be fun.
I've been to the Disneyland or Disney World in Tokyo and that was interesting.
Okay, I'll turn it over to our co-host now who will be explaining the rules of this segment.
So for this segment, we'll be playing a simplified version of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Each contestant will be given a word.
If a contestant does not spell the word correctly, they will be disqualified from this competition
and the word will be given to the next contestant.
Make sure to say each word before and after spelling it.
Okay, the first word is consistent.
The word consistent comes from Latin origin.
It comes from the word consistir.
You can now spell the word.
D-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T.
Congratulations, you spelled the word consistent correctly.
Now I'll turn it over to Rani.
The next word is disappointed.
Disappointed comes from old French origin from the word disappointer.
You can now spell the word.
D-I-S-A-P-P-O-I-N-T-E-D.
Good job, that's correct.
Now the next word is whistling.
Whistling is an old English word that comes from Germanic origin.
It's also related to the Swedish word Vissla.
You can now spell the word.
W-H-I-S-T-L-I-N-T.
Unbelievable, you also spelled this word correctly.
Amazing.
Okay, so the final word is Mississippi.
Mississippi means great river and comes from Native American origin from the words Michisepe.
You can now spell the word.
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-P-I-P-P-I.
Good job, you got it correct and that was a very hard one.
And with that last word, we have run out of time.
Congratulations to our fourth graders.
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