Merry Christmas!
I hope everyone is having a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a great winter break! I miss all of you! I've been having fun enjoying the Florida sunshine and even got to pet an alligator yesterday!
See you soon!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Good-Bye 2008!
Whew! The first 1/2 of 4th grade is gone in a blur.
After our wonderful wintery start this morning, we had a fantastic day.
LA: Due to our delay, we had a short time together before we went to IMC.
Math: We were able to finish up tests today!
Giving Celebration: There's nothing to put you in the spirit quite like the singing voices of 500+ students. It was fantastic!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Stay safe, play hard and see you in 2009!
After our wonderful wintery start this morning, we had a fantastic day.
LA: Due to our delay, we had a short time together before we went to IMC.
Math: We were able to finish up tests today!
Giving Celebration: There's nothing to put you in the spirit quite like the singing voices of 500+ students. It was fantastic!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Stay safe, play hard and see you in 2009!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Walkin' In A Winter Wonderland!
We're only 2 days away! We can do it!
LA: We had a super time making 3-D snowflakes this morning. Special thanks to Mrs. Lima for coming and helping out! Watch for them to be on display with our winter writing after the holiday break! We also had a great time visiting with our reading buddies for the last time in 2008! We came back to our room to work on handwriting and then enjoyed time in our camp under!
HW: None
Math: We had a practice test today! This took much longer than anticipated, so we will go over it first thing tomorrow and see if we have time for the test! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we can get it done.
HW: Unit 6 test tomorrow, hopefully!
Art Smart: Special thanks to Mrs. Demel for presenting to us about Egyptian Art and Mrs. Drye and Mrs. Meyer for helping out. Our projects look fantastic!
Don't forget tomorrow is Mini Mall!
Just in case...as of right now, the weather is not looking good for Friday...please try to remind your child to bring everything (snow pants, gloves, hats, boots, etc) they will need for break on the off chance we have a bonus winter break day!
LA: We had a super time making 3-D snowflakes this morning. Special thanks to Mrs. Lima for coming and helping out! Watch for them to be on display with our winter writing after the holiday break! We also had a great time visiting with our reading buddies for the last time in 2008! We came back to our room to work on handwriting and then enjoyed time in our camp under!
HW: None
Math: We had a practice test today! This took much longer than anticipated, so we will go over it first thing tomorrow and see if we have time for the test! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we can get it done.
HW: Unit 6 test tomorrow, hopefully!
Art Smart: Special thanks to Mrs. Demel for presenting to us about Egyptian Art and Mrs. Drye and Mrs. Meyer for helping out. Our projects look fantastic!
Don't forget tomorrow is Mini Mall!
Just in case...as of right now, the weather is not looking good for Friday...please try to remind your child to bring everything (snow pants, gloves, hats, boots, etc) they will need for break on the off chance we have a bonus winter break day!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
One Day Closer!
We're inching our way to Winter Break...and by the looks of things...we are ready!
LA: We finished up treasure box presentations today! If you're at school in the near future, check them out in the display case right outside Mrs. Hill's room, they look wonderful! We also had DEAR time and worked on our cursive.
HW: None!
Math: We took at time out today to see just what we remember from this first part of 4th grade.
HW: Unit 6 test is on Thursday.
Health: Today was the last day in the Health rotation for this nine weeks with Ms. Grannan's class. We watched a great video about being healthy and then wrote a quick paragraph on the importance of keeping our bodies healthy.
HW: None!
We have Art Smart tomorrow! Don't forget that Mini Mall is Thursday afternoon! Items may be brought to school in the morning and stored until we start!
LA: We finished up treasure box presentations today! If you're at school in the near future, check them out in the display case right outside Mrs. Hill's room, they look wonderful! We also had DEAR time and worked on our cursive.
HW: None!
Math: We took at time out today to see just what we remember from this first part of 4th grade.
HW: Unit 6 test is on Thursday.
Health: Today was the last day in the Health rotation for this nine weeks with Ms. Grannan's class. We watched a great video about being healthy and then wrote a quick paragraph on the importance of keeping our bodies healthy.
HW: None!
We have Art Smart tomorrow! Don't forget that Mini Mall is Thursday afternoon! Items may be brought to school in the morning and stored until we start!
Monday, December 15, 2008
4 More Wake Ups!
It seems as if we've come down with the Winter Break Wiggles! Please continue to have conversations nightly about staying focused on this last week! I know it's hard!
LA: No reading story this week = No Homework! Wahoo! This morning we had a wonderful time hearing reading presentations and looking through treasure boxes. I'm so impressed at the effort and thought put into the boxes! We also took some time to do silly Winter Mad Libs. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Jingle Bells have never been more interesting! We also squeezed in time for handwriting and read aloud as well.
HW: We need parent helpers on Wednesday. Please look for the half sheet that came home on Friday.
Math: More awesome angles today! We continued working on measuring angles with full and half protractors.
HW: Math box and study link 6.8. Center work is also due tomorrow. The unit 6 test will be given on Thursday. We are going to be skipping the last two lessons, which we will cover when we return to school. These topics will not be assessed on the test.
Health: Today was the chapter 3 test.
HW: None
We're almost there...hang on!
LA: No reading story this week = No Homework! Wahoo! This morning we had a wonderful time hearing reading presentations and looking through treasure boxes. I'm so impressed at the effort and thought put into the boxes! We also took some time to do silly Winter Mad Libs. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Jingle Bells have never been more interesting! We also squeezed in time for handwriting and read aloud as well.
HW: We need parent helpers on Wednesday. Please look for the half sheet that came home on Friday.
Math: More awesome angles today! We continued working on measuring angles with full and half protractors.
HW: Math box and study link 6.8. Center work is also due tomorrow. The unit 6 test will be given on Thursday. We are going to be skipping the last two lessons, which we will cover when we return to school. These topics will not be assessed on the test.
Health: Today was the chapter 3 test.
HW: None
We're almost there...hang on!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Only One More Week? Are Ya Kiddin' Me?
Wow...5 more "get ups" and our 2008 school days are over. Can you even believe it?
We have a busy week next week...hang on!
LA: Today were our assessments that we breezed through with ease! Some of us also worked on finishing up our winter writing! We even had time to get out some great review games. Mrs. Stephan was very impressed with our knowledge of synonyms! We will be doing presentations over treasure boxes on Monday and Tuesday. I can't wait to hear about them, they look fantastic!
HW: Check out the note that came home today about needing some helpers next Wednesday morning! We have a super fun snowflake activity planned and it will be much less stress with more adults! :)
Math: Review center day today! We rotated through coordinate grid practice, long division and computer games. Please continue to review the steps of long division at home, some of us are still have trouble remembering exactly what to do!
HW: None
Health: We reviewed chapter 3 today in preparation for Monday's test. Students had the entire 40 minutes to complete the review and will have 15 more on Monday before the test.
HW: Chapter review if you feel like you won't have enough time on Monday to finish up.
We have many fun things planned for next week! This is a very hard time to stay focused, please help us reiterate personal best behavior at home! If you know that your holiday plans will prevent your child from being at school everyday next week, please let us know as soon as possible.
Have a wonderful weekend!
We have a busy week next week...hang on!
LA: Today were our assessments that we breezed through with ease! Some of us also worked on finishing up our winter writing! We even had time to get out some great review games. Mrs. Stephan was very impressed with our knowledge of synonyms! We will be doing presentations over treasure boxes on Monday and Tuesday. I can't wait to hear about them, they look fantastic!
HW: Check out the note that came home today about needing some helpers next Wednesday morning! We have a super fun snowflake activity planned and it will be much less stress with more adults! :)
Math: Review center day today! We rotated through coordinate grid practice, long division and computer games. Please continue to review the steps of long division at home, some of us are still have trouble remembering exactly what to do!
HW: None
Health: We reviewed chapter 3 today in preparation for Monday's test. Students had the entire 40 minutes to complete the review and will have 15 more on Monday before the test.
HW: Chapter review if you feel like you won't have enough time on Monday to finish up.
We have many fun things planned for next week! This is a very hard time to stay focused, please help us reiterate personal best behavior at home! If you know that your holiday plans will prevent your child from being at school everyday next week, please let us know as soon as possible.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
There Just Aren't Enough Hours In My Day...
Which is a pretty bad excuse for not blogging yesterday, but there you have it! :) My apologies to those of you that faithfully check it each night!
LA: Vocabulary Vine, Grammar, Spelling and reading galore this morning. We crammed many things into our short time together. We continued work with our spelling sounds, as well as talked about contractions today and just how they are formed and spelled. We also spent time with our leveled readers and taking AR tests.
HW: Don't forget that tomorrow is our usual Friday, so Fluency and Flow is due. The reading treasure boxes are due as well! We've had 3 turned in so far and they are AMAZING! I can't wait to see the rest! Usual assessments will be given tomorrow as well!
Math: Protractors, Please! We began work on measuring and drawing angles today. This brings us back to the very first unit in 4th grade math! Now is a great time to review angle terms with your child. We need to know the difference between acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex! Talk about it at dinner tonight!
HW: Pages 167-169 are due tomorrow
Health: Our hearts were beating fast! We spent our day exercising! We got a baseline for 4 aerobic exercises today and plan on rechecking this in about 6 weeks! I've challenged all of Ms. Grannan's class to pick one of these exercises to work on per day to increase strength and endurance! We even spent some time "Sweatin' To The Oldies!"
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given on Monday!
Things in blue folders you should have seen by now:
LA: Vocabulary Vine, Grammar, Spelling and reading galore this morning. We crammed many things into our short time together. We continued work with our spelling sounds, as well as talked about contractions today and just how they are formed and spelled. We also spent time with our leveled readers and taking AR tests.
HW: Don't forget that tomorrow is our usual Friday, so Fluency and Flow is due. The reading treasure boxes are due as well! We've had 3 turned in so far and they are AMAZING! I can't wait to see the rest! Usual assessments will be given tomorrow as well!
Math: Protractors, Please! We began work on measuring and drawing angles today. This brings us back to the very first unit in 4th grade math! Now is a great time to review angle terms with your child. We need to know the difference between acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex! Talk about it at dinner tonight!
HW: Pages 167-169 are due tomorrow
Health: Our hearts were beating fast! We spent our day exercising! We got a baseline for 4 aerobic exercises today and plan on rechecking this in about 6 weeks! I've challenged all of Ms. Grannan's class to pick one of these exercises to work on per day to increase strength and endurance! We even spent some time "Sweatin' To The Oldies!"
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given on Monday!
Things in blue folders you should have seen by now:
- Science Expo forms! Science expo is manadatory for 4th and 5th graders. Scientific questions are due to Ms. Grannan on January 7th. It's never to early to start planning on this project, this isn't a good one to let go until the last minute!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Weather Outside is Frightful...
Wow! Our semester is coming to a quick end here. It officially ends next Friday, December 19th. As that date approaches, we have many things going on! Grab your calendars and write down these important dates:
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday
Math: Coordinate grids galore today! Be sure to ask your child to show you the difference between the X axis and the Y axis. They should also be able to plot points on a graph.
HW: Pages 162-163 and the Snoopy Graph picture are due tomorrow.
Health: Surprise! Pop quiz over sections 1-4 in chapter 3 today! This took many of the students the entire time. Some read lesson 5, which we will review tomorrow.
HW: None
Stay Dry!
- December 10th (Tomorrow!)--Mini Mall proposals are due
- December 11th-Sponsor A Family items are due (We have many friends who have not brought an item, please let me know if you need someone else to bring in something in place of yours!)
- December 11th-Stars in Service Meeting
- December 12th-My Reading class-Treasure boxes due
- December 16th-Last day of Social Studies
- December 17th-Art Smart
- December 18th-Mini Mall
- December 19th-Giving Celebration-Last day of the semester
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday
Math: Coordinate grids galore today! Be sure to ask your child to show you the difference between the X axis and the Y axis. They should also be able to plot points on a graph.
HW: Pages 162-163 and the Snoopy Graph picture are due tomorrow.
Health: Surprise! Pop quiz over sections 1-4 in chapter 3 today! This took many of the students the entire time. Some read lesson 5, which we will review tomorrow.
HW: None
Stay Dry!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Another Monday For The Record Books!
What a day! We got a ton accomplished today, hooray!
LA: Our story this week, Kid Reporters At Work, is all about children who report news for Times for Kids! It's filled with great information! With this story, we are working on comparing and contrasting (ask your child to create a Venn Diagram for you!), words ending in ed and ing and our spelling skill this week focuses on soft c and g sounds as in ceiling and gentle. We also worked through more handwriting pages in preparation for the switch to all cursive in January! We squeezed in time for DEAR and read aloud as well!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. We are officially in crunch time regarding the reading treasure box projects-they are due this week! The AR test is also due this week.
Math: What do you do with the remainder? Should we keep it? Ignore it? Round It? Today is the day we talked all about it. We worked on number stories and how to handle the remainders today.
HW: Page 157, Math box 6.4 and Study link 6.4 are due tomorrow. Does anyone have the game, Battleship we can borrow? If so, we need them Wednesday, please!
Health: Are you a health consumer? We realized today that many of us are indeed!
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 4 check up, 1-3
Don't forget:
LA: Our story this week, Kid Reporters At Work, is all about children who report news for Times for Kids! It's filled with great information! With this story, we are working on comparing and contrasting (ask your child to create a Venn Diagram for you!), words ending in ed and ing and our spelling skill this week focuses on soft c and g sounds as in ceiling and gentle. We also worked through more handwriting pages in preparation for the switch to all cursive in January! We squeezed in time for DEAR and read aloud as well!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. We are officially in crunch time regarding the reading treasure box projects-they are due this week! The AR test is also due this week.
Math: What do you do with the remainder? Should we keep it? Ignore it? Round It? Today is the day we talked all about it. We worked on number stories and how to handle the remainders today.
HW: Page 157, Math box 6.4 and Study link 6.4 are due tomorrow. Does anyone have the game, Battleship we can borrow? If so, we need them Wednesday, please!
Health: Are you a health consumer? We realized today that many of us are indeed!
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 4 check up, 1-3
Don't forget:
- Mini Mall business proposals are due on Wednesday!
- Family donations need to be brought in by Thursday so we can get a handle of where we are! They will be delivered to the families early next week!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Another Weekend?!?!?!
Where does our time together go?
LA: Today was assessment day! We also had the opportunity to work on our final copies of our Snowy Day writing. I can't wait to see them displayed on our bulletin boards!
HW: Treasure box projects are due one week from today!
Math: Today was center day!
HW: None
Health: We fast forwarded through lesson 3, which was all review. We also enjoyed a video showcasing ways to keep our bodies healthy!
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given one week from today!
Have a wonderful weekend! Stay warm!
LA: Today was assessment day! We also had the opportunity to work on our final copies of our Snowy Day writing. I can't wait to see them displayed on our bulletin boards!
HW: Treasure box projects are due one week from today!
Math: Today was center day!
HW: None
Health: We fast forwarded through lesson 3, which was all review. We also enjoyed a video showcasing ways to keep our bodies healthy!
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given one week from today!
Have a wonderful weekend! Stay warm!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
McTeacher Night Was A Huge Success!
A special thank you to all of you that chose to dine out last night! McTeacher Night raised over $500 for Northpoint! Wahoo!
LA: We had a great time rotating through 3 centers this morning during Language Arts! The students got to spend time reading, writing and working with the un- and re- prefixes.
HW: Fluency and flow as well as the center work is due tomorrow. We will also be taking our assessments. Don't forget about the Treasure Box, which is due a week from tomorrow!
Math: Multiplication and division number stories today! We spent quite a bit of time going through the word problems and picking out important information! We also shared strategies and code words that we used to tell how we could know whether to multiply or divide.
HW: Math box and study link 6.3 is due tomorrow, as well as the extra division practice sheet!
Health: Healthy teeth are important!!! Today in Health, we learned just why that is!
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 2 check up, 1-3 is due tomorrow. Posters are also due tomorrow.
Don't forget Doughnuts with Dad starts tomorrow at 7:00 am! What an exciting time for you and dad to spend together!
I'm still collecting Dr. Pepper forms for the Holiday Break. If your family is interested in hosting our furry little friend, please let me know by Monday!
Also-Mini Mall is quickly approaching! Have you turned in your business proposal yet?
LA: We had a great time rotating through 3 centers this morning during Language Arts! The students got to spend time reading, writing and working with the un- and re- prefixes.
HW: Fluency and flow as well as the center work is due tomorrow. We will also be taking our assessments. Don't forget about the Treasure Box, which is due a week from tomorrow!
Math: Multiplication and division number stories today! We spent quite a bit of time going through the word problems and picking out important information! We also shared strategies and code words that we used to tell how we could know whether to multiply or divide.
HW: Math box and study link 6.3 is due tomorrow, as well as the extra division practice sheet!
Health: Healthy teeth are important!!! Today in Health, we learned just why that is!
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 2 check up, 1-3 is due tomorrow. Posters are also due tomorrow.
Don't forget Doughnuts with Dad starts tomorrow at 7:00 am! What an exciting time for you and dad to spend together!
I'm still collecting Dr. Pepper forms for the Holiday Break. If your family is interested in hosting our furry little friend, please let me know by Monday!
Also-Mini Mall is quickly approaching! Have you turned in your business proposal yet?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Would You Like Fries With That?
Don't forget about McTeacher Night tonight from 4:30-7:30!
LA: We had MAP testing this morning! This is a great time for us to evaluate how your child is doing! We also had reading buddies this morning, enjoying our time writing letters to Santa! We worked on our snow writing project and enjoyed some time listening to our read aloud!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. We will be taking assessments on that day as well. Snow writing sloppy copies are due tomorrow! Don't forget about the treasure box that is due next Friday!
Math: More long division practice today. We split into two groups, one working with me and the other practicing long division on the computer.
HW: Extra long division sheet is due tomorrow!
Health: Welcome Ms. Grannan's Class! We started talking about the importance of healthy skin and nails today!
HW: Posters are due Friday!
See you at McDonald's tonight!
LA: We had MAP testing this morning! This is a great time for us to evaluate how your child is doing! We also had reading buddies this morning, enjoying our time writing letters to Santa! We worked on our snow writing project and enjoyed some time listening to our read aloud!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. We will be taking assessments on that day as well. Snow writing sloppy copies are due tomorrow! Don't forget about the treasure box that is due next Friday!
Math: More long division practice today. We split into two groups, one working with me and the other practicing long division on the computer.
HW: Extra long division sheet is due tomorrow!
Health: Welcome Ms. Grannan's Class! We started talking about the importance of healthy skin and nails today!
HW: Posters are due Friday!
See you at McDonald's tonight!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Snow On The Ground=Cold Recess!
Please dress accordingly! As long as the temperature and wind chill are above 0, we go outside! We had many red, cold cheeks and toes today outside!
LA: We reviewed author's purpose and words with silent letters today! We also started to brainstorm great words for a writing project we will begin tomorrow!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. We will also have assessments on that same day. Don't forget about the reading project that is due on December 12th!
Math: Long Division!!! After a quick review of powers of 10 and exponents, we spent the remaining time on long division! This is a skill that we will continue to work on over and over and over...! Be sure to share the steps to long division tonight at dinner! Check out this fun web site! http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php
HW: Math boxes 6.1 and 6.2 (skip the last problem!)
Health: Today was the last day for Mrs. Suddarth's class for this rotation. We took the Chapter 3 test today!
HW: None
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
LA: We reviewed author's purpose and words with silent letters today! We also started to brainstorm great words for a writing project we will begin tomorrow!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. We will also have assessments on that same day. Don't forget about the reading project that is due on December 12th!
Math: Long Division!!! After a quick review of powers of 10 and exponents, we spent the remaining time on long division! This is a skill that we will continue to work on over and over and over...! Be sure to share the steps to long division tonight at dinner! Check out this fun web site! http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php
HW: Math boxes 6.1 and 6.2 (skip the last problem!)
Health: Today was the last day for Mrs. Suddarth's class for this rotation. We took the Chapter 3 test today!
HW: None
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
- Dr. Pepper Form--he needs a home for the holidays! :)
Monday, December 1, 2008
Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a delightful weekend! We're back to our normal routine!
LA: Today we started the story, My Brother Martin. We had an amazing discussion about segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. This week we are discussing more about author's purpose and also prefixes. Our spelling words this week contain silent letters, which proved pretty tricky on our pre-test. Be sure to study those words! We didn't have Computer Lab today due to Map testing, and we won't have it again next week either. We made time for a writing marathon today in addition to starting a new read aloud!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday, as well as all the assessments. Don't forget that we have our Reading MAP testing Wednesday morning first thing. The reading project due date is right around the corner...due next Friday!
Math: We spent a lot of time on powers of 10 and exponents today in class. Many of us struggle with remembering to multiply instead of add when finding solutions! Review of this at home would be super helpful!
HW: Exponent sheet is due tomorrow!
Health: Today we reviewed for the Chapter 3 test which will be given tomorrow, our last day of this Health rotation!
HW: Finish Chapter 3 review and study for the test.
Don't Forget:
Doughnuts with Dad is Friday!
Mini-Mall papers are due soon...make sure you are coming up with a plan!
LA: Today we started the story, My Brother Martin. We had an amazing discussion about segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. This week we are discussing more about author's purpose and also prefixes. Our spelling words this week contain silent letters, which proved pretty tricky on our pre-test. Be sure to study those words! We didn't have Computer Lab today due to Map testing, and we won't have it again next week either. We made time for a writing marathon today in addition to starting a new read aloud!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday, as well as all the assessments. Don't forget that we have our Reading MAP testing Wednesday morning first thing. The reading project due date is right around the corner...due next Friday!
Math: We spent a lot of time on powers of 10 and exponents today in class. Many of us struggle with remembering to multiply instead of add when finding solutions! Review of this at home would be super helpful!
HW: Exponent sheet is due tomorrow!
Health: Today we reviewed for the Chapter 3 test which will be given tomorrow, our last day of this Health rotation!
HW: Finish Chapter 3 review and study for the test.
Don't Forget:
Doughnuts with Dad is Friday!
Mini-Mall papers are due soon...make sure you are coming up with a plan!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
So Many Reasons To Be Thankful!
I am thankful for each and every one of you! I'm the luckiest teacher alive! Thank you for sharing your lives with me!
LA: We had a great visit with our reading buddies today. We spent our time together writing letters of gratitude to an adult in the building. The letters were very heartwarming! We also finished up our movie from our read aloud!
HW: Enjoy your turkey!
Math: We took the unit 5 test today!
HW: Don't forget the stuffing!
Health: Today we learned ways to stay physically fit and what that looks like in our bodies!
HW: Chapter 3 test Tuesday! Eat lots of cranberry jell-o!
Many thanks to all of you that went out to Notre Dame! Not only did we get to watch the ND team crush Georgia, we also won 2nd place! We will be receiving $200 very soon for our school!
Things to watch for in blue folders:
Northpoint Newsletters--this has some important information about Doughnuts with Dad!
Market Day Flyers
Enjoy your time with your friends and family this long weekend! Happy Thanksgiving!
My plan is to be out at 4 on Friday morning...what's yours? :)
LA: We had a great visit with our reading buddies today. We spent our time together writing letters of gratitude to an adult in the building. The letters were very heartwarming! We also finished up our movie from our read aloud!
HW: Enjoy your turkey!
Math: We took the unit 5 test today!
HW: Don't forget the stuffing!
Health: Today we learned ways to stay physically fit and what that looks like in our bodies!
HW: Chapter 3 test Tuesday! Eat lots of cranberry jell-o!
Many thanks to all of you that went out to Notre Dame! Not only did we get to watch the ND team crush Georgia, we also won 2nd place! We will be receiving $200 very soon for our school!
Things to watch for in blue folders:
Northpoint Newsletters--this has some important information about Doughnuts with Dad!
Market Day Flyers
Enjoy your time with your friends and family this long weekend! Happy Thanksgiving!
My plan is to be out at 4 on Friday morning...what's yours? :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Cheer, Cheer For Old Notre Dame!
Come cheer on the Irish tonight for the Women's Basketball game!
LA: Today we added a whopping 11 new cards to our stash of Vocabulary Vine cards. We also enjoyed more of our movie that goes along with our read aloud novel!
HW: The Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt is due tomorrow. We have found that it is easiest to go to Google, type in 4th Grade Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt and it should be the first link that pops up. Don't forget to study Vocab. Vine cards as well!
Math: Today we completed the unit 5 practice math test as a class. Tomorrow's assessment will look very similar to this practice test.
HW: Study for Unit 5 test that will be given tomorrow.
Health: Today we learned about the importance of good posture while standing and sitting.
HW: 3 comics about computer posture are due tomorrow. Chapter 3 test will be given next Tuesday.
See you at Notre Dame tonight for the Women's Basketball game!
LA: Today we added a whopping 11 new cards to our stash of Vocabulary Vine cards. We also enjoyed more of our movie that goes along with our read aloud novel!
HW: The Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt is due tomorrow. We have found that it is easiest to go to Google, type in 4th Grade Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt and it should be the first link that pops up. Don't forget to study Vocab. Vine cards as well!
Math: Today we completed the unit 5 practice math test as a class. Tomorrow's assessment will look very similar to this practice test.
HW: Study for Unit 5 test that will be given tomorrow.
Health: Today we learned about the importance of good posture while standing and sitting.
HW: 3 comics about computer posture are due tomorrow. Chapter 3 test will be given next Tuesday.
See you at Notre Dame tonight for the Women's Basketball game!
Monday, November 24, 2008
You Know You're Ready for Thanksgiving When...
The WSTAR Crew claims it's a "Mashed Potato Monday!" Whew...we can almost smell the turkey cooking!
LA: No story this week! We are playing catch up and review this week with some of those skills that perhaps have sn us by not mastered! Today we learned about 4 new roots in Vocabulary Vine as well as practiced our following directions skills with a fun snowman activity. We squeezed in time for read aloud before computer lab, where we did a very exciting Thanksgiving scavenger hunt. After computer lab, we started to enjoy the video that goes along with our novel we are sharing together.
HW: Thanksgiving scavenger hunts are due on Wednesday. Signed weekly tests are due back tomorrow!
Math: We were excellent estimators today! We talked about reasons to estimate and even decided which is better to do, find exact amounts or estimate in several instances. We also did a beaver activity where we had to figure out how many beavers were in a certain amount of lodges in New York! In addition to estimating today, we played catch up with math boxes from this unit!
HW: Math boxes from unit 5 are due on Wednesday. Unit 5 test will be given on Wednesday.
Health: Today was a great day to review dental health by doing a worksheet. We also reviewed hearing and eyesight from the beginning of the year!
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 3 lesson check up is due tomorrow. Chapter 3 test will be given next Tuesday.
Don't forget:
LA: No story this week! We are playing catch up and review this week with some of those skills that perhaps have sn us by not mastered! Today we learned about 4 new roots in Vocabulary Vine as well as practiced our following directions skills with a fun snowman activity. We squeezed in time for read aloud before computer lab, where we did a very exciting Thanksgiving scavenger hunt. After computer lab, we started to enjoy the video that goes along with our novel we are sharing together.
HW: Thanksgiving scavenger hunts are due on Wednesday. Signed weekly tests are due back tomorrow!
Math: We were excellent estimators today! We talked about reasons to estimate and even decided which is better to do, find exact amounts or estimate in several instances. We also did a beaver activity where we had to figure out how many beavers were in a certain amount of lodges in New York! In addition to estimating today, we played catch up with math boxes from this unit!
HW: Math boxes from unit 5 are due on Wednesday. Unit 5 test will be given on Wednesday.
Health: Today was a great day to review dental health by doing a worksheet. We also reviewed hearing and eyesight from the beginning of the year!
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 3 lesson check up is due tomorrow. Chapter 3 test will be given next Tuesday.
Don't forget:
- Tomorrow night is the ND women's basketball game! It's PHM night and the school that has the most people in attendance gets a $300 reward! We won last year and were able to put this money towards enrichment activities for our students! Come support the Notre Dame Women's Basketball Team and have a fun family night out!
- Mini Mall is going to be here before you know it! Get those business proposals turned in as soon as possible!
Friday, November 21, 2008
5 Truck Loads Of Food!!!
Wow! A fortunate group of us had the privilege to deliver food to Elsie Rogers this afternoon! We had 5 amazing truck loads and there were tears of thanks! Way to go Northpoint, you've made a difference in many lives!
LA: Today was our usual assessment day. In addition to getting those all done, we also had time for handwriting, read aloud and a great "family project" tour of the school!
HW: Enjoy your weekend! Don't forget that the Treasure Box project is looming...don't let it catch you off guard!
Math: Today was a great review center day. We rotated through 4 centers: place value practice sheet, accelerated math, Tux Math and Multiplication Wrestling.
HW: Unit 5 test will be given on Wednesday
Health: Today we had a great discussion about teeth. We learned all about the parts of a tooth, how to care for our teeth and what to do to keep them healthy!
HW: None
Stay warm this weekend! Go Kingsmen and Irish!
LA: Today was our usual assessment day. In addition to getting those all done, we also had time for handwriting, read aloud and a great "family project" tour of the school!
HW: Enjoy your weekend! Don't forget that the Treasure Box project is looming...don't let it catch you off guard!
Math: Today was a great review center day. We rotated through 4 centers: place value practice sheet, accelerated math, Tux Math and Multiplication Wrestling.
HW: Unit 5 test will be given on Wednesday
Health: Today we had a great discussion about teeth. We learned all about the parts of a tooth, how to care for our teeth and what to do to keep them healthy!
HW: None
Stay warm this weekend! Go Kingsmen and Irish!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Snowflakes Are Falling!
It was windy and chilly outside, but we stayed warm inside!
LA: We continued work with our grammar skills today, learning and reviewing the procedures for using quotation marks around dialogue. We also spent more time with the are/ere/air sounds and rules in words.
HW: Fluency and flow is due tomorrow. Don't forget alphabet alliteration books are also due!
Math: We had a great review of rounding and multiplication today. We took our multiplication skills a step further and applied them in solving story problems.
HW: Multiplication story problems packet
Health: We learned about our skin and how to properly care for it today during health.
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 1 check up, 1-3
Don't forget:
Tomorrow is the last day to bring in non-perishable food items for our Thanksgiving food baskets.
It is mis-match day. Bring in $1.00 and dress crazy! All money collected will be given to the Northern Indiana Food Bank.
Doughnuts with Dad papers need to be returned soon!
LA: We continued work with our grammar skills today, learning and reviewing the procedures for using quotation marks around dialogue. We also spent more time with the are/ere/air sounds and rules in words.
HW: Fluency and flow is due tomorrow. Don't forget alphabet alliteration books are also due!
Math: We had a great review of rounding and multiplication today. We took our multiplication skills a step further and applied them in solving story problems.
HW: Multiplication story problems packet
Health: We learned about our skin and how to properly care for it today during health.
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 1 check up, 1-3
Don't forget:
Tomorrow is the last day to bring in non-perishable food items for our Thanksgiving food baskets.
It is mis-match day. Bring in $1.00 and dress crazy! All money collected will be given to the Northern Indiana Food Bank.
Doughnuts with Dad papers need to be returned soon!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
It's Not To Late For Some Mashed 'Taters!
Keep bringing in your goodies for our food drive!
LA: We had a great morning in LA today. We enjoyed more silent reading time during Vocabulary Vine, and we got to watch the 2nd production of Earthquack! We also spent time working on our spelling skills along with learning about foreshadowing and symbolism as part of our reading skills this week. For writing, we worked on our alphabet alliteration books and even squeezed in some time for our read aloud! The family projects look amazing, I can't for the students to share them!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. Spelling test will also be given then, as well as the alliteration books being due.
Math: We rumbled! We took on Ms. Brown's class today in a Multiplication Wrestling tournament! We had a fantastic time!
HW: None--A look ahead...unit 5 test is one week from today!
Art Smart: Special thanks to Mrs. Donati, who was our presenter on Vincent Van Gogh and Mrs. Iapalucci for helping out today. Our art was beautiful! Coming to a wall near you...soon!
Dont' forget:
Doughnuts with Dad papers need to be returned
Bring in Food for the food drive
Mini Mall papers are due soon!
LA: We had a great morning in LA today. We enjoyed more silent reading time during Vocabulary Vine, and we got to watch the 2nd production of Earthquack! We also spent time working on our spelling skills along with learning about foreshadowing and symbolism as part of our reading skills this week. For writing, we worked on our alphabet alliteration books and even squeezed in some time for our read aloud! The family projects look amazing, I can't for the students to share them!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. Spelling test will also be given then, as well as the alliteration books being due.
Math: We rumbled! We took on Ms. Brown's class today in a Multiplication Wrestling tournament! We had a fantastic time!
HW: None--A look ahead...unit 5 test is one week from today!
Art Smart: Special thanks to Mrs. Donati, who was our presenter on Vincent Van Gogh and Mrs. Iapalucci for helping out today. Our art was beautiful! Coming to a wall near you...soon!
Dont' forget:
Doughnuts with Dad papers need to be returned
Bring in Food for the food drive
Mini Mall papers are due soon!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Bring In Those Green Beans!
Don't forget we are still collecting food for our "adopted family!" We are a far ways from providing our family with a Thanksgiving meal! Go through your pantries!
LA: Another quick morning. We had a great time enjoying silent reading during Vocabulary Vine today. It was a good chance to make progress on our 9 week book project reading! We also really enjoyed watching the first performance of Earthquack!
HW: Family homework is due tomorrow! Fluency and Flow needs to be handed in on Friday! Don't forget that the alliteration alphabet books are also due on Friday!
Math: We are multiplying fools! Not only can we FOIL, now we can do single digit times double digit multiplication and double times double using the ol' standard way of multiplying! Keep these skills fresh at home by giving your child problems to work out.
HW: Multiplication packet is due tomorrow.
Health: Today was the chapter 2 test.
HW: None! We take a break tomorrow for Art Smart! Hooray!
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
Mini Mall Paper and business proposal
Doughnuts with Dad sign up sheet
LA: Another quick morning. We had a great time enjoying silent reading during Vocabulary Vine today. It was a good chance to make progress on our 9 week book project reading! We also really enjoyed watching the first performance of Earthquack!
HW: Family homework is due tomorrow! Fluency and Flow needs to be handed in on Friday! Don't forget that the alliteration alphabet books are also due on Friday!
Math: We are multiplying fools! Not only can we FOIL, now we can do single digit times double digit multiplication and double times double using the ol' standard way of multiplying! Keep these skills fresh at home by giving your child problems to work out.
HW: Multiplication packet is due tomorrow.
Health: Today was the chapter 2 test.
HW: None! We take a break tomorrow for Art Smart! Hooray!
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
Mini Mall Paper and business proposal
Doughnuts with Dad sign up sheet
Monday, November 17, 2008
It's Beginning to Look Like A Winter Wonderland!
The snowflakes are falling! Please dress accordingly, we still have recess in the snow!
LA: Today was the start of unit 3. Our story this week is called Roadrunner's Dance. We are spending more time on author's purpose, working on synonyms and our spelling skills are words with er, ir and ur. We also worked on subject verb agreement today in grammar. If all of our cast members are here tomorrow, we will be having a "dress rehearsal" for our first grade friends!
HW: Don't forget that family homework is due Wednesday! The Reading Buddies play is Wednesday evening at 6:30, all cast members need to be here at 6:00. Fluency and Flow along with assessments will be completed on Friday. Alliteration books are due Friday as well.
Math: A rounding we will go! We spent the entire day on rounding. Ask your child to show you the secret to rounding correctly by circling and pointing!
HW: Page 120-121 are due tomorrow along with the rounding practice packet.
Health: Today we spent time reviewing chapter 2 in preparation for tomorrow's test.
HW: Chapter 2 test tomorrow!
Don't forget:
We are still collecting food for the Thanksgiving food drive! Consider donating some goodies to a needy family!
Next Tuesday is the Notre Dame Women's Basketball Game...come support Northpoint!
LA: Today was the start of unit 3. Our story this week is called Roadrunner's Dance. We are spending more time on author's purpose, working on synonyms and our spelling skills are words with er, ir and ur. We also worked on subject verb agreement today in grammar. If all of our cast members are here tomorrow, we will be having a "dress rehearsal" for our first grade friends!
HW: Don't forget that family homework is due Wednesday! The Reading Buddies play is Wednesday evening at 6:30, all cast members need to be here at 6:00. Fluency and Flow along with assessments will be completed on Friday. Alliteration books are due Friday as well.
Math: A rounding we will go! We spent the entire day on rounding. Ask your child to show you the secret to rounding correctly by circling and pointing!
HW: Page 120-121 are due tomorrow along with the rounding practice packet.
Health: Today we spent time reviewing chapter 2 in preparation for tomorrow's test.
HW: Chapter 2 test tomorrow!
Don't forget:
We are still collecting food for the Thanksgiving food drive! Consider donating some goodies to a needy family!
Next Tuesday is the Notre Dame Women's Basketball Game...come support Northpoint!
Friday, November 14, 2008
It's A Great Day...If You're A Duck!
What a great end to our week!
LA: We had our usual assessments today! We also had hearing screening today. We also worked on our alliteration alphabet books, the final drift of those will be do next Friday.
HW: Family homework is due November 19th.
Math: We had a good ol' wrestling match! Ask your child to teach you how to play multiplication wrestling!
HW: None
Health: We learned about parts of the brain today. There was also a packet that is due on Tuesday.
HW: Packet is due on Tuesday.
I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! Good luck Kingsmen and Irish!
LA: We had our usual assessments today! We also had hearing screening today. We also worked on our alliteration alphabet books, the final drift of those will be do next Friday.
HW: Family homework is due November 19th.
Math: We had a good ol' wrestling match! Ask your child to teach you how to play multiplication wrestling!
HW: None
Health: We learned about parts of the brain today. There was also a packet that is due on Tuesday.
HW: Packet is due on Tuesday.
I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! Good luck Kingsmen and Irish!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Good Morning, Sleepy Heads!
I hope everyone enjoyed sleeping in this morning! Everyone seemed a bit more bright eyed and bushy tailed when they came in 2.5 hours late this morning! :)
LA: I said "hi" they went to Music and I said "Goodbye!"
HW: Fluency and flow along with assessments are tomorrow.
Math: We learned to FOIL today! Please ask your child to show you this cool method of multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits!
HW: Complete the extra sheet of 8 problems by doing the FOIL method!
Health: We had a quiz over the first 2 lessons in chapter 2 today. Students also independently read lesson 3.
HW: Chapter 2, lesson 3 check up is due tomorrow. Questions 1-4 need to be done in complete sentences.
Don't forget we are collecting food for Families in the P-H-M District to ensure they have a wonderful Thanksgiving meal this year!
Dazzle's craft night is tonight in the Gym!
LA: I said "hi" they went to Music and I said "Goodbye!"
HW: Fluency and flow along with assessments are tomorrow.
Math: We learned to FOIL today! Please ask your child to show you this cool method of multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits!
HW: Complete the extra sheet of 8 problems by doing the FOIL method!
Health: We had a quiz over the first 2 lessons in chapter 2 today. Students also independently read lesson 3.
HW: Chapter 2, lesson 3 check up is due tomorrow. Questions 1-4 need to be done in complete sentences.
Don't forget we are collecting food for Families in the P-H-M District to ensure they have a wonderful Thanksgiving meal this year!
Dazzle's craft night is tonight in the Gym!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I Forgot to Blog!
Yikes! It occurred to me this morning at 1:30 that I forgot to blog last night! My apologies!
LA: We had a great day in LA this morning. We added 6 new cards to our Vocabulary Vine collection and spent a chunk of time with our reading buddies. We also had our last session with Mrs. Slater and the bullying topic. I've been very proud of all the students in how open and honest they have been during this time. We've had amazing discussions. We also spent time peer editing our alliteration alphabet books.
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. We will also have our usual assessments. If students did not finish peer editing today, this needs to be done for homework tonight. If your child is a part of the Earthquack! play, please make sure that you have received the invitation to the play next Wednesday evening. Students need to be here at 6:00 with the performance starting at 6:30!
Math: We started unit 5 today. We learned about extending basic math facts. It's more important than ever to make sure all facts 1-12 are mastered. If not, please continue working on these nightly, it will only make our jobs easier!
HW: Get unit 4 test signed. Study link and math box 5.1 along with the extra packet are all due tomorrow.
Health: Welcome Mrs. Suddarth's class! We have jumped into chapter 2. Today we discussed the different types of families that we all come from and how some are similar and how some are different. We had a great discussion on traditions, values and activities families do for fun!
HW: There is a quiz over chapter 2, lessons 1 & 2 tomorrow.
Don't forget to set back your alarms tomorrow, it's a sleep in day! See you at 10:10!
Dazzle's craft night is tomorrow in the gym as well!
Be sure to check out the bright orange piece of paper that came home today! Northpoint will be "adopting" PHM families and making goodie baskets for them for Thanksgiving! What a great time to teach your child about the gift of giving! This is one of 2 giving projects we will be doing this holiday season!
LA: We had a great day in LA this morning. We added 6 new cards to our Vocabulary Vine collection and spent a chunk of time with our reading buddies. We also had our last session with Mrs. Slater and the bullying topic. I've been very proud of all the students in how open and honest they have been during this time. We've had amazing discussions. We also spent time peer editing our alliteration alphabet books.
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. We will also have our usual assessments. If students did not finish peer editing today, this needs to be done for homework tonight. If your child is a part of the Earthquack! play, please make sure that you have received the invitation to the play next Wednesday evening. Students need to be here at 6:00 with the performance starting at 6:30!
Math: We started unit 5 today. We learned about extending basic math facts. It's more important than ever to make sure all facts 1-12 are mastered. If not, please continue working on these nightly, it will only make our jobs easier!
HW: Get unit 4 test signed. Study link and math box 5.1 along with the extra packet are all due tomorrow.
Health: Welcome Mrs. Suddarth's class! We have jumped into chapter 2. Today we discussed the different types of families that we all come from and how some are similar and how some are different. We had a great discussion on traditions, values and activities families do for fun!
HW: There is a quiz over chapter 2, lessons 1 & 2 tomorrow.
Don't forget to set back your alarms tomorrow, it's a sleep in day! See you at 10:10!
Dazzle's craft night is tomorrow in the gym as well!
Be sure to check out the bright orange piece of paper that came home today! Northpoint will be "adopting" PHM families and making goodie baskets for them for Thanksgiving! What a great time to teach your child about the gift of giving! This is one of 2 giving projects we will be doing this holiday season!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Dig Out Your Mittens!
The cold weather is here...and it might just be staying! Please be dressed accordingly...we will continue to go outside unless the windchill or temperatures are 0!
LA: What a great morning! We moved through quite a bit of information in our time together this morning. We started a new story, Dear Mr. Winston today. This is our last story in unit 2! With this story, we are learning about making inferences, base words and our spelling skill is words with air, are, ear, and ere. We also spent time reviewing plural nouns in grammar. We reviewed our grammar skills in computer lab as well as taking time to catch up on any Accelerated Reading tests that we needed to take! In writing, we are starting an alliteration alphabet book! Ask your child to give you some tongue twisters to try!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. This week, there will be 7 sentences due for Words To Know, a parent signature is required on the spelling words section and an apology note needs to be written and turned in from one of the situations on the back. Assessments will be given on Friday as well! Alliteration alphabet books (sloppy copy) are due Wednesday. Last call for book orders...I'm calling it in tomorrow at 9:30!
Math: Today we spent the entire class reviewing for tomorrow's unit 4 test. Students were instructed to bring home the practice test as well as their "cheat sheet" of metric terms and conversions to study!
HW: Study for Unit 4 test, no notes can be used.
Health: Students took the chapter 3 test today.
HW: Tomorrow is the first day of Science with Ms. Grannan.
Reminder: PBA day is Wednesday! Sleep in or go out to breakfast! See you at 10:10!
Don't Forget that Dazzle's Craft Night is Thursday, plan to come make cute crafts with your kids!
LA: What a great morning! We moved through quite a bit of information in our time together this morning. We started a new story, Dear Mr. Winston today. This is our last story in unit 2! With this story, we are learning about making inferences, base words and our spelling skill is words with air, are, ear, and ere. We also spent time reviewing plural nouns in grammar. We reviewed our grammar skills in computer lab as well as taking time to catch up on any Accelerated Reading tests that we needed to take! In writing, we are starting an alliteration alphabet book! Ask your child to give you some tongue twisters to try!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. This week, there will be 7 sentences due for Words To Know, a parent signature is required on the spelling words section and an apology note needs to be written and turned in from one of the situations on the back. Assessments will be given on Friday as well! Alliteration alphabet books (sloppy copy) are due Wednesday. Last call for book orders...I'm calling it in tomorrow at 9:30!
Math: Today we spent the entire class reviewing for tomorrow's unit 4 test. Students were instructed to bring home the practice test as well as their "cheat sheet" of metric terms and conversions to study!
HW: Study for Unit 4 test, no notes can be used.
Health: Students took the chapter 3 test today.
HW: Tomorrow is the first day of Science with Ms. Grannan.
Reminder: PBA day is Wednesday! Sleep in or go out to breakfast! See you at 10:10!
Don't Forget that Dazzle's Craft Night is Thursday, plan to come make cute crafts with your kids!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Are You Enjoying This Amazing Fall Weather?
Wow! I can't get over the temperature outside! It's amazing! Go out and have some fun while you still can!
LA: What a great morning! We had a lot jam packed into our time together. We added five new word roots to our Vocabulary Vine collection of words. We also spent time with our Reading Buddies...we are just about ready to perform the play...watch for a note to come home soon! We also talked more about possessive nouns, learning today how to make plural nouns possessive. Mrs. Slater joined us for the second to the last time to discuss more solutions for bullies that we run into and encounter. Lastly, we squeezed in some time for figurative language, talking about idioms again briefly and also learning about similies, metaphors and alliteration.
HW: Fluency and flow needs to be turned in first thing Friday, before all assessments take place. Students also need to complete their 15 sentences with our figurative language. (5 metaphors, 5 similies and 5 examples of alliteration) There is a school wide Family Homework Project that is due on November 19th. Please see the dark green piece of paper with the information. We spent quite a bit of time brainstorming projects you might choose...some we came up with that weren't listed on the paper included making a video, decorating paper machied heads to look like family members, making a family quilt and creating something special by using handprints of family members. Be creative!
Math: Some of us really struggled with metric conversions today! We spent the entire day practicing conversions on white boards and taking notes on how to do this.
HW: Math box 4.7 and the extra metric practice sheet are due tomorrow.
Health: We had a great time reviewing the eyes and ears today. We also talked about the importance of good posture.
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 4 check up 1-3. #4 is extra credit. Chapter 3 Health test will be given on Monday.
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
ND girls basketball game tickets for November--Come out and support the Irish and help Northpoint try to win!
Dazzle Craft Night information!
LA: What a great morning! We had a lot jam packed into our time together. We added five new word roots to our Vocabulary Vine collection of words. We also spent time with our Reading Buddies...we are just about ready to perform the play...watch for a note to come home soon! We also talked more about possessive nouns, learning today how to make plural nouns possessive. Mrs. Slater joined us for the second to the last time to discuss more solutions for bullies that we run into and encounter. Lastly, we squeezed in some time for figurative language, talking about idioms again briefly and also learning about similies, metaphors and alliteration.
HW: Fluency and flow needs to be turned in first thing Friday, before all assessments take place. Students also need to complete their 15 sentences with our figurative language. (5 metaphors, 5 similies and 5 examples of alliteration) There is a school wide Family Homework Project that is due on November 19th. Please see the dark green piece of paper with the information. We spent quite a bit of time brainstorming projects you might choose...some we came up with that weren't listed on the paper included making a video, decorating paper machied heads to look like family members, making a family quilt and creating something special by using handprints of family members. Be creative!
Math: Some of us really struggled with metric conversions today! We spent the entire day practicing conversions on white boards and taking notes on how to do this.
HW: Math box 4.7 and the extra metric practice sheet are due tomorrow.
Health: We had a great time reviewing the eyes and ears today. We also talked about the importance of good posture.
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 4 check up 1-3. #4 is extra credit. Chapter 3 Health test will be given on Monday.
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
ND girls basketball game tickets for November--Come out and support the Irish and help Northpoint try to win!
Dazzle Craft Night information!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
It's Our Day To Make A Difference-Don't Forget To Let Your Voice Be Heard!
What a day! The election buzz was thick even in 4th grade!
LA: Today was our short day in LA due to double specials. We had time to add more words to our Vocabulary Vine cards! We also worked on our kite writing project using our facts about Benjamin Franklin that we collected yesterday in computer lab!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday! We will also have all other assessments on Friday as well.
Math: After a silly scare with a missing math book (Sneaky Mrs. McGann!), we had a great time learning about the metric system! We spent quite a bit of time measuring things around the room!
HW: Finish page 98, math box and study link 4.7
Health: Students were in partners today learning about teeth and dental health!
HW: None
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
Kid's Club sign up papers for PBA day next week
Don't forget to go out and have your voice heard tonight! Change is among us, what a great discussion for tonight at the dinner table!
LA: Today was our short day in LA due to double specials. We had time to add more words to our Vocabulary Vine cards! We also worked on our kite writing project using our facts about Benjamin Franklin that we collected yesterday in computer lab!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday! We will also have all other assessments on Friday as well.
Math: After a silly scare with a missing math book (Sneaky Mrs. McGann!), we had a great time learning about the metric system! We spent quite a bit of time measuring things around the room!
HW: Finish page 98, math box and study link 4.7
Health: Students were in partners today learning about teeth and dental health!
HW: None
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
Kid's Club sign up papers for PBA day next week
Don't forget to go out and have your voice heard tonight! Change is among us, what a great discussion for tonight at the dinner table!
Monday, November 3, 2008
It Was A Hard Wake Up This Morning!
We're back into the swing of things! Unfortunately, not all of us are healthy...hence the reason I am blogging early, I'm going home to rest my throat and voice (or the teeny-tiny bit I have left!) I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will be back tomorrow!
LA: Today was the start of a new story, How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightening. The kids had a great time listening to the story and then researching fun facts about Ben Franklin in Computer Lab! Watch for our writing project to come home with these fun facts listed on them! We also had our spelling pre-test, which consists of words with ar and ors spelling rules! Special thanks to Tanner for giving our pre-test today since I have no voice! We also worked through our first grammar page of the week, we are learning about possessive nouns and how to make singular possessive forms. Ask your child to demonstrate this tonight! We are going to be talking more about idioms this week in addition to problem and solutions! We took an opportunity to plow through quite a few pages in our handwriting books this morning as well. Don't forget, all handwriting will switch to cursive full time in January!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday, as well as our spelling test and other assessments. The computer lab was not all that friendly to our Ben Franklin research, therefore, students who were unable to collect at least 5 facts need to do that tonight!
Math: Students will have a guest teacher today for math. They are going to be working with base 10 blocks again today and learning about place value to the thousandth. Practice writing decimals for them to orally state to you all to this place!
HW: Math box and study link 4.6
Health: Students will have a guest teacher in Health as well. They have started in on chapter 3! Today they read about skin and its purpose.
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 1 lesson check up 1-3. All sentences need to be written in complete thoughts.
I hope everyone had a delightful long weekend and "Spooktacular" Halloween!
LA: Today was the start of a new story, How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightening. The kids had a great time listening to the story and then researching fun facts about Ben Franklin in Computer Lab! Watch for our writing project to come home with these fun facts listed on them! We also had our spelling pre-test, which consists of words with ar and ors spelling rules! Special thanks to Tanner for giving our pre-test today since I have no voice! We also worked through our first grammar page of the week, we are learning about possessive nouns and how to make singular possessive forms. Ask your child to demonstrate this tonight! We are going to be talking more about idioms this week in addition to problem and solutions! We took an opportunity to plow through quite a few pages in our handwriting books this morning as well. Don't forget, all handwriting will switch to cursive full time in January!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday, as well as our spelling test and other assessments. The computer lab was not all that friendly to our Ben Franklin research, therefore, students who were unable to collect at least 5 facts need to do that tonight!
Math: Students will have a guest teacher today for math. They are going to be working with base 10 blocks again today and learning about place value to the thousandth. Practice writing decimals for them to orally state to you all to this place!
HW: Math box and study link 4.6
Health: Students will have a guest teacher in Health as well. They have started in on chapter 3! Today they read about skin and its purpose.
HW: Chapter 3, lesson 1 lesson check up 1-3. All sentences need to be written in complete thoughts.
I hope everyone had a delightful long weekend and "Spooktacular" Halloween!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
A Winter Wonderland!
Ok...well not really...but we are closer than we were yesterday!
Another short day, hooray for getting to go home early! Looking out the window, it seems like the perfect time to put on your sweats and curl up with a good book!
Today in LA we played a game for Vocabulary Vine with Ms. Grannan's class! We also dug into our leveled readers today! We even had time for for Gym!
HW: Finish reading leveled readers and be prepared to take the AR test tomorrow morning!
Don't forget to bring your dancin' shoes tomorrow for our dance celebration!
Another short day, hooray for getting to go home early! Looking out the window, it seems like the perfect time to put on your sweats and curl up with a good book!
Today in LA we played a game for Vocabulary Vine with Ms. Grannan's class! We also dug into our leveled readers today! We even had time for for Gym!
HW: Finish reading leveled readers and be prepared to take the AR test tomorrow morning!
Don't forget to bring your dancin' shoes tomorrow for our dance celebration!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Happy 1/2 Day!
Wow, time flies when you are having fun...or at least when we only have school until 10:20!
Due to the short day we only had LA today! We spent time reviewing our Vocabulary Vine words by completing a crossword puzzle. We also "wrote to the finish" in a writing marathon about football and hockey! We squeezed in time for parts of speech review as well as read aloud and DEAR!
I hope everyone has a great afternoon! I'm looking forward to meeting with students and parents at conferences!
Due to the short day we only had LA today! We spent time reviewing our Vocabulary Vine words by completing a crossword puzzle. We also "wrote to the finish" in a writing marathon about football and hockey! We squeezed in time for parts of speech review as well as read aloud and DEAR!
I hope everyone has a great afternoon! I'm looking forward to meeting with students and parents at conferences!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Red, White & Blue + Slippers?!?!?! What A Day!
What a rainy day we had. It felt good to be in our toasty slippers today!
LA: We went through our usual routine of assessments this morning. We also had a special visit from South Bend Fire Chief who talked to us briefly about staying drug free! In addition to those things, we also worked more on our idiom pictures. They are fantastic!
HW: Enjoy the weekend! I'm looking forward to meeting with parents on Monday and Tuesday! Please note: I will do my best to keep things moving on schedule because of sibling conferences and the number of families I see. If you are for some reason late for your conference, it will still end at the scheduled time to avoid backing everyone else up!
Math: Today we had a pop quiz on unit 4 today. It was over adding and subtracting decimals, as well as ordering decimals.
HW: None-Have a great week...I won't see you due to our half days and Fall Break!
Health: Students had the chapter 2 test today.
HW: None
Don't' forget that Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is early dismissal. Students will be released at 10:20 on each of those days. If your child is attending the special Kid's Club or going home a different way then usual, please don't forget to send in a note. There is no school on Thursday and Friday!
Do your best to stay dry this weekend! Go Irish and Kingsmen!
LA: We went through our usual routine of assessments this morning. We also had a special visit from South Bend Fire Chief who talked to us briefly about staying drug free! In addition to those things, we also worked more on our idiom pictures. They are fantastic!
HW: Enjoy the weekend! I'm looking forward to meeting with parents on Monday and Tuesday! Please note: I will do my best to keep things moving on schedule because of sibling conferences and the number of families I see. If you are for some reason late for your conference, it will still end at the scheduled time to avoid backing everyone else up!
Math: Today we had a pop quiz on unit 4 today. It was over adding and subtracting decimals, as well as ordering decimals.
HW: None-Have a great week...I won't see you due to our half days and Fall Break!
Health: Students had the chapter 2 test today.
HW: None
Don't' forget that Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is early dismissal. Students will be released at 10:20 on each of those days. If your child is attending the special Kid's Club or going home a different way then usual, please don't forget to send in a note. There is no school on Thursday and Friday!
Do your best to stay dry this weekend! Go Irish and Kingsmen!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Brilliant in Blue!
Even though we were dressed the part, we didn't have any blues today! :)
LA: Idioms all around! We had a great discussion on idioms today and started a project using them! Try to incorporate as many into family discussions as possible and check to see that your child is understanding their real meanings! We discovered it's really fun to play with words! We also spent some more time on our grammar skill of special plural nouns. In addition, we also reviewed parts of a book and their jobs!
HW: Fluency and flow is due tomorrow. We will also be taking our spelling test as well as all the other assessments! I'm looking forward to meeting with you all next week. If you need a reminder about your day and time to come, please send me an email for confirmation!
Math: Get our your wallets...we learned how to balance the checkbook today! :) We spent the day working through journal pages with partners on continuing our skill of adding and subtracting decimals. Please continue to have your child practice this skill at home...counting money, receipts, bills, etc., is a great way to master this concept!
HW: Journal pages 88-89, 91-93 are due tomorrow
Health: Students worked through Chapter 2 review today in preparation for tomorrow's test.
HW: Chapter 2 review, 1-24 answer only 25-28 complete sentences. Test tomorrow!
Don't forget to put on your patriotic clothes and slippers tomorrow. We are collecting money for Tami, the snow leopard one last time!
We are still in need of parents to come in and help out tomorrow...if you are available, please let me know as soon as possible!
LA: Idioms all around! We had a great discussion on idioms today and started a project using them! Try to incorporate as many into family discussions as possible and check to see that your child is understanding their real meanings! We discovered it's really fun to play with words! We also spent some more time on our grammar skill of special plural nouns. In addition, we also reviewed parts of a book and their jobs!
HW: Fluency and flow is due tomorrow. We will also be taking our spelling test as well as all the other assessments! I'm looking forward to meeting with you all next week. If you need a reminder about your day and time to come, please send me an email for confirmation!
Math: Get our your wallets...we learned how to balance the checkbook today! :) We spent the day working through journal pages with partners on continuing our skill of adding and subtracting decimals. Please continue to have your child practice this skill at home...counting money, receipts, bills, etc., is a great way to master this concept!
HW: Journal pages 88-89, 91-93 are due tomorrow
Health: Students worked through Chapter 2 review today in preparation for tomorrow's test.
HW: Chapter 2 review, 1-24 answer only 25-28 complete sentences. Test tomorrow!
Don't forget to put on your patriotic clothes and slippers tomorrow. We are collecting money for Tami, the snow leopard one last time!
We are still in need of parents to come in and help out tomorrow...if you are available, please let me know as soon as possible!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
We Were Wonderful In White!
We are in the middle of Red Ribbon Week! If you haven't taken the opportunity to start up a conversation about this very important topic with your child yet...now is the time!
LA: What a great morning! We were able to continue adding to our Vocabulary Vine word parts and also sort spelling words! We had the chance to see our Reading Buddies again after a week off last week! The play is going well, keep practicing those lines! Mrs. Slater visited once again with the third bullying session, she provides very interesting and thought provoking information! Ask your child about what they are learning during this time together. For writing today, students went through their writing starts and chose one they are going to publish. We discussed changing at least 5 words to make them better and fixing at least 3 sentences to help the organization of the piece.
HW: Fluency and flow is due on Friday. Check out the bright pink piece of paper that came home in folders today! We need some parent helpers on Friday for a variety of jobs!
Math: Students began to add and subtract decimals today. Some of us are still struggling with lining up the decimals...you can help us out by having your child add up money and prices in the store. Going out to eat? Have your child estimate the cost before the clerk gives you the ticket!
HW: Math boxes 4.3, 4.4 and Study Link 4.3 and 4.4
Health: We had our first Art Smart today. Thank you to Mrs. Demel for a fantastic presentation and to Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Ohlson, Mrs. Drye, and Mrs. Iapalucci for helping out. We can't wait to see our artwork hung in the hallway!
Don't forget to wear blue tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week!
Slipper Day is Friday. Bring a donation to help us reach our $1,000 goal for the zoo.
Check out the bright pink piece of paper that came home in folders today! We need some parent helpers on Friday for a variety of jobs!
LA: What a great morning! We were able to continue adding to our Vocabulary Vine word parts and also sort spelling words! We had the chance to see our Reading Buddies again after a week off last week! The play is going well, keep practicing those lines! Mrs. Slater visited once again with the third bullying session, she provides very interesting and thought provoking information! Ask your child about what they are learning during this time together. For writing today, students went through their writing starts and chose one they are going to publish. We discussed changing at least 5 words to make them better and fixing at least 3 sentences to help the organization of the piece.
HW: Fluency and flow is due on Friday. Check out the bright pink piece of paper that came home in folders today! We need some parent helpers on Friday for a variety of jobs!
Math: Students began to add and subtract decimals today. Some of us are still struggling with lining up the decimals...you can help us out by having your child add up money and prices in the store. Going out to eat? Have your child estimate the cost before the clerk gives you the ticket!
HW: Math boxes 4.3, 4.4 and Study Link 4.3 and 4.4
Health: We had our first Art Smart today. Thank you to Mrs. Demel for a fantastic presentation and to Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Ohlson, Mrs. Drye, and Mrs. Iapalucci for helping out. We can't wait to see our artwork hung in the hallway!
Don't forget to wear blue tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week!
Slipper Day is Friday. Bring a donation to help us reach our $1,000 goal for the zoo.
Check out the bright pink piece of paper that came home in folders today! We need some parent helpers on Friday for a variety of jobs!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Ravishing In Red!
We were a sea of red today!
LA: We had an even shorter LA than usual today due to Bus Safety Day. We were able to get through morning work and then pass back some papers in preparation for next week's parent teacher conferences!
We also had a special presentation from 3 Harris Township Firefighters regarding Bus Safety. We saw a short presentation in the gym, and then went outside to practice our safety drills on the bus!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday, along with all assessments.
Math: We worked really hard on decimals today and reviewing what was learned yesterday. We did quite a few example problems on how to name decimals and write them correctly.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2, along with the extra practice sheet are all due tomorrow.
Health: Today we reviewed the important vocabulary words from yesterday's lessons and also went onto lesson 4 from chapter 2. Students have a challenge...they need to correctly be able to pronounce the tricky names that make up the parts of the brain!
HW: The packet is due Thursday, due to Art Smart tomorrow.
Things to remember:
Wear white tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week
Tomorrow is Art Smart for my homeroom class
We are still collecting box tops for education
We are having a special slipper day on Friday, hoping to achieve our goal for Tami, the snow leopard!
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
The next round of study buddies is accepting students!
Content "Goodies" from the first nine weeks of school! These are all tests/assessments/quizzes that you should have previously seen. These are now yours to keep!
LA: We had an even shorter LA than usual today due to Bus Safety Day. We were able to get through morning work and then pass back some papers in preparation for next week's parent teacher conferences!
We also had a special presentation from 3 Harris Township Firefighters regarding Bus Safety. We saw a short presentation in the gym, and then went outside to practice our safety drills on the bus!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday, along with all assessments.
Math: We worked really hard on decimals today and reviewing what was learned yesterday. We did quite a few example problems on how to name decimals and write them correctly.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2, along with the extra practice sheet are all due tomorrow.
Health: Today we reviewed the important vocabulary words from yesterday's lessons and also went onto lesson 4 from chapter 2. Students have a challenge...they need to correctly be able to pronounce the tricky names that make up the parts of the brain!
HW: The packet is due Thursday, due to Art Smart tomorrow.
Things to remember:
Wear white tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week
Tomorrow is Art Smart for my homeroom class
We are still collecting box tops for education
We are having a special slipper day on Friday, hoping to achieve our goal for Tami, the snow leopard!
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
The next round of study buddies is accepting students!
Content "Goodies" from the first nine weeks of school! These are all tests/assessments/quizzes that you should have previously seen. These are now yours to keep!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Red Ribbon Week Begins Today!
Today is the start of Red Ribbon Week! Our theme this year is, "I elect to be drug free!" This is such an important week for the students and an amazing opportunity to open up conversations at home about this very important topic and being drug free!
LA: Today was a normal Monday. We started out by taking our spelling pre-test, which focuses on words with the letters shr, thr, spr, scr, and spl. Please practice spelling words all week in preparation for Friday's test. We also shared our story, Focus on China, and went over this week's comprehension and vocabulary skills. We will be working on fact and opinion and also compound words this week. In grammar, we focused on plural nouns with special spellings, such as goose/geese, foot/feet, mouse/mice. In computer lab we took some time to reflect on the meaning of Red Ribbon Week and wrote paragraphs about the purpose, the importance and also making a pledge to remain drug free. For writing today, we created Drug Free posters, as part of a school wide project! Watch for our class winner in the lobby next week during conferences!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. The spelling test will also be given on Friday, along with the other reading assessments. Practice page 53 is due tomorrow!
Math: Students had a guest teacher today during Math. They started in on unit 4 by exploring decimals by using base 10 blocks.
HW: Math box 4.1 is due tomorrow
Health: Students had a guest teacher today during Health. Students learned about very important parts of our bodies and what they do for us.
HW: Page 14 is due tomorrow
Don't forget to wear RED tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week!
Students need to wear WHITE on Wednesday.
We are wearing BLUE on Thursday.
Friday is Patriotic Day!
LA: Today was a normal Monday. We started out by taking our spelling pre-test, which focuses on words with the letters shr, thr, spr, scr, and spl. Please practice spelling words all week in preparation for Friday's test. We also shared our story, Focus on China, and went over this week's comprehension and vocabulary skills. We will be working on fact and opinion and also compound words this week. In grammar, we focused on plural nouns with special spellings, such as goose/geese, foot/feet, mouse/mice. In computer lab we took some time to reflect on the meaning of Red Ribbon Week and wrote paragraphs about the purpose, the importance and also making a pledge to remain drug free. For writing today, we created Drug Free posters, as part of a school wide project! Watch for our class winner in the lobby next week during conferences!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. The spelling test will also be given on Friday, along with the other reading assessments. Practice page 53 is due tomorrow!
Math: Students had a guest teacher today during Math. They started in on unit 4 by exploring decimals by using base 10 blocks.
HW: Math box 4.1 is due tomorrow
Health: Students had a guest teacher today during Health. Students learned about very important parts of our bodies and what they do for us.
HW: Page 14 is due tomorrow
Don't forget to wear RED tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week!
Students need to wear WHITE on Wednesday.
We are wearing BLUE on Thursday.
Friday is Patriotic Day!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Fall Festival Friday!
What a day!
LA: We had a fantastic time reviewing parts of speech by completing Mad Libs in groups today! The stories we created proved to be very funny and often didn't make sense! To finish up our review week, we also completed an art project that reviewed the four types of sentences. We also continued our review of Vocabulary Vine words by playing Bingo!
HW: Art project is due Monday if not completed in class today. Students should have a picture of a fall item in the middle on white square. On the outer colored square, they need to come up with four sentences about their item, each sentence being a different type.
Example: Picture of a butterfly-
Declarative: Look at the butterfly flying by.
Exclamatory: That butterfly is amazing!
Interrogative: Did you see that beautiful butterfly on the flower?
Imperative: Don't hurt that butterfly!
Math: We had review centers today. The students had a great time working on Tux Math on the computer, playing a game to review place value, Accelerated Math and finally a division game.
HW: None
Health: Students were able to share the next lesson with buddies today. They also completed a worksheet reviewing our vocabulary words.
HW: None
Don't forget tonight is the Fall Festival from 6:30-8:30. By the looks of the hallways, the committee has some amazing activities planned. Come for a great night out and win some super cool prizes!
LA: We had a fantastic time reviewing parts of speech by completing Mad Libs in groups today! The stories we created proved to be very funny and often didn't make sense! To finish up our review week, we also completed an art project that reviewed the four types of sentences. We also continued our review of Vocabulary Vine words by playing Bingo!
HW: Art project is due Monday if not completed in class today. Students should have a picture of a fall item in the middle on white square. On the outer colored square, they need to come up with four sentences about their item, each sentence being a different type.
Example: Picture of a butterfly-
Declarative: Look at the butterfly flying by.
Exclamatory: That butterfly is amazing!
Interrogative: Did you see that beautiful butterfly on the flower?
Imperative: Don't hurt that butterfly!
Math: We had review centers today. The students had a great time working on Tux Math on the computer, playing a game to review place value, Accelerated Math and finally a division game.
HW: None
Health: Students were able to share the next lesson with buddies today. They also completed a worksheet reviewing our vocabulary words.
HW: None
Don't forget tonight is the Fall Festival from 6:30-8:30. By the looks of the hallways, the committee has some amazing activities planned. Come for a great night out and win some super cool prizes!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
We really enjoyed having Mr. Starkel here with us today from Bethel College. He spent the day observing us for some of his field work through his college courses.
LA: We had a fantastic visit with Mr. Glassman this morning learning all about the soils of Indiana. Who knew dirt could be so interesting? We also spent more time working in our grammar packets and sharing our read aloud story.
HW: Grammar packets are due tomorrow
Math: Today, students took a standards based assessment over topics that we've covered from the first quarter of school. This gives me great insight into what we need to continue to review and what we can leave for a while before circling back and hitting again!
HW: None
Health: I was pleased to welcome my homeroom kids back to Health today, I've really missed them! We started right into chapter 2 today talking about different kinds of families. It was interesting to learn about the make up of our families and the roles we each play in them.
HW: Chapter 2, lesson 1 check up 1-3 done in complete sentences is due tomorrow.
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
*Kids Club information for Conference Days
*Kids Club information for Fall Break
*Red Ribbon Week information
Don't forget:
Tomorrow is stuffed animal day. Plan to bring in at least $1.00 to help adopt Tami the snow leopard
Tomorrow night is Fall Festival at Northpoint. Come have fun with your friends and family!
We are still collecting Box Tops for Education!
LA: We had a fantastic visit with Mr. Glassman this morning learning all about the soils of Indiana. Who knew dirt could be so interesting? We also spent more time working in our grammar packets and sharing our read aloud story.
HW: Grammar packets are due tomorrow
Math: Today, students took a standards based assessment over topics that we've covered from the first quarter of school. This gives me great insight into what we need to continue to review and what we can leave for a while before circling back and hitting again!
HW: None
Health: I was pleased to welcome my homeroom kids back to Health today, I've really missed them! We started right into chapter 2 today talking about different kinds of families. It was interesting to learn about the make up of our families and the roles we each play in them.
HW: Chapter 2, lesson 1 check up 1-3 done in complete sentences is due tomorrow.
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
*Kids Club information for Conference Days
*Kids Club information for Fall Break
*Red Ribbon Week information
Don't forget:
Tomorrow is stuffed animal day. Plan to bring in at least $1.00 to help adopt Tami the snow leopard
Tomorrow night is Fall Festival at Northpoint. Come have fun with your friends and family!
We are still collecting Box Tops for Education!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
We're 1/4 Of The Way Done With Our Year-Can You Believe It?
Whew! A morning to sleep in and the last day of the nine weeks!
LA: Our very short time together consisted of morning work, read aloud and handwriting practice!
HW: The grammar packet is due Friday. If you still haven't returned your conference slip, I need them tomorrow! We have quite a few families that need to reschedule and I can't start that process until all are turned in!
Math: Today was the unit 3 test
HW: None
Health: Today was the official last day for Ms. Grannan's class. They had DARE so I didn't even see them today!
HW: None
A Few Reminders:
*We visit with Mr. Glassman tomorrow morning
*Stuffed Animal day is Friday. Plan to bring in at least $1.00 to donate towards our goal of $1,000 dollars raised for the zoo.
*Fall Festival is Friday night from 6:30-8:30!
LA: Our very short time together consisted of morning work, read aloud and handwriting practice!
HW: The grammar packet is due Friday. If you still haven't returned your conference slip, I need them tomorrow! We have quite a few families that need to reschedule and I can't start that process until all are turned in!
Math: Today was the unit 3 test
HW: None
Health: Today was the official last day for Ms. Grannan's class. They had DARE so I didn't even see them today!
HW: None
A Few Reminders:
*We visit with Mr. Glassman tomorrow morning
*Stuffed Animal day is Friday. Plan to bring in at least $1.00 to donate towards our goal of $1,000 dollars raised for the zoo.
*Fall Festival is Friday night from 6:30-8:30!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
What A Terrific Tuesday!
Can you believe this sunshine? It's wonderful!
LA: We had a great review of grammar topics we've learned so far this year. Things like subjects and predicates, singular vs. plural nouns, adjectives, nouns and verbs...we're just about pros! We had a chance to play Bingo during Vocabulary Vine time today. This was a great reminder that we should be studying those word roots. If you haven't seen those word cards come home yet, please ask about them soon!
HW: No fluency and flow this week! The grammar packet is due on Friday. This just in...2nd NINE WEEKS READING PROJECTS ARE DUE DECEMBER 12th. Stay tuned in to learn what you'll be working on during this next quarter! Papers should be coming home describing the project in detail on Thursday!
Math: Today was the Unit 3 review. The kids did a great job on it and we seem ready for our test tomorrow!
HW: Study for that test tomorrow...I know you are going to do well!
Health: Today was the last day for Ms. Grannan's class in Health. Students took their chapter 1 test today.
HW: DARE tomorrow
Just a few reminders:
*Tomorrow is a PBA Day! See you at 10:10!
*My Language Arts class will be visiting with Mr. Glassman on Thursday morning.
*Stuffed Animal Day is Friday! Bring in at least $1.00 to help support Northpoint adopting a snow leopard at the zoo!
*Fall Festival is Friday night from 6:30-8:30! Come have a great time with your friends and family!
LA: We had a great review of grammar topics we've learned so far this year. Things like subjects and predicates, singular vs. plural nouns, adjectives, nouns and verbs...we're just about pros! We had a chance to play Bingo during Vocabulary Vine time today. This was a great reminder that we should be studying those word roots. If you haven't seen those word cards come home yet, please ask about them soon!
HW: No fluency and flow this week! The grammar packet is due on Friday. This just in...2nd NINE WEEKS READING PROJECTS ARE DUE DECEMBER 12th. Stay tuned in to learn what you'll be working on during this next quarter! Papers should be coming home describing the project in detail on Thursday!
Math: Today was the Unit 3 review. The kids did a great job on it and we seem ready for our test tomorrow!
HW: Study for that test tomorrow...I know you are going to do well!
Health: Today was the last day for Ms. Grannan's class in Health. Students took their chapter 1 test today.
HW: DARE tomorrow
Just a few reminders:
*Tomorrow is a PBA Day! See you at 10:10!
*My Language Arts class will be visiting with Mr. Glassman on Thursday morning.
*Stuffed Animal Day is Friday! Bring in at least $1.00 to help support Northpoint adopting a snow leopard at the zoo!
*Fall Festival is Friday night from 6:30-8:30! Come have a great time with your friends and family!
Monday, October 13, 2008
It's Columbus Day!
We are faced with a new week! This is going to be a busy one!
We had a very special visitor today, Amazon John, from the Silly Safaris program. What an awesome way to learn all about science. We had a chance to see an interact with an alligator, an African hawk, a large toad, really gross hissing cockroaches, a rat, a python, and a kikachoo (I'm sure I spelled that wrong!) It was a lot of fun! Check out the pictures at the bottom to see!
LA: We had a short day today due to our special assembly! We are not doing a basal story this week due to our crazy schedule this week! We finished up cereal box presentations, (with the exception of 2) and worked a bit in our grammar packets.
HW: Grammar packets are due Friday. There will be class time given to work on these pages. The weekly test is due tomorrow with a parent's signature. Conference papers came home today. Please sign and return to school as soon as possible.
Math: We had a very brief math time today...only 20 minutes. We spent time working on white boards with double digit multiplication.
HW: Unit 3 test is Wednesday
Health: Students worked in pairs on the chapter review today.
HW: Chapter 1 test is tomorrow. Chapter review, 1-32 is due tomorrow as well.
A Look Ahead At Our Week:
*Wednesday is PBA Day. This is a time where the teachers have to go to meetings. Enjoy sleeping in and we'll see you at 10:10.
*Mr. Glassman will be here to visit with my LA class on Thursday morning.
*Stuffed Animal day is Friday. Bring at least $1.00 to support Northpoint's goal to adopt a snow leopard.
*Fall Festival is Friday night from 6:30-8:30
We had a very special visitor today, Amazon John, from the Silly Safaris program. What an awesome way to learn all about science. We had a chance to see an interact with an alligator, an African hawk, a large toad, really gross hissing cockroaches, a rat, a python, and a kikachoo (I'm sure I spelled that wrong!) It was a lot of fun! Check out the pictures at the bottom to see!
LA: We had a short day today due to our special assembly! We are not doing a basal story this week due to our crazy schedule this week! We finished up cereal box presentations, (with the exception of 2) and worked a bit in our grammar packets.
HW: Grammar packets are due Friday. There will be class time given to work on these pages. The weekly test is due tomorrow with a parent's signature. Conference papers came home today. Please sign and return to school as soon as possible.
Math: We had a very brief math time today...only 20 minutes. We spent time working on white boards with double digit multiplication.
HW: Unit 3 test is Wednesday
Health: Students worked in pairs on the chapter review today.
HW: Chapter 1 test is tomorrow. Chapter review, 1-32 is due tomorrow as well.
A Look Ahead At Our Week:
*Wednesday is PBA Day. This is a time where the teachers have to go to meetings. Enjoy sleeping in and we'll see you at 10:10.
*Mr. Glassman will be here to visit with my LA class on Thursday morning.
*Stuffed Animal day is Friday. Bring at least $1.00 to support Northpoint's goal to adopt a snow leopard.
*Fall Festival is Friday night from 6:30-8:30
Friday, October 10, 2008
A Fantastic Friday!
Hooray for the weekend, and it supposed to be beautiful...go out and play! Enjoy these last few days of sunshine and warmth!
LA: Today we had our assessments and began sharing our cereal box projects with one another! It's very exciting to see the hard work put in by all the students!
HW: None
Math: We had math centers today. Students got to practice place value and multiplication with their games and also do more work in Accelerated Math!
HW: Unit 3 test is on Wednesday! (This is a new date!)
Health: Today, the students learned about solving conflicts in good ways!
HW: Vocabulary sheet and lesson check up are due Monday if they were not finished in class today!
A few reminders:
*Afternoon Adventures starts on Monday. Confirmation papers went home yesterday!
*Box Tops for Education are being collected!
*Fall Festival is next Friday evening, from 6:30-8:30
*Stuffed Animal day is next Friday. Plan to bring a stuffed animal and a donation that will help Northpoint adopt a snow leopard at the zoo!
Go Kingsmen and Irish!
LA: Today we had our assessments and began sharing our cereal box projects with one another! It's very exciting to see the hard work put in by all the students!
HW: None
Math: We had math centers today. Students got to practice place value and multiplication with their games and also do more work in Accelerated Math!
HW: Unit 3 test is on Wednesday! (This is a new date!)
Health: Today, the students learned about solving conflicts in good ways!
HW: Vocabulary sheet and lesson check up are due Monday if they were not finished in class today!
A few reminders:
*Afternoon Adventures starts on Monday. Confirmation papers went home yesterday!
*Box Tops for Education are being collected!
*Fall Festival is next Friday evening, from 6:30-8:30
*Stuffed Animal day is next Friday. Plan to bring a stuffed animal and a donation that will help Northpoint adopt a snow leopard at the zoo!
Go Kingsmen and Irish!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
We're Within Hours of the Reading Project Due Date...
LA: What a crazy, quick day we had today. We spent time learning about 3 new word roots in Vocabulary Vine along with partner reading our stories, learning about writing in first person, and using dictionary entries to help us understand the meanings of words.
HW: Tomorrow is the big day! Reading projects and AR tests are due! We will also have assessments and turn in fluency and flow. Don't forget to bring back the bright yellow paper if you are in the Reading Buddies play.
Math: We put our thinking caps on this morning. Our task was to solve logic problems and we did well! It was great to stand in the front of the room and watch the light bulbs flicker on one by one as the students realized that with a little bit of critical thinking, confusing riddles were really easy to figure out one step at a time!
HW: Math box and study link 3.11. The unit 3 test will be on Tuesday.
Health: Today might have had some of us coming face to face with uncomfortable feelings. We spoke of feelings that make us antsy, or uncomfortable. Feelings like grief, boredom, shyness, anger and loneliness. We discussed why we might be feeling this way, ways to handle these feelings and what to do if we are experiencing them.
HW: The letter to me on one of these specific feelings is due to me tomorrow. Chapter 1 test will be given on Tuesday.
HW: Tomorrow is the big day! Reading projects and AR tests are due! We will also have assessments and turn in fluency and flow. Don't forget to bring back the bright yellow paper if you are in the Reading Buddies play.
Math: We put our thinking caps on this morning. Our task was to solve logic problems and we did well! It was great to stand in the front of the room and watch the light bulbs flicker on one by one as the students realized that with a little bit of critical thinking, confusing riddles were really easy to figure out one step at a time!
HW: Math box and study link 3.11. The unit 3 test will be on Tuesday.
Health: Today might have had some of us coming face to face with uncomfortable feelings. We spoke of feelings that make us antsy, or uncomfortable. Feelings like grief, boredom, shyness, anger and loneliness. We discussed why we might be feeling this way, ways to handle these feelings and what to do if we are experiencing them.
HW: The letter to me on one of these specific feelings is due to me tomorrow. Chapter 1 test will be given on Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Our Week Is Half Over?!?!?!
Happy Birthday Kasey W.
LA: What a busy day we had today! The students that are in the Reading Buddies play are working very hard. Please see the bright yellow note that came home today if your child has a part in this play. The rest of the students are really enjoying their time they get to spend reading with their buddies. We also welcomed back Mrs. Slater into our room today for our next bullying session. The lessons she is presenting are so very important, and the discussions the students are having are amazing! We learned about commas in grammar today, and where to place them when we are making a list of items. We also had another writing marathon today where we chose between TV and Soccer. I can't wait to hear the writing!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. The book project due date is looming...we are under 2 days!
Math: Today we spent quite a bit of time practicing how to solve number sentences with variables.
HW: Journal pages 71-72, SL 3.10 and the extra sheet are all due tomorrow
Health: The 5th graders had DARE with Officer Redman today.
HW: None
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
*Market Day Order Forms
Don't forget:
*Fall Festival sign ups are currently taking place. Be sure to send in the form to let us know when you can help out.
*Fall Festival is next Friday, October 17th
*We have a Stars in Service Meeting tomorrow
*Box Tops for Education are currently being collected
LA: What a busy day we had today! The students that are in the Reading Buddies play are working very hard. Please see the bright yellow note that came home today if your child has a part in this play. The rest of the students are really enjoying their time they get to spend reading with their buddies. We also welcomed back Mrs. Slater into our room today for our next bullying session. The lessons she is presenting are so very important, and the discussions the students are having are amazing! We learned about commas in grammar today, and where to place them when we are making a list of items. We also had another writing marathon today where we chose between TV and Soccer. I can't wait to hear the writing!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. The book project due date is looming...we are under 2 days!
Math: Today we spent quite a bit of time practicing how to solve number sentences with variables.
HW: Journal pages 71-72, SL 3.10 and the extra sheet are all due tomorrow
Health: The 5th graders had DARE with Officer Redman today.
HW: None
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
*Market Day Order Forms
Don't forget:
*Fall Festival sign ups are currently taking place. Be sure to send in the form to let us know when you can help out.
*Fall Festival is next Friday, October 17th
*We have a Stars in Service Meeting tomorrow
*Box Tops for Education are currently being collected
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Too Much To Do Tuesday!
We always have way too much to do on Tuesdays!
LA: Today is our short day because of specials. We were able to squeeze in time for grammar-more plural nouns. Be sure to ask what the rules for making plurals are! We also started work on our final drafts of our poems. I've been amazed at the wonderful poetry writing that has been happening.
HW: Fluency and flow along with assessments will all be due and given on Friday. Also-book projects and AR tests are due on Friday.
Math: Today we had great discussions on the order of operations in math and how parenthesis always come first in number sentences. We spent quite a bit of time exploring ways to make correct number sentences by adding in parenthesis of our own.
HW: Journal page 68-69 and the extra sheet. Study link 3.9 is also due on Wednesday.
Health: Today we talked about stress and what that looks like for all of us. We also discussed the importance of knowing what to do if our bodies are stressed and how to take care of ourselves.
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
*PTO newsletter
Don't forget:
*Box Tops for Education are now being collected.
*Tomorrow is the new parent brunch at 10:00
LA: Today is our short day because of specials. We were able to squeeze in time for grammar-more plural nouns. Be sure to ask what the rules for making plurals are! We also started work on our final drafts of our poems. I've been amazed at the wonderful poetry writing that has been happening.
HW: Fluency and flow along with assessments will all be due and given on Friday. Also-book projects and AR tests are due on Friday.
Math: Today we had great discussions on the order of operations in math and how parenthesis always come first in number sentences. We spent quite a bit of time exploring ways to make correct number sentences by adding in parenthesis of our own.
HW: Journal page 68-69 and the extra sheet. Study link 3.9 is also due on Wednesday.
Health: Today we talked about stress and what that looks like for all of us. We also discussed the importance of knowing what to do if our bodies are stressed and how to take care of ourselves.
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
*PTO newsletter
Don't forget:
*Box Tops for Education are now being collected.
*Tomorrow is the new parent brunch at 10:00
Monday, October 6, 2008
Another Monday Rolls Around!
What a busy day we had today! Box Tops Contest starts today! Be sure to send in all that you have at home before October 17th! They help us earn many great things for our school!
LA: Today was our usual Monday routine with a new spelling pre-test and new grammar and reading skills. This week we are focusing on spelling words that have consonant clusters. In grammar, we are working with singular and plural nouns, please try to incorporate these into discussions at home whenever you can! We also worked in our cursive handwriting books. It's amazing how beautiful our writing is when we sit flat in our chairs that are pushed in, books slanted and we take our time! In writing today, we started writing awesome poetry about our sketches from last Friday. They are doing an amazing job! We're really concentrating on word choice in our poems.
HW: Fluency and Flow along with assessments will be on Friday. Also...reading projects and AR tests are due by Friday. Check out the countdown at the top of the page!
Math: Today we graded all of our math mania pages and reviewed those skills from the first 7 lessons in unit 3. The kids did an outstanding job on those pages. We also worked more with number sentences and began to talk about the order of operations in math.
HW: Journal pages 65-67 and study link 3.8
Health: Today students worked on setting realistic goals and making mobiles with them. Many students forgot their hangers today! :(
HW: Finish assembling mobiles at home
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
Fall Festival information and sign up sheet
Max and Erma's fundraiser information for the PHM Educational Foundation
LA: Today was our usual Monday routine with a new spelling pre-test and new grammar and reading skills. This week we are focusing on spelling words that have consonant clusters. In grammar, we are working with singular and plural nouns, please try to incorporate these into discussions at home whenever you can! We also worked in our cursive handwriting books. It's amazing how beautiful our writing is when we sit flat in our chairs that are pushed in, books slanted and we take our time! In writing today, we started writing awesome poetry about our sketches from last Friday. They are doing an amazing job! We're really concentrating on word choice in our poems.
HW: Fluency and Flow along with assessments will be on Friday. Also...reading projects and AR tests are due by Friday. Check out the countdown at the top of the page!
Math: Today we graded all of our math mania pages and reviewed those skills from the first 7 lessons in unit 3. The kids did an outstanding job on those pages. We also worked more with number sentences and began to talk about the order of operations in math.
HW: Journal pages 65-67 and study link 3.8
Health: Today students worked on setting realistic goals and making mobiles with them. Many students forgot their hangers today! :(
HW: Finish assembling mobiles at home
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight:
Fall Festival information and sign up sheet
Max and Erma's fundraiser information for the PHM Educational Foundation
Friday, October 3, 2008
What A Wonderful Day!
Wahoo! The rain clouds rolled away and we were able to continue on with our No Child Left Inside activities. We had a great day! Here is how we spent it:
Enjoy the pictures. Have a fantastic weekend! Go Irish! Go Kingsmen!
Enjoy the pictures. Have a fantastic weekend! Go Irish! Go Kingsmen!Thursday, October 2, 2008
Happy Birthday Mrs. Suddarth!
So sorry I'm so late in blogging today! I'm still in awe of how quickly our days go!
LA: Today was another short day due to double specials. We added 5 new cards to our Vocabulary Vine program and also spent some time on common and proper nouns. In addition, we also spent more time with context clues and how to use them!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due tomorrow. We will be taking assessments in between our No Child Left Inside Day activities. We are planning on eating lunch outside tomorrow. Please consider bringing a blanket or towel to sit on. It might also be a good idea to pack a lunch to save time!
Math: Today was our last day to work on Math Mania.
HW: Math Mania packets are due on Monday. We will not be having math tomorrow due to No Child Left Inside Day.
Health: Today we talked about setting goals and how important that process is. Students also read about being a good friend.
HW: Worksheet on context clues is due Monday. Students also need to bring in a hanger for an activity on Monday.
Don't forget to dress accordingly for tomorrow's activities! I know we are going to have a great day of learning outdoors!
LA: Today was another short day due to double specials. We added 5 new cards to our Vocabulary Vine program and also spent some time on common and proper nouns. In addition, we also spent more time with context clues and how to use them!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due tomorrow. We will be taking assessments in between our No Child Left Inside Day activities. We are planning on eating lunch outside tomorrow. Please consider bringing a blanket or towel to sit on. It might also be a good idea to pack a lunch to save time!
Math: Today was our last day to work on Math Mania.
HW: Math Mania packets are due on Monday. We will not be having math tomorrow due to No Child Left Inside Day.
Health: Today we talked about setting goals and how important that process is. Students also read about being a good friend.
HW: Worksheet on context clues is due Monday. Students also need to bring in a hanger for an activity on Monday.
Don't forget to dress accordingly for tomorrow's activities! I know we are going to have a great day of learning outdoors!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Welcome to October!
Fall is officially here. The weather is cool, the clouds are rolling in, the wind is a blowin...before you know it, the snow will be falling! Please remember to pack sweatshirts for recess!
LA: Today was our long LA day. We were able to work with our spelling skills (/ch/ and /tch/) and sort our spelling words for the week! We also spent time with our reading buddies. We LOVE our time together with those first grade friends! (For those students that are in the play, lines need to be memorized before our next meeting a week from today. We are also in need of parent helpers for costumes and scenery. If your child is in the play and you would like to help out, please let me know as soon as possible.) Another thing we did today was write persuasive letters. We're focusing on author's purpose this week, and so our letters today were written to me, trying to persuade me to choose their game for our class to play on Friday. I can't wait to be convinced!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. The unit 1 reading test needs to be scored and returned tomorrow!
Math: Students continued working on their Math Mania packets today. I was able to spend more time working with small groups of students reviewing skills from Unit 2.
HW: Math Mania packets are due on Monday
Health: Ms. Grannan's class had DARE with Officer Redman today, therefore, there was no Health Class.
HW: None
A Few Reminders:
*Snack time should not be a buffet! Please send only one healthy snack with your child to enjoy!
*Afternoon Adventures papers and money are due back to school by Tuesday, October 7th.
*Just in case you missed the skating party tonight, there is another on tomorrow from 6:00-8:00. Be safe!
*Students all need a clean, plastic container for music tomorrow!
*Dress accordingly on Friday, it's No Child Left Inside Day and we have a lot of outdoor activities planned!
LA: Today was our long LA day. We were able to work with our spelling skills (/ch/ and /tch/) and sort our spelling words for the week! We also spent time with our reading buddies. We LOVE our time together with those first grade friends! (For those students that are in the play, lines need to be memorized before our next meeting a week from today. We are also in need of parent helpers for costumes and scenery. If your child is in the play and you would like to help out, please let me know as soon as possible.) Another thing we did today was write persuasive letters. We're focusing on author's purpose this week, and so our letters today were written to me, trying to persuade me to choose their game for our class to play on Friday. I can't wait to be convinced!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. The unit 1 reading test needs to be scored and returned tomorrow!
Math: Students continued working on their Math Mania packets today. I was able to spend more time working with small groups of students reviewing skills from Unit 2.
HW: Math Mania packets are due on Monday
Health: Ms. Grannan's class had DARE with Officer Redman today, therefore, there was no Health Class.
HW: None
A Few Reminders:
*Snack time should not be a buffet! Please send only one healthy snack with your child to enjoy!
*Afternoon Adventures papers and money are due back to school by Tuesday, October 7th.
*Just in case you missed the skating party tonight, there is another on tomorrow from 6:00-8:00. Be safe!
*Students all need a clean, plastic container for music tomorrow!
*Dress accordingly on Friday, it's No Child Left Inside Day and we have a lot of outdoor activities planned!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Turning Cooler Tuesday!
Whew! Another full day of learning here in room 25!
LA: Today was our short day due to double specials! We took the unit 1 reading test this morning and also spent some more time on common nouns. Today, as part of our grammar lesson, we also introduced proper nouns. Be sure to ask your child what the difference between these two are!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due on Friday! Here is what needs to be done in order to avoid an oops slip: Read the story and get a parent signature. Answer the 5 questions at the end of the story in complete thoughts. In the Word Workout section, students need to write a definition for each word and then put the 7 words in a sentence about baseball. For spelling words, students just need a parent signature that it was done orally at home together. On the back, students need to chose who they want to write about and answer the questions, they do not need to write a story. Also--please don't forget that Northpoint's expectations are that each 4th grader is reading 20-30 minutes per night and it should be recorded in the agenda. I am taking monthly minutes and applying that towards students independent reading standard on their report cards.
Math: We worked more on our math mania packet today. I was able to meet with small groups on some skills that weren't mastered from unit 2. This was a great opportunity for review!
HW: Math Mania packet is due on Monday
Health: Students had a great time making "Good Thinking Caps" today. We spent a bit of time talking about the importance of good self concepts and how it is helpful in our lives.
HW: None
Make sure to check out the new links I added to our blog. You can easily access lexile.com and arbookfind.com which will help you find great books to read.
Also--as a reminder, Friday is our special No Child Left Inside Day. We have a lot of fun activities planned and are keeping our fingers crossed that the rain holds off. If you haven't brought in your plastic container for music yet, you will need it by Thursday!
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight: Afternoon Adventures papers. These are due back on October 7th!
LA: Today was our short day due to double specials! We took the unit 1 reading test this morning and also spent some more time on common nouns. Today, as part of our grammar lesson, we also introduced proper nouns. Be sure to ask your child what the difference between these two are!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due on Friday! Here is what needs to be done in order to avoid an oops slip: Read the story and get a parent signature. Answer the 5 questions at the end of the story in complete thoughts. In the Word Workout section, students need to write a definition for each word and then put the 7 words in a sentence about baseball. For spelling words, students just need a parent signature that it was done orally at home together. On the back, students need to chose who they want to write about and answer the questions, they do not need to write a story. Also--please don't forget that Northpoint's expectations are that each 4th grader is reading 20-30 minutes per night and it should be recorded in the agenda. I am taking monthly minutes and applying that towards students independent reading standard on their report cards.
Math: We worked more on our math mania packet today. I was able to meet with small groups on some skills that weren't mastered from unit 2. This was a great opportunity for review!
HW: Math Mania packet is due on Monday
Health: Students had a great time making "Good Thinking Caps" today. We spent a bit of time talking about the importance of good self concepts and how it is helpful in our lives.
HW: None
Make sure to check out the new links I added to our blog. You can easily access lexile.com and arbookfind.com which will help you find great books to read.
Also--as a reminder, Friday is our special No Child Left Inside Day. We have a lot of fun activities planned and are keeping our fingers crossed that the rain holds off. If you haven't brought in your plastic container for music yet, you will need it by Thursday!
Things to watch for in blue folders tonight: Afternoon Adventures papers. These are due back on October 7th!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Another Monday Rolls Around...
I think the cool weather is finally upon us! Please consider grabbing a sweatshirt or light jacket for recess!
LA: We had our spelling pre-test today. Our skill this week is /ch/ and /tch/ which caught a lot of us! We also started unit 2 in reading today, with our first story, Mighty Jackie. Our vocabulary words this week are legendary, snickering, insult, fluke and flinched. Please ask your child what these words mean...they will need to know them by Friday for the assessment. We are also focusing on context clues once again. A new skill introduced this week is author's purpose. We spent quite a bit of time discussing why author's write. We determined that most stories are for one of 3 reasons...to entertain, to inform or to persuade. Our grammar skill this week is common nouns.
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. Our normal assessments will also be given on Friday, just at a different time. Don't forget that the weekly assessment record sheet needs to be signed and returned tomorrow.
Math: We are ready to start unit 3. As it is review for most of us, we are working through the first 7 lessons by working in a packet. Students are working through this packet on their own, using me as a resource as I use this opportunity to meet with small groups to brush up on skills.
HW: Unit 2 test needs to be signed and returned tomorrow. The completed packet is due on Monday.
Health: Welcome Ms. Grannan's class. We had a great first day getting to know each other again! My how the group has grown up! We had a great discussion about owning our own feelings and dealing with them in appropriate ways.
HW: Questions 1-4 on page 23 need to be done in complete sentences and cursive.
We are continuing to have many playground/recess issues. If your child is coming home and sharing this with you, please let us know as soon as possible. As much as we try to be everywhere all the time, we find it impossible to do! :) We want to make sure that all kids are being treated fairly and kept safe!
LA: We had our spelling pre-test today. Our skill this week is /ch/ and /tch/ which caught a lot of us! We also started unit 2 in reading today, with our first story, Mighty Jackie. Our vocabulary words this week are legendary, snickering, insult, fluke and flinched. Please ask your child what these words mean...they will need to know them by Friday for the assessment. We are also focusing on context clues once again. A new skill introduced this week is author's purpose. We spent quite a bit of time discussing why author's write. We determined that most stories are for one of 3 reasons...to entertain, to inform or to persuade. Our grammar skill this week is common nouns.
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. Our normal assessments will also be given on Friday, just at a different time. Don't forget that the weekly assessment record sheet needs to be signed and returned tomorrow.
Math: We are ready to start unit 3. As it is review for most of us, we are working through the first 7 lessons by working in a packet. Students are working through this packet on their own, using me as a resource as I use this opportunity to meet with small groups to brush up on skills.
HW: Unit 2 test needs to be signed and returned tomorrow. The completed packet is due on Monday.
Health: Welcome Ms. Grannan's class. We had a great first day getting to know each other again! My how the group has grown up! We had a great discussion about owning our own feelings and dealing with them in appropriate ways.
HW: Questions 1-4 on page 23 need to be done in complete sentences and cursive.
We are continuing to have many playground/recess issues. If your child is coming home and sharing this with you, please let us know as soon as possible. As much as we try to be everywhere all the time, we find it impossible to do! :) We want to make sure that all kids are being treated fairly and kept safe!
Friday, September 26, 2008
90 Shopping Days Left...
Whew! Another week is past us! I can't believe how fast our days are flying by!
LA: Today was our assessment day! We made it through all the assessments with time to spare. I think the anxiety is finally getting less and less, and the kids are handling these tasks with better ease!
HW: There were a few students who said they forgot their book orders today...please send them Monday. I will be calling it in after school! Don't forget, we are in crunch time for the reading projects--they are due on October 10th!
Math: We had centers today. This gave us a great opportunity to work on Accelerated Math, Tux Math, and a couple of math games.
HW: None
Health: Today was Mrs. Suddarth's class last day in Health for this rotation! We had the chapter 1 test today.
HW: When students receive their tests on Monday, they will need to get them signed and returned.
Here's some exciting news: Next Friday, we will be participating in No Child Left Inside day which is a nation wide initiative to get kids outside! We have lots of fun activities planned for the day! We will be participating in a read aloud, book making project, playing a game and also doing some sketching and writing outdoors. I can't wait. We still have a few time slots to fill, so if you have any great ideas about outdoor activities, I would love to hear about them! We're going to have a great day!
I hope everyone has a great, relaxing weekend!
Go Notre Dame! Go Kingsmen!
LA: Today was our assessment day! We made it through all the assessments with time to spare. I think the anxiety is finally getting less and less, and the kids are handling these tasks with better ease!
HW: There were a few students who said they forgot their book orders today...please send them Monday. I will be calling it in after school! Don't forget, we are in crunch time for the reading projects--they are due on October 10th!
Math: We had centers today. This gave us a great opportunity to work on Accelerated Math, Tux Math, and a couple of math games.
HW: None
Health: Today was Mrs. Suddarth's class last day in Health for this rotation! We had the chapter 1 test today.
HW: When students receive their tests on Monday, they will need to get them signed and returned.
Here's some exciting news: Next Friday, we will be participating in No Child Left Inside day which is a nation wide initiative to get kids outside! We have lots of fun activities planned for the day! We will be participating in a read aloud, book making project, playing a game and also doing some sketching and writing outdoors. I can't wait. We still have a few time slots to fill, so if you have any great ideas about outdoor activities, I would love to hear about them! We're going to have a great day!
I hope everyone has a great, relaxing weekend!
Go Notre Dame! Go Kingsmen!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Rock Climbing Walls Are Open For Business!
Wow...those rock climbing walls were a huge hit today at recess! What a great addition to our playground equipment!
LA: We had double specials today, therefore a shortened time in the classroom. We were able to work on our spelling and grammar skills for the week as well as share our stories in partners. Don't forget that the Accelerated Reading program is up and running. If you are unsure as to whether or not a book has an AR test, please go to www.arbookfind.com and check it out. Northpoint has access to every AR test that's ever been created, giving us more than 100,000 to chose from!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due first thing tomorrow morning. The spelling test will also be one of the assessments given. Don't forget book orders are also due tomorrow!
Math: Today we had the unit 2 math test.
HW: There was no homework.
Health: We completed a chapter 1 review today in preparation for tomorrow's test!
HW: Study for the chapter 1 test tomorrow! Don't forget, tomorrow is Mrs. Suddarth's class last day in Health for this nine weeks. They will begin with Ms. Grannan on Monday in Science.
LA: We had double specials today, therefore a shortened time in the classroom. We were able to work on our spelling and grammar skills for the week as well as share our stories in partners. Don't forget that the Accelerated Reading program is up and running. If you are unsure as to whether or not a book has an AR test, please go to www.arbookfind.com and check it out. Northpoint has access to every AR test that's ever been created, giving us more than 100,000 to chose from!
HW: Fluency and Flow is due first thing tomorrow morning. The spelling test will also be one of the assessments given. Don't forget book orders are also due tomorrow!
Math: Today we had the unit 2 math test.
HW: There was no homework.
Health: We completed a chapter 1 review today in preparation for tomorrow's test!
HW: Study for the chapter 1 test tomorrow! Don't forget, tomorrow is Mrs. Suddarth's class last day in Health for this nine weeks. They will begin with Ms. Grannan on Monday in Science.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
What A Day, Wednesday!
We had lots going on today! Whew!
LA: We spent more time learning 5 new roots in Vocabulary Vine this morning. This program is lots of fun and it's exciting to see the kids putting new unfamiliar words together by using their strategies. We also got to spend some time with our reading buddies today. Mrs. Slater joined us for 1/2 hour with the start of a bullying program. She will be with us for the next 5 Wednesdays talking about this very important subject! We also did some word sorting with our long o words in spelling and work with map skills today.
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. Friday will also be assessment day, including the spelling test. Book orders are also due on Friday.
Math: Today we had a practice test to help prepare for tomorrow's unit 2 test. Most kids did great! Students also had a chance to work on Accelerated Math. Please remind your child this is an at school project...it should not be done at home for homework! :)
HW: Review for tomorrow's test.
Health: Students were in groups today going over lesson 4 in chapter 1. It was a great review on friendships and how to handle conflict resolution.
HW: Questions 1-4 on page 37 are due tomorrow. No credit will be given for incomplete sentences. The chapter 1 test will be given on Friday.
School pictures are back and we have proof...we are just as cute as we thought we were! Please check blue folders for these! Also--Art Smart volunteers that weren't able to make it to the meeting today...information should be in blue folders regarding our Art Smart Presenters, Helpers and schedule!
LA: We spent more time learning 5 new roots in Vocabulary Vine this morning. This program is lots of fun and it's exciting to see the kids putting new unfamiliar words together by using their strategies. We also got to spend some time with our reading buddies today. Mrs. Slater joined us for 1/2 hour with the start of a bullying program. She will be with us for the next 5 Wednesdays talking about this very important subject! We also did some word sorting with our long o words in spelling and work with map skills today.
HW: Fluency and Flow is due Friday. Friday will also be assessment day, including the spelling test. Book orders are also due on Friday.
Math: Today we had a practice test to help prepare for tomorrow's unit 2 test. Most kids did great! Students also had a chance to work on Accelerated Math. Please remind your child this is an at school project...it should not be done at home for homework! :)
HW: Review for tomorrow's test.
Health: Students were in groups today going over lesson 4 in chapter 1. It was a great review on friendships and how to handle conflict resolution.
HW: Questions 1-4 on page 37 are due tomorrow. No credit will be given for incomplete sentences. The chapter 1 test will be given on Friday.
School pictures are back and we have proof...we are just as cute as we thought we were! Please check blue folders for these! Also--Art Smart volunteers that weren't able to make it to the meeting today...information should be in blue folders regarding our Art Smart Presenters, Helpers and schedule!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
What A Day!
We're eagerly anticipating the yellow tape coming off the new rock climbing wall on the playground! Only one more day!
LA: We worked more with run on sentences today and how to turn those into compound and complex sentences. We also spent some time with our Vocabulary Vine program, learning 3 new roots this morning. Students were also given time to work on the stories they started in computer lab, along with our writing project and accelerated reading tests.
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. Assessments will be given on Friday as well, including the spelling test. Book orders are due Friday! Don't forget that all book projects are due on October 10th. There is an example in the office with Mrs. Stuckey if you need to see the expectations.
Math: We spent quite a bit of time reviewing multi-digit addition and subtraction. We also learned about Accelerated Math today! Most kids are super excited about this new opportunity!
HW: Finish the review packet. Unit 2 test is on Thursday.
Health: We reviewed yesterday's section of reading and shared lesson 3 together today. It was all about feelings and what to do with them!
HW: Questions 1-5 on page 29 are due tomorrow. Chapter 1 test will be given on Friday.
LA: We worked more with run on sentences today and how to turn those into compound and complex sentences. We also spent some time with our Vocabulary Vine program, learning 3 new roots this morning. Students were also given time to work on the stories they started in computer lab, along with our writing project and accelerated reading tests.
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. Assessments will be given on Friday as well, including the spelling test. Book orders are due Friday! Don't forget that all book projects are due on October 10th. There is an example in the office with Mrs. Stuckey if you need to see the expectations.
Math: We spent quite a bit of time reviewing multi-digit addition and subtraction. We also learned about Accelerated Math today! Most kids are super excited about this new opportunity!
HW: Finish the review packet. Unit 2 test is on Thursday.
Health: We reviewed yesterday's section of reading and shared lesson 3 together today. It was all about feelings and what to do with them!
HW: Questions 1-5 on page 29 are due tomorrow. Chapter 1 test will be given on Friday.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Happy First Day of Autumn!
We're back to normal! Hooray!
LA: Today we had our spelling pre-test over words with long /o/. We also learned about run-on sentences and how to correct them. Fluency and Flow was assigned. Each child was asked to take specific notes as to what needs to be done, if you have any questions, please let me know. Good news...AR is officially open for business. We spent quite a bit of time in computer lab learning how to work the new program and taking tests. The kids seemed very excited about this! We also started a writing project that is actually a contest through Scholastic!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. The spelling test will also be given on Friday. ISTEP+ letters that we did in class on Friday are due tomorrow and the stories that were started in computer lab today are due Wednesday.
Math: Today we worked with more data and how to create and label line graphs. Students had the chance to measure each other's heads! What fun!
HW: Journal pages 44-45, study link 2.8 and the 6 problems from the board are all due tomorrow. Unit 2 test will be on Thursday of this week.
Health: We zipped through the remaining body systems and jumped right into chapter 1 today. We learned about traits and all that makes each one of us special.
HW: Read pages 22-25 and complete the worksheet. The chapter one test will be given on Friday, which is the last day of Health for Mrs. Suddarth's class.
LA: Today we had our spelling pre-test over words with long /o/. We also learned about run-on sentences and how to correct them. Fluency and Flow was assigned. Each child was asked to take specific notes as to what needs to be done, if you have any questions, please let me know. Good news...AR is officially open for business. We spent quite a bit of time in computer lab learning how to work the new program and taking tests. The kids seemed very excited about this! We also started a writing project that is actually a contest through Scholastic!
HW: Fluency and flow is due Friday. The spelling test will also be given on Friday. ISTEP+ letters that we did in class on Friday are due tomorrow and the stories that were started in computer lab today are due Wednesday.
Math: Today we worked with more data and how to create and label line graphs. Students had the chance to measure each other's heads! What fun!
HW: Journal pages 44-45, study link 2.8 and the 6 problems from the board are all due tomorrow. Unit 2 test will be on Thursday of this week.
Health: We zipped through the remaining body systems and jumped right into chapter 1 today. We learned about traits and all that makes each one of us special.
HW: Read pages 22-25 and complete the worksheet. The chapter one test will be given on Friday, which is the last day of Health for Mrs. Suddarth's class.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Finale Friday! We're Done with ISTEP!
Hip, Hip, Hooray! We finished fall ISTEP+ this morning about 9:00! Yes! A special thank you for the brain food from the Drye Family yesterday (I apologize for not putting it in yesterday's blog!) and to the Salous Family today! The snacks were perfect!
I appreciate how hard everyone worked this week to get to bed early and in eating good breakfasts! These tests are intense! I can't wait for the results to see how everyone did!
We were able to celebrate the end of ISTEP+ with a bonus recess and art project today. We also enjoyed our Camp Under this afternoon where we got to lay around and enjoy a book! What fun!
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! If you happen to be grocery shopping this weekend, we are in need of 6-8 brown grocery sacks for a fun outdoor learning day we have planned in early October. If you prefer paper over plastic and have a few to spare, we would appreciate them!
Go Kingsmen! Go Irish!
I appreciate how hard everyone worked this week to get to bed early and in eating good breakfasts! These tests are intense! I can't wait for the results to see how everyone did!
We were able to celebrate the end of ISTEP+ with a bonus recess and art project today. We also enjoyed our Camp Under this afternoon where we got to lay around and enjoy a book! What fun!
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! If you happen to be grocery shopping this weekend, we are in need of 6-8 brown grocery sacks for a fun outdoor learning day we have planned in early October. If you prefer paper over plastic and have a few to spare, we would appreciate them!
Go Kingsmen! Go Irish!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Three Tests Thursday!
Another intense testing day! We only have one to go! Yahoo!
Don't forget to bring in your donation in the morning and a piece of gum to chew! Stop by and staple your bills up in the lobby and get your sticker! The money raised is going to a great cause...the Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome.
Also--we are having a camp under tomorrow. Don't forget to bring your sleeping bags, pillows, stuffed animals, flashlights and books! We will be celebrating the end of ISTEP+ by "chillin out!"
Only one more...we can do it!
Don't forget to bring in your donation in the morning and a piece of gum to chew! Stop by and staple your bills up in the lobby and get your sticker! The money raised is going to a great cause...the Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome.
Also--we are having a camp under tomorrow. Don't forget to bring your sleeping bags, pillows, stuffed animals, flashlights and books! We will be celebrating the end of ISTEP+ by "chillin out!"
Only one more...we can do it!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
One Test Wednesday!
Whew! We only had one test this afternoon! We've plowed our way through 4 of the tests! We're 1/2 way there! Special thanks to the Brough Family today for the yummy snacks! They were perfect!
We had a great morning together, getting to do fun things! We really enjoyed playing our strategy games first thing this morning. We also got to spend some fun time with our reading buddies. Just in case you haven't heard, part of our class is practicing for a play called Earthquack! During the year, each child in our class as well as Mrs. McGann's class will have the opportunity to participate in a play. If your child is in this play, they should be bringing home their scripts each night and working on memorizing their lines. We do not have a final performance date chosen yet, but we will let you know as soon as we are close! The kids really enjoyed getting their costumes today! We have some really cute animals in our class! :)
Please be on the look out for a bright pink paper that has the cereal box reading project rubric on it. This will outline exactly how the projects are going to be graded.
Don't forget that Stars in Service is sponsoring our first special day on Friday. All students who bring in $1.00 will be able to chew gum (that they bring in!) at a designated time and also help fill our wall of dollars! All donations will be given to the Buddy Walk which supports Down Syndrome.
Don't forget that tomorrow is another heavy testing day! Get to bed plenty early and have a good, hearty breakfast in the morning!
We had a great morning together, getting to do fun things! We really enjoyed playing our strategy games first thing this morning. We also got to spend some fun time with our reading buddies. Just in case you haven't heard, part of our class is practicing for a play called Earthquack! During the year, each child in our class as well as Mrs. McGann's class will have the opportunity to participate in a play. If your child is in this play, they should be bringing home their scripts each night and working on memorizing their lines. We do not have a final performance date chosen yet, but we will let you know as soon as we are close! The kids really enjoyed getting their costumes today! We have some really cute animals in our class! :)
Please be on the look out for a bright pink paper that has the cereal box reading project rubric on it. This will outline exactly how the projects are going to be graded.
Don't forget that Stars in Service is sponsoring our first special day on Friday. All students who bring in $1.00 will be able to chew gum (that they bring in!) at a designated time and also help fill our wall of dollars! All donations will be given to the Buddy Walk which supports Down Syndrome.
Don't forget that tomorrow is another heavy testing day! Get to bed plenty early and have a good, hearty breakfast in the morning!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
3 Done, 5 To Go!
Err...so it was brought to my attention that I posted my school blog on the wrong page yesterday! Sorry! Please read the previous post to find out what we did yesterday!
As for today--we got through 3 ISTEP+ tests. Whew! It's always a good feeling to get those books in our hands and confirm to ourselves that we've worried over nonsense! We know what we are doing! :)
We are spending all 4 remaining days this week with Language Arts classes.
Besides ISTEP today, we had the chance to spend a little extra time outdoors releasing pent up energy and also going to gym and music!
Special thanks to the Lindzy family for the yummy apples and cheese sticks! They hit the spot!
Don't forget to go to bed early tonight and eat another healthy breakfast in the morning!
As for today--we got through 3 ISTEP+ tests. Whew! It's always a good feeling to get those books in our hands and confirm to ourselves that we've worried over nonsense! We know what we are doing! :)
We are spending all 4 remaining days this week with Language Arts classes.
Besides ISTEP today, we had the chance to spend a little extra time outdoors releasing pent up energy and also going to gym and music!
Special thanks to the Lindzy family for the yummy apples and cheese sticks! They hit the spot!
Don't forget to go to bed early tonight and eat another healthy breakfast in the morning!
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