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? :)

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!

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:

• 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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!