We start ISTEP+ testing tomorrow. Don't forget to get to bed early so you can get plenty of sleep. Get up in the morning and eat a protein filled breakfast and pack a healthy snack! We will have two testing sessions tomorrow...one in the morning and one in the afternoon! Be prepared to do your best on the test!
LA: Today was our short day due to double specials. We enjoyed our time in IMC and Gym before coming back and welcoming Mrs. Stephan who shared one of her favorite books with us. We also worked on our Galaxy Gallery project and continued typing our poems for our published books.
HW: Get to bed early!
Math: We spent our entire day solving word problems that covered a variety of skills. It was a lot of fun seeing what we remembered from the beginning of 4th grade.
HW: None
Social Studies: We jumped into chapter 10, our big rig tour of the Southwest Region of the United States.
HW: None
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thoughtful Thursday
We're gearing up for ISTEP+! Please make sure you've seen the schedule (via email) and are busily preparing to help your child have the best week possible!
LA: We continued our work with onomatopoeia, similes and adjectives today. We also worked on poetry during computer lab and had a great visit with our reading buddies.
HW: Reading calendars are due tomorrow...we will also be having our final camp under in the ELA. Don't forget that normal assessments will take place as well.
Math: We spent our time together doing a review ISTEP packet.
HW: Practice packets need to be completed by the beginning of class tomorrow--we will be going over them together.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We took the chapter 9 test today.
HW: None
LA: We continued our work with onomatopoeia, similes and adjectives today. We also worked on poetry during computer lab and had a great visit with our reading buddies.
HW: Reading calendars are due tomorrow...we will also be having our final camp under in the ELA. Don't forget that normal assessments will take place as well.
Math: We spent our time together doing a review ISTEP packet.
HW: Practice packets need to be completed by the beginning of class tomorrow--we will be going over them together.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We took the chapter 9 test today.
HW: None
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wonderful Wednesday
We're anxiously continuing to prepare for next week's ISTEP+ (part 1!) We're spending some time each day reviewing skills that we have learned this year in 4th grade!
LA: We jumped right into our short week yesterday morning with our new story, "Because of Winn Dixie." I was shocked that this was a new story for so many of us! We are learning about summarizing, adjectives, onomatopoeia, similes, words with double consonants and continuing our work on pronouns--all skills that go with our selection this week! We continued all of these today, in addition to doing some "On our feet" thinking to help us prepare for the writing portion of the ISTEP+! We had a lot of fun!
HW: Spelling test will be given on Friday. The family instruments are due on Friday as well. This is our last full week of I Love To Read...let's break our previous reading minute records!
Math: We have started unit 9, which has us working with turning fractions into decimals and percents. Yesterday we concentrated on working with decimals out of 100, today, we branched out into "easy fractions" Example: 1/2, 1/4, 1/10, 1/20
HW: Complete the back of study link 9.1, math box and study link 9.2
Social Studies: (Woods) We finished up reading chapter 9 today in class, including the summary and reading further.
HW: Complete Interactive Student Notebook pages 60-61--Chapter 9 test Friday!
LA: We jumped right into our short week yesterday morning with our new story, "Because of Winn Dixie." I was shocked that this was a new story for so many of us! We are learning about summarizing, adjectives, onomatopoeia, similes, words with double consonants and continuing our work on pronouns--all skills that go with our selection this week! We continued all of these today, in addition to doing some "On our feet" thinking to help us prepare for the writing portion of the ISTEP+! We had a lot of fun!
HW: Spelling test will be given on Friday. The family instruments are due on Friday as well. This is our last full week of I Love To Read...let's break our previous reading minute records!
Math: We have started unit 9, which has us working with turning fractions into decimals and percents. Yesterday we concentrated on working with decimals out of 100, today, we branched out into "easy fractions" Example: 1/2, 1/4, 1/10, 1/20
HW: Complete the back of study link 9.1, math box and study link 9.2
Social Studies: (Woods) We finished up reading chapter 9 today in class, including the summary and reading further.
HW: Complete Interactive Student Notebook pages 60-61--Chapter 9 test Friday!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Keep Reading!
Don't forget that we are still going strong in our reading challenge for WSBT! Calendars are due tomorrow...hopefully we'll hit another school goal with everyone turning in their minutes.
LA: We worked very hard at typing up our poems in computer lab this morning. We also reviewed protagonists, hyperboles and possessive pronouns and contractions. We finished off our time together with a visit to our reading buddies and vocabulary vine.
HW: All normal assessments will be given tomorrow. I Love To Read reading calendars are due tomorrow...this counts as a homework assignment, so Oops Slips will be given if not turned in. We will also be having a camp under tomorrow in the ELA.
Math: We took our unit 8 test today.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We had a great time comparing farm life from the 1800's to the 1900's. We even spent some time pretending to be farmers, farm wives, young children living on a farm and hired hands. We shared a lot of laughs!
HW: Interactive Student Notebook pages 56-57 are due on Tuesday
LA: We worked very hard at typing up our poems in computer lab this morning. We also reviewed protagonists, hyperboles and possessive pronouns and contractions. We finished off our time together with a visit to our reading buddies and vocabulary vine.
HW: All normal assessments will be given tomorrow. I Love To Read reading calendars are due tomorrow...this counts as a homework assignment, so Oops Slips will be given if not turned in. We will also be having a camp under tomorrow in the ELA.
Math: We took our unit 8 test today.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We had a great time comparing farm life from the 1800's to the 1900's. We even spent some time pretending to be farmers, farm wives, young children living on a farm and hired hands. We shared a lot of laughs!
HW: Interactive Student Notebook pages 56-57 are due on Tuesday
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Terrific Tuesday
What a GREAT day we've had!
LA: We continued on our journey through this week's story, and learning about coral reefs. Today in grammar, we concentrated on when to use possessive pronouns and when to use contractions. This was quite tricky for some of us! We also spent quite a bit of time on parts of speech. We reviewed common and proper nouns, verbs, adjectives, appositives, and pronouns. We challenged ourselves to color code all parts of speech in 10 different sentences.
HW: Finish the parts of speech worksheet and keep reading and recording!
Math: Area of a triangle proved super challenging for many of us. We got the hang of it near the end of class however.
HW: Math box and study link 8.7, journal pages 242-243 and the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) The students had a great time learning about life on a farm in the 1800's. I think we're all pretty grateful that we don't have to plant 50 acres of crops by hand! Whew!
HW: None
LA: We continued on our journey through this week's story, and learning about coral reefs. Today in grammar, we concentrated on when to use possessive pronouns and when to use contractions. This was quite tricky for some of us! We also spent quite a bit of time on parts of speech. We reviewed common and proper nouns, verbs, adjectives, appositives, and pronouns. We challenged ourselves to color code all parts of speech in 10 different sentences.
HW: Finish the parts of speech worksheet and keep reading and recording!
Math: Area of a triangle proved super challenging for many of us. We got the hang of it near the end of class however.
HW: Math box and study link 8.7, journal pages 242-243 and the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) The students had a great time learning about life on a farm in the 1800's. I think we're all pretty grateful that we don't have to plant 50 acres of crops by hand! Whew!
HW: None
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Heart Day!
There was a whole lot of friendship being passed around with our gum grams and Valentine's today! I hope everyone had a wonderful day feeling loved!
LA: We started our new story for the week, At Home In The Coral Reef. This week we are focusing on comparing and contrasting with this nonfiction narrative. We're also going to be working on pronouns and homophones, proofreading, comparing and contrasting, protagonists and hyperboles. We also made time for some DEAR today, as well as proofreading!
This week's vocabulary words are: coral, reef, brittle, eventually, current, partnership, suburbs
HW: Keep reading and recording! We're about to hit our first landmark as a school, and we need everyone's help!
Math: We worked on lesson 8.6 today, which had us learning about finding the area of a parallelogram. We did some experimenting with cutting out parallelograms and making them into rectangles.
HW: Math box and study link 8.6 (study link has 2 sides), page 238 and the extra sheets are all due tomorrow. Unit 8 test will be given on Thursday!
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued learning about farming in the Midwest in the 1800's. The kids had a great time learning about how difficult life was on a farm that many years ago!
HW: None
LA: We started our new story for the week, At Home In The Coral Reef. This week we are focusing on comparing and contrasting with this nonfiction narrative. We're also going to be working on pronouns and homophones, proofreading, comparing and contrasting, protagonists and hyperboles. We also made time for some DEAR today, as well as proofreading!
This week's vocabulary words are: coral, reef, brittle, eventually, current, partnership, suburbs
HW: Keep reading and recording! We're about to hit our first landmark as a school, and we need everyone's help!
Math: We worked on lesson 8.6 today, which had us learning about finding the area of a parallelogram. We did some experimenting with cutting out parallelograms and making them into rectangles.
HW: Math box and study link 8.6 (study link has 2 sides), page 238 and the extra sheets are all due tomorrow. Unit 8 test will be given on Thursday!
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued learning about farming in the Midwest in the 1800's. The kids had a great time learning about how difficult life was on a farm that many years ago!
HW: None
Thursday, February 10, 2011
BRRRR!
We had a bit of a crazy day around here with a 2-hour delay. We will be having an alternate schedule on any of the days where we come to school late, only having LA and M on those dates.
Reminder-tomorrow is the last day to purchase gum grams!
LA: We continued our work on our writing project today, celebrating some of our most treasured objects. We also worked on proofreading and poetry with our reading buddies.
HW: All normal assessments will be given tomorrow. Don't forget reading calendars are due tomorrow and we will be having our "Read In" in the ELA. Don't forget pillows, blankets and of course, your book!
Math: We learned about formulas to solve area of squares and rectangles today.
HW: Math box 8.4-8.5, study link 8.5 and the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Reminder-tomorrow is the last day to purchase gum grams!
LA: We continued our work on our writing project today, celebrating some of our most treasured objects. We also worked on proofreading and poetry with our reading buddies.
HW: All normal assessments will be given tomorrow. Don't forget reading calendars are due tomorrow and we will be having our "Read In" in the ELA. Don't forget pillows, blankets and of course, your book!
Math: We learned about formulas to solve area of squares and rectangles today.
HW: Math box 8.4-8.5, study link 8.5 and the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Terrific Tuesday
Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day to purchase gum grams to send to friends, siblings, teachers or anyone else at Northpoint. They are 2/$1 and all money will be used to purchase bricks for the Granger Paths project.
LA: We had a busy morning today. We reviewed proofreading with our You're The Teacher, began a new writing project about some of our most treasured things in our life and also worked on sequencing events from our story.
HW: Spelling test will be given on Friday. Don't forget to keep reading!
Math: We had a lot of fun making rough sketches and scale drawings today. We even worked together in teams to measure parts of the classroom.
HW: Math box and study link 8.2 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) We jumped into chapter 9 today, learning about the different types of farms that are present in the Midwest Region o f the United States.
HW: None
Don't forget...arrangements need to be made to get Science Expo projects from school by tomorrow afternoon. All others will be recycled.
LA: We had a busy morning today. We reviewed proofreading with our You're The Teacher, began a new writing project about some of our most treasured things in our life and also worked on sequencing events from our story.
HW: Spelling test will be given on Friday. Don't forget to keep reading!
Math: We had a lot of fun making rough sketches and scale drawings today. We even worked together in teams to measure parts of the classroom.
HW: Math box and study link 8.2 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) We jumped into chapter 9 today, learning about the different types of farms that are present in the Midwest Region o f the United States.
HW: None
Don't forget...arrangements need to be made to get Science Expo projects from school by tomorrow afternoon. All others will be recycled.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Getting Back On Track!
I'm making a pledge to get better at blogging...I've been kinda slacking lately! So sorry!
Although we were all a bit glassy eyed from staying up late for the game, we had a great Monday at Northpoint.
Don't forget that our Stars in Service is selling Gum Grams Tuesday and Wednesday in all ELA's. They are 2/$1.
LA: We introduced our new story this morning, Adelina's Whales. With the story, we started working with possessive pronouns, sequence of events, and the story vocabulary. We also carved out some time for silent reading to help reach our goal for the I Love To Read Challenge. Congratulations to Jenna, Darby and Alex for winning last week's raffle. We are still in need of some raffle prizes as well.
HW: Spelling test will be given on Friday. Don't forget that the expectation is that instead of weekly homework, all students are reading at least an average of 30 minutes per night.
Math: Are our kitchens efficient? We had a great time today working with work triangles and figuring our if our kitchens in our homes are considered efficient or not. We worked together to find perimeters-it was a lot of fun!
HW: Math box and study link 8.1 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We took the chapter 8 test today.
HW: None
Although we were all a bit glassy eyed from staying up late for the game, we had a great Monday at Northpoint.
Don't forget that our Stars in Service is selling Gum Grams Tuesday and Wednesday in all ELA's. They are 2/$1.
LA: We introduced our new story this morning, Adelina's Whales. With the story, we started working with possessive pronouns, sequence of events, and the story vocabulary. We also carved out some time for silent reading to help reach our goal for the I Love To Read Challenge. Congratulations to Jenna, Darby and Alex for winning last week's raffle. We are still in need of some raffle prizes as well.
HW: Spelling test will be given on Friday. Don't forget that the expectation is that instead of weekly homework, all students are reading at least an average of 30 minutes per night.
Math: Are our kitchens efficient? We had a great time today working with work triangles and figuring our if our kitchens in our homes are considered efficient or not. We worked together to find perimeters-it was a lot of fun!
HW: Math box and study link 8.1 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We took the chapter 8 test today.
HW: None
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