Last day of School!

I want to thank everyone for a great year!  Parents, thanks for letting me "borrow" your children every day!  I truly enjoyed teaching them and getting to know them all!  Kids, have a great summer, relax and read some too!  Come back and visit next year!

May 23

Here's what we did on our last full day of 4th grade!

Students shared their fictional writing pieces.

We collected books and cleaned out desks.

We had a buddy lunch with our first grade buddies.

Students flew up to 5th grade!

*Remember that tomorrow is a half day!  Have a great night!

May 21

We made it to the last week of school!  Here's what we did today:
Writing-Students are finishing up their fictional pieces of writing.

Reading-Students presented their book recommendations.

Word Study-We did a buddy check.

We also had a extra recess with Nachos!

Homework:
Writing-Stories are due tomorrow!  There will NOT be time in class to finish.

Word Study-Test tomorrow and contract is due tomorrow.

Have a great night!

May 17th

Here's what we did today:
Writing-Students are publishing their stories.

Reading-We worked on the book recommendations.

Math-Students shared their $ Project.

Word Study-I met with Groups 3 and 4 for their word sort while Groups 1 and 2 worked on their contracts.

Homework:
Reading-Book projects will be presented on Monday.

Word Study-Tests are Tuesday and Contracts are due Tuesday.

Writing-Stories are due Tuesday.

Remember, there is no school tomorrow so I will see everyone on Monday for the last week of school!

Have a great weekend!

May 16th

Here's what we did today:
Writing-We discussed how to decide when to start a new paragraph.  Students worked on their stories.

Reading-Students worked on their book projects.

Math-We are finishing up our $ Projects and will present tomorrow.

Word Study-I met with Groups 1 and 2 for their sort.  Groups 3 and 4 prepared for their sort and worked on their contracts.

Homework:
Reading-Book Recommendations due Monday.

Math-$ Project due tomorrow.

Word Study-Test for all groups is May 22nd and contract is due that day as well.

Have a great night!

May 15th

Here's what we did today:
Writing-We discussed how to get rid of repetition in our stories.

Reading-Students are working on a book recommendation so everyone gets some good ideas for books to read over the summer!

Math-Students worked on their Million Dollar Project.

Word Study-Groups 1 and 2 prepared their words for their sort while I met with Groups 3 and 4 to give them their new lists.

Homework:
Reading-Book Recommendation sheet

Writing-Writer's Notebook

Have a great night!

May 11th-Fun Day!

                   Check out the pictures from today!  The kids had a great time in perfect weather!



May 10th

Here's what we did today:
Writing-We talked about different ways to end a story.

Reading-Students met in literature circles.

Math-We are finishing up the tesselations.

Homework:
Writing-4 Poem analyses due tomorrow

Math-Tesselation due tomorrow

**Tomorrow is Fun Day!  Please send your child wearing appropriate shoes and wearing sunscreen. 

Have a great night!

May 9th

Here's what we did today:
Writing-We looked at four different ways to start a story.

Reading-It's a Surprise!!

Math-Tesselations

Word Study-Preposition Quiz

Homework:
Reading-Lit. Circles meet tomorrow

Writing-Poetry Analyses due Friday

Social Studies-Extra Credit due Monday

Strings students--Don't forget your instruments for the All District Rehearsal tomorrow!

Have a great night!

May 8th

Here's what we did today:
Writing-We explored how to use  the setting of a story to reveal information about a character.

Reading-Students are working on their literature circle assignments.

Math-Tesselations

Word Study-We played some preposition games.  Check out the word study link above for some links to practice games.  Students also began a drawing using a preposition.

Homework:
Word Study-Preposition quiz tomorrow.

Math-Students who are still tracing their figure need to finish tracing tonight.

Have a great night!

May 7th

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Here's what we did today:

Writing-We finished sharing our poetry.  Students are bringing home their amazing poetry books today.  They have a half sheet with their grade on it.  I'm very impressed by the work they did!

Reading-Students visited the library for a lesson from Mrs. Graef.  We also did literature circles.

Math-We worked on tesselations.  These are due on Thursday.

Word Study-We worked on prepositions.

Homework:
Reading-Literature Circles meet on Thursday.  I had a few students who were not prepared today.  As there hasn't been a lot of other homework, there is no reason to have the reading assignments done.  I hate to see students have to miss out on the conversation during their lit. circle.

Word Study-A prepostion quiz will be given on Wednesday.

Have a great night!

May 4th

Here's what we did on this rainy Friday:
We had a busy day of videos!  Students watched the internet safety video with Mrs. Critchlow and the health video with Nurse Sears.

We also worked on tesselations, shared poetry, had literature circles, and the students went to Science.

Homework:
Reading-Literature Circles meet on Monday.

Social Studies-Students who requested it were given a sheet explaining some extra credit options.  They may do one, all, or none.  I will take their project/s into account when factoring their fourth quarter Social Studies grade.

Science-Quiz Monday

Have a great weekend!

Daniel Boone Field Trip

Getting into lines of girls and boys to enter the school house

Nichole and Edis "getting in trouble" at school!

Learning about a typical school day for pioneer children

Reciting and memorizing a quote

Writing on the slates

Learning how to dip candles

Learning about some fun pioneer games

Potato Sack Races!

Tug of War!

Girls Vs. Boys

Grace

In the kitchen of Daniel Boone's house