Good Afternoon!
Today has been fantastic. I talked with OPET/Communities in Schools about the grant I filled out to receive headsets to work on digital storybooks. Hopefully it went well. I feel like it did.
We did a math pretest today, along with a fire drill! (Yippee! Got to love the unexpected. The students did great and went right back to work afterward!)
In reading we talked about taking care of books and the reason we need to. We are almost to a point where reader's workshop will be off the floor and running! We also had pictures at this time, so the students did not have to have pictures after PE! Yeah! Thank you moms for making this happen.
In writing/social studies we made time lines of lives.
I'm extending book orders to Monday. I will be gone tomorrow and don't want the sub to have to deal with that. We found out today that my son, JD, has strep throat. Yuck!!
Don't forget to bring in those box tops!!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday Sept. 27
In math we worked with creating bar graphs and in reading we worked with descriptive text.
Spelling take home task is due on Thursday and book orders are due on Friday.
Spelling List 6 for test on Fri., Oct. 1
there
their
each
its
again
next
sound
often
almost
however
city
early
nothing
certain
fire
special
ran
full
town
complete
Students need to
practice adding these
suffixes to words.
-s -ed -ly -ful -ing
-er -est -able
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday Sept 23
Good Evening Parents!
I am having issues accessing the blog at school and have forgotten to post by the time I have gotten back home.
This week has been fantastic!
We finished our digital story book about Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. Some students brought home a yellow permission slip. This is the back side to one of the enrollment papers from the beginning of the year. The parents who did not fill this out at the beginning of the year have received it. This will give us permission to post the digital story book on our web page. Then parents can watch it at home and send the link to relatives for them to see. Since all of the fourth graders in our class worked on this project we need permission from all of the parents. Our digital story books have the students illuastrations and voices. There are no photographs of the children that are used.
I am having issues accessing the blog at school and have forgotten to post by the time I have gotten back home.
This week has been fantastic!
We finished our digital story book about Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. Some students brought home a yellow permission slip. This is the back side to one of the enrollment papers from the beginning of the year. The parents who did not fill this out at the beginning of the year have received it. This will give us permission to post the digital story book on our web page. Then parents can watch it at home and send the link to relatives for them to see. Since all of the fourth graders in our class worked on this project we need permission from all of the parents. Our digital story books have the students illuastrations and voices. There are no photographs of the children that are used.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Spelling List
Ok technical difficulties are over and now I can post.
We did MAP Math testing today. We started Reader's Workshop today by sharing our favorite books. It was very enlightening to hear the students talk about their favorite books and tell why they were their favorite.
Box Tops contest started today and ends on Monday, Oct. 4th.
Book Orders are due next Friday.
Reminder: Wednesday is an early release day and Friday students don't have school.
Spelling List 5 for test on Thurs., Sept. 23
there
their
first
its
because
always
together
form
animal
several
ground
front
American(s)
mean(s)
certain
fire
ready
green
yes
built
Students need to practice
spelling patterns for the /j/ sound
as in jar.
j dge ge
gi gy
One way to practice
would be to do a scavenger
hunt through the newspaper, cut
the words out, then sort them.
We did MAP Math testing today. We started Reader's Workshop today by sharing our favorite books. It was very enlightening to hear the students talk about their favorite books and tell why they were their favorite.
Box Tops contest started today and ends on Monday, Oct. 4th.
Book Orders are due next Friday.
Reminder: Wednesday is an early release day and Friday students don't have school.
Spelling List 5 for test on Thurs., Sept. 23
there
their
first
its
because
always
together
form
animal
several
ground
front
American(s)
mean(s)
certain
fire
ready
green
yes
built
Students need to practice
spelling patterns for the /j/ sound
as in jar.
j dge ge
gi gy
One way to practice
would be to do a scavenger
hunt through the newspaper, cut
the words out, then sort them.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday Sept 20th
Good evening!
I'll get the spelling list posted tomorrow morning. Spelling task is due on Thursday.
Today we worked with texting our answers to the teacher... With the clickers. The kids seemed to really enjoy it.
Box tops contest started today! Bring in those box tops! One of these years my class will win! We always come so close!
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday Sept. 17th
Happy Friday!
Today we had our spelling test, book buddies, and our second class meeting. The only homework for tonight is to read 20 minutes.
Don't forget book orders are due October 1st. I am not sure when fundraiser items will be in. I will keep you posted.
Today a letter went home about flu like symptoms. There were several students out of the building with illness. Please remember that your child needs to be fever free for 24 hours to return to school. If your child is out due to illness please let the front office know. If you would like for me to send home the work they are missing please make arrangements with myself or the office to have those materials delivered to you.
I hope you have a fun and safe weekend! The Ottawa Car Show is this weekend. Maybe you will see JD, Adam, and I at Cruise Night!
Today we had our spelling test, book buddies, and our second class meeting. The only homework for tonight is to read 20 minutes.
Don't forget book orders are due October 1st. I am not sure when fundraiser items will be in. I will keep you posted.
Today a letter went home about flu like symptoms. There were several students out of the building with illness. Please remember that your child needs to be fever free for 24 hours to return to school. If your child is out due to illness please let the front office know. If you would like for me to send home the work they are missing please make arrangements with myself or the office to have those materials delivered to you.
I hope you have a fun and safe weekend! The Ottawa Car Show is this weekend. Maybe you will see JD, Adam, and I at Cruise Night!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wed. Sept. 15th
Good Evening,
I'm sorry I am updating this so late. Homework from tonight was to read for 20 minutes. I provided a Scholastic News to read. They do not have to bring that back.
This morning during reading we pretended that the electricity was out and worked by flashlight. The students seemed to really enjoy it. Our digital story book for Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is almost complete! I'm so excited! We are done with recording voices for everyone but three students. I just need to scan in their pictures and compile everything. :-)
In math today we learned about the many ways we can name numbers.
I'm sorry I am updating this so late. Homework from tonight was to read for 20 minutes. I provided a Scholastic News to read. They do not have to bring that back.
This morning during reading we pretended that the electricity was out and worked by flashlight. The students seemed to really enjoy it. Our digital story book for Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is almost complete! I'm so excited! We are done with recording voices for everyone but three students. I just need to scan in their pictures and compile everything. :-)
In math today we learned about the many ways we can name numbers.
Early Release!!!
Don't forget that today students are dismissed at 2:55!! We have meetings at 3:10 so please be prompt with pick up!! Thanks!!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday Sept. 14
Good Evening,
Our book orders came today and I passed out the items. I am sending a new scholastic set of book orders home tonight. They are not due until Friday, Oct. 1st. They should be ready online as well.
The digital story books are coming along nicely! I hope to have them finished this week!
During math time we took the reading MAP assessment.
Take home task 4 is due on Thursday and as always read 20 minutes every night!
Our book orders came today and I passed out the items. I am sending a new scholastic set of book orders home tonight. They are not due until Friday, Oct. 1st. They should be ready online as well.
The digital story books are coming along nicely! I hope to have them finished this week!
During math time we took the reading MAP assessment.
Take home task 4 is due on Thursday and as always read 20 minutes every night!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday Sept. 13th
Today we started working on our digital story book for Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. We partnered up and each partner is doing a chapter from the book. Once finished we will have the entire story finished. I am hoping to post it to the blog when we are finished or parents to see.
Tonight the spelling task went home. It is due on Thursday. I am finally posting the list. I'm sorry it didn't get put on last night. Spelling City will be ready tonight as well.
In math we started our world tour with Washington, D.C. We learned the differnt uses for numbers.
Here is this weeks spelling list.
there
their
then
than
words
most
work(ed)
enough
country
true
United States
cold
American(s)
though
behind
rest
perhaps
certain
six
feel
Students need to be aware
of the different spellings for
the sound /s/ at the beginning
of snake.
ce ci cy s ss sc
Tonight the spelling task went home. It is due on Thursday. I am finally posting the list. I'm sorry it didn't get put on last night. Spelling City will be ready tonight as well.
In math we started our world tour with Washington, D.C. We learned the differnt uses for numbers.
Here is this weeks spelling list.
there
their
then
than
words
most
work(ed)
enough
country
true
United States
cold
American(s)
though
behind
rest
perhaps
certain
six
feel
Students need to be aware
of the different spellings for
the sound /s/ at the beginning
of snake.
ce ci cy s ss sc
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Tomorrow September 13
Please don't forget PTA fundraiser packets are due in! If you would like to make a donation in leu of selling fundraiser items that is ok as well.
Spelling test will be tomorrow, since we didn't get time to take it on Friday. Later today I will post the spelling list for this week.
Enjoy this BEAUTIFUL Sunday afternoon! Go spend some time outside!
Spelling test will be tomorrow, since we didn't get time to take it on Friday. Later today I will post the spelling list for this week.
Enjoy this BEAUTIFUL Sunday afternoon! Go spend some time outside!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Friday
Good evening,
We did not get a chance to do the spelling test today. This gives your child all weekend to study some more and be ready!
We finished Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing today. Ask your child what happened to Dribble the turtle!
In math we used the clickers. It was not as successful as I would have liked but both the students and myself are still learning the software and hardware.
Clickers are like a voting tool. Students type in their answer to a question and it sends their answer to my computer. In theory it is great because it means less time grading and more time planning. However we are still working out user error and software error. I do think the kids really enjoyed playing with them. Hopefully in the near future we can get them up and going full time! Now if I could convince the school to buy me a class set that is just for my room so we could use them all the time!! ;) (unfortunately they are about $1,000 per class set)
Enjoy your weekend!
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We did not get a chance to do the spelling test today. This gives your child all weekend to study some more and be ready!
We finished Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing today. Ask your child what happened to Dribble the turtle!
In math we used the clickers. It was not as successful as I would have liked but both the students and myself are still learning the software and hardware.
Clickers are like a voting tool. Students type in their answer to a question and it sends their answer to my computer. In theory it is great because it means less time grading and more time planning. However we are still working out user error and software error. I do think the kids really enjoyed playing with them. Hopefully in the near future we can get them up and going full time! Now if I could convince the school to buy me a class set that is just for my room so we could use them all the time!! ;) (unfortunately they are about $1,000 per class set)
Enjoy your weekend!
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Sept. 8
Good evening!
Tonight the take home task for unit 3 went home. It is due Friday morning.
I did get book orders submitted this morning. They should be here in the next 2 weeks.
I also sent home a Scholastic News magazine today. Students do not need to bring that back, I was just providing it as something that could be read for their 20 minutes tonight.
Book It kicks off on Oct. 1st. I do ask my students to participate in this during the year. Our goal is to read 400 minutes a month. This is broke down to 20 minutes a day five days a week. That would give students the weekend off and still be able to make book it. :-)
MAP testing starts next week. We use the results from this test to help us decide what students need help in the different areas of math and reading.
This Friday the Ottawa Library will present rewards for the summer reading program during morning announcements.
Math test is tomorrow. I did not tell the students this. I honestly had forgotten during the chaos of the day. It is a review of the last 2 weeks. They should do fine. They will need to know what a polygon is, how to add and subtract, and what a ray, line segment, and line is.
In reading we continued with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Today Fudge became a TV star! Ask your child how this happened!
Tonight the take home task for unit 3 went home. It is due Friday morning.
I did get book orders submitted this morning. They should be here in the next 2 weeks.
I also sent home a Scholastic News magazine today. Students do not need to bring that back, I was just providing it as something that could be read for their 20 minutes tonight.
Book It kicks off on Oct. 1st. I do ask my students to participate in this during the year. Our goal is to read 400 minutes a month. This is broke down to 20 minutes a day five days a week. That would give students the weekend off and still be able to make book it. :-)
MAP testing starts next week. We use the results from this test to help us decide what students need help in the different areas of math and reading.
This Friday the Ottawa Library will present rewards for the summer reading program during morning announcements.
Math test is tomorrow. I did not tell the students this. I honestly had forgotten during the chaos of the day. It is a review of the last 2 weeks. They should do fine. They will need to know what a polygon is, how to add and subtract, and what a ray, line segment, and line is.
In reading we continued with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Today Fudge became a TV star! Ask your child how this happened!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Today
Fundraiser money and orders are due on Sept 13th.
In reading today we talked about context clues. Ask your child what this is. (http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~langlit/reading/contextclues/intro1.htm has a great definition of context clues) We also read about the flying train committee in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
In math we talked about concentric circles and not concentric circles.
In science we read about how animals are classified. Many students did not finish this in class. This is their only homework for tonight besides reading for 20 minutes.
Have a marvelous Tuesday!
In reading today we talked about context clues. Ask your child what this is. (http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~langlit/reading/contextclues/intro1.htm has a great definition of context clues) We also read about the flying train committee in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
In math we talked about concentric circles and not concentric circles.
In science we read about how animals are classified. Many students did not finish this in class. This is their only homework for tonight besides reading for 20 minutes.
Have a marvelous Tuesday!
Spelling for Friday Sept. 10th
there
its
another
because
does
different
often
picture
sentence
example
really
idea
draw
among
able
dog
shown
mean
English
Students will focus on
consonant digraphs for their
skills test.
ch sh th wh ph
its
another
because
does
different
often
picture
sentence
example
really
idea
draw
among
able
dog
shown
mean
English
Students will focus on
consonant digraphs for their
skills test.
ch sh th wh ph
Friday, September 3, 2010
Happy labor day weekend!
Today the PTA fundraiser kicked off! I'm not sure when everything is due back. I'll post on Monday when it is due for sure.
I forgot to submit the book orders tonight so it will be Tuesday before I get a chance to submit those. So for those of you who forgot and still want to order there is time!
In math we have been singing a song to three blind mice, about mean, median, mode. Ask your child to sing it for you. They did great singing it to our book buddies today!
Don't forget that there is no school on Monday. See everyone on Tuesday!!
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Today 9/2
Reminder PTA is tonight at 7 in the library.
Spelling test is tomorrow.
Today in math the students learned how to use a compass to make circles and squares. Ask them about the squares!
In reading we listened to more of Fudge's antics! Ask your child what happened in Bloomingdales and Hamburger Heaven today in the chapter!
I have had a few fundraiser ideas emailed to me. Please send me your ideas and we will go from there! :)
Have a fantastic Thursday!
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Spelling test is tomorrow.
Today in math the students learned how to use a compass to make circles and squares. Ask them about the squares!
In reading we listened to more of Fudge's antics! Ask your child what happened in Bloomingdales and Hamburger Heaven today in the chapter!
I have had a few fundraiser ideas emailed to me. Please send me your ideas and we will go from there! :)
Have a fantastic Thursday!
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sept 1st
Happy September everyone!!
Don't forget book orders are due this Friday.
PTA has a meeting tomorrow night at 7.
Spelling test is this Friday. Spelling homework is due tomorrow. This includes the bottom section about sorting into the different categories.
This Friday is the kick off assembly for fundraising!
In math we have been learning about rays, lines, line segments, concave and convex polygons, and parallelograms. Ask your child to explain what these are!
In reading we have been learning about the life of Peter Hatcher in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The kids seem to really enjoy it. Today we read about Fudge's birthday party. Ask your child why Peter calls Fudge Fang now!
I am going to be sending a survey home soon about fundraising and going to Earthworks. This is a field trip that we have gone on for several years now. The cost is $20 per student. I personally do not feel comfortable asking a parent to pay $20 for a field trip no matter how educational and important it is. I know that budgets are tight for several parents, myself included. Any ideas for fundraisers to pay for EarthWorks would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email me or leave comments so other parents can chime in! http://www.lx.org/ is the website for EarthWorks. There is tons of information there about the program.
Thank you for being such a great group of parents to work with!!!
Don't forget book orders are due this Friday.
PTA has a meeting tomorrow night at 7.
Spelling test is this Friday. Spelling homework is due tomorrow. This includes the bottom section about sorting into the different categories.
This Friday is the kick off assembly for fundraising!
In math we have been learning about rays, lines, line segments, concave and convex polygons, and parallelograms. Ask your child to explain what these are!
In reading we have been learning about the life of Peter Hatcher in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The kids seem to really enjoy it. Today we read about Fudge's birthday party. Ask your child why Peter calls Fudge Fang now!
I am going to be sending a survey home soon about fundraising and going to Earthworks. This is a field trip that we have gone on for several years now. The cost is $20 per student. I personally do not feel comfortable asking a parent to pay $20 for a field trip no matter how educational and important it is. I know that budgets are tight for several parents, myself included. Any ideas for fundraisers to pay for EarthWorks would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email me or leave comments so other parents can chime in! http://www.lx.org/ is the website for EarthWorks. There is tons of information there about the program.
Thank you for being such a great group of parents to work with!!!
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