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Sunday, January 30, 2011

States of Matter Glog

Our States of Matter Projects are due this Wednesday! Check out this creative project from glogster.com.

Click below!

http://s99vj6x.edu.glogster.com/amsglog/

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Read at home with your child...

Parents! As you know, reading is important on so many levels. Below is a great link for parents to help with reading at home. There is a list of reading strategies to work on and even a list of prompts to use while reading with your child. Enjoy!

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Center work: Online Book Club(Jan 20-Feb 4)

Online Book Club

That’s right! Grab your hot chocolate. It’s time for an extra dose of Fourth Grade BOOK CLUB!

Would you recommend your book? Why or why not? Please give a lot of details. Read what others have left. Would you want to read their book?

Feburary Parent Newsletter

Fourth Grade News

Hello! February is just around the corner! You will begin to notice many new additions to our blog. We will begin to Twitter about our day. We will be using Twitter.com as a summary tool! The children will take turns writing a summary of what we did each day. They may summarize one topic or the whole day. This is a great way to be hands-on with technology in a meaningful way. If you would like to receive our class updates, follow us on Twitter! You will find a link on our blog! I will ONLY ADD PARENTS to our Twitter account. See the handout for details!

In social Studies, we will be finishing our unit on the Civil War and moving on to the Rise of Industry. We will be focusing on inventions and inventors. In Math, we will be moving on to more complex multiplication and division problems. PLEASE continue practicing the Multiplication facts every night. This is imperative for their future success in Mathematics!

In Science, we are concluding our unit on Matter with a fun project! The children should have already shown you their choices for the project. I can’t wait to see what they select and how they will complete it! We will also have a short test on this unit. In Writing, we started learning about Fictional Narratives. The kids are so excited to use their imagination to create a fun and exciting story that is all their own. The children will be publishing their stories in hard cover books. I am so excited to see how proud the kids will be when they see their story in book form! This is a busy month!

Dates to know:

· Science Project due: Wednesday, Feb 2^nd

· Short Science Test on Friday, Feb 4^th

NO spelling Test for the week of Jan 31^st- Feb 4th

· Civil War quiz on Tuesday Feb 8^th

· Math Test on Thursday, Feb 17^th

The children will either receive a Study Guide or the handouts from class to help them study for each quiz or test.

Reminders:

The Valentine’s Day party is Monday, Feb 14^th. More information to come.

Feb 4^th is School Spirit day! It is $ 2.00 to participate.

Please contact me for any reason!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

DRE Raffle Winners

1/23/11
Congrats to Alyssa and Sami who won the Walleye Game with Miss Kauffman and myself! Alyssa chose to bring Maya from our class. Sami chose to bring a family friend named Emily.Walleyes won! We had a great time! Here are the pictures from the game.