**Here are a few websites to help at home**
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Decimals
Students will be introduced to decimals this week, this is the first time students are learning about this content so please be sure to practice at home each night.
BILL OF RIGHTS
We will begin learning about the Bill of Rights this week. Here is a comic and a video to help you remember these. Enjoy!
Disney version
The Bill Of Rights
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Evan's Big Win!
Determination, the ability to strive for something no matter how difficult it may be to achieve. This is among the most important traits a person can bear. With determination comes strong will, optimism and good set of priorities. When people are determined, they have the drive to work through difficult times, reaching for their goals and pushing themselves to do their very best.
All great achievers in life have made it where they are today due to their hard work, commitment, and determination. You cannot simply wake up in the morning and accomplish life's most rigorous task, but you can wake up and decide to work at it. Everything is a work in progress at some point, and with the strength of determination it becomes an achievement in time.
For Evan, this achievement came last Saturday as he won his dirt bike race over 15 other racers. He has practiced for this achievement for quiet some time and now he can finally say that all this hard work paid off! Evan is one determined boy and we are all so proud of him! Here are a few pictures of his win!
Parents if you have any achievements I can post on our blog please send me pictures and the descriptions, I love sharing my students and their achievements!
All great achievers in life have made it where they are today due to their hard work, commitment, and determination. You cannot simply wake up in the morning and accomplish life's most rigorous task, but you can wake up and decide to work at it. Everything is a work in progress at some point, and with the strength of determination it becomes an achievement in time.
For Evan, this achievement came last Saturday as he won his dirt bike race over 15 other racers. He has practiced for this achievement for quiet some time and now he can finally say that all this hard work paid off! Evan is one determined boy and we are all so proud of him! Here are a few pictures of his win!
Parents if you have any achievements I can post on our blog please send me pictures and the descriptions, I love sharing my students and their achievements!
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Science Fair Winners
Our class had 4 winners this year in the Science Fair! I am so proud of everyone that submitted a project, they all looked great! I will post pictures of all the projects when I return to school but for now here are the winners!
Ben Smith also won but wasn't at school when we took pictures.
Congratulations to everyone!
Orchestra Concert
On Wednesday students went to Converse College to an Orchestra concert. Students really enjoyed singing the songs and dancing along with the performers.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Weekly Announcements
Parents to keep updated on what is going on in the classroom please check the "WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS" tab at the top of the blog, I post test announcements and activities we will participate in weekly. Have a great weekend!
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Around the World in 40 Days!
Introducing our new PBL..
The Launch: Skyping with a zoo keeper from Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo......
http://www.omahazoo.com
This is the site that we researched on Thursday so students could formulate questions to ask the zoo keeper. Students if you think of any other questions to ask the zoo keeper write them down and bring them to school tomorrow.
Each 4th grade classroom will be transformed into a distinct environment, (polar region, rivers and streams, desert, swamp, and rainforest) students will be researching what their specific region is and then decorating the classroom to match what they have learned.Parents don't forget we would love your help on Monday and Wednesday after school!
After all regions are decorated students will be traveling to each room over the course of 20 days to research and be informed about the plants, animals, and characteristics of each environment. A field guide will be in the hands of each student so they can take notes on their findings and work on their final product.
Decorating in progress
Culminating Assessment: At the end of researching students will create their own magazine, travel brochure, or children's book to display what they have learned while traveling. No matter what the students decide to create, they will understand how to use text features while writing, summarize multi paragraph texts using key details to support central ideas, draw logical conclusions from relationships and patterns discovered during the inquiry process and much more!
What region are we?
Our classroom will be transformed into the polar region! We need all the help we can get so please feel free to send in any items you may have at home that you no longer need and/or if you would like to come help decorate we would LOVE to have you!
Around the World in 40 Days!
The Question: How can my experiences, knowledge, and research help me to be informed and inform other about animals and their environment? The Launch: Skyping with a zoo keeper from Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo......
http://www.omahazoo.com
This is the site that we researched on Thursday so students could formulate questions to ask the zoo keeper. Students if you think of any other questions to ask the zoo keeper write them down and bring them to school tomorrow.
Each 4th grade classroom will be transformed into a distinct environment, (polar region, rivers and streams, desert, swamp, and rainforest) students will be researching what their specific region is and then decorating the classroom to match what they have learned.Parents don't forget we would love your help on Monday and Wednesday after school!
After all regions are decorated students will be traveling to each room over the course of 20 days to research and be informed about the plants, animals, and characteristics of each environment. A field guide will be in the hands of each student so they can take notes on their findings and work on their final product.
Decorating in progress
Finished Product and touring other environments
Students learning about the desert environment in Mr. Carroll's classroom.
Mrs. Johnson's class visiting our Polar Region.
Kellan testing to see which hand was warmer, the one with blubber or the one without.
Our igloo thanks to Mrs. Blackburn!
Visiting Mrs. Gidaro's room in the River and Streams environment.
Culminating Assessment: At the end of researching students will create their own magazine, travel brochure, or children's book to display what they have learned while traveling. No matter what the students decide to create, they will understand how to use text features while writing, summarize multi paragraph texts using key details to support central ideas, draw logical conclusions from relationships and patterns discovered during the inquiry process and much more!
What region are we?
Our classroom will be transformed into the polar region! We need all the help we can get so please feel free to send in any items you may have at home that you no longer need and/or if you would like to come help decorate we would LOVE to have you!
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