Wednesday, September 30

Wow...we had a pretty good day!
Since I was at a conference/training yesterday  I got caught up with what was completed on Tuesday.
We worked on understanding characters debates and reading with purpose.  (Students are doing very well with this)

In math we looked at place value into the billions.  Stud ts seemed to struggle with naming the value of a number.  For example: 978,345= the Value  of the 3 is 300.

Tomorrow is Open House:  5-6pm  Students will share what they have been working on and where they spend their days.

TOMORROW IS THE BOG HILL:  Please send your child dressed to be outside in a hilly woody area for 2 hours.  
We will eat at 10:55 am since we will miss our lunch due to the big hill. 

HOMEWORK:
Math: Math Journal p. 35 and SL 2.3

Monday, September 28

We had a pretty good day!
We have begun our new math unit and have started our classroom swap.  Each student has taken a pre-test and all the fourth grade teachers have met and placed students in groups according to needs.  The three groups will be slightly different in the approach to the learning targets.  The three teachers will teach the same targets but at different levels so that student needs can be better met.

We are almost done with our PBIS lessons about citizenship, rules, government, and cooperation.  We will move into Science next week.

PLEASE note: I have sent out a link to the conference sign up for November 9th.  I have also added it to this blog.

Homework:
MJ p. 29 and SL 2.1

Wednesday, September 23rd

We STAR tested today!!!   We had everyone here and we were able to adjust our afternoon to fit it in.
We are done with testing for the district!!!!

We had a class meeting about respect.  It seems many are confused about respect other adults in our building.  I feel all respect me when I am teaching...but are easily distracted with things they have in their space.  We will be cleaning out all toys and extra pieces to make sure we can focus on lessons.

Homework:
MATH TEST Unit 1 on Friday
Math Journal p. 26 and SL 1.8

September 22

We had an interesting day. Many students were focused and working hard.  However, some had many issues with staying on topic which disrupted others.
We will be working on our behaviors and how to be respectful to one another when we are speaking.  We need to work on our listening skills.

Homework: MJ p. 20 and SL 1.7

We will test on STAR on Thursday instead of Friday. We will test Unit 1 in Math on Friday!!!!

September 17th

We were busy!!!
In writing we worked on creating a wants, what gets in the way, and needs chart for a Fictional piece of writing we are working on.

In reading we finished the F and P testing to find everyone's levels, and worked on Stamina!!!

In math we worked on POLYGONS- what is a polygon?? Ask your child what makes a polygon?

Homework:
MJ p. 13 and SL 1.5

Wednesday, September 16

We had a pretty good day!
We worked on parallelograms, developing Characters, reading intensely, and bullying.
We have gotten pretty comfortable in our classroom and will continue to work on our transitions.

Homework:
Math Journal p. 9 and Study Link 1.4 (We will test Unit 1 on Friday, September 25th.)

Tuesday, September 15

We had a very good morning!!!!  We STAR testing in Reading.  The class was awesome!!!!!!!

Our afternoon was a little rougher....we are struggling to get our narrative writing started.  Students are saying they have writers block and just can't get their brain moving.....we will work on that.

HOMEWORK:
Math: MJ p. 8  and SL 1.3

Pictures of Lego Activity

September 14th

We had a more challenging day today.  Most students were very good with staying focused, but others were disruptive.  We will work on it.

We covered a lot of material today:
Reading: How to read intensely
Math: Math Journal p. 5 and Study Link 1.2
English Language Arts/Writing: Realistic Fiction Writing
Spelling: Words we should know
Social Science: PBIS: -Lego activity

BOOK ORDERS DUE TOMORROW:  You may order online at Scholastic.com, our class code is GYBZN. Please let me know if the date is not working.

September 10

Wow...can you believe we had another great day?  We are working on a few little behavior issues with some, but MOST are right on track.

As a fourth grade we have decided to keep our own class for the first unit.  Many were confused by terms so we decided we need more time with them in our rooms.

We will take an On Demand assessment tomorrow in writing.
Book Orders are due on the 15th.

September 9th

We had another great day.  We worked on math problems using interactive sites on the chromebooks.  We are still sorting out technology issues, but most students have been able to log in and get right to work on typing agent and checking out our blog.

Tomorrow we will take a math pre-test and complete an on-demand narrative writing piece.
We will have book exchange but the library computers are not ready for check out just yet. :(

HOMEWORK:
Reading: read for 15 minutes
Math: practice math facts and number families.

September 8th

We had a very productive day...even though it was shortened.  We worked on a couple math games, did a read aloud, worked on writing ideas, attended the PBIS Kick Off assembly.

We have a great class and I am really enjoying them.  We will continue to focus on fact practice and skill building in math.  We are being our new units in writing and reading on Monday.  Friday we will begin our math.

Please talk to your child if they have any questions or concerns about having Friday off.  We only reminded students how well all the groups worked together to make sure we were safe.  I know there were a few a little nervous about being here.  

September 3rd

We have begun our writing unit with an launching one that will get us back into the swing of things.
We also switched classrooms for math.  We will be evaluating the students and finding the best fit for each one in math.  Each child might get to work with each fourth grade teacher at some point throughout the year.

Please help your child choose good fit books and read each night.  They should work on math practice too.

September 1st and 2nd!!!

WOW!!!!!   It's so hot!!!!  But....we are getting a lot done!  We are testing our skills in math and we have begun working on our stamina in reading!!!  In Social Studies we looked at the PBIS rules we have for being safe, responsible, and respectful.
I am so happy with this class.  I know we will have a wonderful year!!!!!

I will be using this blog to have inform you of homework and dates of importance.
Please let me know if you ever have any concerns or questions.  I am easily reached via email...or phone.
(But please keep in mind I do not check email until breaks, and sometimes I might not be able to read an email until after school)

Home work:
Read for 10-15 minutes
Math minutes- do something mathematical for 10  minutes