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Poetry Alive!

Poetry Alive 2017

Learning About Food Chains While Playing a Fun Game

Homework

Reading: read+record

Math: negative numbers
work sheet Aleks

Spelling: Vocab test Fri.

4th Graders!! Visit a Park For FREE!! GREAT Opportunity For This Summer!!

https://www.everykidinapark.gov/

Homework

Reading: book club book
and task read+record

Spelling: Complete vocab cards

Cardboard Arcade!

The students created arcades made from cardboard during Library time. They are amazing!

What's Happening in Room 30......

Important Announcements:

• We concluded our poetry unit this past week with the students performing poems!  I will share the video this week.  I believe the love of poetry has increased in every student this year!  Each student will receive a copy of our class poetry anthology.  You will really enjoy reading them!

• The students have until Tuesday to complete their ALEKS's 4th grade pie in order to participate in our ALEKS Celebration.  I have several students who are SO close!

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday:  Last Day to complete ALEKS 4th grade pie to participate in                                   ALEKS Celebration.

Thursday:  Strings rehearsal (9:15) and concert at 6:00 at the high school
Monday (5/22):  Gempp Field Trip
Tuesday (5/23):  Olympic Day
Thursday (5/25):  Daniel Boone Field Trip
Friday (5/26):  Our Last Day!! 1/2 Day   

What's Happening in Our Room....
Reading Workshop:

• The students are doing a great job leading book clubs.  They have been deciding on the pages to read and the task to complete as a group.  The students are enjoying their books and discussing them well during group discussions.  They will continue reading their book club book this week.

Writing Workshop:

• The students will be given 6 vocabulary words on Monday and will be tested over them on Friday.  They will work with them throughout the week with a homework activity and making and practicing study cards.

• This week, the students will be given a creative ecosystem, and each student will be responsible for creating an animal with at least 5 different specialized structures to help the animal survive in the new ecosystem.  The students will also write a well-constructed paragraph explaining the animal they created along with the structures.

Math:

• The students will be reviewing during math stations this week.  The students will be introduced to a few 5th grade skills this week as they learn how to add fractions with unlike denominators and introduced to negative numbers.

• The students have until May 16th to complete their 4th grade ALEKS pie to participate in our ALEKS Celebration!  We currently have 9 participants!!

Science:

• See "Writing" for this week's activity.

Social Studies:

• The students will continue to learn about the Civil War.

Homework

Reading:  Book Club book and task

Complete your 4th grade ALEKS pie by Tuesday!!!

Touring the Sappington House Across the Street

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Homework

Reading: Book Club reading and task

Math:  3 ALEKS topics due Thursday
             4 two-digit division problems

Science:  test tomorrow!

Homework

Reading: read+record and
book club book and task

Math: 3 aleks topics

Permission slips and 
penny wars

"Mr. Sappington" Preparing Us For Our Field Trip

Practicing Our Poems!

Picking Poems For Poetry Alive!!

Homework

Reading:  Read pages for book club
                  Complete book club task

Math;  3 ALEKS tasks by Thursday!

Vocabulary test tomorrow!

A New Project For Our Classroom!

Check out a project for my classroom!  I've created a request on a 501(c)3 charity website called DonorsChoose.org.

For the next 7 days, any donation you make to my project will be doubled if you enter the code LIFTOFF at checkout!

If you can't donate anything at this time, no worries... just share this information with anyone who you know is passionate about education. Your donation will have a direct impact on so many future students.

Here’s my classroom request:
classroom project

Please feel free to send me any questions you may have, and know that my students and I greatly appreciate your support.

Thank you again!

Homework

Reading:  Complete book club reading and task

Math:  Complete geometry vocabulary sheet