Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes and log it
           
Math:  Practice your 3's - test on Friday!
             Pages 39-40 (even)

Scholastic Book Orders DUE Friday!

Homework

Reading: Read 20 minutes and complete Reading Log
                 Share your Reading Plan with your parents and get parent signature

Math:  practice your 3's
             complete pages 33 - 34

Have a GREAT evening!

Homework

Reading:  Read 20 minutes
                  Complete your reading log

Math:  Practice your 3's
             complete pages 27-28

Scholastic Book Orders -- Due Friday!

Have a good night!

What's Happening in Room 34..........

Important Announcements:

• The students created our Class Mission Statement this past week. After brainstorming and discussing our expectations of 4th grade, the students and I developed the following mission statement below.  It will be displayed in our classroom and said orally each morning.

•  The mission of of our 4th grade class is to learn new things and build new friendships. We will do this by working hard, helping others and learning from our mistakes.  We commit to being kind to others, responsible, organized and positive.  We will do this so we can be the best we can be.

• Scholastic book orders are due this Friday.  You can send in the order or order through our class blog.  The link is a top tab. 

• The students came home with a school-wide leadership application on Friday.  If your child is interested in having a school-wide leadership role, the application needs to be completed and returned by September 1st. We will also have classroom leadership roles beginning in a couple of weeks.

• The students have completed their ALEKS pre-assessment.  I encourage students to work on ALEKS at home.  A good topic to start with is place value because it is our current topic in math.  If your child needs help with a concept, please help through the "explain" option and encourage your child to answer independently. Assisting too much with your child's progress on ALEKS will not be beneficial when he/she is completing a Knowledge Check on his/her own in the classroom.  All Knowledge Checks need to be completed in the classroom and not at home.

Dates to Remember:

Monday: Strings begin (your child's schedule has been e-mailed to you)
Tuesday:  Last day to turn in chicken coupons for the fundraiser

Friday:  Scholastic Book Orders Due
                Cookie dough fundraisers due

What's Happening in Our Room....

Reading Workshop:

• This week the students will continue to work on their reading stamina.  As a class, they have read without becoming distracted for 11 minutes!  Nice work!!  We will continue to work towards our class goal of 20 minutes.
• The students will brainstorm and write their personal "At Home Reading Plan".  It will be coming home this week to share with you.
• We will begin to study genres this week, and the students will begin documenting completed books in their reading notebook.

Writing Workshop:

• The students will continue to generate writing ideas through different activities.  Last week, the students created a Neighborhood Map and a Heart Map as they wrote down memories and things they love.  This week, the students will focus on special people in their lives.  

• The students have been working on their writing stamina in the classroom and enjoy sharing their writing!
• After reading the book, The Best Part of Me, the students will follow the same format and create a paragraph explaining their best part of themselves. We will create a class book with the published pieces.

Math:

• We will continue to work with place value this week.  They are expected to read numbers up to the millions place, identify each place value and the value of each digit.  They will be working on ordering and comparing larger numbers this week.
• The students will be tested over the 3's on Friday!  They should be practicing their facts every evening.

Science:

• We will begin our Earth Science Unit this week.  The students will learn about the layers of the earth and Pangaea as they do fun hands-on activities.

Homework

Reading:  read your chapter book for at least 15 minutes

Math: complete pages 19 and 20
            2's test tomorrow

Practice reading our class Mission Statement 5 times.

Practicing Our Reading Stamina

Homework

Reading;  read your chapter book for at least 15 minutes

Math:  practice your 2's
             complete the place value worksheet

Have a good night!

And the Winning Group.......

Our 1st STEM Activity

Working together to create the largest freestanding tower using noodles, tape, string and a marshmallow.

Homework

Reading:  Read your chapter book at least 15 minutes

Math:  Practice your 2's
            2's test on Friday!

Creating Our Class Mission Statement

Homework

• Practice 2's facts -- test on Friday
• Curriculum Night on Tuesday at 7:00
• String students - bring in instrument tomorrow for tuning

What's Happening in Room 34.............

Important Announcements:

• You will be receiving an e-mail from me every week with a link to our class blog that will contain a "What's Happening in Room 34....." newsletter.  Please take a couple minutes to look it over, so you are aware of any important happenings in the classroom.

• We had a wonderful start to 4th grade last week!  I came home Friday and was exhausted! I would not be surprised if your child felt the same.  We spent the two days getting to know each other and organizing our supplies. I can tell that we are going to have a great year.  I have a wonderful group of children to work with! :)

•  I am super excited to experience the eclipse tomorrow with the students!  They will also create an eclipse memory book to bring home.

• Please join us for Curriculum Night on Tuesday evening.  Fourth grade will be presenting at 7:00 p.m.  I hope to see you!

• If you are interested in volunteering this year to help with parties or party planning, please sign up here.

Our Special Class Schedule:

A Day - P.E./ Health

B Day - P.E.

C Day - Music

D Day - Art

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday: String students bring in instruments for tuning
                     Curriculum Night at 7:00 for 4th grade presentation 

Thursday:  Strings
Friday:  Strings
              Back to School Movie Night at Crestwood at 8:30

Created Self Portraits and Wrote BioPoem Today

After reading the poem "Be Myself" by Eloise Greenfield, the students wrote a poem using her style to describe themselves.

Our 1st Day in 4th Grade!

We did a lot of "get to you know" activities.  The students had a great day!

Welcome 4th Graders!!!

Hello-

I am so excited to start this school year!  I have heard so many wonderful things about each of you, and I can't wait to meet you!  I hope to see you on Tuesday, August 15th for the Back to School Night.  Please remember to bring your school supplies on that night, so we can get organized and situated for the 1st day of school.

Check out your classmates this year!

Ellie B                       Max K                   Nicholas M                  Britton S
Jacob B                     Sky K                     John M                        Brooke S
Rylee D                    Jessa K                    Alex P                         Jasahn T
Jakiyah D                 Tino L                     Tiffany R                     Tyvor Z
Abeer H                    Shane M                 Jackson R
Bella H                     Alex M                   Kenzie S

Take a few minutes to see what my class from last year would like to share with you!

Future 4th Graders!

See you all soon!

Love,
Mrs. Branding