Homework

Reading:  read 30 minutes or work on Reading Plus
                  reading passage and questions due Friday

Math:  15 minutes on Quicktables
             facts test tomorrow!

Homework

Reading: Read 30 minutes
                 Reading Plus
                 Reading passage- Use Fun- Due Fri
Math: Pg. 527-528

Determining Text Structures With Our Reading Partners

What's Happening in Room 34....

Things You Should Know....

• A few of our parents are busy planning the upcoming Valentine's Day party!  A flyer was sent home regarding the party last week.  The room parents are requesting that the students contribute $5 to cover the cost of the food, craft and goody bag.

• Students will have the opportunity to give Valentine's Day cards to their classmates. A note with the guidelines will be sent home on Monday.  

• We are looking forward to our field trip to a Billikens basketball game on Wednesday!  A hotdog lunch will be provided.

• The students are eagerly preparing our classroom for Cultural Day on Friday!  Our classroom will be representing Mexico!  As we learn fun facts about Mexico, the students are making posters and flags to help decorate our classroom.

• Those of you who have donated dry erase markers for our classroom, THANK YOU!  

Dates to Remember.....   
Wednesday: Field trip 

Friday: Cultural Day
                 
What's Going on in Our Classroom....

Reader's Workshop:

• The students are doing a wonderful job reading nonfiction material and identifying the structure the author used by thinking about the text and using keywords to help identify the structure.  We will continue to work with this during the week to help prepare the students as they write their informational piece in writing.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students have chosen their informational text topic and will begin researching this week.  The students are learning how to paraphrase material and use direct quotes as they take notes.

Math:

• The students will be introduced to improper fractions and mixed numbers this week.  They will continue to work with simplifying and determining if a fraction is less than or greater than another fraction.

• The students should continue to practice their facts at home.  Having them mastered will greatly help them while working with fractions.

Science:

• The students will be introduced to the properties of matter and will conduct an investigation testing the density of different liquids.

Homework

Math: Pg. 521-522
           3 Aleks topics due tomorrow.
Reading: Read 30 minutes
                Reading Plus
No strings

Homework

Reading: Read 30 minutes/Reading Plus
Math: Pg. 515-516. 3 Aleks topics due Fri
Science: Study-Test tomorrow
No strings.

Homework

Reading: Read 30 minutes/ Reading Plus

Math:  pages 509-510
             3 ALEKS topics due Friday

Bring in Weekly Reflection
Book orders due Wednesday

Which Surface Will Create the Highest Bounce? Our nextinvestigation......

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

Things You Should Know....

• Scholastic book orders are due on Wednesday.  If you are interested in ordering, you can order through our blog by following the Scholastic Book Order tab or sending the order to school.

• The students will be assigned to complete at least 3 topics on their ALEKS pie this week.  I am looking forward to having more students complete their 4th grade pie!  Several are getting really close!

• The students will be assigned to work on multiplication Quicktables periodically for homework.  Quicktables are on ALEKS and the students know how to find them.  Several students still need to master their facts.  Please assist with practicing at home as much as possible.

• The students have been assigned their new leadership role for our classroom.  Ask your child what responsibilities they have to help our classroom run smoothly.  

• If you have not yet sent in the field trip permission slip for our upcoming field trip to a women's SLU basketball game on January 31st, please do so as soon as possible.  The fee for the trip is $5 to cover the cost of the bus.  It will be a GREAT time!

Dates to Remember.....   
Wednesday: Early Release - And Flyer Families!

Friday: Library
           Crestwood's Variety Show
            
            

What's Going on in Our Classroom....
Reader's Workshop:

• The students are learning about text structures in our nonfiction unit.  They are learning how to identify what structure an author may use in his/her writing.  This will help the students prepare to write their informational writing piece.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will pick their topic for their informational writing piece early this week and begin brainstorming subtopics for the topic before they begin their research.

Math:

• We will continue to work with fractions this week as the students identify equivalent fractions, learn how to simplify and compare and order them.  
• The students should continue to practice their facts at home.  Having them mastered will greatly help them while working with fractions.

Science:

• The students will work through the Scientific Method again this week as they investigate which surface allows a ping pong ball to bounce the highest.

Our Very Own.......Shane! Ready for the Spelling Bee!

Ready to Cheer on Shane!

We are so rocking fractions!

Homework

Reading:  Read 30 minutes or work on Reading Plus
                  Read the reading passage and answer the 8 questions using FUN

Math:  page 503 - 504

Vocabulary test tomorrow!

Beginning to Work with Text Structures in Our Informational WritingPiece

Homework

Reading:  Read 30 minutes or work on Reading Plus
                  Short passage and questions due Friday  - USE FUN!!

Math:  page 489-490

Vocabulary/Spelling test on FRIDAY!

Please bring in your signed permission slip and money to cover cost of the bus ($5)

Homework

Reading:  Read 30 minutes / Reading Plus
                  Complete the reading passage and questions - due Friday!

Math:  pages 489 - 490

Have a GREAT evening!

What's Happening in Room 34....

Things You Should Know....

• The students will have their spelling/vocabulary test on Friday.  They have created index study cards and have been practicing them with their peers for morning work.  They should continue to work with them at home to help prepare for the test.  The students will be responsible for spelling the words, knowing the definition and using the word correctly in a sentence. 

• The students will be assigned to work on multiplication Quicktables periodically for homework.  Quicktables are on ALEKS and the students know how to find them.  Several students still need to master their facts.  Please assist with practicing at home as much as possible.

• Our new classroom leadership roles will begin later this week!  We are excited to get new responsibilities set up to help maintain our classroom.

• If anyone would like to loan our classroom a 100 - 300 piece puzzle, that would be wonderful.  I purchased a puzzle for our classroom before break and the students LOVED working on it with their peers after completing their work.  They are eager to get started on a new one.  Thank you.

Dates to Remember.....   
Thursday: Dining to Donate with Papa John's

Friday: Vocabulary test
             Spelling Bee at 2:00- With our very own.....Shane: representing 4th grade
                                                                      AND  Britton as an alternate
            

What's Going on in Our Classroom....
Reader's Workshop:

• We will begin our Informational/Nonfiction Unit this week in reading and writing.  The students will explore different nonfiction books as they study text features and text structures.  They will incorporate the features and structures in their upcoming informational writing piece.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will be choosing a topic of interest to write their informational writing piece.  They will be researching the topic for the next couple of weeks in the classroom.

Math:

• We will begin our next unit on fractions.  The students will work with equivalent fractions and learn how to place fractions on a number line.

Science:

• The students will continue to work with the Scientific Method as they conduct another investigation this week.  This week, the students will find out if a magnet will hold more large or small paperclips.  They will also learn how to write a conclusion to an investigation.

Our New Indoor Recess Game

Homework

Reading:  Read 30 minutes or work on Reading Plus

Math:  Quicktables
              3 topics on ALEKS due on Friday

Conducting Our 1st Investigation Using the Scientific Method

Homerwork

Reading:Read 30 min or Reading Plus

Math: 3 ALEKS topics due Friday
15 min of quick tables
Math test tomorrow 

Homework

Reading:  read 30 minutes or work on Reading Plus

Math:  Complete pages 471 - 472 to prepare for test on Thursday

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

Things You Should Know....

• The students will be assigned to complete at least 3 topics on their ALEK's pie this week.  They will be given the form to complete as they finish them.  We have 8 students who have completed their 4th grade pie already and have moved on to the 5th grade pie!!  WAY TO GO!!

• We will be switching from spelling words to vocabulary words this week.  The 8 words will come from our classroom word wall.  The students will be responsible for spelling the words, knowing the definition and using the word correctly in a sentence. The words will be given to them on Monday and they will be tested on Friday, January 19th.

• The students will be assigned to work on multiplication Quicktables periodically for homework.  Quicktables are on ALEKS and the students know how to find them.  Several students still need to master their facts.  Please assist with practicing at home as much as possible.

• The students will apply for a new Classroom Leadership Role this week and will begin their new role next week.

Dates to Remember.....   

Friday: Library
            Crestwood Movie Night!
            

What's Going on in Our Classroom....
Reader's Workshop:

• The students will be reading several articles on plastics and pollution this week.  After reading and discussing the topic, the students will write an opinion essay using the articles to support their opinion.

Writer's Workshop:

• This past week, each student wrote a poem titled "My Favorite Place to Be" using metaphors, similes and personification.  I will be compiling them and creating a class book, and each student will receive a copy.
• We will be combining reading and writing this week as the students work on an opinion essay using 3 different articles on plastics and pollution.

Math:

• The students will continue to work with patterns, input/output tables and creating equations.  They will review for a test on Wednesday and will be tested on Thursday.

Science:

• The students will learn about the Scientific Method and begin working with it during several investigations.  They will be writing a hypothesis, identifying the independent, dependent and constant variables and writing step by step directions before conducting the investigation.  They will create data tables to record their findings and learn how to write a conclusion to their investigation.

Homework

Reading:  Read or work on Reading Plus for 30 minutes

Math:  Work on Quicktables on ALEKS for 15 minutes

Getting Back Into Our Reading Stamina With Some Yummy Hot Chocolate

We are back into the swing of things......

Getting ready to learn about the Scientific Method and learning how to use different science tools.