Our Last Few Days of 4th Grade Picture Video

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Dissecting Owl Pellets Today!

Wow! How about one of these for a pet?

Mr. Kingsland, Sky's dad, brought in their family pets for the whole class to view and learn about.  Thank you for sharing with us, Mr. Kingsland!

What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

• The students had a great experience on our field trip as we visited Ulysses Grant's home. The students came home with a national parks pass on Friday! All 4th graders can get their family into any national park in the United States for free.  Hopefully this summer you will have the opportunity to use it!  Click on this link to learn more.

• We will continue to collect money for the Heines this week through Penny Wars!  Students are encouraged to bring in any loose change and pennies.  Any denomination other than a penny can be used to count against other grade levels!  Let the Penny War begin!!  An adult fundraiser event is being planned for the Heines for June 29th.  If you are interested in learning more, please let me know and I can pass along the information.

• The students will be given the Midwest region test tomorrow.  They are doing a wonderful job preparing for the tests!  They will have another test on Thursday and again next Monday.

• This week, I will be sending home the students' consumable math books and science book.  The math books contain a lot of pages that can be used for review this summer!

• I have asked the students to check their rooms for any books that are from our classroom library.  If you can help your child out and have the books returned as soon as possible, I would greatly appreciate it! 

Dates to Remember...  
            Monday:  States test
            Tuesday:  ALEKS pizza lunch 
             Thursday:  Field Trip to Sappington House
                               States test 
             Friday: Field Day
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             Tuesday:  States test
             Wednesday:  1/2 day and the LAST day!
                         

What's Going on in Our Classroom...

Reader's Workshop:

• The students are using readingworks.org to read a daily nonfiction article.  This website is a great resource for reading at home!

Writer's Workshop:

• We will focus on different types of poetry and begin our poetry this week!
• The students want to learn how to write in cursive so we will begin this week!  All the students know how to write their name in cursive and they have been practicing reading cursive.  

Math:

• The students who have not mastered their multiplication facts will be working on QuickTables during morning arrival this week.

Science:

• The students will dissect owl pellets this week.  Keep an eye out for some great pictures!

Homework

Reading: Read 30 minutes
                 Reading Plus
Math: 3 Aleks Topics
Social Studies: Study for state Test
Other:  Field Trip tomorrow!

Homework

Reading: Read 30 minutes
                Reading Plus
Math: 3 Aleks Topics ( Don't have to do it if finished 4th grade Aleks Pie)
Social Studies: Study State Test

Homework

Reading: Read 30 minutes
                 Reading Plus
Math: 3 Aleks Topics

Social Studies: States Test
                          Purposegames.com (Website)

Students Are Enjoying Another Junior Achievement Lesson

Playing a fun game while learning about food chains...

Gempp Field Trip Picture Video

Gempp Pictures

What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

Enjoy our pictures from our field trip to Gempp!

• We had a wonderful time on our field trip to Gempp on Friday Gempp!  Thank you, Mrs. Bakai, Ms. Mebruer, Ms. Roy, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Kutrip, Mrs. Morales and Ms. Hicks for joining us!

• The scholastic book fair will be at Crestwood this week!  It is BOGO (buy one and get one free!).  We will preview the books on Monday and the students will be able to make purchases on Tuesday through Thursday.

• The students will be given the Northwest region states tomorrow.  It will include a labeled map and a blank map to practice.  They will be quizzed over the states on Wednesday.  A word bank is included on the test.

• Mrs. Bakai is presenting Junior Achievement lessons to the students. They really enjoyed the 1st lesson last week and looking forward to two more lessons this week! Thank you, Mrs. Bakai!

• The students have until May 14th to complete their 4th-grade ALEKS pie to participate in our class pizza lunch! 

Dates to Remember...  
            Wednesday: States test  
             Thursday:   Pajama Day to raise money for the Heines  
             Friday: Field trip to Ulysses Grant's Home

What's Going on in Our Classroom...

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will work on a Google slide presentation with their book club members to present and share the book they read with their classmates.

Writer's Workshop:

• We will focus on different types of poetry and begin our poetry this week!
• The students want to learn how to write in cursive so we will begin this week!  All the students know how to write their name in cursive and they have been practicing reading cursive.  

Math:

• I have noticed that several students struggle with telling time on an analog clock.  We will be taking time this week to review telling time.  We will focus on "quarter till..", "quarter after..."  Practicing this at home would be a great way to reinforce this skill.

• The students who have not mastered their multiplication facts will be working on QuickTables during morning arrival this week.

Science:

• The students will continue to learn about different specialized structures plants and animals have to survive in their environment.  They will begin a Mystery Science activity near the end of the week to learn about food chains.

Social Studies:

• The students will be learning the location of the 50 states over the next few weeks.  The states will be introduced to the students by region.    

Exploring Nature and Making Observations

Two More Have Completed ALEKS!!

Way to go, Jude and Jessa!

Our Very Own, Ty, Got to Throw the 1st Pitch at the Cardinal's Game Last Night!

How Cool Is This?!

Learning About Specialized Structures

After learning how a bird's beak is designed to eat specific foods, the students are challenged with using different "beaks" (tweezers, chopsticks, and a spoon), to pick up "food" (marbles, pennies, and toothpicks).  They are learning how certain beaks better for different foods.