We Decorated Our Writer's Notebook Today

Group 2 and 4 Earned Free a Your Feet Friday!

Having a Jam session in Music!

We Created Our Home Reading Plan!

Our Mission Statement for 4th Grade!

After brainstorming about our expectations for the year, we created the following Mission Statement:

We promise to have a growth mindset while learning new things.  We will do this by working with others, learning from our mistakes and trying hard.  We commit to being kind, peaceful, organized and hardworking.  We will do this so we can be the best we can be.

We are preparing to write our class mission statement....

What's Happening in Room 34....

Things You Should Know...

• Intake conferences are scheduled for September 5th and 13th.  This will be a time for you and I meet so I can learn more about your child.  It will be a time for us to begin building a partnership and set goals for your child this school year.  If you have not yet signed up for a conference time, please use this LINK.

• To help prepare for conferences, please complete this questionnaire. 

• If you have not yet signed up for Seesaw, click on this LINK, find your child's name, create an account and you will begin seeing your child's work!

• Your child will be decorating his/her writer's notebook on Friday!  He/she can bring in special pictures, scrapbook paper, fun tape, special quotes, etc. to personalize it.  I will have some supplies here at school.

• If you have not yet sent in $8 to cover the cost of the Scholastic Storyworks magazine we will be using in school this year, please do so this week.  Thank you!

Dates to Remember...  
            Wednesday: Library  
             Friday: multiplication test over 4's
             Monday:  No School

What's Going on in Our Classroom...

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will continue to review the characteristics of the different genres.
• They will be writing an at home reading plan this week and sharing it with you.  This reading plan will include a reading goal and a what their at home reading will look like.
• All the students have a chapter book and are practicing their reading stamina in the classroom daily.  They should also be reading at least 20 minutes each evening at home.

Writer's Workshop:

• We will review the components of a well-developed paragraph as we write several paragraphs this week that contain a topic sentence, detail sentences, and a closing sentence.  After reading The Best Part of Me, the students will write a paragraph explaining the best part of themselves.  We will create a class book with everyone's writing to add to our class library.

Math:

• The students have been doing a wonderful job practicing their facts in the classroom!  They will be introduced to the 4's on Monday.  The students will have time to practice independently and with partners to help prepare for their test on Friday.  They should be practicing at home, as well.
• We will continue to work with place value this week.  The students will be ordering large numbers and rounding to specific place values.  They will continue to learn new and fun math games this week that will be used in our upcoming math stations.  

Science:

• We will begin our Earth Science Unit this week as the students learn about the layers of the earth and Pangaea.  

Practicing place value with our math partners....

Our First STEAM Challenge!

The students were challenged to design the LONGEST paper chain using 2 pieces of paper, 12 inches of tape, one scissors and a ruler.  We will find out tomorrow which group had the most successful strategy!  Stay TUNED.....

Having a Book Frenzy as we find a good fit book!

Our 1st Indoor Recess!

BioPoems!

After reading the poem "Be Myself" by Eloise Greenfield, the students wrote a poem about themselves and created a self-portrait!  You will get to see them during our upcoming Intake Conferences!

Our First Day and Getting to Know Each Other!

WELCOME to 4th GRADE!

I am super excited to meet all of you!  We are going to have a FANTASTIC year!  I hope to see you at the Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, August 14th!

                                                                                      💓 Mrs. Branding


Check out our 4th-grade family!

Angela A.               Mia K.
Isaac A.                  Lola K.
Esmat A.                Mila L.
Nathan B.               Claire M.
Tony B.                   Makenna M.
Micah C                  Chandler N.
Samiah D.               Stella P.
Kolton E.                Ollie P.
Makaylee G.           Cullen S.
Grace H.                 Theo T.