Fierce Fourth Graders: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Wednesday November 30, 2016

Hi everyone,

Another great day with the fierce fourth graders!

This morning in Science we continued talking about the water cycle. Stay tuned, I have a craving to give a pop quiz soon! Better review your notes for a few minutes each night. =) In Social Studies we began to talk about the end of The Great Depression with the election of FDR and the implementation of his New Deal. We looked at an amazing Prezi which included some live audio and video footage of FDR's Fireside Chats.

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

*Workbook corrections

SCIENCE:

*Water Cycle Assignment

Fill in the blanks and color. You will be graded on this so please do your best.

*Practice GoNoodle Dance

***The word of the day is FDR!***

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Tuesday November 29, 2016

Hi everyone,

What a busy and fantastic day we had! This morning during Grammar we learned about how to spell the past tense. During Social Studies we arranged the chairs into a circle, read the assigned article about the Great Depression and then had a discussion about it. Some of it was an open conversation, where students were encouraged to participate and share their ideas, and for some of it I posed questions that students had a chance to respond to. Overall, they did a great job and it was a rich learning experience. We had fun in Science learning about the ever present, amazing, water cycle! Students each had to explain the steps we learned today to me before they could go for Chinese and were rewarded with a sticker on their forehead! =) During Math we learned how to regroup in division. At the end of the day we celebrated being finished our first novel study on The Witches by watching the film. Throughout students had to fill in a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the film with the movie. This will be be used to transition into our next form of writing; compare and contrast essays.

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

*Workbook page 53

LANGUAGE:

*English Workbook page 48 and 49

OTHER:

*Practice Go Noodle dance!

Important Reminders:

*Chinese exam Thursday December 8th.

*Christian Living Exam on Tuesday December 6th.

*Art Exam will be on Thursday, December 8th.

* P.E physical exam will be on Friday, December 9th
*Computer Exam is on Friday December 9th

* Health written exam will be on Monday December 12th

***The word of the day is BOOKS!***

Monday, November 28, 2016

Monday November 28, 2016

Good afternoon everyone,

This morning I met with each student to go over their final The Witches assignment which was due on Thursday. Other students worked on Unit 4 Science review and then during Math we learned how to interpret remainders. In Science we talked about water and air pollution and students wrote a short pop quiz.

HOMEWORK:

*Please practice the GO NOODLE dance 4 times!!!

*All Quarter 2 Exam Study Guides will be posted on the blog by this Friday December 2, 2016

MATH:

*Workbook page 52

WRITING:
*Please read the following two paragraphs and summarize their main ideas in your Work on Writing notebooks. Make sure to include the title of each. Remember, the ACE method: your answers should begin with the question. (The main idea of this paragraph is.....)

Main Idea Set 2 # 15

A shark may have up to 3,000 teeth at one time. Shark teeth grow in rows. When a shark loses a tooth, it is replaced by a new tooth from the row behind it. A shark may have over 20,000 teeth over the course of its life.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Main Idea Set 2 # 16

Kangaroos spend most of their time in groups called mobs. Kangaroos communicate wtih each other with clicks, coughs, hisses, and growls. They also groom each other by picking dirt, insects, and dead skin from each other's fur.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

***The word of the day is KANGAROO!***

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Thursday November 24, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thank you for the wonderful day. It was so nice to have to time to eat and laugh together. Thank you to all the parents who were able to join us.

HOMEWORK:

SCIENCE:

*Watch online lesson Unit 4 Lesson 6

SOCIAL STUDIES:

* Paste the article into your notebook and read through it 2 or 3 times. The second and third time you read it you can highlight what you think is most important. Write down 5 important points, in your own words in your notebook. Be ready to explain these points during a class discussion on Tuesday. You will be graded for participation.

OTHER:

*Practice Go Noodle dance as many times as you can! Next week we will start practicing WITHOUT the video!

***The word of the day is GOBBLE!***

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Wednesday November 23, 2016

Hi everyone,

This morning we had a Grammar class on verb tenses. In the afternoon we continued talking about the Great Depression. Lots of reminders below, read carefully please!

HOMEWORK & Important Reminders:

* P.E physical exam will be on Friday, December 9th

* Health written exam will be on Monday December 12th

*Field Trip form due Monday November 28

*Tomorrow is Mass beginning at 9:00 am. Please come to school on time in your regular school uniform.

*Thanksgiving Lunch begins at 11:00 am and finishes at 1:30 pm. Students will have regular classes in the afternoon and be dismissed at 4:10.

**Please practice the Go Noodle dance at least 1 time tonight.

READING:

*Witches questions are due tomorrow. No extra time will be given without a signed note by a parent explaining a valid excuse why the work was not done on time.

LANGUAGE:

*English Workbook page 40, 42

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*Great Depression activity

***The words of the day are TIME MANAGEMENT!***

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Tuesday November 22, 2016

Good afternoon,

This morning we had two Grammar lessons. The first was a review from yesterday about action, main, and helping verbs. Next we talked about subject verb agreement and did a fun activity to prompt some writing from the kids. During Science we talked about how humans affect their environments and then students made signs and got ready for our Art Show later in the afternoon that Sister Jackie, and Mr.Hilden would be visiting. In math we learned how to divide with remainders. In Social Studies we continued talking about The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl. At the end of the day we had visitors come and appreciate the students hard work on their Science recycled projects. Way to go everyone!

HOMEWORK:

*Field trip form is due by Monday November 28

*Please practice Life of the Party dance a few times

LANGUAGE:

*Today's English Workbook pages were 36-39, and 44-45. Whatever you didn't finish in class is for homework.

MATH:

*Workbook page 51
*Do some IXL practice of multiplication and division skills

READING:

*The Witches questions are due by Thursday November 24.

***The word of the day is BREATHE!***

Monday, November 21, 2016

Monday November 21, 2016

Good afternoon everyone,

This morning we had our Recyclable Art Show! It was fantastic. Each student came up and explained what they made and how. I was so impressed by their creativity that we decided to invite Mr. Hilden and Sister Jackie to see all of the inventions tomorrow. During Math we learned how to multiply even greater numbers. Later we learned about action, main, and helping verbs.

Fiona made a change purse and a trash can that can hook on to her chair.

Huan made an adorable robot that we named HuanBot.

Michael made a checkers board out of all recycled materials!

Mickey made a doll for his little sister!

Reila made a lollipop drum! It looked so good I wanted to eat it!

Ayrton made a fooze ball table!

Math practice on our individual whiteboards!

Here are some photos from our AMAZING show at Student Showcase:

HOMEWORK & Important News:

*I sent home a field trip form for our planned excursion with grade 5 and middle school to Cijin Beach on Friday December 2! Please fill out the form and return it by Monday November 28, 2016.

*Thanksgiving Day Mass is on Thursday November 24. At 11am parents are invited for our annual Thanksgiving Lunch. At 1:30pm students will return to regular afternoon classes.

*Friday November 25 is a holiday so there is no school!

MATH:

*Workbook page 49

You all know how to do these multiplication problems so make sure that you write nicely, line up your numbers, and go slowly. If you get all of the questions right I will give you 2 Dojo points tomorrow! Do all of your work on another paper and only write the answers in your workbook.

READING:

*The rest of The Witches must be read and the questions must be responded to by Thursday November 24 (Friday is a holiday for Thanksgiving). Please check here because I have updated the questions and added some for the last 3 chapters.

LANGUAGE:

*Personal narratives final copy is due tomorrow
Remember:

Times New Roman
Size 12 font
Double spaced
Underlined title
Name, Number, and Date

OTHER:

Tonight please go to https://signup.gonoodle.com/sign-up?ref_id=GNlogin and sign up for a Go Noodle Account. Then go to Kidz Bop and find the Life of the Party video. Please practice the dance moves 2 or 3 times!

***The words of the day are GO NOODLE!*

Friday, November 18, 2016

Friday November 18, 2016

Good afternoon everyone,

This morning in Math class we reviewed yesterday's lesson and then moved on to multiplying three digit numbers by two digit numbers. Remember to go slowly, write nicely, and line up your place value columns when doing your homework tonight! Afterwards we made an editing checklist for students to use while working on their narratives. We went up to the classrooms with the checklists and the kids worked on editing and adding to their stories. I was impressed seeing all of the improvements! During Social Studies, we sat in a discussion circle to continue talking about the Great Depression. The kids had a lot of great questions, keep them coming everyone!

Thank you for a FANTASTIC presentation at Student Showcase. I am beyond proud of you!!!

I will post photos on Monday. Have a great weekend sweet peas!

HOMEWORK:

LANGUAGE:

*Use your checklist to edit and add to your personal narratives. Remember, there should be a main idea for each paragraph and the story should go in order from the beginning to the end. You should have at least 250 words but I really believe you should all challenge yourself to write 400. You can do it!

READING:

*The rest of The Witches must be read and the questions must be responded to by next Thursday November 24 (Friday is a holiday for Thanksgiving). Please check here because I have updated the questions and added some for the last 3 chapters.

MATH:

*Workbook page 48.
You may use a piece of scrap paper to do all of the calculations and then just copy the answer into your workbook.

SCIENCE:

*Recyclable Art Show due Monday November 21

Think of different ways to turn used materials into art. Your challenge is to make something out of recyclable materials. It can be something for decoration or something that we can use in our classroom or in your home. We will hold an Art Show on Monday November 21. You must explain to the class what you made, and what materials you used. BE CREATIVE!

***The word of the day is CHOCOLATE!***

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Thursday November 17, 2016

Hello everyone,

This morning started off with their much anticipated Pronoun Quiz. Afterwards we learned how to multiply 2 two digit numbers in Math class. During Science we began talking about how people can affect the environment, either positively or negatively. Tomorrow is a big day so please make sure to read all of the important reminders and homework below!

Important Reminder:

*Tomorrow please come to school in your regular P.E. UNIFORM tomorrow. For lunch, you may put your HOUSE SHIRT on top of your P.E. shirt. During P.E. class, just take your HOUSE SHIRT off and put it safely on the grass. After P.E. class, you will come upstairs and change into your STUDENT SHOWCASE COSTUMES. You must BRING YOUR HOUSE SHIRT TO THE STUDENT SHOWCASE ASSEMBLY SO THAT YOU CAN PUT IT ON OVER YOUR COSTUME BEFORE YOUR HOUSE'S CHEER. If there are any questions please write to me on DOJO.

*Thanksgiving sheets are due on Friday November 18. Please remember to write what kind of desert or drink you will be bringing. Remember to try and bring a serving of 10-12. Thank you! If you are not attending the Thanksgiving lunch please return the form saying so.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

*The rest of The Witches must be read and the questions must be responded to by next Thursday November 24 (Friday is a holiday for Thanksgiving). Please check here because I have updated the questions and added some for the last 3 chapters.

LANGUAGE:

*If you did not finish editing your personal narrative, please fix it up. Add at least 5 awesome adjectives or vivid verbs and make sure it is at least 250 words. Challenge yourself to make it longer, more descriptive, and more interesting! You must email it to me by Friday.

*Please do your Pronoun Quiz corrections and sign it for tomorrow.

MATH:

*Workbook page 46

SCIENCE:

*Recyclable Art Show due Monday November 21

Think of different ways to turn used materials into art. Your challenge is to make something out of recyclable materials. It can be something for decoration or something that we can use in our classroom or in your home. We will hold an Art Show on Monday November 21. You must explain to the class what you made, and what materials you used. BE CREATIVE!

*Finish watching online Unit 4 Lesson 5. (start at slide #5 and go until the end)

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do?orgID=88636067

***Did you read ALL of the blog today? There is a LOT of important information. Please go back up and read if you haven't. The words of the day are STUDENT SHOWCASE!**

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Wednesday November 16, 2016

Hi everyone,

We started off the morning with a quick run through for our Student Showcase presentation. During Science class we talked about SO many different things! Natural resources, green energy, dams, and watersheds to name a few. We got onto the topic of reduce, reuse, and recycle and I gave students a challenge to create something out of only recycled materials! We will be holding a Recyclable Art Show on Monday November 21. I can't wait to see what you all come up with! During Social Studies we talked about the Great Depression. At the end of the day we went up to the computer lab and students edited their narratives. The goal I gave them was to add at least 5 awesome adjectives or vivid verbs to their story.

Important Reminder:
*Thanksgiving sheets are due on Friday November 18. Please remember to write what kind of desert or drink you will be bringing. Remember to try and bring a serving of 10-12. Thank you! If you are not attending the Thanksgiving lunch please return the form saying so.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

*The rest of The Witches must be read and the questions must be responded to by next Friday November 25

LANGUAGE:

*Pronoun Quiz tomorrow (Unit 6)

*If you did not finish editing your personal narrative, please fix it up. Add at least 5 awesome adjectives or vivid verbs and make sure it is at least 250 words. Challenge yourself to make it longer, more descriptive, and more interesting! You must email it to me by Friday.

MATH:

*Workbook page 44

SCIENCE:

*Recyclable Art Show due Monday November 21

Think of different ways to turn used materials into art. Your challenge is to make something out of recyclable materials. It can be something for decoration or something that we can use in our classroom or in your home. We will hold an Art Show on Monday November 21. You must explain to the class what you made, and what materials you used. BE CREATIVE!

***The word of the day is RECYCLE!***

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

The Witches Questions

Hello Grandmamma

1. What happened when the chambermaid went to pick up the shoes?

2. What did Grandmamma say was “a dangerous habit”?

3. What did the narrator want to do with bottles of Formula 86 after he got them from the GHW’s room?

The Mouse-Burglar

1. What did the Grand High Witch say she would do with the frogs?

2. How do the frogs feel about the GHW? How do you know? Support your answer with evidence from the story.

3. How did the narrator escape out of the Grand High Witches Room?

Mr and Mrs Jenkins Meet Bruno

1. How did the Jenkins feel about Grandmamma? How do you know? Support your answer with evidence from the story.

The Plan

1. Describe, in detail, the plan for getting the Witches to drink/eat the Formula 86.

In the Kitchen

What did the narrator plan on putting the Formula 86 into?

What happened to the narrator’s tail?

3. 3. How do you think the narrator felt during his time in the kitchen? Give some evidence from the story to support your answer.

***IMPORTANT: I have added questions for the last 3 chapters and CHANGED the question for Mr.Jenkins and His Son.

Mr Jenkins and His Son

1. Write a summary of this chapter. Use words such as first, next, afterwards, later, finally in the end, to help you organize your paragraph. Please write the entire paragraph in the past tense. Include only the most important information.

The Triumph, The Heart of a Mouse, & It's Off to Work We Go! (Chapters 20-22)

1. What was happening to the witches at the Grand High Witch’s table? Why?

2. How did the other people in the restaurant react? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

3. What did the boy's grandmother do with Bruno? How did his mother react?

4. Where did they go once they left the hotel?

5. What does the boy's grandmother tell him about how long he would live and about his heart? How does he react to the information? Why?

7. What do the boy and his grandmother plan to do in Norway? Why?

8. What work will they do for the rest of their lives? Why?

Tuesday November 15, 2016

Good afternoon everyone,

Thanks for a GREAT dress rehearsal this morning! In the afternoon students wrote their Chapter 6 tests. Overall they did very well! Way to go little mathematicians! During Social Studies we talked about racism in the 1920's.

We have been learning about how pollution in Science class. The students were checking outside today to make predictions for the pollution index. Yesterday was 86 and this morning was 61.

Our class library is growing! YAY!

HOMEWORK:

***Please bring your HOUSE SHIRTS TO SCHOOL TOMORROW. We will leave them in your cubbies so that everyone has it here for Student Showcase.

LANGUAGE:

*Pronoun Quiz Thursday November 17 (Unit 6 from English Textbook)

MATH:

*Sign Math test and do corrections.

*Workbook page 43 and any corrections from previous pages

***The word of the day is POLLUTION!***

Monday, November 14, 2016

Monday November 14, 2016

Happy Monday everyone!

This morning students wrote their vocabulary quiz during Language and then learned how to multiply greater numbers in Math class. During Science we talked about natural resources.

This is a photo from our Community Service day last week. =)

***Important Reminders:***

*You must bring in your Language Festival costumes tomorrow please!

*On Friday you will need your House Shirt for the house cheer. If you want to bring it in tomorrow and leave it here until Friday that is fine.

*Thanksgiving sheets are due on Friday November 18. Please remember to write what kind of desert or drink you will be bringing. Remember to try and bring a serving of 10-12. Thank you! If you are not attending the Thanksgiving lunch please return the form saying so.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

*The rest of The Witches must be read and the questions must be responded to by next Friday November 25

*I will post the questions on the blog tomorrow

MATH:

*Math workbook page 42

*Chapter 6 Math Test tomorrow

LANGUAGE:

*Pronoun quiz (Unit 6 of the English textbook) on Thursday November 17

*IXL
You may want to use IXL to practice for the pronoun quiz and also for tomorrow's Math test!

***The word of the day is RENEWABLE!***

Friday, November 11, 2016

Friday November 11, 2016

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday everyone!

This morning we read The Witches and then had an extra long and vigorous Math class. Students worked hard and we were able to figure out how to multiply one digit numbers by two and three digit numbers. This should help make last night's IXL practice easier for you to understand. In Social Studies we talked about the Harlem Renaissance. During the afternoon we had a rehearsal for Student Showcase.

HOMEWORK & Important Reminders:

In regards to the form I sent home yesterday about Thanksgiving Mass and Lunch, please specify on the Thanksgiving paper what kind of drinks or dessert you will be bringing. Also, we ask that you bring about 10-12 servings of your dish/drink. That way we can all eat, drink and be full and merry! =)

MATH:

*Upcoming Chapter 6 Math Test on Tuesday November 15

*The study guide is up on the blog here:

http://grade4disk.blogspot.tw/2016/11/chapter-6-multiplying-by-one-digit.html

*Workbook page 39 and 41

LANGUAGE:

*Vocab quiz on Monday November 14

*Witches writing assignment
Please write in your neatest handwriting and check all of your spelling and grammar. The goal is to have this as a piece of writing in your portfolio. Use as many awesome adjectives or vivid verbs as possible. You have many of these in your Work on Writing notebook but you may also google them or go to dictionary.com and look for synonyms of boring adjectives and verbs in the thesaurus section of the website. Make this creative and exciting to read!

*Pronoun quiz on Thursday November 17 (Unit 6 of English Textbook)

OTHER:

*Finish the hand cut out for Ms,Parker. It needs to have your name written nicely on the front and then decorated/colored.

Wayside Stories Costumes:

Please bring these on Monday so we have a bit of time if we need to change anything.

All Narrators: Please bring your regular formal school uniforms

Mickey and Ayrton: Please bring regular clothes. Jeans and a tshirt is fine.

Yoko: Ask your mom to help you find an outfit from your clothes that looks like a "teacher"

Fiona: You can wear any regular clothes but nothing too "girly". Maybe just jeans and a plain tshirt?

Marianne: Can you also try to find a teacher type outfit?

Nathan: Do you have a striped or checkered button up shirt? That would be great for your Louis part

***The word of the day is BUSY!***

Chapter 6 Multiplying by One Digit Numbers Study Guide

Chapter 6 Multiplying by One Digit Numbers

Lesson 6.1 Multiply Multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000

*I can use basic facts and patterns to multiply using mental math.

Lesson 6.2 Estimate products

*I can estimate products by rounding factors.

Vocabulary: products, factors

Lesson 6.4 Multiply Two-Digit Numbers by One-Digit Numbers

*I can regroup ones or tens to multiply.

Lesson 6.6 Multiply Three Digit Numbers by One Digit Numbers

*I can multiply three digit numbers by one digit numbers.

Lesson 6.7 Multiply Greater Numbers

*I can multiply with four digit and five digit numbers.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Thursday November 10, 2016

Good afternoon all,

This morning we had a grammar class about pronouns and homophones. Afterwards we headed to the elderly home as part of our Community Service day. The fourth graders performed some songs and were very well behaved during the others' presentations. From there we walked to the local parish where the students all helped to do some cleaning. Thanks for all your help grade 4's!