Friday January 24, 2017

Happy Friday everyone, 

This morning we began with the Terabithia test, which overall, students did very well on. During Math we learned how to change units of capacity and weight. In Social Studies we talked about the liberation of Jews from the concentration camps and discussed what that must have felt like for both those being freed and the soldiers liberating them. We had an exciting day celebrating both Ayrton and Nathan's upcoming birthdays. At the end of the day, students got to watch Zootopia together in the gym! What a fun Friday!

A big THANK YOU to Ayrton and Nathan's parents for bringing in pizza, cake, and cookies for us all to share! We had a great time eating and celebrating our boys. Happiest birthday to both of you!

Snapshots from math class!

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

HOMEWORK:

LANGUAGE:

*Short Story Final copy due on Thursday March 2

READING:

*Sign test

MATH:

*workbook page 76-77 corrections

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*Anne Frank journal question

Units of measurement

1. N.1Measure using an inch ruler
2. N.2Which customary unit is appropriate?
3. N.3Compare and convert customary units of length
4. N.4Compare and convert customary units of weight
   
   
   

Thursday February 23, 2017

Good afternoon everyone,

This morning we had our Family Day Mass followed by a grammar class on more comma uses and some time in the computer lab to work on short stories as well as a quick intro class on planets, beginning with the closest to the sun, Mercury.

HOMEWORK:

READING & LANGUAGE:

*I have shared a google doc with you called Short Story Rubric. This is what I will be using to mark your stories. Please look at it carefully so that you can make sure to do your best in each category and get the most points possible.

*Short story rough draft is due tomorrow

*Terabithia test is tomorrow

*Chapter 9/10 questions due tomorrow

MATH:

*12.2 handout corrections

*The word of the day is IMAGINE!*

Photo Snapshot

I'm not sure why this photo didn't work on the blog the other day so I am posting it again! =)

I just wanted to share this sweet photo of Nathan hard at work during his art elective last week. When he came back to class afterwards, all of the kids were so impressed with his drawing that we put it up on the whiteboard for everyone to enjoy! Thanks to Ms. Livingston for snapping the picture!

Wednesday February 22, 2017

Hola, 

This morning after our meditation we went over the language homework and did some more practice combining sentences. Afterwards, during Science, we had another moon phase practice quiz and then we discussed the main events of chapter 8 in Terabithia. In the afternoon we went up to the computer labs to continue working on our short stories. During Social Studies, we sat in a circle and finished reading our Anne Frank book. Upon finishing, we had a really candid, thoughtful conversation about the story. The students were very touched by it and I was impressed with their level of maturity as we discussed everything. You make me proud grade 4's! =)

Remember we have Family Mass tomorrow beginning at 8:35 am so be on time for school and dressed in your clean and formal school uniform. Thank you!


HOMEWORK:
It's a busy week, stay organized and don't leave your work until the last minute!

READING & LANGUAGE:

Terabithia:

*Chapter 9-10 questions due Friday February 24

*Don't forget to stay up to date on your plot chart*

*We will be having a Terabithia Test based on chapters 1-8 on Friday February 24. There is no formal study guide for the test but you need to understand the plot, the character development, and be able to infer or make predictions about the story. There will be some vocabulary questions (from chapters 1-4) on the test so make sure to review a little each night. 

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   *Your short story draft will be due on Friday February 24. The final copy, will need to be printed out and handed in by Wednesday March 1.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   *IXL Please practice mastering these two skills. They will help you in grammar and short story lessons.

   1. 
      II.1 commas in a series practice
      

      NN.1 Punctuating Dialogue

   
   

   MATH:

   
   

   *Workbook page 75 corrections

   
   

   *The word of the day is hope

Tuesday February 21, 2017

Hi everyone, 

As I said yesterday it's going to be a very busy week and will stay that way until exams in three weeks. We had a lot of issues today with incomplete homework and disorganization. Please stay organized and on top of all or your assignments. This is your responsibility as a fourth grade student at our international school.

In the morning, after meditation, we learned about commas in a series. Afterwards we spent some time developing the plot and characters in our short stories and talked specifically about dialogue. Next we reviewed the moon phases and did some practice games and then talked briefly about the upcoming Invention Convention (more information to come!) Later in the morning we went upstairs to the computer lab where students were able to start typing up their stories. In Math we learned how to change units. During Social Studies we continued reading and talking about Anne Frank.

I just wanted to share this sweet photo of Nathan hard at work during his art elective last week. When he came back to class afterwards, all of the kids were so impressed with his drawing that we put it up on the whiteboard for everyone to enjoy! Thanks to Ms. Livingston for snapping the picture!


HOMEWORK:
It's a busy week, stay organized and don't leave your work until the last minute!

READING & LANGUAGE:

Terabithia:

*Chapter 9-10 questions due Friday February 24

*Don't forget to stay up to date on your plot chart*

*We will be having a Terabithia Test based on chapters 1-8 on Friday February 24. There is no formal study guide for the test but you need to understand the plot, the character development, and be able to infer or make predictions about the story. There will be some vocabulary questions (from chapters 1-4) on the test so make sure to review a little each night. 

Other: 

*IXL Please practice mastering these two skills. They will help you in grammar and short story lessons.

1. 
   II.1 commas in a series practice
   

   NN.1 Punctuating Dialogue

   
   
   *Your short story draft will be due on Friday February 24. The final copy, will need to be printed out and handed in by Wednesday March 1.

MATH:

*Workbook page 75

SCIENCE:

*Please start thinking about ideas for the Invention Convention coming up at the end of April. (More information coming soon!)

*The word of the day is PIZZA!* (Because I want some right now!) =)

Monday February 20, 2017

Happy Monday everyone! It's going to be a busy week so please be sure to get enough rest and stay organized.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

*Chapter 9-10 Terabithia questions are due Friday February 24

*Don't forget to review chapters 1-4 vocabulary words

SCIENCE:

*Watch unit 6 lesson 3 online. Be prepared to discuss in class.

MATH:

*Math measurement practice

***IXL CHALLENGE***

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

Friday February 17, 2017

Happy Friday everyone!

What a wonderful week we have had. The fierce fourth graders were ferocious workers this morning! After our meditation they wrote their vocabulary quizzes and then their Chapter 11 Math tests. To celebrate all of that hard work we had some fun dancing around to a couple of GoNoodle videos. Then it was time for Social Studies where we continued our Anne Frank study by reading her story together and stopping to discuss throughout. Thank you for all of your thoughtful, wonderful questions!

Snapshots from Yoga elective!

HOMEWORK:

READING & LANGUAGE:

*Chapter 8 Terabithia questions due Monday February 20

*Some of you have questions to redo for Chapter 7

*Don't forget to stay up to date on your plot chart*

*Please sign Chapter 4 vocabulary quiz and do the corrections.

*We are pausing on the vocabulary tests for next week. That means I expect you to be reviewing the words from chapters 1-4. They will all be on your exam which is coming up quickly. 

*We will be having a Terabithia Test based on chapters 1-8 on Friday February 24. There is no formal study guide for the test but you need to understand the plot, the character development, and be able to infer or make predictions about the story. There will be some vocabulary questions (from chapters 1-4) on the test so make sure to review a little each night. 

MATH:

*Sign your math test

*Please try to master the skill under Units of Measurement N.1 Measure Using an Inch Ruler

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/measure-using-an-inch-ruler

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*If you are interested in learning more about the secret annex and Anne Frank you can check out this website:

http://www.annefrank.org/

*The word of the day is diary*

Thursday February 16, 2017

Hello everyone!

Our pen pals are writing an article about us in their school newspaper so they requested a couple photos of all of us together! 

After morning meditation we spent some time developing the characters and plot for our short stories. Afterwards we started Unit 5 Chapter 12 on measurement. For those students who did not have inch rulers, I printed them out a paper ruler they can use. In Science we had a moon phase pop quiz. Some of you were experts but some still need to review because there will be a test coming up requiring all of that same information! Please use the tools we made in class to help you study. At the end of the day I handed out the pen pal letters and the kids got to work replying.

HOMEWORK:

READING & LANGUAGE:

*Chapter 8 questions due on Monday February 20

*Chapter 4 vocab quiz tomorrow (hint: you may have to write some definitions yourself)

*Work on pen pal letter if you have time. I would like to send them on Monday or Tuesday of next week.

MATH;

*Chapter 11 math test tomorrow. Please take a look at the study guide if you haven't already. (I hope you already have...:p)

*Workbook page 74

The word of the day is TEA

Wednesday February 15, 2017

Good afternoon, happy hump day!

Our next batch of pen pal letters from Canada arrived!

Phases of the Moon activities in Science!

It's been a busy week so far, thank you for all of your hard work and organization! After our morning meditation we talked about Chapter 7 of Terabithia. Later in the afternoon, students split into small groups to begin reading Chapter 8. In Science, we finished making our pinwheel moon phase tools to help students study for an upcoming pop quiz! In Social Studies we began studying the story of Anne Frank. 

HOMEWORK:

SCIENCE:

*Phases of the Moon Pop Quiz coming SOON!

*Textbook activity pages page 323-324

MATH:

*Chapter 11 Test on Friday February 17

LANGUAGE:

*Chapter 4 Vocab Quiz on Friday February 17. Remember that I added some definition help to the google doc.

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

Tuesday February 14, 2017

This morning during our meditation, students made a goal or intention for the day. Afterwards, they wrote their Chapter 3 vocabulary quiz. Please sign these and return them tomorrow. During grammar we learned about abbreviations. In Science we continued to learn about the moon phases, in particular what each phase appears like from Earth and the order of the eight phases. We made a moon phase wheel for students to practice in case we have a pop quiz on this lesson coming up soon!!! In Math we learned how to solve multi step problems. Great job everyone! At the end of the day we had some fun doing an activity inspired by Valentine's Day that I like to call the Love Train! =)

The kids cut hearts out and we pinned them to their backs. We all wrote nice messages on each other's hearts, so at the end, everyone had ten nice messages about themselves from their classmates! =)

HOMEWORK:

READING & LANGUAGE:

*Chapter 7 due Wednesday February 15

*Sign chapter 3 quiz and do corrections

*Chapter 4 vocab quiz on Friday February 17

SCIENCE:

* Study the phases of the moon, you never know when you will have a pop quiz! Remember waxing brightens the right side and waning brightens the left side!

MATH:

*Chapter 11 test will be on Friday February 17. The study guide is on the blog. If you have any questions please come and see me tomorrow or Thursday.

*Page 72 corrections and page 73

IXL CHALLENGE!

***The word of the day is LOVE***

Monday February 13, 2017

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. This morning, after assembly, students did some word work activities in preparation for tomorrow's chapter 3 quiz. Remember, there will be some questions about words from chapters 1 and 2 so review everything! We discussed chapter 6 and the questions that were assigned and then moved on to reading chapter 7 together. During Science we talked about the eight phases of the moon. In Math class, we reviewed the last lesson and moved on to the next where we learned how to adjust the quotient.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

*Chapter 7 assignment due on Wednesday February 15

*Chapter 3 vocab quiz tomorrow. Remember, there will be some questions about words from chapters 1 and 2 so review everything! 

MATH:

*Workbook page 71 corrections and page 72

***The words of the day are Valentine's Day!***

Snapshots from Friday's Math Class.

Friday February 10, 2017

Happy Friday all of you wonderful people!

This morning, after our meditation, students wrote their chapter 2 vocabulary quizzes. Afterwards they did some word work activities for the chapter 3 words. During Math we learned how to divide when there are two quotients. This requires a lot of steps, so please go slowly, write nicely, and take breaks while doing your homework this weekend. And of course, check your answers! During Social Studies we continued to talk about the Holocaust and concentration camps. In the afternoon, students worked with partners to share about their short stories ideas. After deciding on one idea, we started to plan the protagonists by thinking about such things as, what they look like, what they enjoy, what they are like etc.

I hope you all have a great weekend! I am off to the Lantern Festival in Pingxi. I hope to bring back some great photos to share with you!

HOMEWORK & Important Notices:

***The field trip form is due on Monday February 13!!!!!!
***Please bring a ruler to school. If you are almost finished your notebooks make sure you have extra ones as well. Every student needs to have a highlighter of any color.

SCIENCE:

*Watch Unit 6 Lesson 2 online

MATH:

*Workbook page 71, Go slowly, write neatly, check your answers.

LANGUAGE:

*Sign Chapter 2 vocab quiz

*Chapter 3 vocab quiz on Tuesday February 14

***The word of the day is wish***

Thursday February 9, 2017

Good afternoon everyone,

This morning, after our meditation, we began our next writing endeavor, short stories! To begin, we read an example and talked about the different story elements. Next we started our prewriting planning strategies by brainstorming characters, settings, and story conflicts. In Science we talked about the phases of the moon.

See you all tomorrow, have a wonderful evening!

HOMEWORK:

*Next week we are starting our Measurement unit in Math so please make sure you have a ruler.*

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READING & LANGUAGE:

*Terabithia chapter 6 due tomorrow Friday February 10

*Chapter 2 vocab quiz tomorrow Friday February 10

*Finish short story prewriting planning. Come up with five different ideas for your story. For each idea you need to write in point form about the protagonist, the setting, and the conflict. Here are some links to help you come up with ideas:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

http://journalbuddies.com/journal_prompts__journal_topics/story-writing-prompts-for-kids/

SCIENCE:

*Please watch Unit 6 Lesson 1 online

*http://wechoosethemoon.org/ This is a cool website about the Apollo 11 Space Mission you may want to check out when you finish your homework. =)

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Here is a video about VE Day if you're interested in learning more about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVs4B9M9Ec&list=PL3lR-UVp9bUB7eNCyUjsYkEHlmtHGstzx

*The word of the day is GRIT!*

Wednesday February 8th, 2017

Good afternoon all,

This morning we started off with a guided meditation followed by continuing our capitalization lesson in grammar. In Science we had a pop quiz on lesson 1 of our Earth and Space unit. Afterwards we watched a short video explaining why we have seasons and started lesson 2 by talking about the Moon. In Social Studies we began our next lesson on the Holocaust. Afterwards, we discussed Chapter 5 of Bridge to Terabithia and read Chapter 6.

Thanks for another great day, see you all tomorrow!

Early morning puzzle makers!

HOMEWORK:

READING & LANGUAGE:

*Chapter 6 Terabithia questions due on Friday February 10

*Chapter 2 vocab quiz on Friday February 10

SCIENCE:

*Sign pop quiz and do corrections

***IXL CHALLENGE***

***The sentence of the day is Love Trumps Hate***

Tuesday February 7, 2017

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for all your enthusiasm today! Below are some photos of the models we made in Science class to represent how the moon orbits the Earth as it orbits the sun. Great job kiddos! 

Enjoying some quiet reading time in the afternoon.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

*Terabithia chapter 5 due tomorrow

LANGUAGE:

*Sign vocab quiz

*Chapter 2 vocab quiz on Friday February 10

Please do some IXL practice tonight! The challenge is still on! Try to master a skill in Language or Math tonight!

*The word of the day is ORBIT!*

Monday February 6, 2017

Happy Monday!

This morning at assembly students made a short presentation about prudence. They led the presentation all on their own and I was very pleased with how it turned out. Congratulations to each and every one of you!

We are picking up speed in quarter 3 so it is as important as ever to stay organized, and keep on top of your assignments. This means writing everything down in your assignment book, highlighting due dates, checking the blog and google docs/emails regularly, and starting early on assignments so that you don't leave everything to the last minute. You can ALL be successful but you need to be organized in order for that to happen.

 

 

HOMEWORK:

READING & LANGUAGE:

*Chapter 1 vocab test tomorrow

*Chapter 2 vocab test on Friday February 10

*Try this website for defintions: http://www.learnersdictionary.com/

If you have access to a phone, and you go to dictionary.com on there, or if you use the app, you will see the learners tab.

*Terabithia Chapter 5 assignment due Wednesday February 8

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*In preparation for tomorrow's Social Studies class please answer the following questions in your Social Studies notebook. You must write the question and highlight the number. Please write in full sentences and be as neat and as clear as possible. The title is Normandy Invasion.

1.  Which Allied countries participated in the Normandy Invasion?

2.  How would you summarize the Normandy Invasion? What were some of the obstacles the American soldiers at Omaha Beach had to overcome?

MATH:

*Workbook page 70 corrections

SCIENCE:

*If you want to see the video showing how the Moon, Sun, and Earth move you can see it here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47Wa7onrIQ

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

Chapter 11 Math Study Guide

Unit 4 Division of Whole Numbers

Chapter 11: Divide by two digit divisors

Lesson 11.1 Divide by Multiples of 10

Vocabulary: quotient

*I can use division facts to divide by multiples of 10

Lesson 11.2 Estimate Quotients

*I can estimate quotients

Lesson 11.4 One Digit Quotients

Vocabulary: dividend

*I can divide when the quotient has one digit

Lesson 11.5 Two Digit Quotients

*I can divide when the quotient has two digits

Lesson 11.6 Adjust the Quotient

*I can adjust an estimate of the quotient to divide

Lesson 11.7 Problem Solving Decision: Multistep Problems

*I can solve multistep problems

Friday February 3, 2017

Happy Friday everyone! 

Enthusiastic learners in our Grammar class!

Happy New Year and Happy Friday!

What a great day we have been having. To begin this morning, we did a guided meditation. Then we moved on to Unit 5 in grammar, and talked about capitalization and punctuation. Afterwards, in Math, we learned how to divide when the quotient is one digit. In Social Studies, we sat in our discussion circle and talked about the Battles in North Africa and the Soviet Union as well as the Normandy Invasion. The kids had such fantastic, inquisitive, questions and I was really impressed with their attention and interest.

*Please remember to be on time on Monday because we are presenting at assembly!

HOMEWORK:

LANGUAGE:

*Google docs: prudence and terabithia

*English Workbook page 72-73

READING:

*I have shared another google doc with you called Bridge to Terabithia Word Study. Please look at it tonight. 

*Chapter 1 Bridge to Terabithia spelling and vocabulary quiz on Tuesday February 7

MATH:

*Workbook page 70. This must be done on a scrap piece of paper and include the title and date. Please staple it into your workbook. If it is not neat enough it will need to be redone.

***The words of the day are OMAHA BEACH!***