Today we took our Unit 7 Spelling test. We also worked on our "Steps in a Process" posters that the class has been working on with partners this week.
It was fun to hear the special recipe presentations that students showcased today for extra credit. This extra assignment required both fluency and knowing the steps in a process. Students received bonus points on their Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World test if they chose to complete this extra credit project.
Party Money ($5) is nearly all collected for our class. If you still have not yet paid, please do your best to send this money to school so that our room moms and dads will have funds to plan our upcoming Fall and Winter parties. We appreciate their help very much.
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house. We had fun trying this out in class today.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Steps in a Process
Party Money ($5) is nearly all collected for our class. If you still have not yet paid, please do your best to send this money to school so that our room moms and dads will have funds to plan our upcoming Fall and Winter parties. We appreciate their help very much.
Today we worked on reviewing for our Spelling Unit 7 test tomorrow and completed practice workbook pages 29-30. We made an "ER" list of spelling words that end in -er (ladder, letter, soccer).
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." We worked with a partner to complete a "Steps in a Process" direction poster. Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Today we worked on reviewing for our Spelling Unit 7 test tomorrow and completed practice workbook pages 29-30. We made an "ER" list of spelling words that end in -er (ladder, letter, soccer).
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." We worked with a partner to complete a "Steps in a Process" direction poster. Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Story Test
Party Money ($5) is nearly all collected for our class. If you still have not yet paid, please do your best to send this money to school so that our room moms and dads will have funds to plan our upcoming Fall and Winter parties. We appreciate their help very much.
We read Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. Our story test was over comprehension, vocabulary, and a written response. Because today was Picture Day, some students in Block 1 were unable to finish, so students are welcome to continue working on their test tomorrow in class. I'd rather students take their time than rush! Students also have a Bonus crossword vocabulary puzzle that they may choose to complete.
Here's the link to the book on line:
eBook
Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games
In the story, Justin's grandfather taught him about famous black cowboys. Here is a documentary about the history of some of these great men: African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
We read Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. Our story test was over comprehension, vocabulary, and a written response. Because today was Picture Day, some students in Block 1 were unable to finish, so students are welcome to continue working on their test tomorrow in class. I'd rather students take their time than rush! Students also have a Bonus crossword vocabulary puzzle that they may choose to complete.
Here's the link to the book on line:
eBook
Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games
In the story, Justin's grandfather taught him about famous black cowboys. Here is a documentary about the history of some of these great men: African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Justin and the Best Bisuits
Tomorrow is Picture Day and Cubs Day. Students who would like to participate in Cubs Day can change after their photo is taken, if they wish.
Party Money ($5) is nearly all collected for our class. If you still have not yet paid, please do your best to send this money to school so that our room moms and dads will have funds to plan our upcoming Fall and Winter parties. We appreciate their help very much.
We read Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World and students should be rereading it tonight for homework. We will have a story test tomorrow over the comprehension, vocabulary, and a written response. Because tomorrow is Picture Day, we may not be able to complete our test due to scheduling issues, but we will just continue on Thursday if necessary.
Here's the link to the book on line:
eBook
Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games
In the story, Justin's grandfather taught him about famous black cowboys. Here is a documentary about the history of some of these great men: African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West
Today was an LRC day. Students checked out new books and reviewed fiction vs. nonfiction books.
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Party Money ($5) is nearly all collected for our class. If you still have not yet paid, please do your best to send this money to school so that our room moms and dads will have funds to plan our upcoming Fall and Winter parties. We appreciate their help very much.
We read Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World and students should be rereading it tonight for homework. We will have a story test tomorrow over the comprehension, vocabulary, and a written response. Because tomorrow is Picture Day, we may not be able to complete our test due to scheduling issues, but we will just continue on Thursday if necessary.
Here's the link to the book on line:
eBook
Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games
In the story, Justin's grandfather taught him about famous black cowboys. Here is a documentary about the history of some of these great men: African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West
Today was an LRC day. Students checked out new books and reviewed fiction vs. nonfiction books.
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea. This shows how to draw a haunted house.
Draw a Haunted House
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Monday, October 5, 2015
Spelling Unit 7 and Steps in a Process
This week we will be working on Spelling Unit 7, words with vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel patterns. Today we completed workbook pages 27-28 in Spelling.
We also are preparing to read Justin and the Best Biscuits in Town tomorrow. Here's the link to the book on line.
eBook
Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
We also are preparing to read Justin and the Best Biscuits in Town tomorrow. Here's the link to the book on line.
eBook
Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games
We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday. This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence. Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk
Important Web Sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Robert Crown Presentation
Today we took our Unit 6 Spelling test, and we also learned a bit more about simple and compound subjects and predicates. Students have their new spelling words on their Friday packets. AIMS reading scores from the first month of school and online textbook log-in codes were sent home in last Friday's packets.
We had an in-school field trip today from Robert Crown. https://www.robertcrown.org
SCIENCE BEHIND DRUGS AND PREVENTION – Grades 4-6; 85 Minutes
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
We had an in-school field trip today from Robert Crown. https://www.robertcrown.org
SCIENCE BEHIND DRUGS AND PREVENTION – Grades 4-6; 85 Minutes
Using interactive, proven methods and visual tools, this program teaches skills for living substance-free in the face of an ever changing range of mental, physical and social pressures. Educators demonstrate the neurological cause and effects of addiction and use role play to practice their resistance skills.
Program Goals:
Students will…
Students will…
- Increase knowledge about drugs and their effects on total wellness (physical, mental social, emotional) with intense focus on neuroscience.
- Feel empowered to take personal responsibility for increasing their total wellness and increase disapproval of alcohol and other drug use.
- Develop strategies/tools to make healthy decisions and explore alternatives to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use/abuse.
Standards Alignment:Important Web Sites:
Social Emotional Learning: 1B.2b, 2D.2b, 3B.2b
Common Core Reading Literature: 4.1, 5.1, 4.4, 5.4
Common Core Reading Informational Text: 4.1, 5.1, 4.2, 5.2, 4.4, 5.4
Common Core Speaking and Listening: 4.1, 5.1, 4.2, 5.2, 4.3, 5.3
ISBE Health: 22.B.2a, 23.A.2a, 23.B.2a, 23.D.2a, 24.B.2a, 24.C.2a
*Meets IL school code section 105ILCS-110/3
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged. Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Book-it Begins Today
October BOOK-IT forms were sent home today. Book-it is OPTIONAL but
HIGHLY encouraged. Students who choose to participate should strive for a goal
of 300 minutes of reading (5 hours) for each month. Calendars can be turned in when the goal has
been met, prior to the start of the next month.
Even if you are not reading for the Pizza Hut Book-it goal, please do
keep in mind that fourth grade students are expected to read at home on most
evenings.
We are working on the skill of Plot: Conflict and Resolution. Here's a short rap song about the 5 parts of a story:
Story Elements Rap
We completed Practice Workbook page 33 about Conflict, and we created conflict drawing.
We also practiced our Spelling Unit 6 words that end in -le. Our test is on Friday. Here are some practice spelling sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Friday we will have an in-school "field trip" presentation about staying Drug Free. This trip is presented by Robert Crown.
We are working on the skill of Plot: Conflict and Resolution. Here's a short rap song about the 5 parts of a story:
Story Elements Rap
We completed Practice Workbook page 33 about Conflict, and we created conflict drawing.
We also practiced our Spelling Unit 6 words that end in -le. Our test is on Friday. Here are some practice spelling sites:
Spelling City
Quizlet - Spelling & Vocab Units - You can use this site to practice today's vocabulary words as well
Spelling Lists: Spelling Lists
Friday we will have an in-school "field trip" presentation about staying Drug Free. This trip is presented by Robert Crown.
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