Happy Holidays!
Friday, December 20, 2013
Holiday Celebration
Today was a wonderful day full of cheer and joy! This morning, during our holiday celebration, we made blankets that will soon be delivered to Jessie's Place to warm the bodies (and hearts) of some people in need this holiday season. We also enjoyed some fabulous food and gave books to a secret pal. What a fun way for our class to celebrate this half of the year together!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
SCE TV
There was another fabulous episode of SCE TV this morning starring our class! In this week's episode, you can learn how to make a snowman from frosting, do a step-by-step drawing of SpongeBob, learn how to make a snowman from socks, and of course get a look at this weekend's weather!
http://goo.gl/2IsKA
http://goo.gl/2IsKA
Monday, December 16, 2013
Final Week of the First Semester
As I told the kids, it is going to be a busy week this week and they will need to work hard, but after this they have two weeks off!
Reading - We are going to be finishing up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this week. As we are nearing the end, the children are really caught up in the story and eager to find out what will happen to our characters. We do not have any new vocabulary words this week, but we will have a vocabulary test tomorrow on our words from last week. This is also the last week for children to complete their reading goals!
Language - This week we are continuing to look at adjectives and how we can use them to make our sentences more detailed.
Spelling - No new spelling this week as our spelling test on words ending with ing and ed is tomorrow.
Math - Tomorrow we will be having our multiplication test and for the rest of the week, we will get started on our division unit.
Science - The children have really enjoyed our motion and design unit, especially as we began experimenting with different types of energy and friction. On Tuesday, we will begin reviewing for the test that we will have on Thursday.
AL History - The past week or so has really been depressing as we have talked about the Trail of Tears. I must admit though that I have been so proud to see such outrage coming from your children as we discuss this horrific event from our nation's history. Last week, we read a speech given by Andrew Jackson to the US Congress. Although much of the language was above their reading level (some of it was admittedly above mine!), they were able to make sense of the speech and became truly angry. If you have a moment, you may enjoy reading it as well so that you can discuss it further with your child: http://www.nps.gov/museum/tmc/manz/handouts/Andrew_Jackson_Annual_Message.pdf
Alabama History projects are due on Wednesday.
I hope to see you all at our holiday celebration this Friday morning at 8:30. It has certainly been a semester worth celebrating!
Reading - We are going to be finishing up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this week. As we are nearing the end, the children are really caught up in the story and eager to find out what will happen to our characters. We do not have any new vocabulary words this week, but we will have a vocabulary test tomorrow on our words from last week. This is also the last week for children to complete their reading goals!
Language - This week we are continuing to look at adjectives and how we can use them to make our sentences more detailed.
Spelling - No new spelling this week as our spelling test on words ending with ing and ed is tomorrow.
Math - Tomorrow we will be having our multiplication test and for the rest of the week, we will get started on our division unit.
Science - The children have really enjoyed our motion and design unit, especially as we began experimenting with different types of energy and friction. On Tuesday, we will begin reviewing for the test that we will have on Thursday.
AL History - The past week or so has really been depressing as we have talked about the Trail of Tears. I must admit though that I have been so proud to see such outrage coming from your children as we discuss this horrific event from our nation's history. Last week, we read a speech given by Andrew Jackson to the US Congress. Although much of the language was above their reading level (some of it was admittedly above mine!), they were able to make sense of the speech and became truly angry. If you have a moment, you may enjoy reading it as well so that you can discuss it further with your child: http://www.nps.gov/museum/tmc/manz/handouts/Andrew_Jackson_Annual_Message.pdf
Alabama History projects are due on Wednesday.
I hope to see you all at our holiday celebration this Friday morning at 8:30. It has certainly been a semester worth celebrating!
Play Script
On Tuesday morning (a couple of weeks ago, we were having trouble uploading videos to the blog!), the children chose scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to turn into a short play by writing the scene as a play script. They chose wonderful scenes and did a great job of transforming a book into a very short play by adding their own expression and enthusiasm.
Here are the end results of their hard work and creativity:
Friday, December 13, 2013
Dear Santa
What a spectacular job the children did on their musical yesterday! Mrs. Pepper does such a beautiful job teaching the children, inspiring them and encouraging them to take part in a production. The kids have worked hard on their lines, the songs, the dance moves, and when to be where on stage. I'm so very proud of them!
I hope the musical helped to put you in the holiday spirit, just as it helped me! I still have those great songs stuck in my head... "All I want for Christmas is a P-U-P-P-Y..."
I hope the musical helped to put you in the holiday spirit, just as it helped me! I still have those great songs stuck in my head... "All I want for Christmas is a P-U-P-P-Y..."
SCE TV
Our class once again starred on a wonderful episode of SCE TV this morning! Learn all about: making your own cocoa, a community service project that the 5th graders are doing, how to make elephant toothpaste, and why the chicken crossed the road.
http://goo.gl/2IsKA
http://goo.gl/2IsKA
Monday, December 9, 2013
Week 16
The 4th Grade Musical is THIS Thursday night at 7pm! I hope you and your family have all made plans to join us and see all of the great work your children have put into this entertaining show! When you arrive on Thursday evening, please send the children to the classrooms where we will finish getting ready while you are finding a seat, but there is no need for your child to be here before 6:30. The girls in our class are standing on the left hand (if you are facing the stage) part of the stage while the boys are on the right. You may want to choose to sit on the opposite side of the gym to see them best!
Reading: The children are really enjoying The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe especially as we are getting deeper into the story and deeper into the action! This week, we are continuing to talk about sequence of events in the story while also being on the lookout for those Sign Posts that tell us the author is telling us something important: Again and Again, Aha Moments, and Contrasts and Contradictions. The vocabulary words this week are: sulkily, stunning, intended, shafts, vermin, strides, stammered, swiftly, repulsive, vicious, and quarrels. Since the play is Thursday night and we will be having a few practices this week during our reading time, our vocabulary test will be next Tuesday.
Spelling: Again this week we have words with an added ed and ing ending. Our spelling test will also be next Tuesday.
Language: We will begin looking at adjectives this week and how to use them to improve our writing.
Math: This week we will continue to look at multiplication by solving some larger-number problems as well as money and multiplying 3 numbers together. Our test will most likely be Tuesday of next week, but we will begin reviewing a little bit later this week.
Alabama History: We finished discussing the Creek War this morning and will talk more about the Trail of Tears later this week. The children's Alabama History project is due next Wednesday. They are welcome to take home their books, newspapers and/or notebooks to help them with this project. It can be simple or elaborate, it just needs to include all of the points outlined on the pink rubric that was sent home last week.
Science: The children will be investigating friction this week and how it impacts movement.
Reading: The children are really enjoying The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe especially as we are getting deeper into the story and deeper into the action! This week, we are continuing to talk about sequence of events in the story while also being on the lookout for those Sign Posts that tell us the author is telling us something important: Again and Again, Aha Moments, and Contrasts and Contradictions. The vocabulary words this week are: sulkily, stunning, intended, shafts, vermin, strides, stammered, swiftly, repulsive, vicious, and quarrels. Since the play is Thursday night and we will be having a few practices this week during our reading time, our vocabulary test will be next Tuesday.
Spelling: Again this week we have words with an added ed and ing ending. Our spelling test will also be next Tuesday.
Language: We will begin looking at adjectives this week and how to use them to improve our writing.
Math: This week we will continue to look at multiplication by solving some larger-number problems as well as money and multiplying 3 numbers together. Our test will most likely be Tuesday of next week, but we will begin reviewing a little bit later this week.
Alabama History: We finished discussing the Creek War this morning and will talk more about the Trail of Tears later this week. The children's Alabama History project is due next Wednesday. They are welcome to take home their books, newspapers and/or notebooks to help them with this project. It can be simple or elaborate, it just needs to include all of the points outlined on the pink rubric that was sent home last week.
Science: The children will be investigating friction this week and how it impacts movement.
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