Free stories for kids

https://www.freechildrenstories.com/

Checklist of what should be in your Science Fair ~

Students should practice what they will say during the Science Fair. Here is a link of what the oral presentation should include.
http://www.lasciencefair.org/Forms/The%20Oral%20Presentation.PDF

http://sciencefair.math.iit.edu/presentation/outline

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_coach/science-project-report-5a.html


Measurement in Math: (mm, cm, m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhtpFvNbiPE

June 7

Science: Students should be working on their Science Fair project.
They all need a question, hypothesis, procedure, materials list, table or chart, and the most important pieces are the Conclusions.  (Conclusion- What happened during the experiment? What surprised you? Was your hypothesis right? If nothing happened.... why do you think nothing happened?  What would you have done differently?

Reading: Read to meet your independent reading goal!

June 4

Spelling: We did not get to spelling today, so we will plan on the redo quiz from last week to be on Thursday. 

Reading: Students are working hard to reach their independent reading goals.  They should be reading for at least a 1/2 hour every night to reach their goals.

Math: Study those math facts ~ Moby Max

June 3

Spelling: Many students needed longer time on the Unit 31 words. Today they made a word cloud with the words and tomorrow we will practice them again.  So we will do a retake on Wednesday.

Reading: Some students need to work on their reading goal and conferencing with me over books they have read.  They will not get credit for books that they have read unless they conference.

Math: Moby Max ~ Fact Fluency  ~ Study those math facts

Writing: Work on the Friend writing~ Should be 5 paragraphs
First paragraph: Who is your best friend and why?
Second paragraph: First reason and examples of the reason (like caring. How does that person show he/she cares about you)
Third paragraph: Second reason with examples
Fourth paragraph: Third reason with examples
Concluding paragraph: Wrap it all up!

May 30

Spelling: Study those spelling words ~ Unit 31
election, invitation, shadow, motion, shoulder, dictionary, fiction, abolish, division, multiplication,
patient, publish, shelter, constellation, magician, constitution, magician, constitution, imitation,
capitalization, confusion, exclamation

Social Studies: Quiz over Southeast Region~ Mrs. Morrison gave students a sample quiz to use as a study guide;

May 28

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: Unit 31 First page most students have finished the first page

Science: Try to get the materials for the science fair project if you can. 

Science Fair - Link to Table

Once you get to website scroll down to the table to see how this students set it up. 


https://owlcation.com/stem/Science-Fair-Project-Which-Chocolate-Melts-Faster

May 23

Spelling: Study those words and finish the third page of Unit 29!

Writing: Finish compare/contrast writings if not done

Math: Math worksheet~ Reducing fractions to lowest terms.

May 22

Why do we celebrate Memorial Day? What are three interesting facts that you learned about Memorial Day?

http://www.softschools.com/facts/holidays/memorial_day_facts/158/

March 21

Reading NWEA's tomorrow. We will start at 8:30! Get a good nights sleep!

Math NWEA's will be on May 30th

K - 4 Concert is May 30th and starts at 6:00.  We hope to see you there!

Spelling: Unit 29 ~ Second page

Writing: Students should work on compare/contrast essay

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour to meet independent reading goal

Science: Work on typing up question, hypothesis, materials list, and procedure

May 20

We will be taking the NWEA's for reading on Wednesday morning! Please make sure to get a good nights sleep.

Spelling: Unit 29 Months of year and days of the week
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, calendar, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Saturday

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour to meet your independent reading goal

Science: Make sure to show your parents your science fair packet and return the back page with a parent's signature.  Don't forget to share what you want to do.

Math: Study those math facts ~ You can use Mobymax or the links to the right on the blog!

May 16

Spelling: Spelling Test tomorrow ~ Unit 28 

Writing: Students should have at least a paragraph for their compare/contrast writing

Science: Students will be given packets for a science fair that we will be doing the last week of school.  So please be looking for that tomorrow.  Ask them about their choice for a science fair topic and maybe they could show you where they got their idea. There are many links to science fair ideas. 
Most of them have a direction of what they want to do for an experiment, but at this point they may need to be tweaked a little. 

Math: Students need to practice their multiplication and division facts. Moby Max is a great resource to do that. 

Myth Link

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/Athena.html

May 15

Spelling: Unit  28  ~  Third Page 186 (Analogies, Context Clues, Comparisons)

Writing: Continue Paragraph ~ Compare/Contrast writing ~ How the two things are similar

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

We are starting our Science Fair Projects ~ Have your child share what topic they are doing. Many students have written the question they are going to try to answer and their hypothesis. So we are off to a good start.  A few still aren't sure what they want to do so I am showing them some links where they can look at options.  Our goal is to show off our investigations to other classes the last week of school.   I will be sending home more information soon!

May 14 Homework

Math: Students got a worksheet on simplifying fractions (This should be a review)

Spelling: Unit 28 Second page joyful, helpless, restful, careless, useful, thankless, peaceful, hopeless, thankful, cloudlesss, powerful, helpful, powerless, careful, restless, wasteful, cheerful, useless, playful, thoughtful

Writing:  Compare/Contrast Essay ~ First paragraph ~ This needs to be in sentence form with paragraphs.  (Students got to choose two things they wanted to compare) (Some students started making a list which is not what they are supposed to do.)

Format: Introduction There are many similarities and differences between........

First paragraph: How are they similar? Try to give at least 4 to 5 ways they are similar.

Second paragraph:  How are they different?

Brain Pop Science Fair Projects

https://simplycircle.com/science-fair-projects-5th-grade/

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/category0.html

https://www.livescience.com/38122-science-fair-project-topics.html

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair

https://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scienceprojects/

Great Example of Science Fair Project
https://owlcation.com/stem/Science-Fair-Project-Which-Chocolate-Melts-Faster

https://owlcation.com/stem/Skittles-Science-Fair-Project-Instructions

http://www.averagemomlife.com/easy-4th-grade-science-fair-project/

Scientific Method
https://www.ducksters.com/science/scientificmethod.php

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_coach/science-fair-1.html

Compare Contrast Essay topics
https://www.thoughtco.com/compare-and-contrast-essay-topics-7822

May 8

The Wax Museum is tomorrow at 5:30 - 6:30. It will be a self-guided tour as students share what they have learned about their person. They have been told to bring home their monologues to practice them in front of people at home. We practiced today, looking up at our audience, talking slowly, and loud enough so people can hear.

Reading: Read for 1/2

Spelling: Unit 27 third page (180)

May 7

Wax Museum will be on Thursday at 5:30 - 6:30 in the gym!  
                           We hope to see everyone!

Students need to come dressed and ready to be the character! 
They need to practice their monologues!  

Practice Spelling Unit 27 words for Friday's quiz!  

Mythweb.com
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/Athena.html

Greek Gods Introduction
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/greekgods/

History.com
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/greek-mythology#greek-gods

Check out the Gods of Mt. Olympus
http://www.mythweb.com/

Science

Producers
http://citadel.sjfc.edu/students/naa07113/e-port/producers.html

http://citadel.sjfc.edu/students/naa07113/e-port/producers.html



Consumers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producersconsumers.htm

Decomposers
http://citadel.sjfc.edu/students/naa07113/e-port/decomposers.html

Food Chain
http://sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/foodchains.html

May 2

Spelling: Study chapter 26 words

Writing: Read over your monologue and share it with your family!  What you have written about your person) Let me know if you need anything for your costume!

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Math: Study those multiplication facts! We talked today how it will be a lot easier to do the math if they know their times tables.


Please have students leave Pokeman cards at home.  

May 30

Field Trip!  
Students had a great time releasing the salmon and learning how the experts do it at the National Green Lake Fish Hatchery.  Students released the salmon in the West Branch Portion of the Union River, and then went to the Hatchery where we had a tour and got to see Salmon at all different stages. Students were pretty excited to see the big ones, which were the smolts.  Each student was able to release some of the salmon into the river that we have raised!  It was a great time!

Spelling: Students should have two pages down in Unit 26.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Social Studies: If you are doing a redo test of the Midwest you should use the links from the blog to study for the quiz on Thursday.

April 30

Don't forget a bag lunch tomorrow! We are going to release the salmon and go to Green Lake Fish Hatchery!  

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: Unit 26 ~  Objective: Read, spell, and write words with prefixes, un, re, and pre

unlucky, review, preschool, unfair, reheat, prepay, untie, recover, preview, unhappy, rewrite, pretest, rebuild, uncover, recheck, unlock, preheat, unsafe, reread, unpack

Students need to do the first or second page in spelling. Some did the first page on Monday.

Important Upcoming dates

On Wednesday, May 1, students will need a bag lunch for the field trip to Green Lake Fish Hatchery and we will be releasing the alevin into the Penobsot River. We should be back around 1:00. 

They will also need a drink and jacket.  


On May 9th at 5:30 students will be sharing their monologues and pretending they are that person!  They will need an outfit that fits the person. If you need any help finding something please let me know and I will look as well. 

April 29

Spelling: Unit 26 ~ First page

Reading: Reading for 1/2 hour

Social Studies: Study for redo quiz over the Midwest
pages 138 - 147  You can also use the jeopardy game we did in class.

Link to midwest states practice
https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3138

Jeopardy Game Link
Scroll down to Chapter 8
https://www.rtmsd.org/Page/21079

Quizlet Vocabulary
https://quizlet.com/28083167/social-studies-alive-grade-4-chapter-8-flash-cards/

Kahn Academy Equivalent Fractions

https://organizedclassroom.com/15-fabulous-equivalent-fractions-teaching-tools/

April 25

Social Studies: Study for the quiz tomorrow over the Midwest! You may use the Jeopardy game to help you. There is a link to it in the previous post. You should also practice knowing where the states are in the midwest!

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Work on research  over person you are reading about!

April 23

Homework:
Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Writing: Students are working on taking notes about the person they chose to read about.

Spelling: We did not get to the spelling quiz today, so students will have an extra day to study their spelling words.  (Unit 25) Students were working really hard on taking notes and writing about the person they chose to read about so we will have the spelling quiz tomorrow.

Social Studies: Quiz over the midwest~ Students studied with a partner today by playing a Jeopardy game. Students also presented their Mt. Rushmore slide shows.

Link to Jeopardy game:  https://www.rtmsd.org/Page/21079   Scroll down to chapter 8.

Midwestern States practice: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3138

Math: Students are learning about equivalent fractions. Make sure to use the links on the right side of the blog to study your multiplication facts and other math concepts. 

Midwest Jeopardy Game

https://www.rtmsd.org/Page/21079

April 23

Spelling: Quiz over Unit 25 words

Writing: Continue to take notes on your person you are reading about.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Math: Don't forget to use the links on the blog to study your multiplication facts! You can also practice other math concepts like division!

Social Studies: Quiz over the Midwest on Thursday or Friday (We are shooting for Friday, but we have two interruptions on that day so I am not sure we will be able to fit it in) Students may take home a book to review and we will also review on Wednesday in class.

Jeopardy Game
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/midwest-region54

April 22

Writing: Students should be taking notes on the person they are reading about. Students should have 2 to 3 pages of notes so they have enough information to write about their person.

Timeline for Wax Museum:
April 1 Decided on Person
April 24 - Notes are finished
April 30 - Rough draft of paper
May 3 - Evidence of having practiced - practice speech
May 7 - Back board is finished - dress rehearsal with your group
May 8 - Practice again
May 9 - Wax Museum Day

Our Wax Museum will be on May 9th, at 5:30. Students can come dressed as their person and should arrive 15 minutes early.

Reading:  Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: Unit 25 ~ Second page

April 10

Math: Students were given a math worksheet over long division for practice.  Many are getting the concept, but still need to practice. 

Spelling: Unit 25 ~ First page if they are not done.

Reading: Students should be taking notes over the person they have chosen to read about.

April 9

Reading: 1/2 hour
Continue to take notes on the person you have chosen for the Biography Wax Museum. Students were given two graphic organizers to take notes on.  They will be pretending to be this person on May 9th at 5:30.  Maybe over the break they could try to find what they might wear for that night.

We would like to serve cookies and fruit on the same night. If you could bring in a batch of cookies or a little fruit could you let me know? 

Writing: Students could work on the prompt they had last week which was if you were going on trip and could only bring three things in your suitcase what would it be? Where would you go?  Make sure to have reasons to support why you would bring each item and how you would use them.

Introduction- Where are you going? What will you bring with you?

2 paragraph - What is the first item on your list and how will you use it? Remember to add detail!

3 paragraph - What is the second item and how will you use it? (details)

4th paragraph ~ What is your third item and how will you use it?

5th paragraph ~ How did your trip end up?

We did not get to spelling!

April 4

Reading: Continue to read about the person you have chosen for your biography. You should be taking notes using the graphic organizer I have given you. (You have been given two graphic organizers to take notes) 

Read for 1/2 hour


Spelling: Study the words for Unit 23! There will be a quiz tomorrow!

Math: Students are learning long division using the traditional method.  Some have gotten the concept and some still need more practice and support. They will have a sheet to work on for homework.

April 3

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour  Students need to choose a biography to read about a person who has made a positive and significant impact on our country or world.  We will be having a Wax Museum on May 9th where students will be pretending to be that person. If possible could you help your child to think about clothes he/she could wear to look like their person they have chosen.

Spelling: Unit 23 ~ We are learning about different homophones.  Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

[ lone, loan, break, brake, waist, waste, passed, past, sore, soar, cellar, seller, roll, role, died, dyed, steak, stake, steel, steal ]

Writing: Students are working on a new prompt. If you could

April 2

Link to Soo Locks
http://search.myway.com/search/video.jhtml?n=7857a903&p2=%5EZ5%5Exdm646%5ETTAB03%5Eus&pg=video&pn=1&ptb=55E90B1C-A72A-4211-8983-D7AC9854AB44&qs=&searchfor=soo+locks+video&si=newsstream-2-s&ss=sub&st=tab&tpr=sbt&trs=wtt&vidOrd=1&vidId=ow9DDqj-Hio

Mt. Rushmore

Why were the people chosen to be on Mt. Rushmore?
https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/historyculture/why-these-four-presidents.htm

Partial Quotient - Video - Division

Link to Dividing using partial quotient method video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCgMzf6mBYw


Long division Link ~ Kahn Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multi-digit-div/v/dividing-3-digit-by-1-digit-without-remainder

March 28

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Math: Students can use the links on the left hand side of the blog to practice math concepts including their math facts. 

Writing:  By Friday students should have their opinion writing completed. They have been working on it for two weeks. 

Mt. Rushmore Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB-zy5tgqfo

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


1. Why were the presidents chosen to be part of the sculpture?



2. What did each one symbolize?



Math:
Long division ~ Video ~ Extra help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI2peJT2Ty8

March 27

Spelling: We just finished Unit 22 and had a quiz yesterday so we will start a new unit on Monday. We have been a little off because of testing so I haven't assigned any homework.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

The St. Louis Arch

https://www.gatewayarch.com/

Take a tram ride to the top and a stop at the museum!

March 26

Writing/Reading: Students need to make sure they have a biography about a person who has made a significant impact on our country.  I have many books in my room and there are also many in the library. Please ask your child who they want to learn more about. We will be reading about this person and then writing about him/her. We are hoping to have a living Wax Museum to present to family and other students.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Testing is DONE!!!! (Unless you were absent)

March 25

Spelling: There will be a spelling quiz over Unit 22 tomorrow. The list of words are on a previous post if you need them.

Reading: Students are going to be reading a biography and many students have chosen a person to read about. The guidelines are to choose someone who has made a positive impact on our country.

They will be taking notes and then writing about this person.  Please talk to your child and maybe help them choose a person. I have put a link to some possible options on the blog.

Read for 1/2 hour

Biography Choices

https://libguides.hamilton.k12.wi.us/c.php?g=373690&p=4658313

What is a polygon Practice

http://www.math-play.com/polygon-or-not/polygon-or-not.html

https://www.quia.com/quiz/102172.html

March 21

Today we took the first test for reading, and we will be taking the second reading session tomorrow.
Students have been working really hard! 

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour to work towards reading goal.

Because of testing we have not had a chance to work on spelling that much this week so we will continue working on Unit 22 tomorrow.

Video Water Conservation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MDLpVHY8LE

March 19

Tomorrow will be the second session of the math MEA!

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Students should study the words for spelling. We did not get to spelling page because of testing.

March 18

Students had a great time with opening ceremonies today, finishing our geometric shapes in math, and observing our mealworms in science! They are growing!   It was a great day!  I am going to try and post highlights of what we do every week! We are off to a great start!

We will start our MEA testing tomorrow. The first test will be the math portion. 

Homework: Unit 22 Read, spell, and write words with the -er or est suffix.
nearer, cuter, thinnest, kinder,  easiest, funnier, nearest, happier, kindest, thinner, quietest, funniest, safer, quarter, safest, quicker, cutest, easier, quickest

First page of spelling page 146.

Read for 1/2 hour

Learning about Geometric Shapes with Marshmallows and toothpicks

I think the students really enjoyed making geometric shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks!

View of our new salmon eggs and Thank You Charlie Kelly for delivering them to us!

March 14

Homework

Spelling: Study Unit 21 words ~ There will be a quiz tomorrow!

Math: Use link on the side of the blog to practice math concepts.  If you go to Reaching math Goals there are different standards that students can practice.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Homework March 13

Writing: Continue to work on book review. We did not get a chance to work on it in class because we worked on a practice MEA test. 

Spelling: Unit 21 ~ 2nd page 141

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Math: There are links to the right of the blog where students can practice different math concepts. The one link ~ Reaching math goals is a great site where students can choose different math topics to practice. 

Homework March 12

We will be starting MEA testing next week, but there will be activities to get students energized! 

Spelling: Unit 21  Learning to spell words with the suffix with er or or
enter, water, silver, shower, danger, bitter, wonder, thunder, master, rather, gather, winter, whether, together, eager, either, neither

Second page ~ 141

Writing: If you have not finished your book review you need to work on it. Students should have at least 3 paragraphs and they have been given a template to use as a guide.  Have your child share what they have so far if he/she can get into google docs. One strategy I have shared with them is to read it softly to themselves or someone else to see if it makes sense and flows like it should.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour 

Link to video for nonfiction prompt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MDLpVHY8LE

Learning About the Alamo

https://kids.kiddle.co/Battle_of_the_Alamo

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 MEA TESTING

We will be starting the Maine Educational Assessment on March 19 - 22. They will be tested in reading, math, and writing an essay.  

March 7

Writing:  Students need to have at least 3 paragraphs for their book review.  We started it last week. They have had 3 or 4 class periods to work on the review.  (Some students weren't done with the opinion writing so it may be 3 class periods for them.)

First paragraph: Introduce the book, author, genre, and tell a little about the main character and what the struggle or problem may be.  You should also include the theme,

Second paragraph: Short summary of major events.

Third paragraph: Describe one of the characters ~ Give details from the story~ 

4th paragraph:  What did you like best about the book? Why would someone want to read it? What did the author do well? Give examples from the story to support your reasons. 

Math: Worksheet

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

March 6

Math: Students have a math worksheet. 10.1 ~ naming angles, lines, and segments
They can always practice their math facts with using a link on the blog

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Book Review Examples

Book Review Examples

https://www.mensaforkids.org/teach/lesson-plans/book-review-guide/book-review-writing-examples/

March 5

Salmon Eggs are here!

We are so excited because we got our salmon eggs!  Students got to observe the eggs and they got to see the eyes, backbone, and the heart.  Charlie Kelley, who is part of the Salmon Federation, spent a great deal of time in our classroom explaining the life cycle and what the students' roles will be while we have them.


We hope to see everyone during Literacy Night tonight! Students worked hard printing all of their writings to show you.  They will also show you the slide shows they made about Atlantic Salmon.

I didn't give any homework because of Literacy Night!

February 28

Making a bookmark
https://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/emojis/mcornerbookmark.htm

Spelling: Unit 20 Make sure to study your words!  There will be quiz over the words!

Writing: Opinion Writing
There are still a few people who have not finished the opinion writing!!  So please ask your son/daughter to show you what they have written.

Book Reviews:
We have started writing book reviews.  Students should have two paragraphs completed at this point. If not they should work on them at home.  They have written them in google docs, but if they don't have a computer or internet they will have the option to print what they have so far so they can continue writing at home.

Read for 1/2 hour

Let's study geometry vocabulary

https://quizlet.com/77242288/geometry-vocabulary-grade-4-flash-cards/

February 27

Reading: Read independent reading book for 1/2 hour

Writing: Students are working on a book review and should have their first paragraph done, and were given a checklist to know what should be in the paragraph.  Students worked on their second paragraph today.

First paragraph: Introduce the book, type of genre, author. They should also tell who the main character is and what problems the character is facing. They should also include the theme in the first paragraph. 

Second paragraph: Start explaining some of the major events the character was faced with. 

Spelling: Unit 20 ~ Third page 136

February 26

We are going to the Ellsworth American tomorrow to help judge an animal contest called, The Pet Parade.  Students need to bring in their permission slip in order to go on the field trip. They were given it on Monday.   If your child lost his/her permission slip please write a note giving him/her permission to go on the trip.

Testing went well today!  Students were even able to go to the library or have art class!

Spelling: Unit 20 ~  2nd page ~ many students were able to complete it in class! 

stumble, thicken, dampen, example, trouble, wrinkle, moisten, darken, eagle, soften, double, tremble, harden, lighten, weaken, fasten, brighten, table, tighten, blacken

Read for 1/2 hour ~ Students are working towards an independent reading goal!

Animal Adaptions

National Geographic Website
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/


http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/animal-adaptations.htm

Camouflage Insects & Animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdbGPK1ZlQ

mimcry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIp7sRWEt_w

National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/adaptation/


TESTING
Students will be taking the NAEP on Tuesday, February 26, at 8:30. 
NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress 
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/participating/schools.aspx

February 14

I hope you all have a great vacation or break!  Thank you to students and parents for the wonderful valentine gifts!  They were very much appreciated!   Students also enjoyed ice cream, a few other treats, and the many little trinkets and candies that other students brought in!  I think they had a great afternoon!

Students were also given permission slips for parents to fill out.  I will be starting to use a website  after vacation called, "Class Dojo". It is a digital classroom management tool where each student gets an avatar. Students can personalize the avatar and teachers can create goals to track. Teachers can also give students scores for being on task, participating in class, working collaboratively and showing teamwork, working hard, etc. and then generate reports and send them to parents.  It is also a way for parents to see student work.   It is a secure sight where only the teacher, student, and parent can see student work or messages. 

* Teachers can use it to give students instant and active encouragement. 

* Teachers can also chat with parents about the information and situation of students.

Could you please sign and return the permission slip to let me know if you it is okay for your child to be part of our classroom in this medium.  I would also like your email address so I can communicate with you using this program.  

Math Practice

https://www.splashmath.com/division-games-for-3rd-graders

Valentine Cards

https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/heart-card/

Hawaiian Words

http://hawaiian-words.com/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/words-to-learn-hawaii_n_4916066

https://andyoucreations.com/blog/5-common-hawaiian-words/

February 11

Writing:
Students need to work on adding evidence for each paragraph. They should have at least two pieces of evidence for each reason. (This could be an example from their own life, a quote from an article, or from asking another peer, which they are given the opportunity to do in class. A couple of students have even asked a teacher and have included what they said into one of their paragraphs.)

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour working towards independent reading goal!! 

Math: Students can also go to the blog, where there is a link on the right hand side, to practice their math facts! 

Story Online

Catching The Moon

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/catching-the-moon-the-story-of-a-young-girls-baseball-dream/

February 7

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Work on opinion writing ~ We didn't get a chance to work on it today so we will shoot for Monday as our due date!  Students should have their 4th paragraph done at this point.

Spelling: Study Unit 19 spelling words! Test tomorrow!

Math: I put a link on the blog for math. (Multiplication and Reaching Math goals~ over towards the right of the page)    Students know where to go.  One link is for students to practice their math facts and the other link is for students to choose from different concepts such as geometry or measurement.  There are games where students can practice certain standards at their grade level or they can choose a higher grade level to challenge themselves.  They can also choose a lower level if they want to brush up on certain areas.

February 6

Writing: The opinion writings are due Friday! Students have been working hard with the organization of the writing and learning how to provide evidence for their opinion! 

Spelling: Unit 19 ~ Third page 

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

February 5

Writing: Students should be working on their the 4th paragraph of their opinion writing. I have put what each paragraph should have in it on previous posts.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour ~ Grade 4 students have been working on collecting cool words!  We have a little competition going on in class!  Keep those words coming grade 4!

Math: Students were given a worksheet with two word problems!

February 4

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Writing: Opinion Writing ~    You should have at least 3 paragraphs for your opinion writing
Remember to have your topic sentence, which should be one of your reasons. Within that paragraph should be an example from your own life, a quote from an article you printed, or another quote from a classmate you could have asked.  You could even include two quotes from an article, but remember to include the name of the article and/or author.  (According to the article, Why Students Should be Able to Chew Gum, the author stated, ".............)  or In the article, "...........

Spelling: Unit 19 (bottle, pebble, single, jumble, tickle, rattle, middle, bubble, sample, cattle, snuggle, kettle, jungle, ankle, giggle, simple, settle, temple, battle, mumble

Carlsbad Cavern

Let's watch a slide show of Carlsbad Cavern!
http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/carlsbad_caverns/national_park.html

https://www.beautifulworld.com/north-america/united-states/carlsbad-caverns/

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/carlsbad-caverns-new-mexico-stalactites-stalagmites/1722740.html

Multiples Practice
https://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/factors_multiples/fac_multiples_4oa4.htm

January 31

Don't forget to dress in your favorite team colors tomorrow in honor of the Super Bowl!  I know what I am wearing!

Spelling: Study those spelling words~ Unit 17


Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

January 29

Students worked really hard on their NWEA's for math today!  Great job grade 4! 

Writing: Students should work on their opinion writing. They should have two paragraphs done at this point. I put information of what should be included in those paragraphs on yesterday's post.

Spelling: Unit 17 ~ Third page

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour ~ Students are still working on their independent reading goal! 

In Social Studies students are learning about the Grand Canyon! Students are using different ways to show what they have learned including a brochure, slide show, or poster!  You may want to ask them what they have learned about the Grand Canyon!

Jan 28

Writing: Students are working on an opinion writing~ They should have their introduction and first paragraph done which includes:
 1st paragraph:    A catchy lead (like a question or short or quick story)
                           Background information about their topic  (What is happening right now?)
                           Their opinion + three reasons ~~ For example some students choose being able to listen to music so they should write their opinion and three reasons in their last paragraph.  ~~~ ( I feel students should be able to listen to music because it will help them focus, the classroom will be quieter, and students will get more work done.)

2nd paragraph ~ Topic sentence should be their first reasons.  Then they need support for their reasons such as their own experience, information from an expert, (They all printed off two articles about their topic) or from a friend they have asked.


Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: Finish the second page ~ Study those words for Friday~
We are working with words with the soft g sound  /j/
badge, dodge, edge, ridge, bridge, hedge, judge, gem, baggage, range, package, cottage, gentle, strange, cabbage, village, gym, rigid, engine, gigantic

Monday ~ January 28

Spelling: Unit 17 First page

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Grand Canyon Link
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/b-roll_hd_index.htm

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/fish-threats.htm

January 24

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: Unit 16 ~ Students need to finish the second or third page if they have not finished it.
They should also study the words

Math: Students have been given time in class to work on pages 169-170.  Some are not using their time as wisely as they should in class.  So, they should work on those pages for homework to give them more time. 

January 23

We will be taking the NWEA's for reading tomorrow. So please make sure your child gets a good nights sleep.  

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Science: If students can get into their google slides it would be helpful if they could finish their slide show on the life cycle of a salmon. (Don't worry if they can't get in because most of them are almost finished)

January 22

I am not giving any homework besides reading for 1/2 hour!

We will start Unit 16 in Spelling tomorrow.  Our words are quick, quarter, squint, quiz, squeeze, quote, quit, squash, guilt, quart, squeal, quake, quill, quarrel, square, quite, question, quiet
Read, spell, and write words with the /kw/ spelled with qu or squ. 


Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

NWEA's for reading will be on Thursday so get a good nights sleep on Wednesday! 

January 18

Reading NWEA's will be on January 24 in the morning. 

The math NWEA's will be on January 30  at 8:30. 

January 16

Math: Math worksheet

Spelling: Unit 15 ~ Third page (Making inferences and using analogies)


Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

January 15

Math: worksheet  3.2

Spelling:  Unit 15 ~  2nd page

Reading: Reading for at least 1/2 hour to meet independent reading goal

Students are making a slide show of the life cycle of a salmon, and then they are writing a narrative story about the life of a salmon.  Keep you posted, and you may want to ask your child to show you their progress.

January 14

Math: In your chapter 3 book work on finishing pages 153 & 155 ~ Estimating products

Spelling: Unit 15  First page -
Words that have a silent letter: often, knot, wring, island, lamb, answer, knee, written, though, knock, echo, known, comb, wrong, limb, knife, listen, honest, doubt, calm

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

January 10

Spelling: Spelling Test tomorrow so study those spelling words & finish any of the first three pages if you didn't complete them!

Math: Students were a worksheet 3.1 Multiplying by Tens

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour  to reach your independent reading goal

January 9

Sorry for not having homework on the blog yesterday.  I left right after school and my internet was not working at home.   Students should have done the second page in Spelling for Unit 14 and worked on math homework assignments in Unit 2 ~  Think Central ~ Go Math on line.
 There are step by step directions for each question and a video they can watch for each lesson as well if they are stuck.   (One homework assignment would be enough)

Spelling: Unit 14 ~  3rd page

Math: Do another homework assignment in Think Central online.

How to start a fictional story

http://msmcclure.com/?page_id=6319

January 8

Latest News on Salmon
http://www.asf.ca/salmon-news.html

Making a Book
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/9-great-book-creator-tools-for-teachers.html

January 7

Math: Math worksheet ~ This should be a review

Spelling: Unit 14 ~ laugh, meant, breakfast, sweater, bread, spread, already, ready, death, instead, heavy, ahead, build, built, flood, enough, rough, touch, tough, young

Short a sound ~ laugh
Short e sound ~ meant, breakfast, sweater, bread, spread, already, ready, death, instead, heavy, ahead,
short i sound ~ build, built
short u sound ~ flood, enough, rough, touch, tough, young

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Writing:  Finish dessert writing if you have not finished it yet! It was due Friday!

January 3

Writing: Finish recipe writing~ We are learning how to use transitions in our writings~ Students need to put their directions for cooking in paragraph form and use transitions.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour ~ Today we did a reader's theatre which was about the invention of Thomas Edison.  Quiz your child on what they learned?

Math:  Work on any homework assignment from chapter 2 in Think Central.  There is a step by step procedure if they get stuck. There are also videos for section they can view if they need it.

January 2

Welcome Back to School! I hope you all had a great Christmas and vacation!  

Homework:
Math worksheet over Order of operations ~ (My Dear Aunt Sally)
Multiplication, division, addition, and then subtraction)

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Writing: I didn't tell students they needed to work on this, but if they have time and/or are behind on their recipe writing it would be helpful for them to have a little more time. 


Life cycle of a Salmon
https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/the-salmon-life-cycle.htm

http://www.asf.ca/life-cycle.html

Link to Salmon information
https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/fishing/freshwater-tips/salmon/salmon-spawn.htm

Life Cycle
http://www.krisweb.com/aqualife/lifecycle_early.htm

Soft Schools Information on Salmon
http://softschools.com/facts/animals/salmon_facts/658/