Homework September 30, 2013

Hi everyone,

We had a very productive start to our week.  The children are continuing to work on their rocks and minerals packets.  Today the chidlren created a flow chart for the rock cycle.  In math, we have started our Multiplication unit.  We began the lesson today with determining the multiples for the numbers 2, 3, and 4.  Let your child explain our hundreds chart projects today and see if they understand what the multiples actually mean, I don't think you will be disappointed.  I have posted our vocabulary words for our next reading story.  If you happen to notice your child did not get the notes in class they can always copy it from here.

The homework for today is as follows:

Math Common Core Coach pages 25 and 26 the problems to be completed is as follows:  1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15

Spelling- Unit 2 words for Lewis and Clark and Me 1-10 3xs each
                                                                               1-10 sentences

Science- Vocabulary quiz on our words for chapter 6

R.E.D 20 minutes

Have a great night everyone! 

Smiles,
Ms. Mayer :)

Lewis and Clark and Me Vocabulary

Here is the vocabulary for our story this week.  The children provided words or phrases that they thought best suited the vocabulary word.  They will be working with these words for the next week.

Our Peace Art

Created by:  Ms. Mayer

Every child is creating a Peace Graffiti Artwork.  These will be hung in the hallway to kick off October's Anti-Bully Month. 

Created by: Ms. Mayer's student

Happy Weekend

Happy Friday Everyone!!

We have been extremely busy learners this week. The children have been diving into our Writer's Workshop full force. This week we introduced speculative writing to our repetoire. Each group received a different story prompt and the children are really enjoying the writing process for this fun assignment. Ask them more about this weekend.

The children had their first math test today. They will get these back on Monday. Please do not forget to sign them and have your child correct
any mistakes they may have made.

R.E.D folders should be coming back with at least one completed book. Remind your child that it is their responsibility to show me the folder for assessment once they have completed the entire book. Every child is at a different level so some will finish sooner than others.

Monday we will have our science quiz on our Rocks and Minerals vocabulary. The children have been creating rock cycles posters, learning about the different layers of the Earth, and anaylyzing different rock types. Our Brain Pop movies have been an excellent learning tool for them ansd the interaction with the movie questions really gets them excited. Next week, we will be virtually mining rocks and minerals to analyze and classify using the scientific method.

Please go through your children's notebooks and view the wonderful notes they have been taking. Our interactive notebooks will greatly help for review and study guides. They really look very nice! I am very proud of the time and care they are taking to create them. AWESOME JOB Guys!!!

Please encourage your children to visit the links below for School House Rocks videos which correpsond with our lessons.

Your child is being sent home with the access code for our math book. You now will be able to click on the link to the left of this page and access the text book from home as well as practice daily lessons through the games on the site.

Have a GREAT weekend!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GOOGLE!

Fun Facts:


September 27th:

SAve teh Koala Day
Hug a Vegetarian Day


September 28th:
National Hunting and Fishing Day
Fish Amnesty Day


September 29th:
National Good Neighbor Day
National Coffee Day

Caution Children at Work!!!!

The children have been extremely busy for the past two weeks. We have already had a few assessments, our first spelling test, and our language arts quiz. They have all been trying very hard. Just a reminder that homework has to be done every night and before you sign off on it check to make sure it has been done. The best way to help your child study and come prepared to class the next morning is by asking them what the homework was about, ask them if they liked it. You just might be pleasantly surprised by their answers.

The children are currently beginning our Halloween speculative writing piece that will be published by Halloween. The students are very excited, to capture their audience with their "powerful beginning"! I can't wait to read the spooky tales.

We will be having our Data Math Test on Friday, September 27th. Please remind your child to study each evening.

Fun Facts:

Homework

Happy Monday!!! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! Please remind your children to be diligent in class when they are taking notes. The more accurate they take notes from my lessons the better prepared they will be for class discussions, homework, and remembering what they have learned. *HOMEWORK: Math- Practice wkbk page 3-4 *Spelling-Study for Because of Winn-Dixie Spelling test 9/17 *Language Arts-Using the spelling challenge words create 2 sentences for each of the challenge words-1 sentence must be an interrogative sentence and 1 sentence must be declarative sentence. *Reading- Read for 20 minutes. *OUR WORD OF THE DAY.... Vicinity- nearby If somethign is in the vicinity, it is near by. Would you like to live in the vicinity of a park? Why or why not? *Today is National Play- Doh Day For bonus points in science, your child can look up the history of play-doh, it's inventor, and report what it was originally created for. I am sure you will be very surprised at it's original use!! Have a GREAT Night!! Smiles, Ms. Mayer :)

Happy Friday the 13th!!

Happy Friday the 13th! Ever wonder why this day is suppose to be unlucky? Well wonder no more! Click on my links to the left and you will have all the answers to the history and origins of this dreaded date. The students thought it might be an unlucky day when I assigned them a writing prompt this morning about Friday the 13th, but they soon came to realize they could create the wackiest ideas and write about them, because maybe just maybe these ideas could really happen today. Ask your child to tell you what their ideas and story were about. Finally, needless to say our word of the day was "triskaidekaphobia" don't be afraid to ask what it means to your child. Have a GREAT weekend everyone!! Smiles, Ms. Mayer

Hi Everyone, I do apologize for just getting this on. The power went out do to the storm. If you did not get the spelling menu in class please click on my picture which will bring you to my google docs page, then click on link for differentiated spelling menu. Here goes...Reading-20 minutes of reading to your parents or a sibling. Spelling- Choose 3 activities from the 5 points selection. Language Arts- Grammar workbook pages 3 ands 4. Have fun and have a great night!! Lets hope it is cooler tomorrow. See you all in the morning! Smiles, Ms. Mayer :)

Homework for September 11th

Spelling ABC for the entire spelling list in your spelling notebook. You may practice your words on spelling city, just follow the link to the left and find our class Reading- Read Every Day (R.E.D)20 minutes read to an adult, record your title and have mom or dad sign off on it Language Arts Grammar WKBK page 2 Declarative and Interrogative sentences Have a wonderful night :)

Back To School NIght

Good Evening, First I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents who came out tonight. I would like to introduce myself, my name is Ms. Mayer and I can't wait to get to know all your children. This year, as fourth grade students, we will be exploring the world through hands-on, differentiated and project-based learning. I created this blog so you as parents and your children have easy access to homework, worksheets, websites, and activities we have completed throughout the day. You may also leave a comment for me, should you have any questions I will be checking this each evening or at least try my best to check it at some point in the day. I look forward to working with you and your children this year. Please visit this sight often and see the wonderful work we are doing every day! Smiles, Ms. Mayer :)