Week of 9/20/10

This week kids will make word clouds using the program Tagxedo. They will review parts of speech: nouns, verbs and adjectives about their lives and then make their word cloud. I can't wait to display them. Check out the link regarding Pinwheels for Peace. We made these pinwheels and then celebrated Peace Day (Sept. 21st) by eating "Imagine World Peace" ice cream! We are finishing unit 1 of EveryDay Math and will take a unit review.

Week of 9/13

Well, here comes our first 5 day week. I think we are ready. I am finalizing up spelling assessments before putting kids in spelling groups so that will probably start next weeks. We received our EveryDay math journals and are involved in a geometry unit. Students are finishing a writing activity/assessment called a 3-day write and are publishing that piece. We are off to a great start!

9/6

Our first 3 days back was hot, but great. I could tell I had a fourth grade this year based on the maturity and responsiblity compared to last year. We have most of our returning friends from last year as well as 4 new friends: Finn, Chandler, Zanna, and Hannah. This week will be cooler and we will do a few back to school assessments as well as make a "personality circle" to get to know each other better. I am so excited to have so many great parents and students this year!