International Experience!
This year, we are privileged to have three international students in fourth grade. Our international students are quickly learning English. We are trying to learn some new words in Danish, Portuguese, and Chinese!
This year, we are privileged to have three international students in fourth grade. Our international students are quickly learning English. We are trying to learn some new words in Danish, Portuguese, and Chinese!
To follow up on some of the terrific books students read over the summer, each student selected a character from one of the books he or she read. They created physical representations of the character and wrote about why the character was unique and/or interesting.
Students created drawings of their neighborhoods. Then, each students brainstormed about interesting, exciting, or unusual events that happened in that neighborhood. They each wrote a short story about one of the events.
Upcoming Tests, Projects, & Quizzes Spelling Test 3–Friday, 10/2/15 Unit 1 Math Test–Thursday, 10/8/15 __________________________ Upcoming Events Lower School Soccer Night–10/8/15 Professional Development Day (No School)–10/9/15 Columbus Day (No School)–10/12/15 Spirit Week–10/13/15-10/16/15 Jogathon–10/16/15 Tall Ship Overnight–10/22/15-10/23/15
Monday Read for 20 minutes and record it in your reading log. Your nightly reading should be a book that you are reading for a book report. Complete math worksheet p. 24. Finish your unit 3 spelling lesson. If you have finished it, you can log onto Spelling City from any computer, login, and access your spelling […]
On Friday, we had a brainstorming session in order to get our minds thinking about possible Genius Hour projects. We did some brainstorming in Google Docs first. The students were asked to describe things they’ve never tried before but wanted to try. Now they were ready for the Idea Factory. The students filled the white […]
Thank you so much for coming to Parents’ Night! It was so great to connect with those who were able to attend. I hope you found the evening informative and fun. For those who were unable to attend, I look forward to connecting with you soon. My Parents’ Night presentation is on the blog under […]
Upcoming Tests, Projects, & Quizzes Spelling Test 2–Friday, 9/25/15 __________________________ Upcoming Events Picture Day–9/22/15 Parents’ Night–9/24/15 Lower School Soccer Night–10/8/15 Professional Development Day (No School)–10/9 Columbus Day (No School)–10/12/15 Spirit Week–10/13/15-10/16/15 Jogathon–10/16/15 Tall Ship Overnight–10/22/15-10/23/15
Monday Read for 20 minutes and record it in your reading log. Your nightly reading should be a book that you are reading for a book report. Complete math Home Link 1-5. Finish your unit 2 spelling lesson. If you have finished it, you can log onto Spelling City from any computer, login, and access your spelling […]
Last week was a terrific week of community building and creativity. In social studies, our class was engaged in learning about continents and oceans; in math, we worked on place value and rounding with large numbers; in reading, students were finishing up their summer reading book hanger projects; in writing, we wrote personal narratives about […]
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