Adaptations Lab

We had a great time in science today! We discussed animal adaptations and did an experiment to demonstrate bird beak adaptations. Students used a spoon, tweezers, and chopsticks to represent different bird beaks and then attempted to pick up different objects using their "beak". Then we graphed the data. Take a look!

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What a busy week!  We have been working hard to finish up our Personal Narrative Writing.  Today we "celebrated" our finished pieces. Students were able to display their work while classmates moved around to read and comment on the finished work.  The students had a great time seeing what their classmates thought of their hard work!

Next week items:

• Picture Day is Wednesday!  Our picture time is 2:15.  Please send your child with the picture order form that day!
• No School on Friday.  
• Reading Friday Homework was sent home today.  It is due next Friday.  

Have a great weekend!

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What a busy week!  We have been working hard.

• On Wednesday we will have a Unit I math test. Study guides were sent home this week. You can access the online math book on the blog.  The login and password is in the binder.

• Wednesday is our first Early Release day. Dismissal is is 1:40. Please make sure your child knows how they will be getting home!

• We have finished up our Social Studies chapters and will begin Science next week. Also next week we will finish up our personal narrative writing and share our stories next Friday!

Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend! 

Math Power Towers

Hi I'm Emma class blogger of the week.  Math power towers are cups with multiplition facts on them,you read the fact , and say the answer to put a cup on.  You try to make a big big tower with out letting it fall.  If you don't get it right you put it on the bottom of the stack.  Hayden and I were able to make a really big tower.  

Reading Nonfiction

Last week we learned about nonfiction text features such as headings, pictures and captions, charts and graphs. This week we will be learning strategies for reading nonfiction. Students are learning how to mark their text to focus on the main ideas, keywords, and other important information. They are doing a great job!

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We had a great week!  Here are a few items for next week:

• Next week we will finish up our first unit in Math. We will have a quiz over Addition Properties next Friday, September 13 and a unit test on the following Wednesday, September 18.   I will be sending home a study guide for the unit test in Tuesday Flyer Folders.  The study guide details skills they will need to know for the test as well as give practice problems students can do to review.  If the students complete the practice problems and turn them in they will receive extra credit on their unit test!

• Students will have a Social Studies test next Friday.  We will fill out the study guide together next week. 

• Reading "Friday Homework" was sent home today.  It is due next Friday.

• We had a very successful hat day today!  All the proceeds with go to the Gapsh family.  Thank you!

Today we met with our buddies for the first time!  We did a brain break to loosen get things started. Then buddies sat together and got to learn more about each other. The fourth graders were so excited to meet their first grade buddies.  We will meet at least once a month during the year!  Can't wait!

Writing

Hi I am Lucy. I am writing about personal narrative writing. This week we were trying to get good first sentences. We tack about starting our writing with sounds. Take a look!