August 22, 2011

The students are trying to get in a good work habit established. 4th grade is a bit of a shocker for some! A bit more getting used to, but we'll get through it.

I have extended the due date for the scholastic book orders until Wed, Aug 24.

Our reading story is "Donovan's Word Jar" for this week. The following are the vocabulary words from the story: leisure, disappointment, perseverance, uneasy, compromise, and chortle.

Spelling List for week of August 22, 2011

family

husband

human

department

though

wait

support

do

clerk

guest

obtain

favor

prison

does

view

degree

o'clock

visit

engine

Mr.

guess

Mrs.

amount

Miss

regard

August 15, 2011

Welcome to the new 2011 School Year! I hope everyone had a great refreshing summer and are ready to get back to school.

Please check this blog on a weekly basis for new information for our class and especially for our week's spelling list.

Your child will be taking home a Scholastic book order this week. If you would like to order books, the orders will be due on Thursday, Aug. 18th. You can also place your orders on line at scholasticbooks.com. Please use the following activation code to order on line: GXB6Q

Vocabulary words for this week from "The Gardener"

anxious, recognizing, adore, retire, vacant, sprucing

Spelling List for week of August 15, 2011

enjoy

auto

beauty

beautiful

vacation

awe

awful

repair

mayor

important

importance

loss

entrance

spend

usual

travel

flight

complaint

carry

carried

trouble

troubling

rapid

fortune

empire

May 23, 2011

2 1/2 more days!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents for your help and guidance throughout the school year. It takes teamwork to accomplish all that needs to be completed. Thanks for your positive encouragement and suggestions. I would also like to thank you for all of your generous donations in the supplies needed throughout the school year. I have surely been blessed!

Thank you Mrs. Franke for volunteering in our class once a week. That was such a great help! In addition, Mrs. Franke taught 5 lessons of Regions in Junior Achievement!

I will surely miss all of our students. We had such a great year! We will be celebrating our accomplishments with a party on Tuesday. I will bring pizza and if you are able, you may send any kind of snack to share with the class.

Again, thanks for a great year!

May 16, 2011

Yipee! One and a half more weeks!

All of the students' History projects turned out awesome! I am so proud of them all. I would like to thank you parents for supporting your child with this project. They were all very creative and detailed. Thank you.

We will be working on DIBELS this week. Please look for their results by the end of the week. I will send it home with your child.

We will be planning an end of the year pizza party for next Tuesday, the 24th. I will buy the pizza and the students may bring any other treats they would like.

Last Spelling List!

praire
prepared
prevent
protection
protective
protect
quarter
quart
recognition
recognize
records
relieve
repeated
repetition
required
sacrifice
sensible
sense
shoulder
situation
slightly
solemn
spiritual
spirit
temperature

May 9, 2011

OK.....2 1/2 more weeks!

History Dwelling Project due May 13. This project is 2 test grades, (lang. hist.)
Research an Arizona Native American Tribe of your choice.

2 Big tests this week. Science open book throughout the week.
History Final on Friday. We will review all week.

Spelling List:

ordinary
mystery
modern
method
occasion
minerals
powerful
location
personality
license
mysterious
plenty
main
leisure
liquid
instrumental
physically
magnificent
planet
located
plentiful
instance
locate
ordinarily
instrument

May 2, 2011

Counting down! 3 1/2 more weeks!

Field trip coming up on Thursday. Please make sure your child dresses special for this event. We're going to the Theater! Bring a lunch.

Make sure your child is working on their AZ History Project. Dwelling and report are due May 13.

We will be reviewing long division for math for this week. Friday will be our division test.

Reading test on Friday, "The Down & Up Fall". Vocabulary words: corridor, apparently, enthusiastically, investigate, transformed, and decor.

Spelling Test on Friday
Spelling List:

heavily
innocent
inches
influence
gathering
fear
equip
future
drawn
imagine
equipment
heavy
fearful
doctor
drew
image
functional
equipped
furniture
individual
draw
function
heavier
independent
hundred

April 26, 2011

History project assingment was sent home on Friday. Build a Native American dwelling along with a research paper on the Native American tribe that was chosen.

Field trip is coming up next Thursday, May 5.

Testing schedule:

Thursday--Science Chapter 6
Friday--Math, Fractions
Friday--Reading, "I Have Heard of a Land", Vocab--arbor, fertile, harmony, pioneer, and possibilities.
Friday--Spelling

Spelling List:

columns
desirable
capitol
height
high
choice
current
cereal
coarse
desire
division
choose
ascending
correct
divide
chosen
apparent
capital
bough
extreme
basically
basic
extremely
bow
chose