Friday, August 31, 2012
Friday!
FYI:
*PICTURE day is TUESDAY!!!!! :) This will be the individual picture
*PAW Party! We've earned 15 PAWS, so the class voted on movie/popcorn/pj day on Tuesday! ha! We will now be working on earning 20 PAWS! We will watch a G movie during our lunch time. If you have any G movies, please send in! Also, if you'd like to help out with popcorn, that would be great! I am hoping to have popcorn and bowls for Tuesday. Please let me know if you wouldn't mind donating one of these items! :)
*HOMEWORK: Yikes! We are having some trouble with this! In my room, homework is DUE THE NEXT DAY unless otherwise noted. Please help your child learn this responsibility!!!!
Review Friday:
On Fridays, our schedule is a little different than Mon-Thur. This is due to pulling small groups ALL day long! Mostly, the small groups will be based on MAP skills (I will know after we take our test) and to work/challenge kids on what we've been working on in class. We will also get to help 1st graders read on Friday's, too!
**Vocab.: Usually, our vocab. will be every 2 weeks to spend more time on word knowledge. This week, I wanted to test the kids after a few days to make sure everyone is in a group that will challenge them! :)
Math: Today we took our Place Value test.
Reading: We used our skills we've been working on and re-told a short story - these are hanging up in the hallway!
Writing: Students worked on grammar skills and sentence structures. We also worked on our opinion pieces.
SS: We reviewed compass rose skills and relative location vocabulary.
Science: Students did not switch for science today; however, we used text skills to read about plant structures and functions - what they are currently working on.
Have a wonderful 3 day weekend with your family!!
Mrs. Burton
*PICTURE day is TUESDAY!!!!! :) This will be the individual picture
*PAW Party! We've earned 15 PAWS, so the class voted on movie/popcorn/pj day on Tuesday! ha! We will now be working on earning 20 PAWS! We will watch a G movie during our lunch time. If you have any G movies, please send in! Also, if you'd like to help out with popcorn, that would be great! I am hoping to have popcorn and bowls for Tuesday. Please let me know if you wouldn't mind donating one of these items! :)
*HOMEWORK: Yikes! We are having some trouble with this! In my room, homework is DUE THE NEXT DAY unless otherwise noted. Please help your child learn this responsibility!!!!
Review Friday:
On Fridays, our schedule is a little different than Mon-Thur. This is due to pulling small groups ALL day long! Mostly, the small groups will be based on MAP skills (I will know after we take our test) and to work/challenge kids on what we've been working on in class. We will also get to help 1st graders read on Friday's, too!
**Vocab.: Usually, our vocab. will be every 2 weeks to spend more time on word knowledge. This week, I wanted to test the kids after a few days to make sure everyone is in a group that will challenge them! :)
Math: Today we took our Place Value test.
Reading: We used our skills we've been working on and re-told a short story - these are hanging up in the hallway!
Writing: Students worked on grammar skills and sentence structures. We also worked on our opinion pieces.
SS: We reviewed compass rose skills and relative location vocabulary.
Science: Students did not switch for science today; however, we used text skills to read about plant structures and functions - what they are currently working on.
Have a wonderful 3 day weekend with your family!!
Mrs. Burton
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Thursday!
FYI:
We made it to 15 PAWS!! We will decide as a class a reward and then hopefully have the party next Tuesday
No school on Monday
Reading:
We are continuing working on referring to details along with finding the main idea. Students worked in leveled groups today using a realistic fiction article to find the main idea and supporting details. The group I worked with did a great job and were working hard! Students made space-ship organizers while working on this skill. We also worked in pairs to practice for our vocab. tests tomorrow. *Vocab. groups are interchangeable! :) Students also had their last day of practicing lit. groups. Next week we will begin our 'real' groups and get our new leveled books!
HW: practice for vocab. tests tomorrow - students need to know how to spell the word AND how to use it in a sentence (not just give me the definition as the sentence!!!!)
Writing:
I love our anti-bullying opinion pieces! The kids are doing such a wonderful job with these! We completed our second paragraph on our first drafts.
No HW
Math:
Today I finished up small groups with kids on place value while Ms. Wilham worked with students on completing their study guides. If a parent signs the study guide, your child will get extra credit on the test tomorrow!
HW: complete study guide (pg. 24-26 in textbook)
SS: Today we continued learning about using a compass rose and using our vocabulary of cardinal directions, intermediate directions, and relative location. We did a mapping activity that ALL of the kids did great on! Ask your child to show you the cardinal directions chant and/or the intermediate directions chant!
No HW
We made it to 15 PAWS!! We will decide as a class a reward and then hopefully have the party next Tuesday
No school on Monday
Reading:
We are continuing working on referring to details along with finding the main idea. Students worked in leveled groups today using a realistic fiction article to find the main idea and supporting details. The group I worked with did a great job and were working hard! Students made space-ship organizers while working on this skill. We also worked in pairs to practice for our vocab. tests tomorrow. *Vocab. groups are interchangeable! :) Students also had their last day of practicing lit. groups. Next week we will begin our 'real' groups and get our new leveled books!
HW: practice for vocab. tests tomorrow - students need to know how to spell the word AND how to use it in a sentence (not just give me the definition as the sentence!!!!)
Writing:
I love our anti-bullying opinion pieces! The kids are doing such a wonderful job with these! We completed our second paragraph on our first drafts.
No HW
Math:
Today I finished up small groups with kids on place value while Ms. Wilham worked with students on completing their study guides. If a parent signs the study guide, your child will get extra credit on the test tomorrow!
HW: complete study guide (pg. 24-26 in textbook)
SS: Today we continued learning about using a compass rose and using our vocabulary of cardinal directions, intermediate directions, and relative location. We did a mapping activity that ALL of the kids did great on! Ask your child to show you the cardinal directions chant and/or the intermediate directions chant!
No HW
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Wednesday!
FYI:
*HELP!!! No one signed up for helping to stuff Wed. folders. Would anyone be able to help us out? We did NOT get those stuffed and given today! I'm so sorry, but without an assistant in the 4th grade, my TOP priority is teaching YOUR kids first! So...hopefully they will be sent home tomorrow! :)
*Lunch Bunch:This week will be the first week we will have Lunch Bunch. Reasons why your child *may not* get to attend: not having HW, not having planner signed. 3 Strikes and You're Out! :)
Reading:
Students worked on the spelling of their vocab. words in small groups today. Their tests will be on Friday of this week! Students also practiced and modeled effective Lit. groups today. I can't wait to give them their Lexile leveled books and groups next week! We also split into leveled reading groups and worked on more main idea/referring to details work in text.
HW: practice spelling vocab. words
{vocab groups: SAT words, Wordly Wise, Synonyms, Dolch}
Writing:
We are continuing with our anti-bullying opinion pieces. We are getting all kinds of great discussions out of this and it is going right along with our standards! Today, we read another article, and then listed different consequences of the bullies from the School Bus Monitor video. We began writing our introduction and first paragraph of our opinion piece today!
No HW
Math:
Today we reviewed place value. Students worked in leveled small groups with me going over items they needed more challenges with or more help with. When student's weren't working with me, they were with Ms. Wilham (our student teacher) working on comparing, ordering, expanded form, word form, and patterns.
*Our test is on Friday!
No HW
SS: Today students learned about cardinal and intermediate directions using a compass rose. Then they used those new directional words along with some relative location words to find their way through a castle!
No HW
Have a great night,
Mrs. Burton
*HELP!!! No one signed up for helping to stuff Wed. folders. Would anyone be able to help us out? We did NOT get those stuffed and given today! I'm so sorry, but without an assistant in the 4th grade, my TOP priority is teaching YOUR kids first! So...hopefully they will be sent home tomorrow! :)
*Lunch Bunch:This week will be the first week we will have Lunch Bunch. Reasons why your child *may not* get to attend: not having HW, not having planner signed. 3 Strikes and You're Out! :)
Reading:
Students worked on the spelling of their vocab. words in small groups today. Their tests will be on Friday of this week! Students also practiced and modeled effective Lit. groups today. I can't wait to give them their Lexile leveled books and groups next week! We also split into leveled reading groups and worked on more main idea/referring to details work in text.
HW: practice spelling vocab. words
{vocab groups: SAT words, Wordly Wise, Synonyms, Dolch}
Writing:
We are continuing with our anti-bullying opinion pieces. We are getting all kinds of great discussions out of this and it is going right along with our standards! Today, we read another article, and then listed different consequences of the bullies from the School Bus Monitor video. We began writing our introduction and first paragraph of our opinion piece today!
No HW
Math:
Today we reviewed place value. Students worked in leveled small groups with me going over items they needed more challenges with or more help with. When student's weren't working with me, they were with Ms. Wilham (our student teacher) working on comparing, ordering, expanded form, word form, and patterns.
*Our test is on Friday!
No HW
SS: Today students learned about cardinal and intermediate directions using a compass rose. Then they used those new directional words along with some relative location words to find their way through a castle!
No HW
Have a great night,
Mrs. Burton
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Tuesday
FYI:
*short post today - meeting after school!
math site: http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/increasing-growth-patterns
great for practicing number patterns
HW:
math sheet
vocab HW
Have a good night! Ask the kids what fun things we did today!
*short post today - meeting after school!
math site: http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/increasing-growth-patterns
great for practicing number patterns
HW:
math sheet
vocab HW
Have a good night! Ask the kids what fun things we did today!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Monday
FYI:
School all week!
Reading:
Today we continued with referring to details and identifying the main idea. Students worked in small groups on informational texts. Students also received their leveled vocab. lists. Tests will be on FRIDAYS and they will need to know the spelling of the word and be able to use it in a sentence.
HW:
complete vocab. (SAT group: definitions, WW4 group: 1B section only, Synonyms group: complete sheet)
Writing:
We began our new unit today on anti-bullying! The kids were great today with discussions and participation. We read several real-life articles on bullying and did some interactive work on the smartboard. Students wrote different prompts in their Writer's Notebooks.
No HW
neat site: http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/index.html
Math:
We worked on word problems and identifying key words. Students worked on one of the following skills with this - mult., div., add., sub. Students also worked on place value in the millions with word form and digit value. *Test will be FRIDAY.
HW: complete differentiated sheets received in class (if not finished in class)
**neat site to practice word problems - http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html
SS:
Today we went to the computer lab and worked on a Landforms WebQuest. The student's did a really good job with this, since for most it was their first time doing a webquest! We did not get to complete this today, but we will tomorrow!
**supplies: we will need water balloons for an upcoming lesson on longitude/latitude by next Wed. if you are available to send some in! Thanks!!
No HW
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
School all week!
Reading:
Today we continued with referring to details and identifying the main idea. Students worked in small groups on informational texts. Students also received their leveled vocab. lists. Tests will be on FRIDAYS and they will need to know the spelling of the word and be able to use it in a sentence.
HW:
complete vocab. (SAT group: definitions, WW4 group: 1B section only, Synonyms group: complete sheet)
Writing:
We began our new unit today on anti-bullying! The kids were great today with discussions and participation. We read several real-life articles on bullying and did some interactive work on the smartboard. Students wrote different prompts in their Writer's Notebooks.
No HW
neat site: http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/index.html
Math:
We worked on word problems and identifying key words. Students worked on one of the following skills with this - mult., div., add., sub. Students also worked on place value in the millions with word form and digit value. *Test will be FRIDAY.
HW: complete differentiated sheets received in class (if not finished in class)
**neat site to practice word problems - http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html
SS:
Today we went to the computer lab and worked on a Landforms WebQuest. The student's did a really good job with this, since for most it was their first time doing a webquest! We did not get to complete this today, but we will tomorrow!
**supplies: we will need water balloons for an upcoming lesson on longitude/latitude by next Wed. if you are available to send some in! Thanks!!
No HW
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Thursday!
FYI:
*No school tomorrow!
Reading:
We continued with refering to details. Students were put into leveled groups to work with one of 3 adults. Students were give a fictional story, informational story and then leveled questionarries to work on this skill. Students also used this skill in their lit. circles.
no hw
Writing:
We completed the writing process through our friendly letters to Mr. Brehm. They sounds great!
no he
Math:
Students practiced a few different skills today in leveled groups. We worked on comparing numbers, ordering numbers, and place value of numbers using word problems. Students did a fantastic job with this really working hard and asking questions. I was impressed at how well they used their time in their small groups.
HW: leveled HW on comparing, ordering, numbering place value
**It is my GOAL to not make it a common known thing as to where the kids are placed. If you cannot tell by the work coming home, please EMAIL me or write me a note, try to not ask your child. We want all kids to know they are smart and they are exceeding and being challenged whether they are working at the same pace as their neighbor or not!
SS:
We finished making our songs for landforms and performed them.
no hw
Have a good night!
*No school tomorrow!
Reading:
We continued with refering to details. Students were put into leveled groups to work with one of 3 adults. Students were give a fictional story, informational story and then leveled questionarries to work on this skill. Students also used this skill in their lit. circles.
no hw
Writing:
We completed the writing process through our friendly letters to Mr. Brehm. They sounds great!
no he
Math:
Students practiced a few different skills today in leveled groups. We worked on comparing numbers, ordering numbers, and place value of numbers using word problems. Students did a fantastic job with this really working hard and asking questions. I was impressed at how well they used their time in their small groups.
HW: leveled HW on comparing, ordering, numbering place value
**It is my GOAL to not make it a common known thing as to where the kids are placed. If you cannot tell by the work coming home, please EMAIL me or write me a note, try to not ask your child. We want all kids to know they are smart and they are exceeding and being challenged whether they are working at the same pace as their neighbor or not!
SS:
We finished making our songs for landforms and performed them.
no hw
Have a good night!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Wednesday!
Good Afternoon!
The kids were great again today! Please check their marking on the behavior chart. ANYTHING above a "ready to learn" is GREAT!!!!
Morning Work:
Students were given individualized math work to help challenge their needs. If it is not finished, they have this as HW!
Reading:
We continued our learning target on Referring To Details. Students were in their individualized groups working on this skill on different fictional text. Students were also able to try out lit. circles today after going over our expectations. We are all reading the same text as a way to model expectations. After next week, students will be in individual Lexiled groups. We also worked on nouns today.
HW: complete article and questions if NOT finished in class
Writing:
We continued learning the writer's process through our friendly letters to Mr. Brehm. Students are doing well working in collaborative groups with this.
No HW
Math:
We continued with the skill of place value. Today we reviewed the 3 forms and then began working on comparing/ordering numbers. Several students actually had a harder time with this than expected, so we will continue with this lesson tomorrow. All needs are being met whether it is through a small group, more difficult numbers, or smaller numbers to succeed the standard.
No HW
SS: Students took a mini quiz over the 7 continents. We also began learning about landforms and the students are working on a rap/rhyme/song to share and remember the information!
No HW
Have a great night,
Mrs. Burton
*****If you read this, PLEASE place a star next to your name in the planner!
The kids were great again today! Please check their marking on the behavior chart. ANYTHING above a "ready to learn" is GREAT!!!!
Morning Work:
Students were given individualized math work to help challenge their needs. If it is not finished, they have this as HW!
Reading:
We continued our learning target on Referring To Details. Students were in their individualized groups working on this skill on different fictional text. Students were also able to try out lit. circles today after going over our expectations. We are all reading the same text as a way to model expectations. After next week, students will be in individual Lexiled groups. We also worked on nouns today.
HW: complete article and questions if NOT finished in class
Writing:
We continued learning the writer's process through our friendly letters to Mr. Brehm. Students are doing well working in collaborative groups with this.
No HW
Math:
We continued with the skill of place value. Today we reviewed the 3 forms and then began working on comparing/ordering numbers. Several students actually had a harder time with this than expected, so we will continue with this lesson tomorrow. All needs are being met whether it is through a small group, more difficult numbers, or smaller numbers to succeed the standard.
No HW
SS: Students took a mini quiz over the 7 continents. We also began learning about landforms and the students are working on a rap/rhyme/song to share and remember the information!
No HW
Have a great night,
Mrs. Burton
*****If you read this, PLEASE place a star next to your name in the planner!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday!
Good Afternoon!
Quick post on Tuesdays as I have Staff Meetings after dismissal! :)
WONDERFUL day with the kids! Make sure when you are checking planners tonight you also check their behavior sheet to see where your child ended up today!
*HW only:
Math: Students have 1 sheet that is individualized for them tonight. Please look over it and sign the top.
SS: students will have a quiz on the 7 continents tomorrow
Ask your child what we learned today! If they tell you more than "nothing" {haha!} than let me know in the planner! There will be a special treat for them tomorrow!
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
Quick post on Tuesdays as I have Staff Meetings after dismissal! :)
WONDERFUL day with the kids! Make sure when you are checking planners tonight you also check their behavior sheet to see where your child ended up today!
*HW only:
Math: Students have 1 sheet that is individualized for them tonight. Please look over it and sign the top.
SS: students will have a quiz on the 7 continents tomorrow
Ask your child what we learned today! If they tell you more than "nothing" {haha!} than let me know in the planner! There will be a special treat for them tomorrow!
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
Monday, August 20, 2012
Monday!
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***If you are reading this, please put a STAR next to your initials in the planner tonight! Thanks!
Happy Monday!
FYI:
No school for kids on FRIDAY
End of 4th Grade math test will be given to a few students who scored high enough on the End of 3rd Grade math test will take this on THURSDAY. I will let the students know by Wed.
Wed. folders will be given on Wed. This is the same as previous years...please take out all papers and return the folder on Thursday.
Reading:
The kids came in wonderfully today! Today we worked on nouns (common and proper) and then worked on referring to details in reading texts. We used an informational article and discussed details in the article that were used to show the writer's opinions. This led us to several whole group and small group discussions on our own opinions. We hit 2 standards with this lesson! (if you ever want to see the standards we are focusing on, you can check our highlighted list in the classroom!) We also practiced reading silently with our library books and went over the procedures of the do's/don'ts of this!
Writing:
Today we continued writing in our writer's notebooks. We discussed the 4 types of sentences so that we will know how to read texts better and writer better sentences. Students did a great job on these and we played Quick Draw to practice!
HW: IF students did not complete class work - they need to write 4 different sentences about one picture (they have this in their writer's notebook)
Math:
Today we reviewed place value. We went over the places and values of these numbers. We also reviewed standard form, word form, and expanded form. Students worked with technology to complete this standard as well as in small groups with manipulatives.
HW: ask your child how to play Quick Draw with the 3 forms!!!
Science:
Students met with Mrs. Maldonado for the first time. They have written in their planner about today's lesson!
Social Studies:
Today we talked about where we are in the world. We discussed the continents (several kids could not name these!! We will work more on this!), countries, city/state, and community. Students worked on a banner to show this.
HW: finish illustrating the banner.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday & Thursday!
Hi Parents!!!! Man, YOU guys are lucky!! You all have some amazing kids!! I'm so in love with my class already!
We've had a wonderful 2 days with each other! Below is a list of things we've completed:
*written about a worthy Olympic Torch Bearer & enjoyed popcorn torches
*2 truths & a lie game to get to know our neighbors
*read The Name Jar with writer's notebooks journal prompts & community puzzle pieces
*completed Singapore End Of 3rd Grade test (for placement purposes - kids scoring 85% and higher will take the 4th grade test)
*decorated and personalized our Writer's Notebook journals for this year
*more journal writing on expectations, fears, excitements, etc.
*Olympic bio personal sheets (find them in the hallway!)
*and more!
We earned 10 PAWS already!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!! We will be celebrating by having Popsicles outside and 5 minutes extra recess tomorrow!! If anyone would like to help supply Popsicles, please email me! Thanks!!!! (we have 22 students!)
**If you'd like to receive this blog as an email (sent to you so you don't have to remember to actually go to the blog) than please enter in your email to the right under SUBSCRIBE. If you'd like for me to do that, I'd be happy to! Just email me the email address you'd like it sent to (it reads as a mobile web page on phones, too!) megan.burton@fayette.kyschools.us
**Things Needed:
If you have a Volunteer Sheet from the Open House Packet that you need to return - please do so ASAP!
If you have any forms from the RED folder from Open House night, please return those ASAP!
{blog expectations}
I will write a post *almost* every day! Some days I get super busy during planning and right after school and do not have time! Always look in the planner, but especially on those days, please! The kids will begin soon writing their own blog posts on their special blog - look forward to it! Also, I write really fast to get everything completed in a day so there may be spelling/grammar mistakes (see disclaimer to the right) sometimes. PLEASE don't be too hard on me! :) This is a helpful tool for you to get some extra insight on what we're doing in class AND upcoming events!
Have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Burton
We've had a wonderful 2 days with each other! Below is a list of things we've completed:
*written about a worthy Olympic Torch Bearer & enjoyed popcorn torches
*2 truths & a lie game to get to know our neighbors
*read The Name Jar with writer's notebooks journal prompts & community puzzle pieces
*completed Singapore End Of 3rd Grade test (for placement purposes - kids scoring 85% and higher will take the 4th grade test)
*decorated and personalized our Writer's Notebook journals for this year
*more journal writing on expectations, fears, excitements, etc.
*Olympic bio personal sheets (find them in the hallway!)
*and more!
We earned 10 PAWS already!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!! We will be celebrating by having Popsicles outside and 5 minutes extra recess tomorrow!! If anyone would like to help supply Popsicles, please email me! Thanks!!!! (we have 22 students!)
**If you'd like to receive this blog as an email (sent to you so you don't have to remember to actually go to the blog) than please enter in your email to the right under SUBSCRIBE. If you'd like for me to do that, I'd be happy to! Just email me the email address you'd like it sent to (it reads as a mobile web page on phones, too!) megan.burton@fayette.kyschools.us
**Things Needed:
If you have a Volunteer Sheet from the Open House Packet that you need to return - please do so ASAP!
If you have any forms from the RED folder from Open House night, please return those ASAP!
{blog expectations}
I will write a post *almost* every day! Some days I get super busy during planning and right after school and do not have time! Always look in the planner, but especially on those days, please! The kids will begin soon writing their own blog posts on their special blog - look forward to it! Also, I write really fast to get everything completed in a day so there may be spelling/grammar mistakes (see disclaimer to the right) sometimes. PLEASE don't be too hard on me! :) This is a helpful tool for you to get some extra insight on what we're doing in class AND upcoming events!
Have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Burton
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
New 4th Graders & Home Visits!
Thanks so much to everyone being so great during Home Visits! With around 50 homes to visit, we are doing the best we can to catch everyone!! :) If by chance we don't get to see you before Open House Night (Thursday, Aug. 9th) than we will come by another time!
Looking forward to a wonderful year!
Lukas
Malaak
Jax
Booker
Katie
Treanna
Ben
Kyndal
Lilly
Ethan
Isaac
Caleb
Gray
Jalea
Annika
Craig
Michael
Sarayah
Zeke
Gary
Gabi
Bristol
*You may bring your supplies on Open House Night so your child's backpack isn't so heavy on the first day of school!
Looking forward to a wonderful year!
Mrs. Burton
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Gray
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Annika
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Michael
Sarayah
Zeke
Gary
Gabi
Bristol
*You may bring your supplies on Open House Night so your child's backpack isn't so heavy on the first day of school!
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