Quick Post today!
**Literacy Letters are DUE TOMORROW! I've already had 3 people turn it in!! Remember, I am NOT expecting the child to have read an entire book, I am thinking most letters in a 2 week range will be about the same book! :)
HW:
vocab-
SAT group: make flash cards (they have 3x5 note cards)
WW group: complete 2D
Syn. group: complete rest of handout from today
Math - 1 problem they are to do IN FRONT of you to show off what they learned today - students have different sets of numbers, but they should each only have 1 problem to complete
**Please turn in picture money ASAP!
**Please return UK slip signed for Ms. Wilham ASAP!!
**If you have time, go through your child's planner and ask about each item written down to see if they can remember/tell you what activities we did to reach our learning outcomes today!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Monday
FYI:
*Pictures:
Writing:
We finished up our The Magic of a Moment PTA pieces. These are really good!
No HW
Math:
We continued to work on multiples and factors. Some groups worked on word problems involving multiples, another group worked on sentence shorts with multiples, and the group with me worked on finding common and greatest common multiples.
HW: differentiated practice sheets that is similar to in-class work
**HW: HW is always meant to be a practice! If HW begins to become a stress or fight between you and the child or results in tears, please let me know! It may mean they are needing more assistance in the classroom! :)
SS: Happy Constitution Day! :)
We celebrated the Constitution by watching School House Rock's We the People and then diving into the Constitution in small groups to learn what each section means. We also learned a Preamble to the Constitution song. If kids can memorize by Wed., they get extra credit! The words are on the bookmarks they received! :)
*Pictures:
Due back on the 26th! There
will be no late orders taken. Please write checks to Strawbridge.
*Literacy Letters due WEDNESDAY (I've provided a sheet that helps with organization that will be in their planners today!)
*Parents please sign the UK letter from Ms. Wilham and send it back with them tomorrow!
*Parents please sign the UK letter from Ms. Wilham and send it back with them tomorrow!
**Extra Credit: I offered (at this time) an xtra credit opp. in Math class. The students who wanted it have a packet to practice multiplication facts that will be due by FRIDAY!!! (please let me know if you want your child to have it and they didn't come home with it!) :)
Reading:
Today we began learning about inferencing in fiction texts. Students were very good at picking out details to complete their inference. We got into leveled groups to work on different fiction short prompts to decide what were the clues the author made, what background knowledge did we have, and how did we make our inference. Students also practiced spelling their vocab. words by doing 'creative writing' in word study. We did not get to our text groups (lit. circles) today.
Today we began learning about inferencing in fiction texts. Students were very good at picking out details to complete their inference. We got into leveled groups to work on different fiction short prompts to decide what were the clues the author made, what background knowledge did we have, and how did we make our inference. Students also practiced spelling their vocab. words by doing 'creative writing' in word study. We did not get to our text groups (lit. circles) today.
HW: finish spelling vocab. words (if not finished in class), work on literacy letter (use organizer to help - due Wed.)
Writing:
We finished up our The Magic of a Moment PTA pieces. These are really good!
No HW
Math:
We continued to work on multiples and factors. Some groups worked on word problems involving multiples, another group worked on sentence shorts with multiples, and the group with me worked on finding common and greatest common multiples.
HW: differentiated practice sheets that is similar to in-class work
**HW: HW is always meant to be a practice! If HW begins to become a stress or fight between you and the child or results in tears, please let me know! It may mean they are needing more assistance in the classroom! :)
SS: Happy Constitution Day! :)
We celebrated the Constitution by watching School House Rock's We the People and then diving into the Constitution in small groups to learn what each section means. We also learned a Preamble to the Constitution song. If kids can memorize by Wed., they get extra credit! The words are on the bookmarks they received! :)
Friday, September 14, 2012
Friday {& Thursday!}
Sorry for not posting yesterday! Time got away from me! :)
Review Friday-
We had a great day today!
Math Groups:
Students rotated to 5 different groups almost all led by an adult. Students worked on a variety of skills to challenge where they are or to support and help what they are struggling with. Please take a look at your child's Math Slip in their planner to see what we worked on! The kids did so well with this...per usual! :)
Writing/The Magic of a Moment:
We began working on this writing prompt for the PTA writing contest. The kids did AWESOME! We all wrote (me too!) silently in our writer's notebooks for an uninterrupted time limit. Then got in groups to share and help each other make our short pieces even better! We will continue these on Monday.
Reading/Current Events:
We will be reading current event non fiction articles each Friday to support our ELA standards as well as help with our informational reading! Today I had 4 different short articles on 2 things I thought the kids would enjoy, 1 current news event, and an event that had to do with the science standard kids are learning. The students were split into 3 groups and had a teacher led discussion group. The kids really did well with this discussion and use of their reading/comprehension standards. THEN we made a Twitter board to display our reading responses! So much more fun than writing those on paper! ha! The kids had a blast with this! I saw kids who don't like to write begging to write more!! Yay! Here's a pic of our Twitter board...we will change this weekly to match our current event articles.
Book Buddies:
We read with our 1st grade buddies! It was great!
Class Meeting/Opening Bookworm Cafe:
During our class meeting we focused on problem solving. We discussed several reasons why kids feel upset, lash out, or maybe shut down in the classroom (work is too hard, not understanding, something going on at home). Then we all problem solved how we can be a community of friends in our room to help out a friend in need. The responses from the kids were just wonderful. I got some chills hearing some kids talk. It was so neat to see these kids really beginning to see each other as a community in our classroom!
I also finally opened up my classroom library! The books are all organized by Lexile levels and genre. Students got their current Lexile level on a note card (from MAP) and will be able to check out books to read. Students are allowed to take books home to read, but they must return them each day to the classroom. We will have a check-out system in my room that will be very similar to the 'old school public library' system! :) All of my books either have Giles (my maiden name) or Burton written on them with the Lexile level on the back or inside back of the book.
*as always, I am happy to take any chapter books off your hands if you have an lying around!!!
Reading/Writing/Current Event Wrap Up:
We are continuing to slowly learn about our presidential candidates on a very un-biased platform. Students today read about their stance on education (the articles are from Time For Kids). Students then took to our Graffiti board to write about their opinions or stances after reading the articles. It was really cool to see what their views were! Come take a look at our board! It will be hung up in our classroom!
**Thanks so much for taking the time to read our classroom blog! If you remember, make a star on Monday's date for the planner so I will know who all it is reaching!! :)
Review Friday-
We had a great day today!
Math Groups:
Students rotated to 5 different groups almost all led by an adult. Students worked on a variety of skills to challenge where they are or to support and help what they are struggling with. Please take a look at your child's Math Slip in their planner to see what we worked on! The kids did so well with this...per usual! :)
Writing/The Magic of a Moment:
We began working on this writing prompt for the PTA writing contest. The kids did AWESOME! We all wrote (me too!) silently in our writer's notebooks for an uninterrupted time limit. Then got in groups to share and help each other make our short pieces even better! We will continue these on Monday.
Reading/Current Events:
We will be reading current event non fiction articles each Friday to support our ELA standards as well as help with our informational reading! Today I had 4 different short articles on 2 things I thought the kids would enjoy, 1 current news event, and an event that had to do with the science standard kids are learning. The students were split into 3 groups and had a teacher led discussion group. The kids really did well with this discussion and use of their reading/comprehension standards. THEN we made a Twitter board to display our reading responses! So much more fun than writing those on paper! ha! The kids had a blast with this! I saw kids who don't like to write begging to write more!! Yay! Here's a pic of our Twitter board...we will change this weekly to match our current event articles.
We read with our 1st grade buddies! It was great!
Class Meeting/Opening Bookworm Cafe:
During our class meeting we focused on problem solving. We discussed several reasons why kids feel upset, lash out, or maybe shut down in the classroom (work is too hard, not understanding, something going on at home). Then we all problem solved how we can be a community of friends in our room to help out a friend in need. The responses from the kids were just wonderful. I got some chills hearing some kids talk. It was so neat to see these kids really beginning to see each other as a community in our classroom!
I also finally opened up my classroom library! The books are all organized by Lexile levels and genre. Students got their current Lexile level on a note card (from MAP) and will be able to check out books to read. Students are allowed to take books home to read, but they must return them each day to the classroom. We will have a check-out system in my room that will be very similar to the 'old school public library' system! :) All of my books either have Giles (my maiden name) or Burton written on them with the Lexile level on the back or inside back of the book.
*as always, I am happy to take any chapter books off your hands if you have an lying around!!!
Reading/Writing/Current Event Wrap Up:
We are continuing to slowly learn about our presidential candidates on a very un-biased platform. Students today read about their stance on education (the articles are from Time For Kids). Students then took to our Graffiti board to write about their opinions or stances after reading the articles. It was really cool to see what their views were! Come take a look at our board! It will be hung up in our classroom!
**Thanks so much for taking the time to read our classroom blog! If you remember, make a star on Monday's date for the planner so I will know who all it is reaching!! :)
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Wed.
FYI:
Book Fair going on this week!
Literacy Letter due NEXT Wed.
Today we took the MAP math test, so we did not have reading and writing. I have all the scores from the MAP reading test and will be sending home that information to you soon. With this information, I am able to begin pulling more focused groups throughout the day!
In math we continued working on factors, prime, and composite. Some groups worked on multiples.
HW: only 1 group of kids have HW, if you are unaware if your child does, please check the planner
In SS we reviewed for the test as well as reviewed longitude and latitude with water balloons! Thanks Mrs. Crockett for sending those in! :) The kids did really well and we had fun, too!
**I forgot about Wed. folders...SORRY! We will send those home tomorrow with GRADED papers inside, too.
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
Book Fair going on this week!
Literacy Letter due NEXT Wed.
Today we took the MAP math test, so we did not have reading and writing. I have all the scores from the MAP reading test and will be sending home that information to you soon. With this information, I am able to begin pulling more focused groups throughout the day!
In math we continued working on factors, prime, and composite. Some groups worked on multiples.
HW: only 1 group of kids have HW, if you are unaware if your child does, please check the planner
In SS we reviewed for the test as well as reviewed longitude and latitude with water balloons! Thanks Mrs. Crockett for sending those in! :) The kids did really well and we had fun, too!
**I forgot about Wed. folders...SORRY! We will send those home tomorrow with GRADED papers inside, too.
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Happy Monday!
Today's post will be super short! I have a committee meeting at 3:00 and we have just been super busy today! :) Sorry!
HW:
Math: find the common factors of 12 and 15 (I think?! They have it written in their planners and my board is now erased!). They can do this on their planner. The goal is to have your child 'show you' what they learned today.
Writing: several students did NOT have their final copy of the opinion piece that was due on Friday... it is HW tonight if your child did not have theirs (note written in planner)
**Still collecting bottle tops for a math lesson, please!**
**Book Fair is this week -
Muffins for Mom/Doughnuts for Dads is on WEDNESDAY
HW:
Math: find the common factors of 12 and 15 (I think?! They have it written in their planners and my board is now erased!). They can do this on their planner. The goal is to have your child 'show you' what they learned today.
Writing: several students did NOT have their final copy of the opinion piece that was due on Friday... it is HW tonight if your child did not have theirs (note written in planner)
**Still collecting bottle tops for a math lesson, please!**
**Book Fair is this week -
Muffins for Mom/Doughnuts for Dads is on WEDNESDAY
Friday, September 7, 2012
Friday!
We had a crazy busy day today!! The kids worked so hard, but somehow we did not get to everything!! :)
Our Morning:
Students took their vocab/word study tests. They will be graded today and will get a new list of words next week for the next 2 weeks.
We also worked in small groups for math centers. We made it to 4 out of 5 of the centers! Just not enough time!! :) Kids did great and they have a paper coming home to you today to let you know what their objective was and what they focused on.
We also had a Lockdown drill, which the kids did a wonderful job with! We would be safe!
Students also video taped their Anti-Bully videos! Mrs. Moses (counselor) will be using OUR videos for all of the guidance classes on bullying! We are so excited! We used our knowledge from the articles we read and opinions we gained to create the videos! I was really impressed! We also turned in our opinion pieces and are looking forward to our next writing piece.
With the end of our bullying unit with our ELA standards, we used this for an opportunity to discuss ways WE are going to help with anti-bullying acts during our weekly Class Meetings. Students had great discussions! We created a 'change' bag and put our changes inside. Take a look in the hallway to see how your child will be the change!!!
Lastly, students had book buddies this morning instead of the afternoon. They did a great job reading with their 1st grade buddy.
After Lunch Bunch and Specials, students had Health class with Mrs. Embry.
We also had Guidance class with Mrs. Moses this afternoon.
We ended the afternoon with sharing our videos and sharing our Opinion Pieces. **Update - I didn't get to collect the pieces! I will Monday!
**We did not get to any of our electoral articles today! Boo! ALL things related to the election will be un-biased. We will begin 'meeting' the presidential candidates through our next series of informational text. I'm looking forward to helping the kids understand more wordly events with this type of reading!
Have a wonderful weekend!
My little family will be watching my Dad get dunked in the dunking booth at the Whitaker Bank Family Picnic Saturday! ha! I hope it's warm! :)
Our Morning:
Students took their vocab/word study tests. They will be graded today and will get a new list of words next week for the next 2 weeks.
We also worked in small groups for math centers. We made it to 4 out of 5 of the centers! Just not enough time!! :) Kids did great and they have a paper coming home to you today to let you know what their objective was and what they focused on.
We also had a Lockdown drill, which the kids did a wonderful job with! We would be safe!
Students also video taped their Anti-Bully videos! Mrs. Moses (counselor) will be using OUR videos for all of the guidance classes on bullying! We are so excited! We used our knowledge from the articles we read and opinions we gained to create the videos! I was really impressed! We also turned in our opinion pieces and are looking forward to our next writing piece.
With the end of our bullying unit with our ELA standards, we used this for an opportunity to discuss ways WE are going to help with anti-bullying acts during our weekly Class Meetings. Students had great discussions! We created a 'change' bag and put our changes inside. Take a look in the hallway to see how your child will be the change!!!
Lastly, students had book buddies this morning instead of the afternoon. They did a great job reading with their 1st grade buddy.
After Lunch Bunch and Specials, students had Health class with Mrs. Embry.
We also had Guidance class with Mrs. Moses this afternoon.
We ended the afternoon with sharing our videos and sharing our Opinion Pieces. **Update - I didn't get to collect the pieces! I will Monday!
**We did not get to any of our electoral articles today! Boo! ALL things related to the election will be un-biased. We will begin 'meeting' the presidential candidates through our next series of informational text. I'm looking forward to helping the kids understand more wordly events with this type of reading!
Have a wonderful weekend!
My little family will be watching my Dad get dunked in the dunking booth at the Whitaker Bank Family Picnic Saturday! ha! I hope it's warm! :)
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Bottle Caps!
Hi! I am collecting bottle caps for something in class! If you would be able to save me any, that would be helpful! I will be collecting for the rest of the month!
*pop caps
*water bottle caps
*Gatorade caps
etc.
Mrs. Burton
*pop caps
*water bottle caps
*Gatorade caps
etc.
Mrs. Burton
Thursday
FYI:
Lunch Bunch is tomorrow! Please send your child with a G rated movie for us to watch if you have one!
MAP Reading testing: we are still not finished! I will send home scores once we are!
Thanks to my student teacher, I am able to really pull small groups with the intent to get to know where they are and work on skills that will challenge them or help them! It has been great, and I know kids are really enjoying more of the one on one time, too!
Reading:
We worked on finding the main idea and details in our plays. Students did a great job with this and we are ready to move on to informational reading next week! Students also worked in small groups with Ms. Wilham and myself on their word study/vocab. words. Students WILL be taking their REAL test tomorrow. Kids need to be able to use the word correctly in a sentence and spell the word correctly. We have halted our text groups for now until I receive all the new scores from MAP to correctly place them in text groups! I am hoping (fingers crossed!!) that this will be by Wednesday of next week!
HW:
reading for Literacy Letter, study for vocab. test
Writing:
We worked on peer editing and kids did GREAT! We had a short mini lesson on this taught by our student teacher. Students then tried it out and they worked really well together. I am so glad! Our opinion pieces will be complete tomorrow and we will be making our anti-bullying videos for Mrs. Moses to use during her Guidance classes!
HW:
complete your final draft of the opinion piece
Math:
Students worked on estimation in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. I worked with small groups on a variety of skills including: rounding with decimals, rounding, estimation with large numbers, etc.
*Students work on different levels and different skills. This is to meet the needs of EACH and every student and help them succeed!! :) Some of my kids have been wondering why their work is not the same as their neighbor...I've spoken with the class to tell them that this is a GOOD thing! We all need help or challenges in different areas and it's my job to know about it - not theirs to know about others!! :)
HW: differentiated HW - there are 4 different sheets, but your child will only have 1 to complete (it will be on rounding/estimation)
SS: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php
Today we learned about longitude and latitude. We used the game above to help us! If you are able to let your child play this game at home, please write me a little note in the planner and I will give him/her extra credit for SS!
**Please place a star next to your initials in the planner so that I can monitor our blog readers! Thanks!! :)
Have a wonderful night,
Mrs. Burton
Lunch Bunch is tomorrow! Please send your child with a G rated movie for us to watch if you have one!
MAP Reading testing: we are still not finished! I will send home scores once we are!
Thanks to my student teacher, I am able to really pull small groups with the intent to get to know where they are and work on skills that will challenge them or help them! It has been great, and I know kids are really enjoying more of the one on one time, too!
Reading:
We worked on finding the main idea and details in our plays. Students did a great job with this and we are ready to move on to informational reading next week! Students also worked in small groups with Ms. Wilham and myself on their word study/vocab. words. Students WILL be taking their REAL test tomorrow. Kids need to be able to use the word correctly in a sentence and spell the word correctly. We have halted our text groups for now until I receive all the new scores from MAP to correctly place them in text groups! I am hoping (fingers crossed!!) that this will be by Wednesday of next week!
HW:
reading for Literacy Letter, study for vocab. test
Writing:
We worked on peer editing and kids did GREAT! We had a short mini lesson on this taught by our student teacher. Students then tried it out and they worked really well together. I am so glad! Our opinion pieces will be complete tomorrow and we will be making our anti-bullying videos for Mrs. Moses to use during her Guidance classes!
HW:
complete your final draft of the opinion piece
Math:
Students worked on estimation in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. I worked with small groups on a variety of skills including: rounding with decimals, rounding, estimation with large numbers, etc.
*Students work on different levels and different skills. This is to meet the needs of EACH and every student and help them succeed!! :) Some of my kids have been wondering why their work is not the same as their neighbor...I've spoken with the class to tell them that this is a GOOD thing! We all need help or challenges in different areas and it's my job to know about it - not theirs to know about others!! :)
HW: differentiated HW - there are 4 different sheets, but your child will only have 1 to complete (it will be on rounding/estimation)
SS: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php
Today we learned about longitude and latitude. We used the game above to help us! If you are able to let your child play this game at home, please write me a little note in the planner and I will give him/her extra credit for SS!
**Please place a star next to your initials in the planner so that I can monitor our blog readers! Thanks!! :)
Have a wonderful night,
Mrs. Burton
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Wednesday
FYI:
Wednesday Folders are coming home today! Thanks Ms. Andrews for stuffing those for us!!
*Look at the PTA day flyer - it looks so neat!
*Look at the Dad's Day flyer - I wish I could come to this! Looks cool!
**Literacy Letters - This will take place of daily reading logs. There are many reasons for this, but as for now, this is the best option for nightly reading. With logs, I feel that sometimes kids make those up (what?!?! :) ) and sometimes parents just sign it! :) Also, kids are busy. I get that. Sometimes you have 30 minutes to read, some days you don't have any time to read! So I don't want reading to become a burden and it has to be done for 20 minutes a night. So, this way, hopefully, reading will become a little more enjoyable in the evenings. Your child will write me a little letter every 2 weeks (I will make the new due date each time with the kids!) to tell me about their reading and what skills they are using. There is an EXAMPLE letter on the sheet they are bringing home. KEEP THIS for them, please! RETURN the bottom part only (after the star line) that you have seen this and so that your child knows you are expecting them to read a lot out of school!
DUE DATE: Sept. 19th
Today we took the MAP test for Reading! We did not have a normal reading/writing block because of this! Not many students finished, but when we finish, I will be sending home scores! Towards the end of MAP testing (reading, math, science) we will be having conferences so that I can explain more of what the numbers mean to you! Meanwhile, use the 4th Grade FAQ's I have on the right of my blog to read about MAP testing if you want.
Math:
Ms. Wilham taught a lesson with centers today and the kids loved it! They did a great job! She had differentiated centers ready for all the levels of learning on estimation and rounding. Students used a lot of real-world learning in these centers and lots of different skill sets. Ask your child what their favorite center was! :)
No HW
SS: We took a minute to clean our room really really well. :) We are starting to get sick and wanted to make sure we are taking the right precautions! :) Thanks to those of you who were able to send in Clorox Wipes! We used those as they are the best we have at school to clean with!
Students also began learning about longitude and latitude. We will go more in depth with this tomorrow!
Have a good hump day!
Mrs. Burton
Wednesday Folders are coming home today! Thanks Ms. Andrews for stuffing those for us!!
*Look at the PTA day flyer - it looks so neat!
*Look at the Dad's Day flyer - I wish I could come to this! Looks cool!
**Literacy Letters - This will take place of daily reading logs. There are many reasons for this, but as for now, this is the best option for nightly reading. With logs, I feel that sometimes kids make those up (what?!?! :) ) and sometimes parents just sign it! :) Also, kids are busy. I get that. Sometimes you have 30 minutes to read, some days you don't have any time to read! So I don't want reading to become a burden and it has to be done for 20 minutes a night. So, this way, hopefully, reading will become a little more enjoyable in the evenings. Your child will write me a little letter every 2 weeks (I will make the new due date each time with the kids!) to tell me about their reading and what skills they are using. There is an EXAMPLE letter on the sheet they are bringing home. KEEP THIS for them, please! RETURN the bottom part only (after the star line) that you have seen this and so that your child knows you are expecting them to read a lot out of school!
DUE DATE: Sept. 19th
Today we took the MAP test for Reading! We did not have a normal reading/writing block because of this! Not many students finished, but when we finish, I will be sending home scores! Towards the end of MAP testing (reading, math, science) we will be having conferences so that I can explain more of what the numbers mean to you! Meanwhile, use the 4th Grade FAQ's I have on the right of my blog to read about MAP testing if you want.
Math:
Ms. Wilham taught a lesson with centers today and the kids loved it! They did a great job! She had differentiated centers ready for all the levels of learning on estimation and rounding. Students used a lot of real-world learning in these centers and lots of different skill sets. Ask your child what their favorite center was! :)
No HW
SS: We took a minute to clean our room really really well. :) We are starting to get sick and wanted to make sure we are taking the right precautions! :) Thanks to those of you who were able to send in Clorox Wipes! We used those as they are the best we have at school to clean with!
Students also began learning about longitude and latitude. We will go more in depth with this tomorrow!
Have a good hump day!
Mrs. Burton
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Tuesday!
**MAP Testing:
We will take our first round of MAP testing tomorrow! We will begin with Reading. Please remind your child how important this is! It will show me where your child is currently at the beginning of the year, what he needs to work on, and on what levels he is on. Today I met with each child individually to work on setting MAP goals. I let the kids see the 'norm' score for beginning of the year MAP for 4th graders and they set their own goal. For the Winter and Spring tests, I will be helping them make their own goal to achieve! :)
FYI:
*pictures were today - if your child was absent, we will have make-ups at a later date
*Please remember to check the behavior charts inside your child's binder each night. Our goal is to have everyone on Good Day, Great Job, or Outstanding. Also, if your child hasn't told you about HWC Mystery, ask them! :)
*Thanks to Ben for bringing in a G movie and popcorn for our PAW party today! We are now working on 20 PAWS towards our next class reward.
Reading:
We are continuing with main idea and details. This week we are focusing on the genre plays. Students were split into 3 different groups to read a play on their levels and then discuss the main idea and details. Students had a bit of trouble with retelling the play instead of telling the main idea. Students also worked on their vocab. words with definitions in pairs. No lit. circles today. We will be in our new groups on Thursday after we get our new lexile scores.
No HW
Writing:
Writing was cut short due to pictures! We were able to complete our conclusion to our opinion piece. Tomorrow and the rest of the week we will work on editing the pieces.
No HW
Math:
Today we took a pre-test for our new unit on estimating, rounding, factors, and multiples. After that we worked on rounding 4 digit numbers. Mrs. Wilham took a small group and worked on rounding with multiplication and division.
HW: one group has a worksheet with estimating answers in mult. and division, one group has a paper with 3 rounding questions, and one group has a sheet with 2 rounding questions - the papers will be in the red folder
SS:
Today we reviewed the compass rose and took a quick quiz. Next, we learned about all-purpose maps and how to read those. Students did a good job with this!
No HW
**My class does have this as Homework!
**We ended SS early to continue the PAW party. We started watching the movie during lunch in the room, and then watched the movie and ate popcorn during the last 15 minutes of school. :)
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
We will take our first round of MAP testing tomorrow! We will begin with Reading. Please remind your child how important this is! It will show me where your child is currently at the beginning of the year, what he needs to work on, and on what levels he is on. Today I met with each child individually to work on setting MAP goals. I let the kids see the 'norm' score for beginning of the year MAP for 4th graders and they set their own goal. For the Winter and Spring tests, I will be helping them make their own goal to achieve! :)
FYI:
*pictures were today - if your child was absent, we will have make-ups at a later date
*Please remember to check the behavior charts inside your child's binder each night. Our goal is to have everyone on Good Day, Great Job, or Outstanding. Also, if your child hasn't told you about HWC Mystery, ask them! :)
*Thanks to Ben for bringing in a G movie and popcorn for our PAW party today! We are now working on 20 PAWS towards our next class reward.
Reading:
We are continuing with main idea and details. This week we are focusing on the genre plays. Students were split into 3 different groups to read a play on their levels and then discuss the main idea and details. Students had a bit of trouble with retelling the play instead of telling the main idea. Students also worked on their vocab. words with definitions in pairs. No lit. circles today. We will be in our new groups on Thursday after we get our new lexile scores.
No HW
Writing:
Writing was cut short due to pictures! We were able to complete our conclusion to our opinion piece. Tomorrow and the rest of the week we will work on editing the pieces.
No HW
Math:
Today we took a pre-test for our new unit on estimating, rounding, factors, and multiples. After that we worked on rounding 4 digit numbers. Mrs. Wilham took a small group and worked on rounding with multiplication and division.
HW: one group has a worksheet with estimating answers in mult. and division, one group has a paper with 3 rounding questions, and one group has a sheet with 2 rounding questions - the papers will be in the red folder
SS:
Today we reviewed the compass rose and took a quick quiz. Next, we learned about all-purpose maps and how to read those. Students did a good job with this!
No HW
**My class does have this as Homework!
**We ended SS early to continue the PAW party. We started watching the movie during lunch in the room, and then watched the movie and ate popcorn during the last 15 minutes of school. :)
Have a good night,
Mrs. Burton
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
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