Students Explain how to Subtract

This week the students used the Show Me app on our Ipads to explain the process they use for subtracting.  Take a look at what we know!

Sean's Subtracting Method

Maggie's Subtraction Method

Skyla's Subtraction Method

Tavian's Subtraction Method

Tyler's Subtraction Method

Blayde's  Subtraction Method

ClassDojo

Our Class has started a new behavior management system.  It is a web 2.0 tool called Class Dojo.  I have seen its success in other classrooms and I am excited to start it in our classroom as well!  I will use this tool to help build your student’s learning habits and classroom behaviors in an engaging way.  Student will each receive and individualized character or “avatar”, then throughout the day each student will have the opportunity to earn Dojo points for excellent behaviors.  Students can also lose points for off task or inappropriate behaviors.  One excellent features of Class Dojo is that I am able to collect and analyze behavior data.  From the data I collect I will be able to make data driven changes in our classroom to support engaged learning.  Another cool feature is my ability to share behavior data with you.  I will be able to share behavior reports to allow us to work together to reward excellent behavior or guide a student in need of support. Each student will have a login to the site for you to access from home. I will also be able to email reports, or send home hard copies as well.  As always please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions on this new system.

Class Dojo Login

ScootPad

We have another exciting new website to share with you at home! ScootPad!  This site is an engaging opportunity for your student to practice their reading and math skills backed by the Common Core Standards (the standards all schools will now use to focus instruction) Each time your child logs on to play they are answering questions that are 4^th grade relevant and go hand in hand with what we are learning in the classroom!  It is also a great tool to motivate extra practice on 4^th grade skills!  Your child will have a login to an account on Scoot Pad and is welcome to use it from home at a time agreeable to you.  It is not required, but an excellent motivator. Students with and without Internet access at home will also have some opportunity to work with the site here at school.  

ScootPad

Making Predictions

This week we worked on making predictions.  We started Monday by writing the learning goal and what we already know about making predictions.  Tuesday we will use the anchor chart below to help us better understand how and why we make predictions.  We will utilize this information while we practice this skill in a read aloud.  On Thursday we learned how to use a tool that will be in our Literacy Notebooks, to make predictions in the books we are reading.  Making predictions is a skill we can use to continually think about what we are reading!

Data Wall in Our Classroom

We have started a data wall in our classroom.  It includes different types of information pertaining to different subjects and how well we are doing individually and as a class.  Currently we have data graphs for math, books we have read, and minutes we have read at home.  We will also soon add graphs for spelling, and reading fluency (cardinal time).  These graphs do not include any names but use stickers, pictures, lines, etc to represent where our class fell on certain tasks.  For example for the Unit 1 math test, a sticker was put up in a box 4, 3, 2, or 1 to represent how our class did.  For the books we have read graph, every time a student finishes a book they put a sticker up to represent that book being finished.  We will use these graphs and others to set classroom and individual goals for the future.  The hope is that our classroom motivation will skyrocket! Take a look at them when you are here at conference, we are already seeing positive results!

Home Book Log

Here is the link to our Home Book Log, just in case your kiddo misplaces theirs or runs out of room.


Home Book Log