Field Trip Tomorrow!

Just a quick reminder that our field trip is tomorrow!  There has been a slight change in plans in our agenda.  Due to scheduling conflicts we will not be able to go to the capitol tomorrow.  Instead we will head to the Veteran's Museum after touring the Kohl Center.  Please remember to dress appropriately for a concert.  Preferably no jeans (khaki's, solid colored pants, dress slacks, nice shirt: for boys, leggings, dress, skirt, khakis, solid colored pant, nice top: for girls, comfortable shoes: for all.)  If you are bringing a lunch please do not forget as we will not have extra school lunches available.  All students should report to our classroom at the 8:10 bell instead of going outside.  We will be leaving promptly at 8:30 to make it to MATC for the concert in time.

Thank You!

Reading Olympics Recap

Last week the 4th graders accomplished huge goals, by medaling in the reading olympics!  We had many medal winners in the bronze, silver, and gold categories.  Readers had to read 5 books per event to win bronze, 6 books per event to win silver, and 8 books per event to win gold.  What an accomplishment to read so many books across so many genres!  We capped off the olympics by holding a breakfast of champions for all medal winners.  Take a look at all the fun we had!

Unit 7 Math

Here is the Unit 7 Study Link, Family Letter, and Family letter in Spanish.  If you should need another copy please download and print at your convenience.  This unit on fractions can be very difficult for students.  Please talk about fractions as you see them across your lives.  For example while cooking or baking discuss the amount of ingredients you are adding to your recipe.

Reading Olympics: Breakfast Of Champions this FRIDAY

Congratulations to all medal winners for this years Reading Olympics!  Our class earned more than 30 medals! WAY TO GO!  Medal earners are invited to the BREAKFAST of CHAMPIONS on Friday AM from 8:30-9:30 in the Cafeteria.  The champions will feast on cereal, fruit, yogurt, bacon!, and juice.  If you are able to donate any bowls, milk, gogurt, or bananas we are still in need :)

If you would like to attend the breakfast to watch your child receive his or her medal please join us! 

Sledding Tomorrow

Sorry for the late blog notice, but we will be going sledding tomorrow! Yippee it's supposed to be warm (to WI standards :) ) If you have a sled that you are willing to send with your child we would greatly appreciate it! I will bring a few and am very willing to share as well :)

Valentine's Day

Today we took advantage of our half day to make bags for our Valentine's on Friday.  Everyone really let their creative juices flow! It was fun to hang out for a bit and create something :)  

Please note that it is not required to bring valentine's in on Friday, but if you do choose to do so, please make sure you make one for each member of our class.  A huge thanks in advance :)

Take a look at our Valentine Monster bags!

Here is a copy of the Valentine Letter if you should need a second copy:

Valentine Letter (corrected)

Informational Writing and Historical Fiction Unit beginning on WW II

Recently we have been rev'ing up to begin a unit on World War 2, focusing on historical fiction of the 1940's in reading and informational writing about the 1940's in writing.  Yesterday we took some time to write down what we thought we know about various topics centered around the 1940's and World War 2.  Some included: The Home Front, The women's role in WW 2, Pearl Harbor, Infantry, the war in the Pacific, the Holocaust, etc.  Pictures were put onto tag board to rev up their minds and each student was able to leave little anecdotes about what they thought they new about each topic on the poster.  Soon we will research and read all we can (keeping in mind what is appropriate for 4th graders) on these topics to become experts.  After the unit is over we will go back and write what we actually know, and look to see if we had any misconceptions going into the unit.  Take a look at us in action!