It's a GREAT day!

Jackson, tries his hand at making his own learning plan for unit 11, complete with learning targets in academic and I can language!

Way to go Kiddo!

This techie chica wouldn't let a volume issue on a friends chrome book stop her!  She googled a way to an answer!

Does your child need a reading challenge at home?

Take a look at these options to spark up reading at home, or to challenge your avid reader!

1.  Remember we are in the midst of the Mallards Reading Incentive.  For every 100 minutes your child reads, they earn a prize.  The home base prize is a free ticket to a Mallard's baseball game in June!

2.  We are half way through March Book Madness!  Ask your child what it's all about.  We started with 32 books, and last week we narrowed it down to 16 titles.  The library staff has pulled these books for students to check out.  The hope is not necessarily that students read all these books (although they are great titles!) but that students are constantly talking about reading and great book in the month of March.  Ask your child which books they voted for this round!  Read a few of the books as a family, or start your own book bracket at home!

3.  Don't forget about Battle of the Books!  The battle of the books competition will be held in May and teams will be formed soon!  This is an optional reading activity at school.  Students are asked to read and remember as many books off the battle list as possible (including authors).  At the competition teams are asked questions about plot events, characters, setting etc.  Is your child interested in this competition?  Grab a few of these books and read them as a family!  

Talent Show Informational Meeting Tonight!

There is a talent show informational meeting tonight in Center Stage.  It will run until approx 3:45.  Students need to have transportation arrangements as the buses will have already left.
Here is the link to the informational packet, in case your child is unable to attend.

Information Packet

Afternoon with Author's a HUGE Success

Thank you to all those who were able to come to Afternoon with Authors last Friday!  We had such a great time sharing our newly written books with you!  It was fun to see so many people, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and older siblings attend!  

Take a look at a few pictures from the event!

An Afternoon with Authors

We are hard at work in 4th grade writing Informational/ Non-Fiction books using the writing process.  The first book we wrote followed a step by step approach with a series of mini lessons focused on each step.  We published the first book, celebrated!, and then got right to work on our second piece.  This second book asks the students to follow the step by step process on their own with a check list, hopefully resulting in more independence!  We would love to show off our books at a celebration entitled "Afternoon with Authors" and we hope you can join us!

Afternoon with Authors

Friday, March 6th

2:20-3:15 

Any Parents/Guardians, Family Members, Neighbors, Family Friends etc. encouraged to attend!

We hope to see you there!

HAIKU competition Winner!

We have a winner!  I am super excited to announce that Elizabeth Yanke has been chosen as a winner in the GDC-ALN Haiku competition!  Her winning Haiku will be published in a book with other winners!  Please congratulate Lizzy if you should see her around town!

Her Winning Haiku:

 Rainbows

ROY-G-BIV for short

Giving colors to the world

Huh? Where is the gold