Reading Group Poetry Book

Click on the picture above to check out our original poetry.

More Poetry Links

Unsolved Mysteries Solved by 4th Grade Reading Group

Exploring the Bermuda Triangle

      

   

Curse of King Tut

Loch Ness Monster

Factor Game

Poetry Links

 

Fling the Teacher: Simile and Metaphor Practice

Research: Fact Frenzy

Click on the image below to practice pulling important fact fragments from larger pieces of text.

 

Let's Go Fishing

Keith Sampertiori from Montgomery Adventures will be coming to fourth grade on Thursday, May 16, and we're going to learn to fish! We will be eating lunch at 11:00, and Mr. Sampertiori will join us at 11:30. We will be spending time outside, and students are strongly encouraged to wear sunblock and bring a water bottle. It should be a great day!

Original eBook: Animal Habitat Wanted Posters

Our habitat wanted posters have come together to make a lovely book. Click on the book below to enjoy.

Mystery & Inference Links

Practice your inference skills and your attention to detail as you solve these riddles and mysteries.
MysteryNet: Kids' Mysteries
Inference Riddles
Detective Notebook Game

April Student of the Month

Our goal for April's Student of the Month was success with adding and subtracting fractions. Every student rocked our last assessment and will be recognized on Friday's celebration. Please come support your student.

Vacation Reflections

As a way to practice writing similes, students wrote postcards about their spring vacation. Click on the picture below to see our eBook collection of postcards.

Myths

Click on the link below to explore myths from around the world. What do they have in common? How are they different?                      

Myths and legends from around the world

Things to do instead of watching television

Vermont Animal Study

Click on the link below to publish your animal research.

ReadThinkWrite: Animal Study Graphic Organizer

Conferences

Parent-Student Conferences are coming up soon, and the teaching staff has been scheduling times for your child to share their learning with you. I believe I have coordinated times with siblings in different classrooms. You should be receiving other teachers' schedules soon if you have not already. Please look at the schedule below and mark your conference time on your calendar. Plan on conferences with your student to take about 20 minutes. There will be some cross over with other students in the room, but you and your child will have enough room and privacy. Because students are leading these conferences, I did schedule them early. If you are unable to attend at your scheduled time, please let me know as soon as possible. I would like to have a final schedule posted by the end of the week. 

Time	Tuesday (April 9th)	Thursday (April 11th)
3:00 PM	Isaiah Barry	Brandon Watson
3:10 PM	Dylan Snider	Zach Longley
3:20 PM	Ben Snider	Samantha Ryea
3:30 PM	Ann Badger	Jordan Mellnitz
3:40 PM	James Lugo	Dakota Dunakin
3:50 PM
4:00 PM	Kim Proper	Gage Hogaboom
4:10 PM	Emily Russin	Nicole Cunningham
4:20 PM	Cassidy Ryea
4:30 PM	Ben Tatro	Matthew Paul
4:40 PM
4:50 PM
5:00 PM
5:10 PM
5:20 PM	Rileigh Steinhour
5:30 PM
5:40 PM
5:50 PM
6:00 PM		Victoria Blaney

PTO Carnival

The PTO Carnival is this Friday, March 22 at 6pm-8pm. Come on out for a night of family fun! New games have been added including The Strong Man. There will be games for all ages. Hope to see everyone there!

*If you would like to help with this event, there will be a meeting this Monday at 3:00pm.

Old Student Work

As I rearrange the classroom and continue to organize fourth grade materials, I'm finding paperwork students completed with Mrs. Allen before Christmas break. Grades from these assignments were recorded in first semester report cards and do not reflect students' current work and ability. Be aware that many of these papers will be sent home this week.

Recess

Recess times for the entire school have been changed. All students have the opportunity for recess in the morning until 8:15. They will come in from recess and breakfast and be ready to start Morning Meeting at 8:20. If you drop your child off at school, please make sure he or she is in line to come in with our class by 8:15.

Because of the increased morning recess time, our after lunch recess has been shorted. We will go outside at the same time (12:00), but we will come in at 12:15 instead of 12:30.

Symmetry Masks

Below are the directions to make symmetry masks.

MathWire.com

Opinion Writing Podcasts

Before break, students compiled several opinion writing pieces during our Writing Workshop. Each student chose one piece to revise, edit, and publish in the form of a podcast. Below are some of these pieces.

James

Jada

Rileigh

Nicole

Zach

Ann

Victoria
Cassidy
Dakota
Ben T
Samantha
Kimberly
Brandon
Jordan
Gage
Isaiah
Emily

Vermont Book List

We will be studying Vermont in science and social studies which includes a lot of reading. Our classroom is lacking in books set in Vermont, so I'm putting in a request for parent support. Below, I've created links to Vermont book lists. Any book donations would be greatly appreciated by the whole class. Thank you!

Elementary Books- K-4
Middle School- Grades 4-8
Picture Books
Nonfiction Books

February Student of the Month

Student of the Month Celebration: Wednesday, March 6 at 8:30 am

Level I: Fact Fluency on Multiples 0-5

• Ann Badger
• Victoria Blaney
• Nicole Cunningham
• Dakota Dunakin
• Jada Jones
• Zach Longley
• James Lugo
• Jordan Mellnitz
• Rileigh Steinhour

Level II: Fact Fluency on Multiples 6-10

• Victoria Blaney
• Nicole Cunningham
• Zach Longley
• Samantha Ryea
• Rileigh Steinhour

Papers

Papers are coming home! As I continue to sift through materials from Mrs. Allen's classroom, I am finding more and more papers to send home. Several lovely students will be helping pass back papers on Tuesday. Most of these papers were graded by Mrs. Allen. I'm just returning them home so you have more information about the work completed before Christmas break. Check PowerSchool for information about current assignments and grade information.

We will continue our work with fractions and measurement in math, and we'll be starting our Vermont ecology unit after break.

Valentines Day

Ellis Island

Virtual Field Trip
Anca's Journey

Science Links

I've found a couple great science websites and posted the links below. Check them out!

• Mixtures & Solutions: Junkyard Analysis
• Foss Web: Science Activities  

February 4A Updates

Student of the Month Celebration

We will be celebrating Student of the Month on Friday, February 1 at 8:30. Our goal was 80% accuracy on multiplication facts 0-5.
The following students reached our goal this month:

• Rileigh Steinhour
• Zach Longley
• Isaiah Barry
• Jada Jones
• Cassidy Ryea

Come help us celebrate their success!

Our goal for February will be 80% accuracy on multiplication facts 0-10. The fluency goal is solving 12 problems per minute.

Report Cards

Oh, technology...We had some technical difficulties printing off report cards this week. I will have them ready on Monday to send home with students. Thank you for your patience.

Grammaropolis

Link to grammar music videos: Grammaropolis 

4A Weekly Update

Happy Tuesday! Life in 4th grade has been busy and productive.

Classroom Expectations
As a class, we have been reviewing our five classroom rules and working on ways to support each other to be successful and create our ideal classroom. As I told students on Friday, building an ideal classroom takes time, patience, and team work, but I believe every single student in our class can rise to the high expectations we have set. Please help support your child by reinforcing positive and appropriate social interactions, modeling problem solving behavior, and encouraging reading and learning.

Report Cards
Student report cards will be sent home by the end of this week. Reading scores will come from your child's reading teacher. All other scores will come from me. I am looking at information left by Mrs. Allen and using work we've done in class during January. I will also include a progress report for math which gives letter/percent grades for assignments and assessments completed in class.

Finding Equivalent Fractions

What ya do to the top,
Ya do to the bottom.
What ya do to the bottom,
Ya do to the top.

Equivalent Fraction Matching Game
Equivalent Fraction Manipulatives 

States of Matter Study Jams

Here are links to the Study Jams we've used in class. Enjoy!

States of Matter- complete with "Solids, Liquids, Gas" song
Properties of Matter

January Student of the Month

Our January Student of the Month goal is to know 80% or more of the multiplication facts 0-5. There are several links to review games on the Math Resources page.

Measuring Gas

In class, we are learning about the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. We performed our first science experiment of 2013 mixing vinegar and baking soda to produce carbon dioxide to inflate a balloon. We varied the amount of each ingredient and measured the circumference of the balloon. Below are additional experiments using vinegar and baking soda.

Vinegar & Baking Soda Explosion  
Rocketology: Baking Soda + Vinegar = Lift off!
Dancing Spaghetti 

Strategies for Reading at Home

Every student should be reading a minimum of 20 minutes each night. Reading homework will be assigned by reading teachers during the week. Take a moment to look at the strategies below to help support your child as a reader.

January 4A Updates

Below you will find a digital copy of our class newsletter. I will be sending a paper copy home each month as well as posting it here. Additional updates and information will be posted on this website along with online resources to extend students' learning.