"Today Mrs. Fiske came in with two helpers, to help us make paper cranes. There is a first grader and she has Leukemia, there is a Japanese legend that says if you make one thousand paper cranes it grants a wish for love or health, so our school set a goal to make one thousand cranes for her, and we've already reached our goal!" ~ Ella
"At the end of the day we had a huge cleaning activity, we got a lot accomplished! We cleaned the library, the free choice bins and the teacher bins, and we cleaned our desks." ~ Kolby
"When Mrs. O'Connell was teaching math, if you were done you could silent read. Mary and I started buddy reading The BFG, which stands for the big friendly giant. We got to chapter five." ~ Abby
"During library Mrs. O'Connell came in and helped us find a book at or slightly above our lexile, because some people in our class were reading below or way above their lexile. I found the book Found, by Haddix." ~ Chase
"In math our math lesson was so hard that Mrs. O'Connell helped us with most of it. It was "I can add and multiply unit fraction to build fractions great that 1." ~ Kylee
"Because it was pouring down rain we had to have indoor recess, Sean and I played "Speed-stack Kendoma" which we made up." ~ Kaydin
"At lunch Kasey and I at with Mrs. Swan, then at recess we pretended we were flying with jump ropes in our belt loops on the barn toy. Then it started raining." ~ Kaylee
Reminders:
No homework for two weeks!
We strongly suggest that everyone continue reading!!!
Weekly Reports came home today, due Monday!
Conferences start next week, students dismissed at 12:45 pm all week!
Book Fair open Monday through Thursday from 1 to 4 pm.
Spring Break starts Friday, April 4th through April 13th
Friday, March 28, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
March 27th
"Today, we did a writing prompt about powering our TV through riding bicycles. I said Yes I would power my TV by riding a bike." -Torri
"This afternoon, after reading we played typing games and did math flash cards on the computers." -Kaitlin
"This morning, we went to music for three minutes and then we went to the Character Counts assembly where Kaydin won for the trait Trustworthiness." -Chase
"At recess, Kasey and I pretended we were flying with jump ropes." -Kaylee
"If you wanted to, you could fill out a star with your name, event, day, time, and place to invite Ms. Danforth, Mrs. O'Connell, and Mrs. Thompson to your activity." -Kaydin (We would love to come watch our students succeed outside of the classroom -Ms. Danforth)
Reminders:
-Homework due tomorrow
-Spelling test tomorrow
-Weekly reports due Monday
-Book Fair starting next week from 1pm to 4pm
-Conferences start next week
"This afternoon, after reading we played typing games and did math flash cards on the computers." -Kaitlin
"This morning, we went to music for three minutes and then we went to the Character Counts assembly where Kaydin won for the trait Trustworthiness." -Chase
"At recess, Kasey and I pretended we were flying with jump ropes." -Kaylee
"If you wanted to, you could fill out a star with your name, event, day, time, and place to invite Ms. Danforth, Mrs. O'Connell, and Mrs. Thompson to your activity." -Kaydin (We would love to come watch our students succeed outside of the classroom -Ms. Danforth)
Reminders:
-Homework due tomorrow
-Spelling test tomorrow
-Weekly reports due Monday
-Book Fair starting next week from 1pm to 4pm
-Conferences start next week
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
March 25th
"It was Kyle's birthday today, once we were finished cleaning our desks, Kyle gave us a cookie." -Carrie
"This afternoon we did the word of the day, which was fossil fuel, and we did our packet pages." -Mikaela
"Today we completed a writing prompt, persuading our parents to buy a hybrid car." -Torri
"During Music, Mary got to play the violin for the class." -Sean
"In math, we reviewed for our Mid-Module Assessment tomorrow." -Matt
Reminders:
-Tomorrow is our Mid-Module Assessment in Math
-Weekly Reports due Monday
-Homework due Friday
-Conferences start Monday
-Half days start Monday
-Book Fair during conference week
"This afternoon we did the word of the day, which was fossil fuel, and we did our packet pages." -Mikaela
"Today we completed a writing prompt, persuading our parents to buy a hybrid car." -Torri
"During Music, Mary got to play the violin for the class." -Sean
"In math, we reviewed for our Mid-Module Assessment tomorrow." -Matt
Reminders:
-Tomorrow is our Mid-Module Assessment in Math
-Weekly Reports due Monday
-Homework due Friday
-Conferences start Monday
-Half days start Monday
-Book Fair during conference week
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Thursday, March20th
"This afternoon, we had time to complete missing work." -Kaitlin
"Today our math target was to add and subtract fractions in word problems." -Kylee
"This morning in Music, we got to play the freeze game and learned that in a song between every sixteen notes there is a change in the music." -Sean
"In Reading, we got to write an IVF Summary on one section of The Life and Times of Ants." -Chase
'If we finished all of our missing work then we got to do a free choice silent activity." -LJ
"Before Lunch, we wrote down on notecards one thing for a free choice bin that we would like to have." -Kenan
Reminders:
~Homework due tomorrow
~Conferences Slips are due
~Weekly Reports were due Monday
"Today our math target was to add and subtract fractions in word problems." -Kylee
"This morning in Music, we got to play the freeze game and learned that in a song between every sixteen notes there is a change in the music." -Sean
"In Reading, we got to write an IVF Summary on one section of The Life and Times of Ants." -Chase
'If we finished all of our missing work then we got to do a free choice silent activity." -LJ
"Before Lunch, we wrote down on notecards one thing for a free choice bin that we would like to have." -Kenan
Reminders:
~Homework due tomorrow
~Conferences Slips are due
~Weekly Reports were due Monday
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Wednesday, March 19th
"Today we got to buddy read Life and Times of the Ant." -Torri
"In P.E. we played catch and I was hit in the face by LJ." -Kolby
"In the morning we had math rotations and I was in Mrs. Byrd's classroom working on subtraction and addition of more than two fractions." -Kaylee
"LJ, Kolby, and I were playing football at recess." -Austin M.
"At recess Kaitlin, Mikaela, Ashlynn, and I played on the bar." - Ella
"This afternoon we used the computers to complete our SRI's and final draft of our Bats Essay." -LJ
Reminders:
~Homework Due Friday
~Weekly Reports were due Monday
~Turn in Conference Slips
~Half days during conferences
~Book Fair during conferences week from 1pm-4pm
~Student Council Meeting is on March 28th not the 21st
"In P.E. we played catch and I was hit in the face by LJ." -Kolby
"In the morning we had math rotations and I was in Mrs. Byrd's classroom working on subtraction and addition of more than two fractions." -Kaylee
"LJ, Kolby, and I were playing football at recess." -Austin M.
"At recess Kaitlin, Mikaela, Ashlynn, and I played on the bar." - Ella
"This afternoon we used the computers to complete our SRI's and final draft of our Bats Essay." -LJ
Reminders:
~Homework Due Friday
~Weekly Reports were due Monday
~Turn in Conference Slips
~Half days during conferences
~Book Fair during conferences week from 1pm-4pm
~Student Council Meeting is on March 28th not the 21st
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Tuesday, March 18th
"This afternoon we read 'The Life and Times of the Ant' and I learned about the queen ant. When it's young, but when it gets old, it doesn't." -Carson
"This morning the Northwood band came in to play songs for us. My favorite song was the Indiana Jones theme." -Kyle
"Today in music we sang an Irish song and talked about our favorite parts in the band. We also played the Freeze Game." -LJ
"During reading, we got to finish our word search and we also did page 99 where we wrote the word that changes the y to i before adding the ending." -Kaydin
"In math, our learning target was I can use visual models to add and subtract two fractions with the same units including subtracting from one whole." -Sean
"At second recess, Kaydin, Carrie, Matt, and I played four square." -Trey
"In reading, if Mrs. Thompson tapped you 3 times, you got to get 3 M&Ms for being on task." -Abby
Reminders:
Homework due Friday (came out today). We cut some stuff down (should be crossed out) because it is coming out late.
Weekly reports were due Monday
Conference reminders went home today, they need to be signed and returned!
Wonderland Family Fun Night TONIGHT
Brentwood Spokane Shock Night (April 19th). Ticket order form going home tonight, due back April 1st.
"This morning the Northwood band came in to play songs for us. My favorite song was the Indiana Jones theme." -Kyle
"Today in music we sang an Irish song and talked about our favorite parts in the band. We also played the Freeze Game." -LJ
"During reading, we got to finish our word search and we also did page 99 where we wrote the word that changes the y to i before adding the ending." -Kaydin
"In math, our learning target was I can use visual models to add and subtract two fractions with the same units including subtracting from one whole." -Sean
"At second recess, Kaydin, Carrie, Matt, and I played four square." -Trey
"In reading, if Mrs. Thompson tapped you 3 times, you got to get 3 M&Ms for being on task." -Abby
Reminders:
Homework due Friday (came out today). We cut some stuff down (should be crossed out) because it is coming out late.
Weekly reports were due Monday
Conference reminders went home today, they need to be signed and returned!
Wonderland Family Fun Night TONIGHT
Brentwood Spokane Shock Night (April 19th). Ticket order form going home tonight, due back April 1st.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Monday, March 17th
"Today we all changed our real names to leprechaun names." -Clumsy McDoodle
"In PE, we played catch with watermelon balls." -Stumpy McDoodle
"We worked on our final drafts of our bat paragraphs and typed them." -Warty O'Wobbles
"At recess, Mikaela, Ashlynn, and I (Goldie, Greenie, and I) played tag." -Blarney McSpud
"In math, we learned how to do addition and subtraction of fractions on a number line and in our heads." -Lucky McSmelly
"In reading, we got to do a word search. Our spelling pattern was they all had a y change to i before adding an ending." -Stumpy O'Knuckles
"It was St. Patrick's Day today!" -Warty McTaven
"This afternoon we got to have time on the computers to finish our bat paragraphs and practice our typing. We also did a lexile test." -Warty O'Knuckles
Reminders:
Homework is due Friday
Homework packets coming home tomorrow
Weekly reports were due today
"In PE, we played catch with watermelon balls." -Stumpy McDoodle
"We worked on our final drafts of our bat paragraphs and typed them." -Warty O'Wobbles
"At recess, Mikaela, Ashlynn, and I (Goldie, Greenie, and I) played tag." -Blarney McSpud
"In math, we learned how to do addition and subtraction of fractions on a number line and in our heads." -Lucky McSmelly
"In reading, we got to do a word search. Our spelling pattern was they all had a y change to i before adding an ending." -Stumpy O'Knuckles
"It was St. Patrick's Day today!" -Warty McTaven
"This afternoon we got to have time on the computers to finish our bat paragraphs and practice our typing. We also did a lexile test." -Warty O'Knuckles
Reminders:
Homework is due Friday
Homework packets coming home tomorrow
Weekly reports were due today
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Thursday, March 13th
"This afternoon in writing rotations, we started typing our essay's." -Kylee
"Also in writing rotations, I finished my typing on bats." -Carrie
"This morning in math, we learned how to use area models to compare fractions ." -Mikaela
"After second recess, we had more time to type our writing prompts on bats." -Matt
Reminders:
~Homework Packets will go out Monday!
~No school tomorrow
~Wear green on Monday
~Weekly Reports due Monday
"Also in writing rotations, I finished my typing on bats." -Carrie
"This morning in math, we learned how to use area models to compare fractions ." -Mikaela
"After second recess, we had more time to type our writing prompts on bats." -Matt
Reminders:
~Homework Packets will go out Monday!
~No school tomorrow
~Wear green on Monday
~Weekly Reports due Monday
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Wednesday, March12th
"Today we spent time on the computers practicing math facts and typing." -Kaitlin
"In writing rotations, some people finished their bat paragraph." -Torri
"In P.E. we did stations because we have only done it once this month." -Kaydin
"During math, we worked in our math notebooks working on lesson 14 comparing fractions using like numerators or denominators." -Kaylee
"This afternoon at recess, Torri, Ashlynn, Kaitlin, Ella, and I were playing a tag game on the big toy." -Mikaela
Reminders:
~Homework due tomorrow!
~No school Friday
~Weekly Reports due
~Wear green on Monday for Saint Patrick's Day
"In writing rotations, some people finished their bat paragraph." -Torri
"In P.E. we did stations because we have only done it once this month." -Kaydin
"During math, we worked in our math notebooks working on lesson 14 comparing fractions using like numerators or denominators." -Kaylee
"This afternoon at recess, Torri, Ashlynn, Kaitlin, Ella, and I were playing a tag game on the big toy." -Mikaela
Reminders:
~Homework due tomorrow!
~No school Friday
~Weekly Reports due
~Wear green on Monday for Saint Patrick's Day
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Tuesday, March 11th
"During Math, we made snack mix using fractions." -Abby
"This afternoon we got to do math about comparing factions." -Mikaela
"In Music, we played the recorders and talked about what our favorite thing in fourth grade so far was." -Chase
"Today in Writing, my rotation worked on our body one's and body two's." -Kylee
Reminders:
-Homework due Thursday
-No school Friday
-Weekly Reports were due Monday
Pictures below are from when we created snack mix using fractions!
Friday, March 7, 2014
Friday, March 7th
"Today we cleaned our desks and then we got to play typing games when we were done." Kylee
"This afternoon, ... won the ticket bin." ~ Kaydin
"In library we got to color a "B" for butterflies, or Brentwood, if you couldn't check-out." ~ Torri
"I got a stuffed pony today for the student store school email fund raiser!" ~ Carrie
"During math we did tape diagrams and number lines with fractions and used multiplication and division number sentences to prove that two fractions are equivalent." ~ Mikaela and Kaitlin
Reminders:
Homework and Weekly Reports came home today!
Weekly Reports due Monday!
Homework due Thursday!
No School Friday, March, 14th!
If you signed up to bring in supplies for our trail-mix fractions, please bring in your items by Tuesday!
Have a great weekend!!!
"This afternoon, ... won the ticket bin." ~ Kaydin
"In library we got to color a "B" for butterflies, or Brentwood, if you couldn't check-out." ~ Torri
"I got a stuffed pony today for the student store school email fund raiser!" ~ Carrie
"During math we did tape diagrams and number lines with fractions and used multiplication and division number sentences to prove that two fractions are equivalent." ~ Mikaela and Kaitlin
Reminders:
Homework and Weekly Reports came home today!
Weekly Reports due Monday!
Homework due Thursday!
No School Friday, March, 14th!
If you signed up to bring in supplies for our trail-mix fractions, please bring in your items by Tuesday!
Have a great weekend!!!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Wednesday, March 5th
"Today we had a rehearsal and performed for the third graders." -Kylee
"In Social Studies rotations, we answered questions about why high school students went on strike." -Divinity
"In P.E. we got to play doctor ball in the cafeteria." -Kaydin
"During Math, we learned how to find equivalent fractions using division." -Abby
Reminders:
~Union Gospel Mission donations
~Salute to Washington Tonight at 7pm
~Silverwood Reading Logs due Friday 7th
~Homework due Friday
~Snack Mix Fraction supplies due 3/10 sign up below
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845A5AB23AAFD0-fraction
"In Social Studies rotations, we answered questions about why high school students went on strike." -Divinity
"In P.E. we got to play doctor ball in the cafeteria." -Kaydin
"During Math, we learned how to find equivalent fractions using division." -Abby
Reminders:
~Union Gospel Mission donations
~Salute to Washington Tonight at 7pm
~Silverwood Reading Logs due Friday 7th
~Homework due Friday
~Snack Mix Fraction supplies due 3/10 sign up below
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845A5AB23AAFD0-fraction
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Tuesday, March 4th
"Today in Music, we practiced our concert for the Salute to Washington." -Chase
"This afternoon during Writing, we had an assignment about bats and how they aren't all bad." -Mary
"Today was National Pancake Day!" -Kolby
"In Math, we were using non-unit fractions and multiplication to find equivalent fractions." -Kylee
"During lunch, Ashlynn, Divinity, and I were lunch helpers and instead of pancakes we had waffles." -Mikaela
Reminders:
~Union Gospel Mission donations
~Snack Mix Fraction Supplies due 3/10 Sign up using the link below
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845A5AB23AAFD0-fraction
~Salute to Washington tomorrow at 7pm
~Weekly Report is due
~Homework due Friday
~School Supply Check-In
~P.E. tomorrow, bring tennis shoes
"This afternoon during Writing, we had an assignment about bats and how they aren't all bad." -Mary
"Today was National Pancake Day!" -Kolby
"In Math, we were using non-unit fractions and multiplication to find equivalent fractions." -Kylee
"During lunch, Ashlynn, Divinity, and I were lunch helpers and instead of pancakes we had waffles." -Mikaela
Reminders:
~Union Gospel Mission donations
~Snack Mix Fraction Supplies due 3/10 Sign up using the link below
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845A5AB23AAFD0-fraction
~Salute to Washington tomorrow at 7pm
~Weekly Report is due
~Homework due Friday
~School Supply Check-In
~P.E. tomorrow, bring tennis shoes
Monday, March 3, 2014
Monday, March 3rd
"This morning, we practiced for the Salute to Washington." -Trey
"After we practiced our music, we only had five minutes before we went to P.E." -Abby
"Today, in Social Studies we took our Politics Test." -LJ
"After our test, Mrs. Gil has us read a paper about students going on strike in 1944." -Chase
Reminders:
~Union Gospel Mission donations
~Snack Mix Fractions supplies due 3/11 (next Tuesday)
~Salute to Washington Wednesday at 7pm
~ Weekly Reports due
~ School Supply check-in
"After we practiced our music, we only had five minutes before we went to P.E." -Abby
"Today, in Social Studies we took our Politics Test." -LJ
"After our test, Mrs. Gil has us read a paper about students going on strike in 1944." -Chase
Reminders:
~Union Gospel Mission donations
~Snack Mix Fractions supplies due 3/11 (next Tuesday)
~Salute to Washington Wednesday at 7pm
~ Weekly Reports due
~ School Supply check-in
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