Hi,
We had a wonderful time at the Bob Bullock Museum today. Thank you to all the parents who came and chaperoned groups. The children seemed to have a lot of fun and hopefully learned some things as well. They were very well behaved! Ask them about the movie in the Star of Destiny theater. Ask them also about the primary sources that they saw. They should have A LOT to talk about.
Reading: Next week in reading we will be practicing skills by doing an AMAZING RACE! They will have activities to complete and then earn "money" based on how they did. At the end the person with the most money wins! They will be practicing using context clues, inferencing, determining important information from interesting details, writing summaries, and determining point of view. It will be fun! We will do an activity a day this week and next Monday. We also will be reading and responding to some books about natural disasters. We are beginning some new book club groups as well.
Writing: We are continuing to work on our persuasive letters.
Math: We will be continuing to review and do problem solving.
Social Studies: We will be learning about Texas heroes and settling in the west.
Monday, April 18-Service Club Meeting after school
Monday, April 18-Thursday, April 21-Earth Week!!!!
Thursday, April 21-Writing Club after school
Friday, April 22-No School
Pen Pal Field Trip on May 2.
Science Day on May 6.
Rising Star Night on May 10
Earth Week Activities
· MONDAY 4/18- No Trash Lunch Day. On average, during one day of lunch for all grades, our students fill 15-16 large gray trash containers! That’s 75 trash bags in just 1 week! That’s a lot of trash….let’s see which classroom can create the least amount of lunchtime trash today! The top 2 classrooms in each grade will win Go Green prizes!
· TUESDAY 4/19- 3R’s (REDUSE, REUSE, RECYCLE) Day -Bring an item to school that Forest Creek currently recycles, place into appropriate bin, and keep it out of the earth’s landfills! (juice pouch, plastic water bottle, ink cartridge, cell phone, alkaline battery, aluminum can). Look for earth friendly Forest Creek reusable water bottles for sale this week!
· WEDNESDAY 4/20- Go Green…Got Plants? – Plant Sale today… .50cents per plant, receive small informative flyer on importance of plants/trees in our world. And, be sure to check out the gardens outside of Forest Creek!
· THURSDAY 4/21 Make that change day. Wear Green! How will YOU be better to the EARTH? Pass it on to a friend. (Fill out the small Green card located in envelope on the Go Green bulletin board and post it onto the bulletin board! -HOW WILL I HELP THE EARTH?)
· FRIDAY 4/22 (Holiday) EARTH DAY Turn It Off day –Try conserving electricity, water, and reducing carbon emissions around your house (turn off water while brushing your teeth, turn off your computer, room lights, fans, walk don’t drive!)
Have a great week! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Friday, April 15, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Newsletter-Field trip on Friday
Hi,
We had another wonderful but busy week. Our pen pal visit on Friday was fun. We took them to our computer lab and wrote posts on our blog. Check them out! We also worked on a webquest about Antarctica. We read some books about Antarctica in reading class this week and learned even more using this cool site. Best of all, on Friday, we were able to explore with Proscopes which are very powerful microscopes that plug into a computer. We tried to look at ladybugs (they were very quick and active). We looked at our hair, skin, clothing, tissues, freckles, etc... up close! Very, very cool!!!!
We are going to visit our pen pals on Monday, May 2. We always look forward to seeing them again.
Friday was also an assembly during which we were entertained by a wonderful Jazz Band. Ask your child about it!
Reading: We read at least two books on the same topic, talked about them, and compared them. We used a lot of higher level thinking skills as we read and responded and worked on building up our reading stamina while reading non-fiction. We read about Antarctica and about the Depression. We will be continuing with this format this coming week and reading about zoos and about social situations. (getting along with others, new friends, etc...)
Writing: We finished our published books and they are being mailed on Tuesday. We also wrote interesting poems modeled after poems that we read. This week we will be learning about persuasive writing and will be writing a persuasive letter. I wonder if they will be able to convince YOU to do something after you read their letter!
Math: We have been reviewing lots of concepts like measurement, time, temperature, decimals, and place value. We had math words as vocabulary words last week and will continue to discuss math vocabulary. We will continue to play math games this week and review more with temperature, geometry, multiplication, and division.
Science and SS-We finished up learning about the moon, sun, and Earth's patterns and began some social studies. We will continue social studies this week and will have our field trip on Friday!
Rising Star- Everyone submitted either a poem or a story or both to be considered for publication in Rising Star. I was impressed that we had three of our pieces chosen for fourth grade! Congratulations to Mallory (wind poem), Jody (solo story), and Aaliyah (Mom's Closet story)! Our class is filled with awesome writers and poets. I'm so glad that three of them will be recognized in Rising Star!!!!!!
Field Trip on Friday, April 15-Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum-We are looking forward to a great day at the museum on Friday. Your child should try to wear a Forest Creek shirt or a purple or green shirt. (if possible) They will need to bring a lunch with a drink unless they ordered a sack lunch from the cafeteria. We will not be going to the gift shop so no money should be brought on the trip. We are going to see the movie The Star of Destiny and will be exploring the three floors of the museum. Each floor has a different theme-1st floor=Encounters on the Land shows the people native to Texas through European explorers, early missions, and early settlers. 2nd floor-Building the Lone Star Identity deals with the fight for independence, becoming part of the United States, then seceding to join the confederacy during the civil war. This floor continues with Juneteenth and the ways in which Texas presented itself and its identity during the 1936 World's Fair; only 100 years since its independence. 3rd floor-Creating Opportunity deals with how Texas oil impacted the state and also how Texas-led explorations in space, medicine, and technology have impacted the entire world. It is going to be a great day!
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, April 12-PTA meeting 6:30 in library
Thursday, April 14-Poem in Your Pocket Day
Friday, April 15-Field trip to Bob Bullock Museum
Monday, April 18-Service Club Meeting after school
Monday, April 18-Thursday, April 21-Earth Week!!!!
· MONDAY 4/18- No Trash Lunch Day. On average, during one day of lunch for all grades, our students fill 15-16 large gray trash containers! That’s 75 trash bags in just 1 week! That’s a lot of trash….let’s see which classroom can create the least amount of lunchtime trash today! The top 2 classrooms in each grade will win Go Green prizes!
· TUESDAY 4/19- 3R’s (REDUSE, REUSE, RECYCLE) Day -Bring an item to school that Forest Creek currently recycles, place into appropriate bin, and keep it out of the earth’s landfills! (juice pouch, plastic water bottle, ink cartridge, cell phone, alkaline battery, aluminum can). Look for earth friendly Forest Creek reusable water bottles for sale this week!
· WEDNESDAY 4/20- Go Green…Got Plants? – Plant Sale today… .50cents per plant, receive small informative flyer on importance of plants/trees in our world. And, be sure to check out the gardens outside of Forest Creek!
· THURSDAY 4/21 Make that change day. Wear Green! How will YOU be better to the EARTH? Pass it on to a friend. (Fill out the small Green card located in envelope on the Go Green bulletin board and post it onto the bulletin board! -HOW WILL I HELP THE EARTH?)
· FRIDAY 4/22 (Holiday) EARTH DAY Turn It Off day –Try conserving electricity, water, and reducing carbon emissions around your house (turn off water while brushing your teeth, turn off your computer, room lights, fans, walk don’t drive!)
Have a great week! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
We had another wonderful but busy week. Our pen pal visit on Friday was fun. We took them to our computer lab and wrote posts on our blog. Check them out! We also worked on a webquest about Antarctica. We read some books about Antarctica in reading class this week and learned even more using this cool site. Best of all, on Friday, we were able to explore with Proscopes which are very powerful microscopes that plug into a computer. We tried to look at ladybugs (they were very quick and active). We looked at our hair, skin, clothing, tissues, freckles, etc... up close! Very, very cool!!!!
We are going to visit our pen pals on Monday, May 2. We always look forward to seeing them again.
Friday was also an assembly during which we were entertained by a wonderful Jazz Band. Ask your child about it!
Reading: We read at least two books on the same topic, talked about them, and compared them. We used a lot of higher level thinking skills as we read and responded and worked on building up our reading stamina while reading non-fiction. We read about Antarctica and about the Depression. We will be continuing with this format this coming week and reading about zoos and about social situations. (getting along with others, new friends, etc...)
Writing: We finished our published books and they are being mailed on Tuesday. We also wrote interesting poems modeled after poems that we read. This week we will be learning about persuasive writing and will be writing a persuasive letter. I wonder if they will be able to convince YOU to do something after you read their letter!
Math: We have been reviewing lots of concepts like measurement, time, temperature, decimals, and place value. We had math words as vocabulary words last week and will continue to discuss math vocabulary. We will continue to play math games this week and review more with temperature, geometry, multiplication, and division.
Science and SS-We finished up learning about the moon, sun, and Earth's patterns and began some social studies. We will continue social studies this week and will have our field trip on Friday!
Rising Star- Everyone submitted either a poem or a story or both to be considered for publication in Rising Star. I was impressed that we had three of our pieces chosen for fourth grade! Congratulations to Mallory (wind poem), Jody (solo story), and Aaliyah (Mom's Closet story)! Our class is filled with awesome writers and poets. I'm so glad that three of them will be recognized in Rising Star!!!!!!
Field Trip on Friday, April 15-Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum-We are looking forward to a great day at the museum on Friday. Your child should try to wear a Forest Creek shirt or a purple or green shirt. (if possible) They will need to bring a lunch with a drink unless they ordered a sack lunch from the cafeteria. We will not be going to the gift shop so no money should be brought on the trip. We are going to see the movie The Star of Destiny and will be exploring the three floors of the museum. Each floor has a different theme-1st floor=Encounters on the Land shows the people native to Texas through European explorers, early missions, and early settlers. 2nd floor-Building the Lone Star Identity deals with the fight for independence, becoming part of the United States, then seceding to join the confederacy during the civil war. This floor continues with Juneteenth and the ways in which Texas presented itself and its identity during the 1936 World's Fair; only 100 years since its independence. 3rd floor-Creating Opportunity deals with how Texas oil impacted the state and also how Texas-led explorations in space, medicine, and technology have impacted the entire world. It is going to be a great day!
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, April 12-PTA meeting 6:30 in library
Thursday, April 14-Poem in Your Pocket Day
Friday, April 15-Field trip to Bob Bullock Museum
Monday, April 18-Service Club Meeting after school
Monday, April 18-Thursday, April 21-Earth Week!!!!
· MONDAY 4/18- No Trash Lunch Day. On average, during one day of lunch for all grades, our students fill 15-16 large gray trash containers! That’s 75 trash bags in just 1 week! That’s a lot of trash….let’s see which classroom can create the least amount of lunchtime trash today! The top 2 classrooms in each grade will win Go Green prizes!
· TUESDAY 4/19- 3R’s (REDUSE, REUSE, RECYCLE) Day -Bring an item to school that Forest Creek currently recycles, place into appropriate bin, and keep it out of the earth’s landfills! (juice pouch, plastic water bottle, ink cartridge, cell phone, alkaline battery, aluminum can). Look for earth friendly Forest Creek reusable water bottles for sale this week!
· WEDNESDAY 4/20- Go Green…Got Plants? – Plant Sale today… .50cents per plant, receive small informative flyer on importance of plants/trees in our world. And, be sure to check out the gardens outside of Forest Creek!
· THURSDAY 4/21 Make that change day. Wear Green! How will YOU be better to the EARTH? Pass it on to a friend. (Fill out the small Green card located in envelope on the Go Green bulletin board and post it onto the bulletin board! -HOW WILL I HELP THE EARTH?)
· FRIDAY 4/22 (Holiday) EARTH DAY Turn It Off day –Try conserving electricity, water, and reducing carbon emissions around your house (turn off water while brushing your teeth, turn off your computer, room lights, fans, walk don’t drive!)
Have a great week! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Friday, April 8, 2011
Pen Pal Visit
Write about our pen pal visits. What do you like best about having pen pals? What things have we done together that you liked best? Why do you think having pen pals is important?
Write about our pen pals and comment on posts written by others.
Write about our pen pals and comment on posts written by others.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Newsletter
Hi,
We had a great week. We worked hard on our released reading and math TAKS and the children did well. Now I know what skills we need to target and in what areas we can do some extension activities.
We have some awesome mathematicians in our classroom. I got an email about a Trimathlon Competition in Round Rock on May 14. It is free and sounds fun. I think A LOT of students in our class would do great in this competition. Let me know if you are interested and/or visit this site for more information. http://www.mathnasiumtrimathlon.com/
Reading: We used a non-fiction book called How do Animals Adapt? to practice taking notes using expository text, using text features(subtitles, glossary, index, table of context, photos, captions, etc...) We also practice writing summaries. Summaries are one of those tricky things. A summary needs to tell about the beginning, middle, and end of the passage and use summary statements. It shouldn't include a bunch of details but the most important parts to get the gist or main idea of the passage. We also chose non-fiction books to use as book club books. We read and took notes. Then wrote summaries and responses to the book. We met with others who read the same book and talked about some facts from the book, what the author's purpose may have been to write the book and how the author organized the book. We created posters and shared this information with the class. They did very well. Next week each child will read at least two books on the same basic topic and compare and contrast the books and the information learned with their book groups. We will be reading about Anarctica (two different books) and then later in the week, we will read about The Depression/The Dust Bowl (two different books). We will share what we've learned with the whole class.
Writing: We are writing poems about weather (If I were a thunderstorm...., If I were a snowflake...,etc...) We are also helping each other finish our published books. We are all almost done. Next week we will be writing more poetry.
Math: We are continuing to work on different types of measurement. We will be working with time and temperature this week. We will also be solving lots of problems and reviewing some geometry.
Science: We will continue learning about the moon, the sun, and patterns of the Earth and will have a test on Tuesday. We will be finishing up an activity on phases of the moon and do a demonstration of the phases on Monday. We will also review a little for the test on Tuesday.
Social Studies: We will be working on Frontier, Urbanization, and Citizenship for the next couple of weeks.
Pen Pal Visit on Friday, April 8-Our pen pals will be coming to visit us on Friday, April 8. We are planning on using technology with them in the computer lab. Come visit with us!
Attached is a flyer for writing camp at UT this summer. It sounds wonderful!!!!! Check it out.
Dates to Remember:
Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 5-Fifth Grade TAKS test-no visitors allowed on campus
Monday, April 4-Service Learning Club in PTA portable
Tuesday, April 5-Science test
Thursday, April 7-Writing Club afterschool until 4:00
Friday, April 8-Pen Pal Visit at FCE from 10:00-11:00
Jazz Band Concert-1:45
Friday, April 15-Field Trip to Bob Bullock Museum
Friday, April 22-No school
Tuesday, April 26-Math TAKS test 3rd and 4th grade
Wednesday, April 27-Reading TAKS test 3rd and 4th grade
Have a great weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks,
Pam
We had a great week. We worked hard on our released reading and math TAKS and the children did well. Now I know what skills we need to target and in what areas we can do some extension activities.
We have some awesome mathematicians in our classroom. I got an email about a Trimathlon Competition in Round Rock on May 14. It is free and sounds fun. I think A LOT of students in our class would do great in this competition. Let me know if you are interested and/or visit this site for more information. http://www.mathnasiumtrimathlon.com/
Reading: We used a non-fiction book called How do Animals Adapt? to practice taking notes using expository text, using text features(subtitles, glossary, index, table of context, photos, captions, etc...) We also practice writing summaries. Summaries are one of those tricky things. A summary needs to tell about the beginning, middle, and end of the passage and use summary statements. It shouldn't include a bunch of details but the most important parts to get the gist or main idea of the passage. We also chose non-fiction books to use as book club books. We read and took notes. Then wrote summaries and responses to the book. We met with others who read the same book and talked about some facts from the book, what the author's purpose may have been to write the book and how the author organized the book. We created posters and shared this information with the class. They did very well. Next week each child will read at least two books on the same basic topic and compare and contrast the books and the information learned with their book groups. We will be reading about Anarctica (two different books) and then later in the week, we will read about The Depression/The Dust Bowl (two different books). We will share what we've learned with the whole class.
Writing: We are writing poems about weather (If I were a thunderstorm...., If I were a snowflake...,etc...) We are also helping each other finish our published books. We are all almost done. Next week we will be writing more poetry.
Math: We are continuing to work on different types of measurement. We will be working with time and temperature this week. We will also be solving lots of problems and reviewing some geometry.
Science: We will continue learning about the moon, the sun, and patterns of the Earth and will have a test on Tuesday. We will be finishing up an activity on phases of the moon and do a demonstration of the phases on Monday. We will also review a little for the test on Tuesday.
Social Studies: We will be working on Frontier, Urbanization, and Citizenship for the next couple of weeks.
Pen Pal Visit on Friday, April 8-Our pen pals will be coming to visit us on Friday, April 8. We are planning on using technology with them in the computer lab. Come visit with us!
Attached is a flyer for writing camp at UT this summer. It sounds wonderful!!!!! Check it out.
Dates to Remember:
Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 5-Fifth Grade TAKS test-no visitors allowed on campus
Monday, April 4-Service Learning Club in PTA portable
Tuesday, April 5-Science test
Thursday, April 7-Writing Club afterschool until 4:00
Friday, April 8-Pen Pal Visit at FCE from 10:00-11:00
Jazz Band Concert-1:45
Friday, April 15-Field Trip to Bob Bullock Museum
Friday, April 22-No school
Tuesday, April 26-Math TAKS test 3rd and 4th grade
Wednesday, April 27-Reading TAKS test 3rd and 4th grade
Have a great weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks,
Pam
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Science test on Tuesday, April 5
Hi,
I attached the study guide for next Tuesday's science test. We haven't covered all of the topics yet but I wanted you to have enough time to go over the material with your child. I pasted some websites on the study guide so eventhough your child will receive a hard copy tomorrow, you may want to use this attached version so that you can get to the websites easily.
We are finishing up our published books! Every child will receive a free hard cover copy of their book. If you would like to order another copy, you need to fill out the form and send it in by Friday. If you didn't turn in a form yet (you need to check that you don't want another copy and sign it) then please do so by Friday.
I also attached a flyer about a service project that one of our staff's high schooler is doing. She is collected gently used coloring books, etc... for children at Dell's Children's Hospital. These items are due on Friday.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a great day!!!!
Thanks,
Pam Bartholomew
I attached the study guide for next Tuesday's science test. We haven't covered all of the topics yet but I wanted you to have enough time to go over the material with your child. I pasted some websites on the study guide so eventhough your child will receive a hard copy tomorrow, you may want to use this attached version so that you can get to the websites easily.
We are finishing up our published books! Every child will receive a free hard cover copy of their book. If you would like to order another copy, you need to fill out the form and send it in by Friday. If you didn't turn in a form yet (you need to check that you don't want another copy and sign it) then please do so by Friday.
I also attached a flyer about a service project that one of our staff's high schooler is doing. She is collected gently used coloring books, etc... for children at Dell's Children's Hospital. These items are due on Friday.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a great day!!!!
Thanks,
Pam Bartholomew
Friday, March 25, 2011
Newsletter March 25, 2011
Hi,
We had a talkative but productive week. Spring fever may have hit a few kids a little early. We have a wonderful class but many like to socialize A LOT. We will be having fun in the weeks to come but do still have a lot of work to do for the end of fourth grade. I will give them time to chat but we need to keep working and learning as well.
Our pen pal visit went very well today! We were able to glaze bowls together for the Empty Bowl Project. Reminder-The Empty Bowl project will be on Saturday, April 2 from 11-3 at the First United Methodist Church on Mays St. The Empty Bowl Project will benefit the Round Rock Area Serving Center. We will be having another pen pal visit at our school on Friday, April 8. We will be doing something in the computer lab with them. Many of our pen pals commented to me today about how much they love meeting with your children. They look forward to our visits very much and love interacting with them. You are welcome to join us.
We also visited with our 1st grade reading buddies today and helped them research frogs. Then we read together. Mrs. Garcia told me that her students told their Junior Achievement Teacher who much our class helps them with their reading and how much they appreciate us.
We talked a little today about how much of a positive impact they are having on others (young and old) by working together, being kind and helpful, and basically being themselves. It was nice to hear such positive comments about our class today! You should be proud of your child!
Reading-We discussed media literacy this week and played lots of games to see how producers and advertisers try to persuade us. We also learned that even when reading non-fiction we have to be aware of the author's point of view because the author decides what facts to put in or leave out based on what he/she thinks is important. Someone who loved sharks would write an article with a different feeling and possibly different information than someone who was terrifed of sharks.
Writing-We worked on our published books. A few of us are finished with the writing and illustrating of their books! They go to the publisher soon, so we will be finishing them up this week. We will also do some poetry.
Math-Measurement is still our topic. We will continue to think about appropriate units to use when measuring and solve some problems dealing with measurement. We will also continue to work on area, perimeter, and volume. Transformations (reflections, rotations, and translations) will be coming our way this week as well.
Science-We learned about weather this week and took our test today. (They did well) We will be talking about the sun and moon next week.
We are taking a released math TAKS test on Tuesday and a released reading TAKS test on Wednesday. This will give us information about specific skills that our students are mastering and which ones still need some review.
Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
We had a talkative but productive week. Spring fever may have hit a few kids a little early. We have a wonderful class but many like to socialize A LOT. We will be having fun in the weeks to come but do still have a lot of work to do for the end of fourth grade. I will give them time to chat but we need to keep working and learning as well.
Our pen pal visit went very well today! We were able to glaze bowls together for the Empty Bowl Project. Reminder-The Empty Bowl project will be on Saturday, April 2 from 11-3 at the First United Methodist Church on Mays St. The Empty Bowl Project will benefit the Round Rock Area Serving Center. We will be having another pen pal visit at our school on Friday, April 8. We will be doing something in the computer lab with them. Many of our pen pals commented to me today about how much they love meeting with your children. They look forward to our visits very much and love interacting with them. You are welcome to join us.
We also visited with our 1st grade reading buddies today and helped them research frogs. Then we read together. Mrs. Garcia told me that her students told their Junior Achievement Teacher who much our class helps them with their reading and how much they appreciate us.
We talked a little today about how much of a positive impact they are having on others (young and old) by working together, being kind and helpful, and basically being themselves. It was nice to hear such positive comments about our class today! You should be proud of your child!
Reading-We discussed media literacy this week and played lots of games to see how producers and advertisers try to persuade us. We also learned that even when reading non-fiction we have to be aware of the author's point of view because the author decides what facts to put in or leave out based on what he/she thinks is important. Someone who loved sharks would write an article with a different feeling and possibly different information than someone who was terrifed of sharks.
Writing-We worked on our published books. A few of us are finished with the writing and illustrating of their books! They go to the publisher soon, so we will be finishing them up this week. We will also do some poetry.
Math-Measurement is still our topic. We will continue to think about appropriate units to use when measuring and solve some problems dealing with measurement. We will also continue to work on area, perimeter, and volume. Transformations (reflections, rotations, and translations) will be coming our way this week as well.
Science-We learned about weather this week and took our test today. (They did well) We will be talking about the sun and moon next week.
We are taking a released math TAKS test on Tuesday and a released reading TAKS test on Wednesday. This will give us information about specific skills that our students are mastering and which ones still need some review.
Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Monday, March 21, 2011
Great Day!
Hi,
We had a wonderful first day of the fourth marking period in fourth grade! We played a game using a balloon, teamwork, and focus to remind us that we need to continue to work hard, work together, and pay attention to our goals so that we can continue to learn everyday from now until the end of the school year and for the rest of our lives.
Everyone was excited to see each other and we talked a lot but worked hard as well.
We are working on measurement in math. Talk to your child about measuring at home whenever possible. Practicing measuring in real-life situations helps in many ways. We have created this chart and refer to it to help us as we measure in class.
Units Tools Types
Inches, feet, miles, Ruler, yard stick, meter stick LENGTH
yards, meters, centimeters, odometer, tape measure, pedometer
kilometers, millimeters
Pounds, ton, ounces, gram, Triple beam balance, scale, WEIGHT or MASS
kilogram, metric ton pan balance
Liter, milliliter, pint, Eye dropper/pipette, CAPACITY/VOLUME
fluid ounces, gallon, quart, graduated cylinder,cup
measuring cups
months, days, weeks, Stop watch, clocks, calendar TIME
minutes, hour, seconds,
years
Fahrenheit, Celsius Thermometer TEMPERATURE
We will be having a science test on Friday. It will be on weather and study guides came home before spring break. Try to watch weather reports on the news this week and discuss some of the terms used.
The students brought home a TV Diary today. They need to record at least one show that they watch and rate it. They also should be describing some commercials. A peper with questions about commercials will be coming home tomorrow. We will be using a PBS website to discuss media literacy and reading information critically.
Our pen pals are coming to school on Friday to glaze their bowls for the Empty Bowl project on April 2. Feel free to come and visit with our wonderful pen pals.
Rising Star Entries are due on April 1. Artwork, poetry, and narratives can be submitted. Three pieces from each category will be selected by each grade level. We will be having a Rising Star Night in May. Encourage your student to submit some of their great pieces.
Writing Club-on Thursday afterschool in the library!
Have a great week and I'm glad that everyone had a nice spring break.
Sincerely,
Pam
We had a wonderful first day of the fourth marking period in fourth grade! We played a game using a balloon, teamwork, and focus to remind us that we need to continue to work hard, work together, and pay attention to our goals so that we can continue to learn everyday from now until the end of the school year and for the rest of our lives.
Everyone was excited to see each other and we talked a lot but worked hard as well.
We are working on measurement in math. Talk to your child about measuring at home whenever possible. Practicing measuring in real-life situations helps in many ways. We have created this chart and refer to it to help us as we measure in class.
Units Tools Types
Inches, feet, miles, Ruler, yard stick, meter stick LENGTH
yards, meters, centimeters, odometer, tape measure, pedometer
kilometers, millimeters
Pounds, ton, ounces, gram, Triple beam balance, scale, WEIGHT or MASS
kilogram, metric ton pan balance
Liter, milliliter, pint, Eye dropper/pipette, CAPACITY/VOLUME
fluid ounces, gallon, quart, graduated cylinder,cup
measuring cups
months, days, weeks, Stop watch, clocks, calendar TIME
minutes, hour, seconds,
years
Fahrenheit, Celsius Thermometer TEMPERATURE
We will be having a science test on Friday. It will be on weather and study guides came home before spring break. Try to watch weather reports on the news this week and discuss some of the terms used.
The students brought home a TV Diary today. They need to record at least one show that they watch and rate it. They also should be describing some commercials. A peper with questions about commercials will be coming home tomorrow. We will be using a PBS website to discuss media literacy and reading information critically.
Our pen pals are coming to school on Friday to glaze their bowls for the Empty Bowl project on April 2. Feel free to come and visit with our wonderful pen pals.
Rising Star Entries are due on April 1. Artwork, poetry, and narratives can be submitted. Three pieces from each category will be selected by each grade level. We will be having a Rising Star Night in May. Encourage your student to submit some of their great pieces.
Writing Club-on Thursday afterschool in the library!
Have a great week and I'm glad that everyone had a nice spring break.
Sincerely,
Pam
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