Field Trip

Our Groundwater Festival field trip is this Friday! We will come back to the school to eat a sack lunch from the lunchroom or students may bring their lunches just like always.
Students will receive a free festival T-shirt to wear on Friday. It looks like the weather will be chilly, so a long-sleeve shirt under the T-shirt might be a better choice than a jacket (that has to be kept up with).
The trip is short, so we will discourage students from bringing electronics or other toys. Questions? Please comment below.
Remember, this will be just like a regular school day, but we will have a field trip during the day. We're sorry, but parents are not invited on this trip. We will have another field trip later that we will be glad to invite you to participate in.

ELA and Math Update

Lately, in ELA, we have been learning about summarizing text. We are working on matchbook summaries, summarizing each chapter of The Tiger Rising. We are also working on writing personal narratives using sensory details to help our reader see, hear, feel, smell, and taste whatever it is that we are writing about.
Ask your child to summarize a nursery rhyme like "Little Miss Muffet" or "Humpty Dumpty" and you will see what I am talking about.
In math, the students are working with fractions. Yes, this is probably one of the most difficult concepts for fourth-grade students. Mrs. Roberts is using techniques to help the students think through the best ways to tackle fraction problems. One of the key concepts with fractions is knowing the multiplication tables. Your child will be a much better math student if he or she memorizes the multiplication facts.

Merry Christmas!!!

http://www.thekidzpage.com/christmas/games.htm

The Tiger Rising

Comprehension Quiz is at this website:
https://www.webteaching.com/quiz/Tiger-Rising/quiz.html

Genre Book Report

http://rwtinteractives.ncte.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=26

Bird Project

Here are some websites to use in searching for your bird:
www.audubon.org/field-guide
www.animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search
www.birds.com
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Parus_gambeli/

I Can Sequence!

Go to this site and complete all six sequencing activities:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/lists_and_instructions/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm