September 24 - 28th

 

·    Thank you for helping your son/daughter study their multiplication facts!

·    Parent Teacher Conferences are October 17 - 18th. If you haven’t already signed up for a time, let me know.

·    Friday, September 28^th, early release at 1:10.

·    Students are working on getting their class work and homework in on time. Students are responsible for bringing a late assignment note home for any missing homework.  This is a fourth grade expectation and a sign of responsibility.

·    Intermediate Field day - Wednesday, September 26^th.

·    Most students have done an awesome job keeping up with the weekly blog and completing the homework assigned. Included in this week’s blog is a rubric for at home writing prompts (under the important forms tab). Please encourage your son/daughter to read the rubric and edit and revise their writing before turning it in.

·    ·    After giving the first round of our acuity test to students this past week, I noticed that many students struggle with determining the main idea, summarizing, and author’s point of view in reading and writing.  We will continue to spend time in class working on these skills.  Spending time at home to reinforce these strategies will only benefit your son/daughter.  I appreciate your help. 

September 17th - 21st

September 17th-21st 

Fourth Grade Take-Home Note

September 17th-September 21st, 2012

• Word work/spelling sheets are given to your son/daughter each week on Mondays. They are to staple these in their planners. Words need to be studied each day and the spelling test will be given Thursday.
• Thank you for helping your son/daughter study their multiplication facts!
• Parent Teacher Conferences, October 17 - 18th. If you haven’t already signed up for a time, let me know.

• Friday, September 28^th, early release at 1:10.
• Students are working on getting their class work and homework in on time. Students are responsible for bringing a late assignment note home for any missing homework.  This is a fourth grade expectation and a sign of responsibility.

• Field Day: Wednesday, September 26^th. Students need to dress for the weather that day, eat a healthy breakfast, and bring a water bottle to school.
• WE ARE GOING TO THE ZOO!  Thursday, September 27th. Signed permission slips and $10.25 were due Friday, September 14th. Students need to bring a sack lunch, water bottle and dress for the weather and comfortable shoes.  Fourth graders will be focusing on how African animals adapt to their environments. 

• Still Needed: A classroom liaison!

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HOMEWORK

• Please read the following text. Complete the graphic organizer on a sheet of notebook paper writing the main idea and supporting details:

• In math, we are focusing on determining place value. It is so important that we understand how to determine place value before moving on to new concepts in math (such as division).   Mrs. Nisely had fun watching and playing this game about place values. Tell us what YOU think!

click on picture below:

Try this!!

September 10-14th, 2012

Fourth Grade Take Home Note

Mrs. Nisely’s Class

September 10th-September 14^th, 2012

• Many students are lacking knowledge of their multiplication facts!  Without this basic knowledge of facts, students may fall behind in math this year.  10 or 15 minutes a night of studying multiplication facts or first thing in the morning will promote this essential learning and pave the way for success with future math assignments.

• Early Release Day: Friday, September 28^th at 1:10.

• Field Day for intermediate: Wednesday, September 26^th.

• Thursday, September 1st was our school wide cookie dough kick off! What a fantastic fundraiser this has been in the past for our school. Keep selling those cookies!

• September 12^th, individual school picture retakes.

• Parent Teacher Conferences, October 17-18th. If you haven’t already signed up for a time, let me know.

Students are working on getting their class work and homework in on time. Students are responsible for bringing a late assignment note home for any missing homework.  This is a fourth grade expectation and a sign of responsibility.

 Homework

(Due: Friday September 14, 2012) 

Writing homework:

a.           Look for meaningful object or photo to bring and share.

b.           Write a paragraph describing a special time spent with a friend.

c.       Please go to the link below and play Meteor Multiplication.  I worked through all six stages and my final score was 23 math meteors in one minute.  See if you can beat me!  If you complete all six stages there will be an opportunity for you to print out a completion certificate.  Print out the certificate and bring it to me by Friday and I'll pay you 5 PAWS! 

http://hoodamath.com/games/meteormultiplication.php

September 4th-7th, 2012

Fourth Grade News

September 4th –September 7th, 2012

• What a delight this week has been! It was wonderful meeting you all at the Ice Cream Social and look forward to talking to you at parent orientation. I feel honored to be teaching at VanArsdale and look forward to working with your son or daughter and you this school year.
• Parent Orientation Night: In the library from 5:30-6:10 p.m.


• Needed: paper towel rolls (one for each student).


• Book orders: through scholastic book orders, our class will use extra “book points” to fill our classroom library with the top ten books we select each order we make. So, by placing an individual order, we are adding books to our library! Look for a flyer in the next couple of weeks
• Our Fourth Grade Homework and news from our classroom will be sent electronically via this blog each week. Please assist your son/daughter in logging onto the blog especially as they get used to the process.
• In addition to the homework found on our blog, we will be sending home math homework (this math homework will directly relate to what we are studying that day in math and due the very next day) throughout the week and any assignments not completed in class should also be taken home and finished there. This math homework will directly relate to what we are studying that day in math and due the very next day.

Suzanne Nisely

School Number: 303 – 982-1080

Homework

(Due: Friday September 7, 2012)

• Please read the following text. Complete the graphic organizer on a sheet of notebook paper writing the main idea and supporting details.

The fastest wind ever recorded was on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. In 1934, the wind blew 231 miles an hour across the top of the mountain. The wind is so fierce there that chains are anchored in solid rock to keep the weather station from blowing away.

• In math, we are focusing on factors, which are numbers you multiply together to get an answer in multiplication. The answer is called a product. The following game asks you to think of factors for different products. Click here: http://hoodamath.com/games/factorfeeder.php

*Remember: Reading logs are due on Friday, September 7.

August 27 to August 31

August 27 to August 31

• Labor Day September 3rd No School
• Field Day September 26 Wear a hat and sunscreen, remember your water bottle
• Order your Field Day T-shirts this week :)
• Early Release Day September 28 1:10 Dismissal 5:30 to 6:10 p.m.
• Parent Orientation, Wednesday, September 5th. In the library from

Dear Students,

1.   Our first math unit is all about Place Value!  Play the game below to sharpen your skills.  Have Fun!

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15

2.   Please continue to work on your multiplication facts to 12 x 12 = 144

Visit the link below for a fun game:
http://hoodamath.com/games/multiplicationgrandprix.php

3.   Below is a list of math words that you need to know how to spell correctly.  Print off the list and ask mom or dad, nicely, to quiz you.  We'll play Sparkle with the list on Friday.  There might be prizes...

ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, million, billions
one, two , three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety

4.   Keyboarding!

Follow the link below for some fun keyboarding practice. 
Try really hard to keep your fingers positioned properly on the home row keys.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/keyboarding_games_typing_adventure1.html

Well, I don't know about you, but I think we had a FANTASTIC first week of fourth grade.  I can't wait to see you dayTuesday. 

Joyfully,
Mrs. Nisely