September 28th - October 2, 2015

• The date for Shark Dissections has been changed! Instead of doing them next week, we will be doing them the week of October 5th to 9th (in two weeks).

• Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday the 22nd. If you haven't signed up for a spot, please do so as soon as possible!! If you are unable to come to one of the times listed, please email me at snisely@jeffco.k12.co.us and we'll find another time on another day.

• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084fa4ac2ea5fb6-fall

Dates to Remember:

• October 21 - Early Release
• October 21 - 22 - Parent-Teacher Conferences

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Literacy - 

• Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)
• Please write down as many examples of Learning with the Spirit of Endurance. (This can be a character in your book or examples of yourself learning with the spirit of endurance.)

Math: Check out Mega Math (below)! You can play our math games that directly tie to our math Expressions unit. Remember the higher the letter is in the alphabet, the more challenging the game.

• https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/hspmath/na/common/mega_math_9780547585062_/launch.html

September 21-25, 2015

• As students work through our science unit, they have shown great strides in accurately recording and demonstrating wonderful experiments. Science notebooks are a critical piece to our science studies. These notebooks integrate writing and scientific data collection and thought. Higher levels of thinking are required throughout all of our science units.

• Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday the 22nd. I have created a SignUp Genius page for parents to sign up for conferences; you should have also received an email with the link to the page. If you didn't receive the email or haven't signed up for a conference spot yet, click the link below to sign up:
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084fa4ac2ea5fb6-fall

Dates to Remember:

• Friday, September 25th - Early Release (1 PM) & Carnival
• October 21 - Early Release
• October 21 - 22 - Parent-Teacher Conferences

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Literacy - 

• Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)
• Please read the following text on fingerprints and complete the diagram as instructed.

Math: Play the factor game below to sharpen your factor finding skills

• http://www.hoodamath.com/games/factorfeeder.html

September 14-18, 2015

Starting last week, fourth grade will be selling Jamba Juice for $4 to fundraise for the school. Van Arsdale will be getting a portion of every sale, and if this goes well, we will be selling juice every Friday!

What can we do to make sure that we grow as readers? How do we know if the books that we are reading are the best for our level? We talked about the five-finger rule of picking a "just right" book this week. Make sure you're picking "just right" books!

Dates to Remember:

• Friday, September 25th - Early Release at 1:00 and Carnival

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Literacy - 

>> Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

>> Please read the following four paragraphs. On a sheet of notebook paper, write the sentence that does not fit in the paragraph (this is a detail that should not be included with the rest of the text).

Math - Follow this link and play the following math time game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/time/play/

September 7-11, 2015

• 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 link, under Classroom Resources on the left). Please encourage your son/daughter to read the rubric and edit and revise their writing before turning it in.

Dates to Remember:

• Friday, September 7th - Labor Day (No School)
• Friday, September 25th - Early Release at 1:00 and Carnival

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Literacy - 

• Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

• Please read below and complete the web on a piece of paper:

Writing - Prompt: If you found $20 on the ground, explain what you would do with it.
Below we have attached the rubric for your writing prompt. Please share with your parents the discussions we had in class about following the prompt! This will also remain as a link under "Classroom Resources" on the top left side of the blog.

Math - Log onto ThinkCentral from home and finish the assignment you started on Thursday. To get to the website, go to https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do. You will only have to fill in the school once as long as the check box is checked, but make sure that all the fields are correct! The district is not Arvada. 

For your username and password, you should have it in your planner!

August 31 - September 4, 2015

Welcome back!

• 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.

• Students are doing an amazing job completing their homework and getting it in on time.  Thank you for your continued at home support with this.

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

Dates to Remember:

• Friday, September 7th - Labor Day (No School)

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Literacy - 

• Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)
• Please read the following text. Complete the graphic organizer on a sheet of notebook paper writing the main idea and supporting details.

If the images do not load, please click here for the text, and here for the organizer.

Growth Mindset - Give an interview to someone! Use the script below and record their answers.

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!

Copy/paste the following if the link above doesn't work: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/place_value_headings/play/

For more math games check out the "Math Games" link on the left, under Class Resources