October 3rd - 7th, 2011

• 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.

• Midterm Reports will be coming home today, Friday, October 12th.

• Parent-Teacher conferences will be Wednesday, October 17^th and Thursday, October 18th. If you haven't already signed up for a time, please email me.

• Cookie Dough Delivery on Tuesday, October 11^th. This is also the day of the limo ride.

• Please remind your son/daughter that they must wait for you in the grassy area by the cafeteria when being picked up after school.  Students are not allowed to play on the playground equipment at this time, and for no reason should parents park in the hug and go zone!
• Early Release Day:  This Wednesday, October 24^th at 1:10.

1. 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).

 

2.  Math homework:  follow this link and play the following math time game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space/time/play.shtml

September 26th - 30th, 2011

 

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

·    Parent Teacher Conferences are October 12 - 13th. If you haven’t already signed up for a time, let me know.

·    Mid term grades will be sent home Friday, October 1st.

·    Wednesday, 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 - Thursday, September 29^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.

·    Arvada fire department will present “The Hunt for Home Hazards” to our fourth grade students on Friday, September 30^th.

·    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. 

Writing Prompt Rubric

This rubric will be used to score your writing. Be sure that each piece of your writing contains all of the elements listed below!

**For fun: Before turning in an assignment, have a friend/brother/sister/parent "grade" your writing using the rubric!



September 19-23, 2011

Fourth Grade Take-Home Note

September 19th-September 23th, 2011

• 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 12 - 13th. If you haven’t already signed up for a time, let me know.

• Wednesday, 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: Thursday, September 29^th. Students need dress for the weather that day, eat a healthy breakfast, and bring a water bottle to school.

• 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. Atkins and Mrs. Nisely had fun watching and playing this game about place values. Tell us what YOU think!

click on picture below:

Try this!!

Fourth Grade News

September 6th –September 9th, 2011

• What a delight this week has been! It was wonderful meeting you all at the Ice Cream Social and 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.


• Needed: paper towel rolls (one for each student) and large zip lock baggies.


• 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! First order due: Tuesday, Sept. 8th.


• 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 9, 2011)

• 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. Mrs. Atkins got to Level 6 on the first try. Do your best to top her score!

Click here: http://hoodamath.com/games/factorfeeder.php

*Remember: Reading logs are due on Friday, September 9.