Friday, September 29, 2017

9/29/17 Fourth Grade Blog

9/29/17

Dear Fourth Grade Families,
Despite the heat, we have had a wonderful week! Here is what we have been doing...

 Reading:  We are practicing note taking and comparing characters with the book, Ruby Holler.  Students are VERY engaged in this text!  We encourage you to ask your student about what is happening in the story.

Writing:  We spent the week learning strategies to make our Personal History Cards better through editing and revising.  Yesterday, we started our final copies!  When finished, students will present and they will be displayed in our hall.

Upcoming Dates:
10/5                   All School Hike
10/6 & 10/9       No School


High/Low
High- lessons are starting for instruments
High- I start lessons on Tuesday
Low- It’s kinda cold out
High- It’s Friday
Low- We are done with the ropes course
Low- We are finished the low ropes course
High- We are doing our Personal History Cards and drawing is my favorite!  Low ropes course too.
High- I got my clarinet
Low- I missed the last day of the ropes course
High- It’s the last day of the ropes course
High- It’s been really good at recess, I filled my sticker chart, and we got a new thing at PE
Low- we had to write a lot of stuff on our Personal History Cards
High- I finished the writing yesterday
Low- Six people couldn’t finish the seesaw at the ropes course
High- I have five dollars on my sticker chart
Low- we are done with the ropes course
High- I might be getting my instrument today
Low- I didn’t get it sooner
High- I got a clarinet from my cousin and have been playing on it.  I presented at school wide morning meeting and my mother, father, and grandmother were there.
Low- we are done with the ropes course
High- I get my violin today
Low- it’s been cold
High- we got to go on the teeter totter
Low- the ropes course is over
High- I’m getting my saxophone next week
Low- the ropes course is over
Low- someone stole my sticker chart
High- It’s Friday
Low- we got kicked out of our fort
Low- the ropes course is over and we can’t use the zipline any  more
High- it’s Friday, I got bus Student of the Month
Low- ropes course is done and we are starting soccer
High- I’m getting picked up early
High- I got Student of the Month
Low- we are done with the ropes course
High- It’s Friday
Low- we are done with the ropes course
Low- it’s Friday and I don’t want school to end
High- I’m on the sketching part of my project
High- It warmed my heart to see kids doing their own Venn diagrams to take notes and compare characters
Low- It was hot and gross all week!
High- How hard kiddos worked on their projects

Low- How hot it was





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Thursday, September 28, 2017

9/28/17 Third Grade Blog

9/28/17


Dear Families,
What a HOT week we have had!  Despite the heat, students have kept positive attitudes and have stayed focused.  Here is what we have been doing:

Writing:  Students are continuing to write entries in their writer's notebooks!  We learned how we can 'Lift a line' in order to create a new entry!  We are so impressed with their enthusiasm for writing!

Reading:  We are into the routine of our reader's workshop!  Students are selecting books, responding  by demonstrating their comprehension, and conferencing with a teacher.

Upcoming Dates:

 10/6 + 10/9  NO SCHOOL
10/10           Picture Day
10/12           All School Hike

High/Low
High- finishing Track My Progress
High- finishing Track My Progress
High- writing
High- starting a book response
High- writing
High- Book responses
High- writing the short write
Low- not having enough time to finish
High- everything
High- writing
High- Ms. Sarah fixed my necklace
High- writing
High- doing the short write
Low- not getting to finish it
High- finding my backpack
Low- losing it
High- Getting to finish my two books
Low- Not getting to a reading response
High- Keeton is back from New York
High- Doing a short write
High- I got two new books from the library
Low- I forgot to bring back my old ones
High- Track My Progress
Low- The heat!
High- writing
Low- Going to science
High- finishing Track My Progress
High- Moving onto my second page of my short write
High- Most certainly the number of 4’s I have given on word study papers
Low- The heat
High- Nature art class
Low- The heat
High- How excited you kids have been to write!

Low- The heat




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Friday, September 22, 2017

9/22/17 Fourth Grade

9/22/17

Dear Fourth Grade Families,

We have had a wonderful week of learning!  Here is what we have been doing:

Reading:  We have started a new read aloud, Ruby Holler.  We will be using this book to practice organizing our thinking, comparing and contrasting characters, as well as using evidence from the text to support our thinking.

Writing:  We went on a capitalization hunt in our independent reading books to determine the rule for when you need to capitalize a letter.  We then went through our Personal History Cards to edit them for capitalization errors.  Next week we will work on revising the sentences we wrote for our cards.

High/Low
High- I couldn’t do the ropes course on Tuesday
Low- I got hurt on the ropes course
High- Getting to do the ropes course
High- It’s Friday
High- We went to the ropes course, we get to take a picture
Low- I almost fell of the line on the ropes course
High- We are learning a new song in  bucket drumming, next band we get our instruments
High- Learning a new song in bucket drumming, in art we are doing hands
Low- I messed up my hand
High- the ropes course
Low- we haven’t been able to go to the lower field at recess
HIgh- I missed school on Monday for the Big E, back with my friends, getting my clarinet
Low- no lower field forts
High- I finally got the rhythm for a song in bucket drumming
High- we went to the ropes course
Low- we can’t go to the lower field
High- Rauli and I had a good time in music class
Low- we didn’t get a chance to go on the lines on the ropes course
High- The ropes course
High- it’s Friday
Low- I hit my head on the slide
High- the ropes course, and it’s Friday
High- The ropes course
Low- we can’t go to the lower field
High- We were able to go to the ropes course
Low- no lower field at recess
High- going to the ropes course
High- We got to go on the ropes course
High- Getting instruments
High- We have orchestra today
Low- we haven't been able to go to the lower field
High- we get to do the ropes course
Low- we can’t go to the lower field
High- we got to do the ropes course and it’s Friday
Low- the scratch on my foot from the ropes course
High- The nice weather we’ve been having for recess
Low- not enough time to get everything done
High- starting the new read aloud

Low- Ms. Franklin is out!



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Thursday, September 21, 2017

9/21/17 Third Grade

9/21/17

Dear Families,
We have had a very productive week!  Here's what we have been doing:

Reading:  Our students have selected 'Just Right' books and are building their reading stamina!  We are exploring our library during read aloud by reading the first chapter of popular series!

Writing:  We are in the gathering ideas stage of writing!  We are filling up our heart maps and idea banks using the strategy of gathering ideas from other authors.

Word Study:  We have completed our fall assessments in word study and are currently reviewing word types, syllable types, and grammar.

Upcoming Dates:

10/6+10/9          No School

High/Low
High/Low
High-  we got to go outside for elective
Low- I can’t do gym
High- Seeing my friends
High- Finishing our nouns paper quickly
Low- the ropes course
High- reading books in the book bins
High- reading
Low- doing the ropes course
High- getting to read
Low- not having a lot of time to read
High- reading out of our book bins
High- the ropes course
High- the ropes course
Low- reading yesterday
High- reading
Low- not being able to read as long
High- reading
Low- not having enough time to finish my book
High- reading
Low- not having enough time to finsh my book
High- the ropes course
High- picking out books and reading them
High- we went to the ropes course
Low- Keeton isn’t here today
High- doing the ropes course
Low- not getting time to finish reading my monkey book
High- nature art
Low- not here for reading
High- the ropes course
Low- we didn’t have enough time reading
High- the ropes course
High- reading
Low- not being able to finish my bookmark
High- the ropes course
High- going 15 minutes early at the end of the day
High- the ropes course
High- recess
Low- working
High- ropes course
Low- not being able to do it twice
High- Ayeanah is back!
Low- how hot it has been
High- It’s national short person day!
High- watching all of the acts of kindness I’ve seen with classmates

High- having a great day even though Mrs. Franklin was absent on Tuesday AND seeing how excited you all were to read!



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Friday, September 15, 2017

9/15/2017 Third Grade

Third Grade Blog


9/15/2017

Dear Families,
What a week!  We were so impressed with our third graders at the Tunbridge Fair!  They were respectful, responsible, safe, learners!  They asked really thoughtful and insightful questions and most importantly, had a lot of fun!  Thank you chaperones for all of your help.  These days would not be possible without your help and support!  Here's what we have been doing:

Reading:  We read about the Tunbridge Fair and compeleted a project about items used in the past versus what we use now!  We started getting into our classroom library as well!

Writing:  We launched writer's workshop!  We learned about the writer's notebook and started personalizing it.  If your child has pictures, stickers, tickets, etc. from home that they want to add they are encouraged to bring them in!

Upcoming Dates:

10/9+10/10 No School

High/low
High- Seeing the cattle at the fair
Low- haven’t gotten into our classroom library more
High- math
Low- we didn’t get to finish the last math strategy
High- the fair
High- Tunbridge Fair
High- The Tunbridge Fair
High- The Tunbridge Fair
Low- We haven’t used the library
High- The Tunbridge Fair
Low- Haven’t used the library very often
High- watching the pig race
High- Going to to Tunbridge Fair
Low- coming back
High- Going to the Tunbridge Fair
HIgh- Going to the Tunbridge Fair
High- Going to the TUnbridge Fair
Low- seeing the calves
High-The fair
Low- coming back
High- THe fair
Low- THe clown
High- The Tunbridge Fair
High- watching the pig races
Low- we didn’t get to see all of the animals
High- the fair
Low- no MIT yesterday
High- The fair
Low- coming back
High- Going to the fair
Low- I didn’t get the dogs
High- The Tunbridge fair
Low- Not getting a dog
HIgh- Going to the Tunbridge Fair
High- seeing the pig races
Low- coming back
High- seeing a horse that I really liked
Low- not seeing the pig races
High- Being able to pet the little chicks
Low- Having to wait to go to the fair
High- Going to the TUnbridge Fair
Low- no prizes at the pig races
High- The Tunbridge Fair
HIgh- The Tunbridge Fair seeing the cows
Low- not a lot of writing time!
High- Seeing how well our students behaved at the Tunbridge Fair
High- Seeing the animals at the fair
Low- The rain the first hour

High- Seeing my brother at the fair



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9/15/2017 Fourth Grade

9/15/2017

Dear Families,
We have had a busy week this week!  Here's what we have been doing...

Reading:  We finished our read aloud, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!  Students really enjoyed the book and did a great job identifying the strong emotions that the characters felt as well as backing it up with evidence from the text.  At the end we identified the main idea and theme of the book!

Writing: We worked on identifying and using sensory details in our writing.  We will be moving into improving our Personal History Project by revising and editing them.

PLEASE make sure your child has their completed drafts of the project in!

High/Low
High- At the fair I tried Fried dough for the first time
Low- we finished Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
High- We went to the Tunbridge Fair
Low- we finished our read aloud
High- I got rock candy while waiting in line
Low- We finished Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
HIgh- It’s Friday!
Low- we only spent $5 at the fair
Low- I didn’t have a good time at the fair
High- We are getting instruments
High- We went to the Tunbridge Fair
Low- Nick and Gage wanted to wait for the clown for SO long when we could’ve been doing other stuff!
High- I got to see Michael’s horse
Low- we didn’t have time for the apple cider or the clown
High- I got a pair of sunglasses at the Tunbridge Fair, the pig races, I got to sit in an army vehicle
High- Finishing Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Low- The fair
High- I watched the horse pulls
High- We went to the fair
Low- Mrs. Franklin is out and we finished our book!
High- Going to the fair
Low- we finished Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
High- Sugar rush from candy at the fair
Low- it’s Friday
High- We found a three horn and four horned goat, we watched the horse pulls
Low- I found a sweatshirt but couldn’t buy it
High- I got squishy slow rising pineapple
Low- I wasn’t here for the ending of the book
High- We went to the fair, I found a tree I was looking for
High- I got three fidget spinners at the fair
Low- when we went to see Michael’s horse another one spit on me
High- I got cotton candy
High- We are getting our instruments next week, the fair, and the school store
Low- MIchael’s horse breathed out too strong and got me
Low- I’m losing my voice
HIgh- Tunbridge Fair
High- It’s Friday
Low- It’s not Saturday
High- the fair
Low- It’s Friday




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