Student-Led Conferences

Dear Mom and Dad,

     Please come to my conference.  Our time will be on Tuesday, October 21 or Thursday, October 23.  (My invitation will be coming home tomorrow.... Thursday, October 16th) You will be surprised to hear that I will have a big part in it!  I have set a reading and math goal for this year and want you to hear how I think I can reach it.  Also, I'll have a few more things I want to tell you.  I'll have my last year's PASS scores to give you and, of course, my report card.


Love,
Your son or daughter

P.S.  If we have time I'll show you around the Book Fair!

Kara sharing with her family her self-evaluation for the first 9 weeks of school.

Madison Lynn has everyone's attention as she explains how she can reach her reading goals.

Joseph is reviewing his report card with his mom.

Keira reviewing her wonderful progress with her papa.

Self-reflection is not always easy, but Connor has it all figured out.

Pierce, an avid reader, has chosen to work on his fluency in oral reading for the next nine weeks.  His dad is checking all the ways Pierce says he can help.

Max and his mom getting an early start on their conference.  Max was sharing his reading goals for the year. 

 

 

My goal for the year is to continue barking at the front door without mom yelling at me!

Catch of the Week

Social Studies–  Students will be able to explain the similarities and differences between the 13 original English colonies in terms of their gov’t, religion, economy, and lifestyle.

Reading– Intro new PBL “Tread Lightly” (look for parent letter this week)!Begin studying non-fiction text features as we start our new book “War of the Woods.”

Language– More practice turning fragments into sentences.

Math– Last week for multiplication of larger numbers (24 X 98).  Division starts the following week!

Science–  Play “Oh, Deer” game outside to understand the essential components of an animal’s habitat: food, water, shelter. And...review for Wed’s test.

 

 

Surf’s Up! (Tests & Projects)

Wed – Science TEST on inherited and learned behaviors and animal senses

Thurs– Language TEST on sentences/fragments

      Math TEST on 2 digit by 2 digit mult.

Wed- Thurs.  Social Studies in class Pic-Collage Project & Presentation on N.E, Middle, or Southern Colonies

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Walk to School

"Orange" we cute? 

                                                    Adi waiting for the program to begin.

Some of the crew taking advantage of a photo op!

Pierce, Kaleb, Joseph and Connor waiting for the walk to begin.

Here's our award-winning banner : )

 

Madison holding up our healthy grape sign.

Can you guess?

The high school cheerleaders getting us pumped up!!

The 80s!! Our favorite dress up day!

                                                                 Abe and his side kick.

Buddy Bench Coming Soon!

 

 

Friday, October 10th at 8:30 outside near the playground, our 4th grade will present their "Buddy Bench" to Oakland Elementary.  For two weeks some of our students have been working under the supervision of Mr. Carroll to construct it.  This week we will paint and decorate it.  Some of us will be writing speeches that we will deliver that morning.  All parents are invited to attend.

 

 

 

Check back soon for our class's thoughts and reactions to this new addition to our playground.

Find out what it is, where it's coming from, and how it will be used!

 

Our class is writing friendly letters to our second grade friends in Mrs. Lunsford's class and in Mrs. Hutchins' class. We're answering their great questions about bullying. Mr. Caroll is also helping us build our own buddy bench! After we're done building and decorating the buddy bench we are going to donate the buddy bench to our very own playground for everyone to enjoy! By, Chloe Moyers

 

 I wrote to Mrs. Lunsford's class to answer their questions about bullying.
the thing I wrote about was '' Why do bullies bully certain people ? '' That is a really good question to me.
By: Sarah Reilly Mcmahon

I wrote to Mrs. Huthcin's class. I answered the question Why Do Bullies Bully Certain People. I like that Mrs. Hutchins is very nice.
By: Keira

We wrote to Mrs. Hutchins' class. We wrote to her class because they had a bunch of good questions.
I think we both agree bullying is something you should not be proud of. Just because someone is smaller than you doesn't mean you have the right to bully them.
DON'T BE A BULLY FOR THE PLEASURE!
By: Zachary & Connor

I wrote this because to me bullying is the worst thing that can happen to a person because in my mind bullying is like
doing drugs, people get addicted to it.
By: Johnathon Lewis



I had a wonderful time writing to my second grade teacher Mrs. Lunsford.
I remember her favorite saying was, ''A person's a person no matter how small.'' That was Dr. Suess' quote but I will always remember it as her's.
By: Chloe Moyers



I wrote to Mrs.Lunsford's class. I answered :how can you stop bullying?
By:Nazarii

 

 

Here's Maddox working on the Buddy Bench this past Friday.  Brooklyn took her turn with the hammer last Friday. 

 

Check out Mr. Craycraft, Keira's papa, helping all the 4th graders and their teachers stamp their thumbprint on the back of the bench. 

 

Arrggh, I Wish Everyday Was PIRATE Day!

The reason for our Pirate Day was to learn some important facts about our natural resources, how to treasure them, and to have some FUN at the same time!  We were lucky to have our Maddox be chosen from the audience to have a part in the pirate play that was being performed.  He was a natural without any rehearsal time.  Here's a picture of him with the other main characters of the play aboard the pirate ship.  And check out a few pictures of us getting piratey!

The stars of the show

Galley hands

Shipmates

Meet our mates!

Catch of the Week
(Here's what's ahead:)

Social Studies– Students will understand and explain how the Columbian Exchange impacted the N.A. and the Europeans both positively and negatively.

Reading– Read articles on “Buddy Bench”, continue WONDER focusing on new vocab (see below) and comprehension questions (check notebook) .

Know the definitions and practice using them in sentences!

Justified-right, necessary

Dissed-insulted, put down

Neutral-impartial, not taking sides

Hypocrite-phony, fraud, double dealer

Knickers-short pants, usually buttoned or gathered at the knee

Fiddle-fidget, play with, jiggle

Zydeco-Cajun dance music which originated in Louisiana

Hysterically-uncontrollably, wildly

Tics-twitches, spasms

Immaculate-spotless, perfect, clean

Overprotective-controlling

Manic-overexcited, hyper

Monologue-one person speech, soliloquy

Theorems-formula, statement

Sentence-punishment, prison term

Language– Learn the difference in format between a friendly letter and a letter to the editor. Test quotation marks.

Math-Continue subtracting with regrouping using larger numbers and across zeros.  Be able to use base 10 blocks to demonstrate. This Friday will be our first FAST Facts Division test.  Time is running out to memorize those multiplication facts.

Science– We will practice classifying organisms into groups, understanding the differences in plants (flowering and non-flowering) and animals (vertebrate, invertebrate).

 

This week we practiced finding evidence to prove character traits in the book, WONDER.

Each group selected a character and had 45 minutes to find evidence of character traits for their character.  There was a "secretary" to record what the group found.  Groups were graded on their productivity.  Check out our "working pictures"...scroll to the last picture to find the most productive group!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 little fish told me a secret: If you can get your mom or dad or grandmother or grandfather to comment on our blog you can earn up to $5 in FUNNY MONEY in that week.  Last week Connor and Jonathan were the very happy recipients!
What's FUNNY MONEY?  Well, it's not real money, but you can use it  as extra points on any test.  You are kidding me?  NO, it's true.  Just ask Connor or Jonathan!