Happy summer!

What a nice, long, hot summer!  We have been having some fun at the local pools, as well as pools all over the country!  I made a trip to Pennsylvania to celebrate my mom's 80th birthday during the first week of July.

I have also been working on getting ready for next school year.  I will miss my fabulous fourth graders who grew into fantastic fifth graders.  I am really excited to meet a new group, though!

Enjoy July!!

Home stretch!

Hello!

Can you believe we are in the home stretch of fourth grade?  It feels like we just started.  I have said it before, and I will say it again: This class will be missed.  I cannot wait to see what is in store for them as fifth graders.  They will definitely be a great fifth grade class!  We have a GORGEOUS day at Miller Park on Friday.  We could not have asked for better weather.

We wrapped up Social Studies Power Points this past week.  They are all posted on the Social Studies tab.  Students are encouraged to revise them if they did not have everything ready the day of their presentations.  My sample is also posted so that you can see what was expected (I completed the sample in class in front of the students and we discussed it at length.).  Be sure to refer to the rubric to make sure you get the points needed.  Also, students have an "ABCs of the USA" packet that will be used to determine how well they listened to other presentations.  This will be collected on Monday.  Students will have time to look over the posted Power Points in case they are missing any information.  They are NOT expected to have filled up each page.  They should have a decent amount of information for each state, however, provided the presenter gave them enough information.  I will take that into consideration in my grading.

Students are permitted to bring in games on Monday and Tuesday.  We will have bits of time here and there where they might be able to play them.

Report cards are sent home after school lets out.  We do not give them out at school as we do for previous quarters.  If yours does not arrive within a week after school lets out, please contact Mrs. Crouch in our office.

Wednesday, May 23, is our last day of school.  It is very short!  Teachers will be on the playground to say their goodbyes, but we do not enter the school or have a formal class in the classroom.  The last full day is May 22.  Expect students to be bringing home items in backpacks over the next two days.  Students who did not use their 2nd expandable file this year will get it back.  Some very wise students said to me (unsolicited!), "I'm going to save mine to use next year."  Yes!!!  Save money and Mother Earth!

Math: FASTT Math; 2 x 2 practice

Social Studies: US Geography Test; state reports began (continue all this week)

Literacy Block: Rules; rotations; Communication Booklet day; Handwriting, Week 29, Monday is tonight's homework

Math: FASTT Math; 2 x 2 assessment; band presentation

Social studies: Mrs. Plato presented her Illinois Power Point; presentations begin Monday; 50 State Assessment Monday; you could use this site to study, as well as the others on the Social Studies tab

Literacy block: Rotations; craft; Handwriting, Friday, Week 28 is for homework; students have done a BEAUTIFUL job writing in cursive this week; Communication Books are needed for Monday's class--> we will be incapable of using verbal language so we can empathize with a character in the book we are reading

Mark charts will need a parent signature this weekend

Math: FASTT Math; 2 x 2 multiplication assessment tomorrow

Social Studies: Created Power Point presentation rubric; entire US geography test Monday

Literacy block: discussed answers to questions in Rules; rotations; Handwriting, Thursday, Week 28 tomorrow

Math: FASTT Math; CCR; 2 x 2 multiplication; complete practice sheet for homework; get grade sheet signed

Social studies: Took Southwest/West Geography assessment; discussed Power Point expectations/created rubric; get grade sheet signed

Literacy block: Answered questions about Rules; rotations; get grade sheet signed; complete Handwriting, week 28, Wednesday

Get planner signed

Cursive Week Begins!


Math: FASTT Math; CCR; 2 x 2 multiplication assessment of expanded algorithm tomorrow

Social Studies: Power Point presentations begin next Monday; finished the geo. challenge for the Midwest; started studying the Southwest and West; assessment Wednesday

Literacy block: Rules; rotations; Handwriting, Week 28, Monday is tonight's homework


Mark charts need to be signed tonight