Welcome to our new fourth graders! This year for our summer reading, instead of doing a written report, you have the option of participating in a discussion online. I hope this will let us all see and respond to each other's thoughts about the book.
As a reminder, you need to begin each comment with the book you read, and should write your first name only under "Comment As." You should then write down the number of the questions you are answering, followed by your answer. Later on, you should check back and respond to another student's comment.
For your realistic fiction book by Beverly Cleary or Judy Blume, you need to answer two of the following questions:
1. Who is the main character and how would you describe them? Are they like you at all-why or why not?
2. What do you think are the three most important things that happen in this book? Why are these the most important?
3. Do you think that this book could really happen in your school, family, or neighborhood? Why or why not?
4. If you could change something about the book, what would you change? (Do not write down "nothing" as your answer!)
Fourth Grade 2014-2015
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012
The year is winding down, and we saw the eighth grade graduate today! Don't forget that students will receive their summer reading and math packets the last week of school and will get a chance to meet their reading teacher for next year then. Please also keep a lookout for any books that belong to the school and start sending them back.
The science fair was a great success! We had many excellent projects, and I was very impressed with their quality. Congratulations to Isaiah and Joshua for winning first place, Destiny and Elysa for second, and David and Max for third.
I also recently received information from the Museum of Science and Industry. They are doing a free program this summer where you can sign up to receive weekly emails of fun science experiments to do at home. If you register soon, you'll also receive a free ticket to visit MSI. The link and more information can be found here.
Our last field trip will be to the Lincoln Park Zoo on Tuesday, June 5 with our preschool buddies. Students also should be finishing up their research projects next week. The rough draft is due Tuesday, and the final published copy is due Friday.
The science fair was a great success! We had many excellent projects, and I was very impressed with their quality. Congratulations to Isaiah and Joshua for winning first place, Destiny and Elysa for second, and David and Max for third.
I also recently received information from the Museum of Science and Industry. They are doing a free program this summer where you can sign up to receive weekly emails of fun science experiments to do at home. If you register soon, you'll also receive a free ticket to visit MSI. The link and more information can be found here.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012
It's getting closer to the end of the year, and the fourth graders are doing excellent work! We're doing an ABC countdown with the first-third grade, with a different letter for each day, ending in "Z" for our last day of school. Yesterday was hat for H, Monday was grapes for G, and today we're getting ice cream!
The students did a fantastic job on their science fair projects. We'll be showing them to the school tomorrow during the day, and families are welcome to come that evening from 5:30-7:30 to view our projects and the rest of the school's. We've also been learning about heat, sound, and light in science class. Students made their own instruments and demonstrated how pitch changes, created insulated "ice keepers" to keep ice cubes from melting, and looked at how prisms separate the colors of light. They'll get a study guide at the end of the week, and the test will be on Thursday, May 24.
We've just finished reading The Bad Beginning, and many of the students have been reading the next books in the series. It's great to see them so enthusiastic about reading! Their scrapbook projects will be due on Monday. In English, we're writing research papers. I have lots of books on animals, and the students were told if they'd like to research another subject, they need to find three books about that topic. So far, we have students doing research on things from the Aztecs to Michael Jordan. They'll research and take notes this week and next, and we'll also begin drafting our papers next week. Their recent four paragraph papers were great, and I was very impressed with students' word choice.
We had tons of fun at the White Sox game yesterday! Thank you to Mr. Jim for donating those tickets. We also have a field trip coming up on Tuesday, June 5 to go to Lincoln Park Zoo with our buddies.
Finally, congratulations to Anayah! She won a state wide competition to design a rain barrel, which we'll be able to see at our school next year.
The students did a fantastic job on their science fair projects. We'll be showing them to the school tomorrow during the day, and families are welcome to come that evening from 5:30-7:30 to view our projects and the rest of the school's. We've also been learning about heat, sound, and light in science class. Students made their own instruments and demonstrated how pitch changes, created insulated "ice keepers" to keep ice cubes from melting, and looked at how prisms separate the colors of light. They'll get a study guide at the end of the week, and the test will be on Thursday, May 24.
We've just finished reading The Bad Beginning, and many of the students have been reading the next books in the series. It's great to see them so enthusiastic about reading! Their scrapbook projects will be due on Monday. In English, we're writing research papers. I have lots of books on animals, and the students were told if they'd like to research another subject, they need to find three books about that topic. So far, we have students doing research on things from the Aztecs to Michael Jordan. They'll research and take notes this week and next, and we'll also begin drafting our papers next week. Their recent four paragraph papers were great, and I was very impressed with students' word choice.
We had tons of fun at the White Sox game yesterday! Thank you to Mr. Jim for donating those tickets. We also have a field trip coming up on Tuesday, June 5 to go to Lincoln Park Zoo with our buddies.
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