School Through Our Eyes-10/26/09

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Week of Oct. 12

Monday-We saw the beginning of a moon video from NASA. It was really cool! At the beginning, there was dancing of the astronauts and then music started. NASA sent a probe to the moon to see if there ever was water. We thought it was cool to see how much dust flew off the moon when the probe hit. We also talked about how reading books helps your writing. For example, If you were reading a book about fairy tales then you could write a story that could take place in a magical land.
Tuesday-In the morning we had all school morning meeting. Later, after snack, we took the NECAP test. It was day one of math. At the end of the day we had Spanish and learned about plurals.
Wednesday-In the morning we read our Math To Know books to learn more about how to make an organized list. Then we had our second day of NECAP. Brandon brought in gum to share. We noticed that having mint gum lasted longer.
Thursday-In PE we had a push up and trunk lift test. Then, it was our final day of NECAP!
Friday-The days are getting shorter! It is getting closer to winter. Today we collected, weighed and organized all of our items for the Kids Can Help food drive! Together, all of the items weighed 260 pounds! We had guidance and reviewed all of the unthinkables. We continued our memoirs in writer's workshop. We conferenced with each other and completed a checklist for feedback. We can't wait to debate one of the articles in Weekly Reader later this afternoon!

Peace Out!
Lindsay and Brandon

Week of 10/5

All fourth graders in the Cheetah Den, climbed Mount Philo! When we got to the top we did a scavenger hunt for signs of life. We found lots of evidence that animals are getting ready for winter. After, we had free time to explore. Next, we wrote poems on "belonging". These are now located in the hallway above the Cheetah Den sign.



In gym this week we learned about walking safety. You should always look left, right, left before crossing the road. Lean out to see past objects.

We worked on the problem solving strategy, use or make a table.

We finished the read aloud book called, Waiting Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hawn. It is a ghost story that was very descriptive, like similes. We liked this book! Now we are reading The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez. It is a memoir and has a lot of Spanish words in it.

We are writing our memoirs in Writer's Workshop. One of the memoirs we've read is Saturdays and Teacakes. We noticed that the author used cool craft techniques. For example, we liked repeated words and sound effects.

In art class, we are working on drawings to get them published.

In Science, we are reading non-fiction text about the solar system and trying to solve a riddle about the night sky. In our moodle, we got to watch a cool video about the solar system and respond to a question. Also, we explored the NASA web site .

We have been taking the NECAP tests this week and will continue next week. The only part we like about it is the mints and gum we get to have during testing! We thought the reading part was better than the math part.

This week was a great week!
Kyle and Isabel

The Week of Sept. 19

In math we discussed multiples and factors, while using a class resource called Math To Know. This picture shows a student sharing his strategy. We have created individual bar graphs to record our scores on the mad minute multiplication assessment. After each test, we add our score to our bar graph. Hopefully, we'll see some improvement!
One of the projects we just finished in writer's workshop, is writing an informational newspaper about ourselves. They are now hanging up in the hallway outside of our classroom and the computer lab. We are now working on our personal memoirs.

We are working on a morning job AKA Problem of the Day! Each week Mrs. Randall teaches us one of the 9 strategies to use when solving math word problems. So far we have learned act out and use objects as well as how to make a diagram.


Our class has families according to islands of desks. As we got to know each other, each family created a name. This is one of the names-K9Cats. There are three more family names; Bounty Hunters, Four A's and Furious Five.



Peace Out,
Lukas and Wyatt