Today's morning news and announcements

Dear Fourth Graders,

    Welcome to Monday, September 24, 2018.  You have PE this afternoon at 12:50 with Mr. McFee.  

   Did you know the first teddy bear was invented in 1902 or 1903 - depending on who invented it and who you ask.  The important part is that the teddy was named after president Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. How it's made Teddy

     

   

               Love,

              Petunia and friends

Our Life Goals

When I grow up, I want to be:
A marine biologist
A doctor
An animal trainer
A baker
A marine biologist
A vet
A baker
An artist
An animal assistant for ocean animals
A hockey player or biologist (because not too many people go to the NHL)
An artist
A pro baseball player (I don't have a back-up plan)
A vet or a teacher
A pro fisherman
A vet
A scientist (inventing)
I'm still deciding
A singer or a vet (I could always sing to the animals)
A storyteller
A vlogger
A doctor and a mom
A pro gamer
Ms. Allen's still deciding...HA!

Welcome back to school! Here we are practicing building stamina in reading. We're using a new framework for reading from the American Reading Company (ARC). The kids give it a double thumbs up!

Three Act Math Lessons

Our class has had the luxury of having Mrs. Skiffington join us for math.  After a workshop, Mrs. Skiffington brought back a new idea:  three act math!  

Today's lesson was on dividing up pizza.  Who doesn't like pizza?  To complete the work, students used a new fraction math app.  

Here are some pictures of kids completing their work:

What inspires us to write poetry?

    Lately we've been writing poems in literacy as part of an exploration into a new literacy program.  Here are some of our inspirations:

• Our pets
• Our teachers
• Our hobbies
• Holidays
• Sports
• Vacations/places
• Our wishes
• Poems
• Art

Sometime in the very near future, we'll be presenting our poems using a ipad to video our work.  Stay tuned!

89 Pounds of Wool

Today, in class, we read an article about a sheep named Chris who grew 89 pounds of wool!  Here's the link to the Bedtime Math site: Woolly Sheep

We also read the book Pete the Sheep Sheep.  Here's a link to the story: Pete the Sheep Read Aloud

We're off to a Great Start!

WOW!  We've had a very strong beginning to our school year.  Only two days in and we're demonstrating good listening skills, following directions, and best of all being kind!  Over the last two days we have:

• Read: The Dot, Math Curse, Interrupting Chicken, Miss Rumphius and we've started reading Spud Murphy
• Made rainbows and set our goals for the year
• Learned how to play on the playground
• Gotten to know each other
• Practiced mindfulness

Tonight, you might see a newspaper in your child's backpack.  We're taking part in a newspapers in the classroom project this year.  Sometimes we'll read an article from the paper in class and sometimes, we'll send the paper home.  Enjoy!

Thank you so much for preparing your children for fourth grade!  We're off to a great start!