It's 2024 and my seventeen fourth graders welcomed snow by making snowmen. These snowmen are inspired by the book "Snowmen at Night." In addition to making these, students also learned about how snowflakes are formed using the book, "Snowflake Bentley". If you haven't read either of these books, I hgihly recommend them! Here's an interesting video about the man behind those famous snoflake photographs. Happy 2024!

Welcome to Class!

Last Day of School!

 What an incredible school year 2020-2021 has been!  This class has been amazing.  From the first day of school attending as A/B cohorts to going remote at the flip of a switch, this class has shown what it truly means to be flexible and live in the moment.  Pandemic?  What pandemic? Here they all are on the last day of school.  These kids will be missed!

Welcome to Ms. Allen's Happy Classroom!

 Meet the crew:

 

We're off to a GREAT start to the 2019-2020 school year!

Today, students got to choose BATT books!  Be sure to ask them about the books they chose. 

Reminders:

There's no school on Monday, September 2, 2019 in observance of Labor Day

Next Wednesday, September 4th from 6:30 - 7:00 please join us for parent orientation.

Yesterday we read the book "Miss Rhumphius" by Barbara Cooney to get us thinking about how we can make the world a more beautiful place.  Attached is a picture of kids in the class painting lupine thus making our world a more beautiful place).  Next week, we'll set goals and intentions for our school year.

Thank you for sharing your children with me, they are so much fun!  It's going to be an enjoyable year!

We love visiting Kilton Library!  Here we are on our first visit.  Saying that these kids love books is an understatement! 

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!

Concert on Thursday

May 10, 2017

Dear 3rd and 4th Grade Parents and Guardians,

The Third and Fourth Grade Choruses will be performing at the Lebanon Opera House on Thursday, June 1st at 6:30 p.m.  Please arrive at 6:15 (no earlier).  They will be performing with the 3rd and 4th grade chorus members from the Hanover Street School.  The concert will last about thirty minutes. We will be rehearsing at the Lebanon Opera House from 10:00-1:15 on June 1st with a break for lunch/recess.  We will return to school by 1:30.

Concert Dress is black pants and white collared shirts for boys (polo or button down), white top and black skirt or pants for girls (a black and white dress is also fine).  

Every voice counts! Every child is expected to attend. If you have any transportation needs, please let me know so that rides can be arranged.

There will be a reception in the lobby following the performance.  If you wish to contribute juice or cookies, please return the form at the bottom.  Also, we are looking for a few parents to serve the refreshments.    

Musically yours,

Christine Greenough

Mount Lebanon Elementary School                      

cgreenough@sau88.net

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 (Return this portion to school ONLY if you wish to contribute food/drinks)

___________________can provide   __1-2 dozen cookies

(Name)                               __ one half-gallon  juice or punch

__I can help serve refreshments

Watershed Congress

Yesterday, May 25, 2017, students traveled by bus to Goodwin Park in Lebanon to celebrate 4th grade's annual student watershed congress.  Students rotated through eight watershed related activities throughout the day   Here's one of our very own as happy as a freshwater clam:

Rising Fifth Graders

From Dr. D'Entremont:

Some parents of 4th grade students may not have been able to attend the meeting on April 25 regarding the transition to Lebanon Middle School for the 17-18 school year.

We've added a section to our LMS school web page "17-18 transition."  All of the information that was discussed at the meeting is there for parents to access.

Eastern Brook Trout

Peek a boo!  Here's one of our trout we've been raising since January.  This fish is 95 % developed.  We'll release it at the end of April.  
Did you know the eastern brook trout is New Hampshire's state fish?

Trout Books

Here's one of our very own students working on her picturing writing story:

Hello Everyone!
We've been very busy here at Mount Leb!  A couple of things to bring to your attention:

• Report cards were sent home today!

We're working on geometry in math.  We kicked off the unit with tessellations (see one of our pics below).  Have you seen this video on MC Escher?  His work is fascinating!  I think I smell an art project....

In writing, many of the students are working on putting dialogue into their written pieces.  Here's a helpful tool when helping your child properly punctuate dialogue.  Students can access much of their writing at home through Google Drive.  

Daily 5 is moving along at a good clip.  Many of our students are reading books about dogs.  Because of Winn Dixie, How to Steal a Dog, and  A Dog Called Homeless are some of the titles we're working with.  Additionally, we're working on comprehension and being thorough in our work by putting the questions in the answers. 

Our trout have arrived and are being housed in Mr. Wetmore's room.  In class, we are making books using the Picturing Writing method.  Students are currently brainstorming silver dollar words such as crimson (for red), ebony (for black), and skittering.

As always, please feel free to contact me by email if you have any questions or comments.  Thank you for allowing me to teach your children every day.  It is an honor.

Dancing with the Sugar Plum Fairy

Last Friday, Mount Lebanon School attended Clara's Dream at the Lebanon Opera House.  Today, in class, we read the book The Nutcracker retold by Jean Richardson and illustrated by Francesca Crespi. Then, students watch a video on how nutcrackers are made.  After the video, students learned how to draw their own using this video.  Stay tuned for the finished product!