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Hello there! I hope that you had a great few days off. My family and I sure did!
As you can see, we had a great, great time at our Valentine's Day party! We could not have done any of it without our room moms. Thank you so much Mrs. Lambourne and Mrs. Bornes! The minute to win it games were so fun, and the root beer floats were super yummy! A HUGE thank you to Mr and Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Bornes as well. Thank you all for your help. The kids had so much fun celebrating with you! Being a kid is awesome!
I will be at my daughter's spelling bee tomorrow morning, so the kids will have a sub tomorrow when they walk in. I will be back later in the morning. I can't wait to see them!
Academically this week...
Math: Multiplying fractions and converting between fractions, decimals, and percents.
Reading/Lead 21: We will be reviewing all skills learned up to this point. Kids will be doing small stations throughout the week to show mastery in all areas. This will help me determine which kiddos still need help with certain skills. In small groups, we will continue to work on making connections, opinions, predictions, locating figurative language, and writing summaries.
Writing/Language: We will focus in on writing essays with a thesis.
Spelling: Words with prefixes. There is NO alternate list this week.
Social Studies: Midwest Tour continues. The states and capitals test will be THIS Friday.
Montana History: Final review of Montana Basics
Science: Project Lead the Way. Kids will begin to discover how their cars work at different levels on an inclined plane. They will also start to plan how they will make their restraints in their cars to keep an egg safe when going down that ramp at top speed. We shall see who our upcoming engineers are!
Fly Time: Dealing with difficulties in a positive way, being considerate to parents, and learning to ignore distractions in class.
We are coming up on testing season. Please know that I don't put a lot of pressure on kids when it comes to testing. All I want them to do is give me their very best, and not for me but for themselves. When I was a kid, I loved tests. (imagine that)! I know that all kids don't feel this way. I try very hard for them to realize that this is just a time for them to be shining stars. They have learned so much this year, and have put in so much effort to better themselves in all areas. Now, it is time to just show what they know. Our first test will be the MontCas Science test. Only 4th graders take this test. It is three sessions (days) long. We will take this test March 3, 4, and 5th. Make up testing is never fun, so please make sure kids are at school these days if at all possible. Thanks. We will take the rest of MontCas Smarter Balance testing later in the month of March/April. Kids will also take the NWEA Map testing one last time. When I know the specific dates, I will blog them to you. Please just encourage kids to do their very best! :0)
I hope that you have a great week at work, and that the snowfall is nice to all of us.
Mrs. Grewell
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