This week's spelling words are:
1.brought
2.family
3.know
4.number
5.ready
6.admit
7.animal
8.bathroom
9.camera
10.happiness
11.radish
12.manage
13.apple
14.answer
15.cash
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Interview
An Interview with Luc:
What is your favorite special?
Gym.
What is your favorite sport?
Hockey
What is your favorite subject?
Writing
What is your favorite book?
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.
What do you like most about Mrs.Ford?
Shes Nice and Awesome!!!
What is your favorite color?
Red
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
In School This Week.....
We are off to a terrific start of the school year. The students are excited and ready to learn. We have built our stamina to 13 minutes for IDR (Independent Daily Reading) time and have been learning how to choose books to read during this time. We have taken a "Star Reader" test that gives an idea of a student's independent reading level. I will have this information available for parents at conferences in November. Today at library the kids looked for fiction books to read. We talked about how to choose a book: look at the covers, read a page, decide what kind of book you are interested in, ask a friend's opinion, look for a particular author etc... We are also learning how to use the "5 finger" method to see if a book is too hard, too easy or just right. I think all the kids did a good job choosing books today. I have been able to listen to all the kids read and we have some very good, fluent readers with good decoding skills in this class! Keep reading at home daily!!
In Science class we have been learning about the "States of Matter". Each day we have been doing labs and learning about solids. We have been measuring mass using a balance and will be finding volume using a graduated cylindar.
The kids are doing a great job exchanging classes too. Each student has a buddy to check with each other to make sure everyone is prepared, has their books, pencils, folders and homework--so far, this has been really helpful!
School Pictures are next Friday, September 30th. The students also will have their first states and capitals quiz on that day in Social Studies class. Start memorizing now!
I'm having technical difficulties downloading my pictures--but, as soon as I figure this out or install a program, I will begin to post some pictures on this blog. I also have to figure out how to allow comments to be posted---If anyone knows how to help with posting comments, a little help would be appreciated!
In Science class we have been learning about the "States of Matter". Each day we have been doing labs and learning about solids. We have been measuring mass using a balance and will be finding volume using a graduated cylindar.
The kids are doing a great job exchanging classes too. Each student has a buddy to check with each other to make sure everyone is prepared, has their books, pencils, folders and homework--so far, this has been really helpful!
School Pictures are next Friday, September 30th. The students also will have their first states and capitals quiz on that day in Social Studies class. Start memorizing now!
I'm having technical difficulties downloading my pictures--but, as soon as I figure this out or install a program, I will begin to post some pictures on this blog. I also have to figure out how to allow comments to be posted---If anyone knows how to help with posting comments, a little help would be appreciated!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Student Interview
Today we will be innerviewing Sierra.
What is your favorite special?
Gym
What is your favorite subject?
Reading
What do you like about Mrs.Ford.
Shes pretty.Shes also nice.
Thats all about Sierra
Monday, September 19, 2011
Mondays Fundays
Today we will be interviewing Anthony V.
So what is your favorite sport?
Hockey
What's your favorite subject?
Social Studies
Whats your favorite special?
Gym
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Weekly Update
Hello parents,
This is a little bit about what we do at school.
Jumpstart is what we do every morning. It is seatwork that makes us think and challenge our brains.
Science, we are learning about Physical properties.
Exchanges, we do either in the morning or afternoon
our teachers are Ms.Ruloff and Mrs.Darnell.
Ms.Ruloff is are Social Studies teacher and Spelling teacher
Mrs.Darnell is are Math teacher and
Mrs.Ford does Science and she is our homeroom teacher.
Writing: We just finished our "What If?" poems and now we are on "I Remember When" paragraphs.
We are up to 12 minutes for IDR time (Independent Daily Reading).
Thats it for our Weekly Update!
This is a little bit about what we do at school.
Jumpstart is what we do every morning. It is seatwork that makes us think and challenge our brains.
Science, we are learning about Physical properties.
Exchanges, we do either in the morning or afternoon
our teachers are Ms.Ruloff and Mrs.Darnell.
Ms.Ruloff is are Social Studies teacher and Spelling teacher
Mrs.Darnell is are Math teacher and
Mrs.Ford does Science and she is our homeroom teacher.
Writing: We just finished our "What If?" poems and now we are on "I Remember When" paragraphs.
We are up to 12 minutes for IDR time (Independent Daily Reading).
Thats it for our Weekly Update!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Spelling Words for the week of 9-12-11
This weeks spelling words:
1.also
2.can't
3.have
4.into
5.one
6.stray
7.crayon
8.plane
9.erase
10.grateful
11.waste
12.daily
13.rain
14.plain
15.explain
Remember test is on Friday.
1.also
2.can't
3.have
4.into
5.one
6.stray
7.crayon
8.plane
9.erase
10.grateful
11.waste
12.daily
13.rain
14.plain
15.explain
Remember test is on Friday.
First Days of School
Welcome Back! We have had a great start to our school year. The kids are ready and eager to go! We have been getting to know one another, establishing rules and procedures for the classroom and began exchanging classes for Science, Math and Social Studies. I currently teach Science to the 3 sections of 4th grade, Ms. Ruloff teaches Social Studies and Mrs. Darnell teaches Math. We have also filled out job applications for our classroom jobs. Everybody has a job to do. I am stressing the importance of a job well done and showing pride in your job and ultimately in yourself and your classroom.
This year I will be having students write on this blog to share what is happening at school, share their viewpoints, add pictures and possibly (when I am more tech savvy) to create videos and post them here! The two bloggers for this month are: May Gulley and Brendan Matusik. They will actually post their first blog this week!
This year I will be having students write on this blog to share what is happening at school, share their viewpoints, add pictures and possibly (when I am more tech savvy) to create videos and post them here! The two bloggers for this month are: May Gulley and Brendan Matusik. They will actually post their first blog this week!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Getting Ready for the First Day
I am so excited for this school year to begin! I have been learning all about an orginizational practice called "The Daily 5" that I will try to adapt to my classroom. We are going to be using a new Reading Program called "Making Meaning"--I am so looking forward to this program and getting kids excited, interested and becoming great readers this year! I'll be teaching Science to all of the 4th graders again this year using our Battle Creek Science Kits---I love teaching science anyway, but this curriculum promotes so much hands on learning and incorporates so much collaboration and writing--it's a great way to teach Science!
I've organized my library, created a small reading corner using a leaf canopy from IKEA, put desks into groups, kept a large open area of floor space for our reading and Meeting Place, put together reading boxes for the students for IDR time (Independent Daily Reading), and pushed my desk a little more out of the way so that it is more for a science station area than a teacher desk area--we'll see how that goes! I've created enough class jobs so that each student has one everyday---they will be taught responsibility by being in charge of keeping the room cleaned and organized and hopefully they will take pride in their efforts---One job is to be the class blogger--where they will summarize school happenings throughout the week---
My 1st day and 1st week lesson plans are done-----the focus is on class procedures and reinforcing them so that we have a "well-oiled machine" all year!
We'll be reading and writing on the very 1st 1/2 day of school and I can't wait!
School starts Tuesday--hope everyone is ready for a great year!
I've organized my library, created a small reading corner using a leaf canopy from IKEA, put desks into groups, kept a large open area of floor space for our reading and Meeting Place, put together reading boxes for the students for IDR time (Independent Daily Reading), and pushed my desk a little more out of the way so that it is more for a science station area than a teacher desk area--we'll see how that goes! I've created enough class jobs so that each student has one everyday---they will be taught responsibility by being in charge of keeping the room cleaned and organized and hopefully they will take pride in their efforts---One job is to be the class blogger--where they will summarize school happenings throughout the week---
My 1st day and 1st week lesson plans are done-----the focus is on class procedures and reinforcing them so that we have a "well-oiled machine" all year!
We'll be reading and writing on the very 1st 1/2 day of school and I can't wait!
School starts Tuesday--hope everyone is ready for a great year!
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