Halloween Party

A big thank you to our wonderful party planning room Moms for a fun-filled party!  We greatly appreciate all of your hard work to make our afternoon so memorable!

Friday, October 31

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Oct. reading contract/character traits WS due Monday, Nov. 3

Cursive: Friday

Writing: Finish persuasive RADIO AD.  We will record our podcast on Monday.

OTHER: Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms from Students 6 and 11

This week's "GLOWS" and "GROWS":

Our "GLOWS" from this week:

* Performing the 4th Grade Show!

* We beat our record for "THE GAME" by 50 seconds!

* Halloween parade and party

* Earning lots of marbles

* Student #13 lost two teeth in two days!

* Got a great report from the sub.

* Student #4's birthday

* Student #1 is coming back next week from India

Our "GROWS" for next week:

* Walk quieter in the hallways and stay in a straight line

* Earn more marbles

* Be better listeners

* Try to beat our record(again) for THE GAME!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here are some links to some Halloween activities and games. Enjoy!

Halloween Hangman

Frankenbrain

Creepy Crossword

Halloween Smash

Halloweeen!

Halloween Sudoku

Thursday, October 30

Please read Ms. Csensich's letter regarding tomorrow's Halloween Parade. It was sent home yesterday via your child's backpack.

Morning Work: DWP: Write an ad to persuade people to visit your hometown. Include descriptions of 3 places tourists would enjoy.  

Reading: Weekly Assessment tomorrow.  Read for 20 minutes.  Oct. reading contract/character traits WS due Monday, Nov. 3

Spelling: Test tomorrow

Grammar: Test tomorrow
Cursive: Thursday

Writing: Finish persuasive RADIO AD

Adv. Math: SL 3.4

OTHER: Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms; HALLOWEEN LUNCH ATTENDANCE FORM

Wednesday, October 29

Fourth Graders, 

What an outstanding job you did at today's show!  I am so proud of you.  I hope you had a great day with Mrs. Wagner. Hopefully you all earned some marbles today! :)

Morning Work: DWP

Reading: Read for 20 minutes.  October reading contract due Nov. 1.

Cursive: Wednesday

Writing: Final copy of personal narrative due Thursday

OTHER: Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms; LIBRARY BOOKS; signed Halloween lunch form

Tuesday, October 28

Reminders: 1.  The 4th Grade Show is tomorrow @ 10:30 and 2:30; 2.  Read and return Halloween party sheet by Friday; 3.  November book orders are due Nov.5.  Look for directions attached to this month's order form for ordering books online.

Morning Work: DWP: Imagine it is your first day at a new school.  Create a word web to describe how you feel.

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. 

Spelling: Finish p. 42

Grammar: Finish p. 41
Cursive: Tuesday

Writing: Final copy of personal narrative due Thursday

OTHER: Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms

Monday, October 27

Last week's "GLOWS" and "GROWS":

Our "GLOWS" from last week:

* Fire Safety House

* Rehearsing for our 4th Grade Show

* Weekly tests

* Picture Day

* LMC Election commercials

* Earned 5 marbles

* Finished ch. 2 of History Alive

Our "GROWS" for this week:

* Be quieter in class and in the hallways

* Act mature

* Earn more marbles

* Be responsible with assignment notebook and homework

* Do better on the TFK quiz

* Be more responsible with indoor recess games

* Follow Ivy Hill expectations and display Character Counts traits

Morning Work: DWP: Write a journal entry about moving to a new city.  Give details about what your first day would be like.

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Finish Practice Packet p. 45-46

Spelling:  Finish p. 41

Grammar: Finish p. 39-40
Cursive: Monday

Social Studies: PARENT SIGNATURE ON CH. 2 STUDY GUIDE; STUDY FOR CH. 2 TEST; TAKE TUTORIAL.

Adv. Math: Finish MJ p. 65

OTHER: Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms

Thursday, October 23

Morning Work: DWP-Suppose you could interview a famous baseball player.  What three questions would you ask?

Reading: Read for 20 minutes; Practice p. 42 and/or p. 44
Cursive: Thursday

Adv. Math: SL 3.1; PARENT SIGNATURE ON STUDENT PROGRESS REPORT

OTHER: PTA Reflections Entries due Friday; Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms

Wednesday, October 22

Reminder:  Picture Day is tomorrow!!!  Our class is scheduled to take pictures at 10:40.  If you plan on ordering pictures, don't forget your form and money in the envelope provided.
Morning Work: DWP- Sporting events are fun to watch.  Write a letter asking your friends to go to a game with you.

Spelling: Finish p. 36

Grammar:  Finish p. 35
Reading: Read for 20 minutes; Practice p. 43
Cursive: Wednesday

Adv. Math: MJ p. 59(#5); MJ p. 61(all); PARENT SIGNATURE ON STUDENT PROGRESS REPORT

OTHER: LIBRARY BOOKS; PTA Reflections Entries due Friday; Picture Forms due tomorrow; Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms

Common and Proper Noun Games

Click here to play Noun Dunk.

Click here to play Rats!  A common/proper noun game.

Click here to take a common/proper noun quiz.

Click here to play Houghton Mifflin's game on nouns.

Tuesday, October 21

Morning Work: DWP: Write a paragraph describing the similarities and differences between baseball and football.

Spelling: Finish p. 35
Reading: Read for 20 minutes. 
Cursive: Tuesday

Social Studies: Show your test to your parents

Adv. Math: Fact Search

OTHER: PTA Reflections Entries; Picture Forms; Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms

The Votes are In!

Thank you to all that voted on our poll.  Once we finish reading 100 books, Sholastic will donate books to the Pajama Program.

The Pajama Program provides new books and new pajamas to children in need, many of whom are waiting and hoping to be adopted. These children are living in shelters and group homes and are often shuffled from one temporary home to another. Most of these children have been removed from school for long periods of time and do not have access to books to continue their reading practice. Their reading skills are far lower than their peers. Many of these youngsters have been abused or abandoned, and in many cases, have never enjoyed the simple comfort of having a mother or father tuck them in at bedtime in clean night clothing with a story read to them or their own book to read. Through the Pajama Program, we are contributing to a warmer, more loving bedtime in a supportive reading environment for these special children. The Pajama Program (501 c3) was founded in 2001, and to date we have provided more than 210,000 pajamas and 110,000 books nationwide.

Keep reading for this worthy cause!  

Monday, October 20

We are studying common nouns and proper nouns this week.  

Watch this Schoolhouse Rock video on Nouns. 

Last week's "GLOWS" and "GROWS":

Our "GLOWS" from last week:

* Review Week-studied for tests

* Little homework

* Open House

* Movie Night

* Student #8 came back!

* Beat our time in "THE Game"

* Earned extra homework late pass

* Personal narratives

* New classroom jobs

* Brian McBride/Character Counts! Assembly

* Shared All About Me essays

Our "GROWS" for this week:

* Rehearsing for the 4th Grade Show

* Turning in homework on time

* Getting quieter quicker

* Being more mature

* Beat our time in "THE Game"

Morning Work: DWP: Would you want to be a baseball player?  Write a paragraph explaining why or why not.

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Finish Practice Packet p. 38-39; PARENT SIGNATURE ON UNIT 1 EVALUATION CHART

Grammar:  Finish p. 34
Cursive: Monday

Social Studies:  PARENT SIGNATURE ON CH. 1 STUDY GUIDE; STUDY FOR CH. 1 TEST; TAKE TUTORIAL.

Adv. Math:  SL 2.10; Self-Assessment; PARENT SIGNATURE ON STUDY GUIDE; STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST

OTHER:  PTA Reflections Entries; Picture Forms; Conference Slips; Room Rep Forms

Friday, October 17

Reminders:

* Say "Cheese!" -- Picture Day is Oct. 23.

* PTA Reflections entries are due Oct 24. You have exactly ONE WEEK left to submit your entry form.

* Fire Prevention House is Oct. 24.

* 4th Grade Show is Oct. 29 @ 10:30 and 2:30.

Geography Links:

* History Alive! Chapter 1 Test on Tuesday. Click here to take the tutorial.

* Click here to play a latitude/longitude game.

* Click here to play the continents game.

* Click here to take the world quiz.

Open House

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to visit our classroom and see all the work we've been doing this year! It was great to see so many parents, siblings, and even grandparents tonight! Fourth graders, if you completed the scavenger hunt, you will receive a homework late pass tomorrow. :)

Wednesday, October 15

Morning Work: Wednesday Cursive

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Fact/Opinion WS; UNIT 1 TEST Thursday and Friday

Adv. Math: SL 2.8 & Enrichment 2.8; Start reviewing your Unit 2 Study Guide -- Test Tues.

OTHER: Bring back library books!!!

Reminders:

* Open House is tomorrow night from 7-8 p.m.  Please come ready to show your families all the work you've done this year!

* Room Rep. Fees and Forms need to be turned in.

Tuesday, October 14

Welcome back!  I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend!  This week is a review week for spelling, grammar, and reading.  This week, we'll be doing some review activities and games in preparation for the BIG unit test on Thursday and Friday! Please check the Treasures website to do some on-line review at home.

Morning Work: Mon. & Tues. Cursive

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Finish Time for Kids and TFK Quiz

Adv. Math: SL 2.7

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE Tomorrow!

Room Rep. Forms and Fees are due ASAP!

Thursday, October 9

This week's "GLOWS" and "GROWS":

Our "GLOWS" from this week:

* Visiting Panwapa Island and making our Panwapa people and cards

* Playing Volcano Jeopardy!

* Matt Wilhelm assembly

* Earning extra credit in science

* STARS lunch

* Doing well on Volcano test

* Nice, long weekend -- no school Friday or Monday

* Student #11 is back! :)

* 4th Grade Show rehearsals

* Making get-well cards for students 8 & 11

* Student #10's birthday tomorrow

Our "GROWS" for next week:

* Turn our homework in on time

* Work quieter in class

* Study for tests

* Try to beat our record for "THE Game"

* Practice our parts/songs for the 4th grade show

* Fill out our assignment notebooks

* Behave more like mature 4th graders

Morning Work: DWP: Imagine you are a wild animal.  Describe your typical day and what you would see from the animal's point of view.

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. 
Cursive: Thursday

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCT. 15!  

Wednesday, October 8

REMINDERS:

1.  Tomorrow is a FRIDAY schedule.

2.  STARS Lunch tomorrow at 12:45 in Mrs. Bagnall's class.  

3.  There is NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY(SIP Day) or MONDAY(Columbus Day)

Morning Work: DWP: Write a few sentences about an amazing thing you have seen a wild animal do in real life, movies, or television.

Grammar: Finish p. 27
Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Finish Practice Packet p. 33-34
Cursive: Wednesday

Science: Show your test to your parents

Adv. Math: Finish MJ p. 41 & SL 2.5

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCT. 15!

Matt Wilhelm

Thanks to our wonderful PTA, we had an unforgettable assembly today!  BMX biker Matt Wilhelm came to our school to show us many of his "tricks" on his bike.  We can see why he's won 3 medals in the X Games, and we wish him much luck in his next competition in Japan.  

Matt's greatest lesson to us was  to NEVER GIVE UP!!!  He encouraged us to find something we enjoy doing, practice a lot, and we'll be successful.  

Here is a video highlighting Matt's BMX career.

Morning Work: DWP: Describe how you would most like to spend your summer vacation.

Grammar: Finish p. 26

Reading: Read for 20 minutes. 
Cursive: Tuesday

Science: Parent signature on STUDY GUIDE DUE WED. TEST WEDNESDAY!!!

Adv. Math: MJ p. 42

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCT. 15!

PTA Reflections Contest

This year's theme for the PTA Reflections program is "Wow!"

Click here to find out what the reflections contest is all about.

Last year, Ivy Hill had 110 entries!  We're hoping for another great turnout this year.  The deadline is October 24.

WE'RE READING...FOR A WORTHY CAUSE!

Our class is proud to participate in Scholastic Book Clubs' Classrooms Care Program.  This means that when our class reads 100 books, Scholastic Book Clubs will make a donation of books to needy children through one of its Literacy Partners:  First Book, Reach Out and Read, Hello Friend, The Pajama Program, Pine Ridge Reservation, One Heartland, or Save the Children.  

Please click here to find out more information on these Literacy Partners, and then vote for the program you'd like to see our donated books go to!  

Reading IS giving!  I hope you will all be even more excited to read because you can make a difference in the lives of other needy children.

Monday, October 6

Morning Work: DWP: What wild animal would you like to see up close?  Explain.
Spelling: Review pre-test.  Finish p. 26-27

Grammar: Finish p. 25
Reading: Finalize your October reading goal.  Read for 20 minutes. Finish Practice Packet        p. 29-30
Cursive: Monday

Science: Finish study guide and chapter review.  Parent signature on STUDY GUIDE DUE WED.  TEST WEDNESDAY!!!  

Adv. Math:  Finish SL 2.3, SL 2.4, & Enrichment 2.4

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCT. 15!

Thursday, October 2

Morning Work: DWP: Suppose you could interview an astronaut.  Write three questions you would want to ask.
Spelling: Review spelling list for tomorrow's test

Grammar: Finish p. 22
Reading: Read for 20 minutes. Finish Practice packet pages.
Cursive: Thursday

Science: Finish WS 2.2 -- Use your science book

Adv. Math: SL 2.2 and Enrichment 2.2

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCT. 15!

Parent Recommended Website

Dear Parents,

Here's a website that was mentioned to me from one of our very own parents.  I wanted to pass it on to you.  It looks like a great site for all you busy families trying to keep track of your children's many after school activities!  Please check it out here!

Wednesday, October 1

Morning Work: DWP: Pretend you are an astronaut.  Write a letter to a family member telling of your latest adventure.
Spelling: Finish pgs. 22-23

Grammar: Finish p. 21
Reading: Read for 20 minutes. 
Cursive: Wednesday

Writing: Bring in your 3 favorite items that represent you for your "All About Me" essay

Science: Finish Volcano crossword puzzle

Adv. Math: Long division (1-6)

OTHER:  Bring back library books!!!

OCTOBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCT. 15!