Please sign all the forms!  (-:

Hi, everyone!  This is just a reminder to please send back all the forms that have been sent home.  These include my parent handbook, the district parent handbook, background information if you want to volunteer at school, etc.  Thanks!

CARAVAN ASSESSMENT

We have been learning about how maps are used in our world.  We learned about cardinal and intermediate directions.  We also learned about how latitude and longitude are used to identify a location.  Next week, your child will participate in a project-based assessment.  This assessment will be done at school.  There will be no review guide.

Creating a Conversation in Your Mind

This week, during our reading time, we discussed how it is important to have a conversation in your mind while reading text.  We discussed how good readers ask questions, make connections and think deeply about text.  We read the story How Many Day to America? by Eve Bunting as a class and then talked about how to think deeply while reading.

Welcome to 4-1 and welcome to our blog!

I am so excited about getting to know all of you this school year!

Parent Handbook

I sent home the parent handbook on Thursday.  Please review it and sign the two forms.  Please cut them out and return the bottom portion of each form.  Please keep the handbook at home in order to view when you have questions.

Map Skills

The students are working in caravan groups to learn map skills.  Students are working in small groups to demonstrate specific map skills.  They will earn travel dots to help them travel the world on our Caravan map.

Here is Susan's volcano video!

Here is Kritsopher's volcano video!

Here is Christine's volcano video!

Here is lesson #6 and #7 video since it was too big to post on edmodo.  (-:

FYI-  There is no spelling this week due to our UBD research project!

Here are pictures from Field Day!

WELCOME BACK!!!!

Hi, everyone!  I am so excited for our second year together!  I can't wait to hear about all of your wonderful summers!

Kaley's Korner

Last week, we learned about the phases of the moon and in our science note books, we have a page that is setup so we can record our moon phrases for the rest of the month of April and the beginning of May. In our unit of math, we have been learning about mixed numbers and improper fractions. In reading, we read a non-fiction story about animal homes, and in center work, we have been doing work sheets with analogies. Mostly we have been reading about honey bees and their homes. In our unit of writing, we have had the opportunity to pick and make our own character; either it`s someone you know or if you could make up your own character. In social studies, we are learning about  Chicago and its history.

Christine's Corner

We learned that even though the moon looks bigger than the sun at night the sun is bigger.  We also went to an assembly about science.  We saw that if you swing water around in a circle it won't spill.  This week was fun!

Jake's Corner

Last week we separated deferent kinds of paper in three groups: Opaque, Translucent, and Transparent.  We also learned about lines, line segments, rays, and points.  I had a really fun time.  Science was more fun though.

Chuck's News

We put winter scenes on our windows for science class so it can be dark in the class room. One day when we came back from lunch recess......Mrs. Applebaum turned the lights off and closed the door.  Everybody  fell out of their chairs, literally because it was such surprise to see the room so dark.