Tok Fourth Grade

Weekly Greetings! What a great week we had! In-between our regular content work, we did a few additional enjoyable activities. It is always fun to get with the kindergarten students for Book Buddies. The theme for the activity time was Valentine's Day, and the fourth grade was greeted with cards made by their little buddies. Then everyone settled in for a read aloud before heading to the library.  It is so sweet to watch the class snuggle up with books to read that their buddies have picked.  Once back in the classroom, there were lots of word games and movement activities before a yummy snack. On Friday, we were fortunate to get some time with Ms. Shauna Lee to work with clay. The students have started a bowl project. To end our day on Friday, we had our Valentine's Day party. There were all kinds of treats and cards to share before we watched a short history on where the celebration originated. The love was surely felt by all in room! ...

Weekly Greetings! Last week, our time was filled with some special events and activities, and this week will have its share also. To start with, on Wednesday we will have our monthly Book Buddies time with the kindergarten class. On Friday, we will get some time with Shauna Lee to work on s pottery project, and then in the afternoon we will have a Valentine's Day party. Students can exchange cards and bring in treats to share. I will bring cupcakes and juice. Additionally, I will attach a class list to the parent letter to help with the card giving. Last week we celebrated the 100th day of school on Tuesday. The students hunted for 100 chocolate kisses, made and measured two different objects trains, and build towers with 100 toilet paper rolls. After the towers were built, they had a paper tossing war to knock the towers down. Wednesday was the Battle of the Books, and we had one team from 4th grade that participated. They did well working together, but first...

 Weekly Greetings! To start with, there is a Spirit week to prepare for the Middle School Volleyball tournament this coming weekend. Hopefully, you saw the announcement posted this weekend on the school Facebook page. So here is the dress-up schedule. Monday is Pajama Day; Tuesday is Twin Day; Wednesday is Dress Wacky Day; Thursday is Camo Day; and Friday is Wolverine Pride Day. Other things planned for this week are the Wolverine Values assembly first thing on Wednesday morning, and we will have  a simple celebration on Tuesday afternoon to acknowledge the 100th Day of school. Also, we have three students competing in the Battle of the Books on Wednesday beginning at 12pm. As for last week, on Monday the kindergarten students celebrated the Chinese New Year and went through the whole school making noise to drive out the bad and bring in the good. It was fun to see them come through our classroom. When they came to our class, the students were busy finishing their poste...

Weekly Greetings! It is hard to believe that this is the last week in January! Starting Tuesday, and continuing through Thursday, it will be the mid year MAP testing for the fourth grade. Please make sure your child is on time and well rested those days, as it will help them do well on the standardized tests. As for last week, we started off on Monday with a special motivational basketball coach that worked with all the students from 4th grade and up.  All the students seemed to enjoy the activities.  Tuesday was our monthly Makerspace visit, and the students always seem to look forward to making use of all the wonderful materials available to use in the room. On Wednesday, there was a special Math Solutions presenter that worked with the 4th and 5th grades.   She had the students work together using fraction manipulatives. I apologize for not getting pictures. I was taking notes, and trying to learn from her presentation myself! Stay warm and...