Our last blog of the year!

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Hagen and Gracie!!

This week in Math: It was the last math lesson and last HOMEWORK!!

(We threw our math homelink book in the recycling bin!!)

We also played the math game called ZAP and practiced our

multiplication facts with flash cards. **Multiplication facts will be

very important to know for fourth grade math.

In Writing: We finished up biographies!! We also adapted fairy tales!!

We wrote a personal narrative about our lives.

In Reading: Mysteries!! We played a mystery memory game and

mystery vocab word sort! We also read a bunch of mystery

read alouds and had to solve the crimes!

Other Announcements: Grandparents Day was on Friday!!

We had a blast with our grandparents and our Wax Museum

was a success!  

This was our last Blogger of the Week

for the school year! A Special thanks to

Mrs. Leeder for helping our Bloggers

type and take pictures!

Thank you so much, Mrs. Leeder!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Wilder and Lucy!!

This week in Math: We have been busy with all sorts of tests such as

MAP testing and our Unit 8 cumulative assessment.

Mr. Abbott’s class also joined us for math games one day!  

In Writing: We are reading many fairytales and we are looking

forward to writing our own fairytales.

In Reading: We started our mystery unit. For read-aloud, we are reading

A to Z mystery series - “The Absent Author.”

We also did MAP testing for reading.

In Science/Social Studies: We worked with Mrs.Landry and made

LED light circuits.

We finished our biography speeches and are trying to memorize

them for the wax museum.

Other/Announcements: We are excited for the end of the year activities.

We are also excited for grandparents day!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!

May the 4th!

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Aloysha, Ayah and Annaliese!

This week in Math: We learned about prisms, faces and bases.

We did the end of the unit assessment on Unit 8. We also played

“factor bingo”.

In Writing: We are learning about Fairytales to write a fairytale ourselves.

We made an adaptation of Cinderella.

In Reading: We are finishing our class read aloud “Ruby Holler.”

We also practiced for the NWEA test in groups.

In Science/Social Studies: We continued to learn about energy

in the computer lab with Mrs. Landry.

We are typing the biography speeches. Some people who are done

typing are trying to memorize the speech.

Other/Announcement: We went on a field trip to Osher Map Library

on Thursday and we saw some old globes and maps which

looked different from the ones now.

Today (Friday) was a “Lunch Hero Day” so we went and

thanked the lunch ladies and gave them a card each.

We are going to have a community meeting at the end of the day

today (Friday) and are going to participate on A.C.E.S.

Today is also Star Wars Day. May The Fourth (Force) Be With You!

The Week after April Vacation

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Barbara and Garrett!

This week in Math: We started Unit 8 which is a multiplication unit

(Practice, extended facts, factor pairs). We made fraction shapes and

fraction number lines, which we put on Seesaw. We also did an area name

project. (Picture below).

In Writing: We worked on our biography speeches and also made an

Earth Day project.

In Reading: On Monday and Tuesday, we read outside in the garden!

We started a new Read-aloud book which is “Ruby Holler”.

The book groups finished their books.

In Science/Social Studies: We went to the computer lab and learned

about energy.

Other/Announcement: We hope everyone had a wonderful

April vacation!!

On Thursday, we went around the school to pick up trash

for Earth Day.

“Jump rope for heart” has been going on and Ms. Pachuta and Mrs. Spellman

are collecting the envelopes until Wednesday.

We have 8 more weeks of school this year!

We also have a field trip to the Osher Map Library on Thursday (May 3rd).

Fun in the Sun!

This week’s bloggers of the week are...

Morgan and Emma!!

This week in Math: We are continuing with fractions on a number

line and comparing fractions as well. We finished

up the unit with a test on Friday.

In Writing: We are wrapping up with our opinion essay and

also making a survey for classmates about our opinions.

In Reading: We are finishing up our biography books, researching,

and putting the information into our speech for the wax museum project.
(Coming in May!)

Science/Social Studies: We are working on our planet packets

and learning more about the solar system.

Other/Announcements: We had the winner for the “March Mammal

Madness” which was a Pygmy Hippo!!

This week was “Spirit Week” so we wore different themed

clothes every day.

Monday: Inside Out Day

Tuesday: Clipper Day

Wednesday: Hat Day

Thursday: Rainbow Day

Friday: Beach Day

Planetarium!

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Avi and Eliza!!

This week in Math: We had our math MEA test on Tuesday and Wednesday.

We are continuing with fractions on 0 to 2 number line.

In Writing: We are finishing our first draft of the persuasive writing and

started to type in our iPads and revising.

In Reading: We are finishing up with our biography books. Wednesday,

we began with our packets for our wax museum project.

In Science/Social Studies: We are finishing with our solar system poems.

Other/Announcement: We are having “Binga’s Winga’s, Pizza And

Movie Party” today! (We are watching “Meet The Robinsons.”)

We are continuing with March Mammal Madness.

We are done with the MEA test for this year! Yay!

Thank you to Mr. Altman and everyone donated to our party! :)

The Amazing Tyler and Amos!

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Tyler and Amos!

This week in Math: We reviewed fractions with fraction strips.

We are learning fractions on a 0 to 2 number line.

In Writing: We are continuing our opinion writing essay.

We are revising and editing our opinion pieces.

In Reading: We have made a list of 3 people on a paper to

research for the wax museum project and decided

on 1 person at the end.

In Science/Social Studies: We are doing a unit on the solar system.

We did a quiz called “Kahoot!” with Mr.Abbot’s class.

We also did fact finder sheet to help us practice with “Kahoot!”.

Other/Announcement: We are going to watch “Yarmouth Got Talent”

this afternoon in the gym.

We are in the process of taking the MEA test. We finished

Reading and Language so far and we will have Math and Writing

next week. We are also continuing with March Mammal Madness.

Peace and Dab

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Lucas and Olivia!

This week in Math: We are practicing tests for MEA on our iPads.

And we are doing order of operations (PEMDAS).

Writing: We are writing opinion essays.

Reading: We are continuing with our biography books

(We are/were, who was).

Science/Social Studies: We are filling out our

March Mammal Madness brackets.

We are using our iPads to do research and figure out which

animal wins over the other.

(For example, Solenodon vs Water Deer,

Palaeoloxodon vs Homo floresiensis)

Other/Announcement: Don’t forget, Monday is the audition for

Yarmouth Got Talent! Good luck contenders!!

We are having fun with our March Madness Challenges.

News reporters! 21st week

This week’s bloggers of the week are:

Iggy and Zofia!!

This week in Math: We are still working on parentheses and

PEMDAS with number stories.

(Parentheses, exponent, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction)

In Writing: We are writing opinion pieces.

Also, we are working on more persuasive writing on our own.

In Reading: We are continuing to read “Who was/is?” Books.

(Biography books)

In Science/Social Studies: We are starting a new unit which is

about Space/Solar System. We did a virtual reality tour of space

in the computer lab. We saw planets, comets, asteroids,

Milky Way, and the International Space Station.

Other/Announcement: We just got back from a long and

exciting break!

We had a “Read Across America” community meeting first thing

on Friday morning. All students gathered in the gym and read

for 15 minutes and Mrs.Clark read us a poem.

We are also starting March Madness! This is something where

you have different challenges every day and try to get points

and try to pass the muddy month of March! We are also doing

March Mammal Madness.

We paired up with Mr. Abbott’s to research animals.

Happy Weekend!!!

Iggy and Zofia signing out!!

Before Vacation Blog

This Week’s Bloggers of the Week

Elise and Jack

(This is what we did before winter break)

In math, we learned about parentheses. It is similar to a comma in
writing. You do whatever is inside parentheses first.
We did problems like this:  

30-(10+9)=11.

In writing, we wrote compliments for people.
We finished a class opinion/persuasive writing piece
about why we should have a class Bingas/pizza movie party.

In reading, we are reading “Who Was?” books for our wax

museum project at the end of the year. These books are biographies.

We are reading about The Beatles as a class.

In science/social studies we did LEGO Wedo where we build

something out of Legos and program it to move or make noise.

Check out the video!

On Wednesday, we had a Valentines Day party!