National Cup Stacking Day

Busy Fall

We have had a busy and productive Fall!  Some highlights have been our field trip to the Wassonville Cemetary to hear about some Wellman history.  Also, Math Night sponsored by the Parent Boosters, our Halloween Party and our Veteran's Day Assembly. Enjoy the pictures!

ITBS Week

ITBS Testing begins the week of October 31 and continues through November 11.  Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and healthy things to eat those two weeks.  Eating breakfast in the morning is also essential to a good day at school.

Spirit Week - October 3-October 7

The kids can dress for school this week in special ways to celebrate MP Homecoming.  Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday - PJ Day - they can bring a blanket or pillow also.
Tuesday - Team Spirit Day - wear any clothing that shows your favorite team!
Wednesday - Be Bold Wear Gold
Thursday - Tye-Dye T-shirts - wear your newly dyed shirt!
Friday - Black Out Day

Welcome to a New School Year!

This blog is designed as a way for us to let you know what is happening in our classrooms and to keep you updated on upcoming important events and our specials schedule.  We encourage you to bookmark our blog and check it when needed.  We will update it routinely and send you an email so you know when we posted something new or interesting.  Some upcoming events are we will begin MAP testing these next two weeks, so please make sure your child gets plenty of rest!  Also your child should have brought home a picture envelope as school pictures are on Friday, Sept. 9, this week!

4th Grade States Fair

All students SHOULD have brought home a paper we did in class that will help

them study the capitals and abbreviations for the 12 states in the midwest

region. We worked on and finished this last Friday, April 15th. We will take

the Midwest test sometime during the week of May 2nd. I will let you know

the exact date as we get closer.

Yesterday all students brought (should have) a paper home detailing a state

project they will need to work on at home. I'm attaching the same paper to

this email. 

We will be having our States' Fair on Thursday, May 12th. Students will be

displaying their project they make at home, as well as all the projects we've

done here at school. This is always an exciting time and the kids are always

proud to display and talk about everything they have found out about their

state!  

They will be displaying their projects during the day for other classes from

12:45-3:00. We will then have an open house for parents, family, friends,

and the public from 5:30-6:30. I encourage each of you to make it possible

for your child to be here for the display times.

Denise Busch

Internet Safety

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that kids are social networking at a much younger age and many of your children are using the internet daily.  Are they safe?  Have you talked with them about it?  I have been taking a tech class through Grant Wood and these are just a few sites that I learned about that might help you talk with your kids about how to safe stay on the internet.

http://mashable.com/2010/12/07/child-online-safety/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://www.google.com/familysafety/

http://www.kidscomjr.com/games/safety/safety.html

Monday, April 11, 2011

There has been a lot going on in 4th grade lately!  Besides MAP Testing and the Book Fair, the 4th graders have kept busy with planning and writing a story in Language Arts, learning about fractions in Math.  We finished up Unit 7 on Friday and will review for the test on Tuesday, Wednesday we will take the test.  In Science they finished up 'Rocks and Minerals" and are now reading their biographies and taking notes on the person from their state in Social Studies.  We are ready to start a new theme in Reading entitled, "Problem Solvers," and the first story is "My Name is Maria Isabel."  Skills we will be working on are: predicting outcomes, words with the suffix -ible, base words and inflected forms for nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and the irregular verb -be.  We will also have spelling again this week.

Thanks to all the parents who joined us for Parent-Teacher Conferences!  It is always enjoyable to talk with you about your children.  We look forward to meeting with the rest of you this week.

First Annual Art Show

The Art fundraiser is here!   Students will be coming home with a packet that will include their art, a brochure, a letter explaining the process of ordering and also includes prices of items, and an order form.  If you plan on ordering something have your child return their artwork along with payment and order form to their classroom teacher no later than March 25!

Another reminder for everyone to attend the FIRST ANNUAL ART SHOW starting at 6:30 PM on March 22 before the Spring Music Concert located in the high school gymnasium.

Fun Night

Just a reminder the WE Carnival is this weekend from 5:30-7:30, with a
spaghetti supper from 5-7.

We are still in need of items for 4B's "Candy Basket" and 4A's Hawkeyes Basket. Keep in mind the money from the classroom baskets benefit every child in the school. In the past
the PTO has bought classroom computers, sponsored field trips, given
children free books, bought classroom cameras, and so very much more! I told the
kids to think of the bag of candy, or Hawkeye item as their trade for using a laptop!  : }

Thanks for your support!

January 10. 2011

We all survived a full week after the Holiday Break and Mrs. Busch and I feel like we got a lot accomplished!  In Reading we are working on the story, "A Very Important Day."  Skills we are covering are: spelling patterns -ur, -or, and -ir, idioms, categorizing and classifying information, possessives, and journal writing.  In Math this past week we took the test for Unit 4 and will begin Unit 5: Big Numbers, Estimation, and Computation on Tuesday.  I also introduced the kids to Pentominoes, a puzzle that consists of 12 pieces that one manipulates to form geometric shapes, usually squares and rectangles.  They also practiced these on a website that let them solve easy, medium, and hard puzzles.  "Motion and Design" is the current Science unit the kids are working on and this week they will be constructing their own vehicles.  Pictures to come!   REMEMBER the end of the 2nd quarter is Thursday and all reading goals are due by that afternoon at 3:30!  Have a good week!