Poetry Cafe

I am SUCH a proud teacher of each of these hard-working girls!! They practiced, practiced, practiced to memorize their poems. They recited their poems with great expression, voice, and confidence today to show off their hard work to all of the friends and family who visited. No one even had to take a peek to remember their poem :)

Mighty Girls in the Revolutionary War

Hear from some famous women such as Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Molly Pitcher as they share about their key roles in the Revolutionary War!

Week at a Glance-Week of January 25th-29th

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will continue our FRACTIONS unit this week as we look at adding and subtracting mixed numbers with regrouping. We will test this week.

Reading-We will finish our unit on Poetry as we test this week and have our Poetry Café on Wednesday!!

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will have mini-lessons on homophones and verb tenses. Our writing focus will be connected with poetry as we finish writing extended metaphors and practice text dependent analysis.

Social Studies- We will begin learning about the Articles of Confederation this week!

Science- We will begin learning about animals and their environments to kick off our new PBL “Around the World in 40 Days.”  We are so excited to be skyping with zoo experts on Monday as our launch activity!

 Anchor Down for Upcoming Tests:

·       Monday- Science Test on Light **Study Light study guide, vocabulary cards, and other notes **Rescheduled from Friday

·       Thursday- Poetry Test *Review poetry collection notes in Reading NB

·       Friday- Math Test on Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers **Review HW practice and math notes

·       Friday- Math 4 Today #24 Test

·       Next Tuesday- Homophones and Verb Tenses Test *Review notes in Writer’s Toolbox section of Writing NB

Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       **Graded papers signed/returned by Tuesday (sent home Monday)!!**

·       Fractions HW throughout the week

·       Practice Poetry Café poem every night to get ready for Wednesday

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Study every night for tests!

AHOY…Announcements Ahead!

·       Wednesday, January 27^th - 8:30 Third/Fourth Grade Second Nine Weeks Awards Day **rescheduled from Friday**

·        IT'S ALMOST HERE! Wednesday, Jan. 27^th 10:00-11:00 AM **We are having our class Poetry Café in the Media Center at OES!

100 BC Goals

Good-450

Better-540

Crew Member of the Week
Check out Hannah’s tweets! @mrsburns19girls

Hannah Snyder is our star student this week for showing the character traits of CREATIVITY, FOCUS and KINDNESS in the classroom! Hannah is a mighty girl role model to others because she always shows kindness to everyone around her, has great ideas, and tries her hardest! Way to go Hannah!!

Week at a Glance-January 19th-22nd

I hope that all of you had a wonderful and restful long weekend reflecting on the impact that Martin Luther King Jr. has made in our country!

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will continue our FRACTIONS unit this week as we look at adding and subtracting mixed numbers. We will test this week.

Reading-We will continue our unit on POETRY this week as we practice for our upcoming Poetry Café next week and analyze various poems 

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will have mini-lessons on homophones. Our writing focus will be connected with poetry as we finish writing extended metaphors.  

Social Studies- We will learn about the roles of key women and African Americans in the Revolutionary War this week.

Science- We will finish our unit on light and test this week!

Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       **Graded papers signed/returned by Thursday (sent home Wednesday)!!** (Note-Graded papers are not reflected on the current report card but will be the first grades for the third nine weeks)

·       Fractions HW throughout the week

·       Practice Poetry Café poem every night!

·       Science review HW on light

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Study every night for tests!

Anchor Down for Upcoming Tests:

·       Friday- Science Test on Light **Study Light study guide, vocabulary cards, and other notes

·       Friday- Math Test on Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers **Review HW practice and math notes

·       No Math 4 Today this week

AHOY…Announcements Ahead!

·       Tuesday, January 19^th-Report Cards sent home **Please sign and return by Thursday**

·       Thursday, January 21^st-Chickfila Spirit Night

·       Friday, January 22^nd- 8:30 Third/Fourth Grade Second Nine Weeks Awards Day

·       SAVE THE DATE- Next Wednesday, Jan. 27^th 10:00-11:00 AM **We are having our class Poetry Café in the Media Center at OES!

Crew Member of the Week
Check out Noor’s tweets! @mrsburns19girls

Noor is our star student this week for showing the character traits of PERSEVERANCE, FOCUS and PROBLEM SOLVING in the classroom! Noor is a mighty girl role model because she said that she “does her best not just to get the right answers but to understand and learn.” Way to be a lifelong learner!! J

100 BC Goals: 

Good-420

Better-500

Fractions are Fun!

"Halfing" trouble understanding fractions?? Here are some helpful resources and games for extra practice at home!

Watch the equivalent fractions video below with a fun cartoon and many examples! 

Review how to compare fractions with tutorial below: 

How do you put fractions on a number line?? Check out the number line tutorial below: 

Explore and play the games below :)

Comparing Fractions Game

Simplifying Fractions Game 

Equivalent Fractions Game

Equivalent Fractions Game 2

Fractions on a Number Line

Adding and Subtracting Fractions Practice

Adding and Subtracting Fractions Game

Adding Fraction Fun

More Adding Fractions

**Extra credit opportunity- Post a comment! Show how you solved a problem below from either the videos or a game for extra points on Friday's math test!

Quotation Marks-Homework Help!

Quotation marks can be tricky to use correctly! Here are some resources for extra help and practice at home :)

Watch the song to review the rules!

Check out this practice sheet

Then quiz yourself with this online quiz: 

Welcome Back! Week of January 5th-8th

Welcome back, mighty girls!! I hope that you had a wonderful and restful break with your friends and families! I had a great break spending time with family and cheering on the TIGERS win the Orange Bowl and head to the National Championship!!

My crazy family at Christmas :)

Celebrating a Tiger victory in Miami with my wonderful in-laws!

I'm excited to be back in routine with my favorite girls! Here are a couple of pictures from our Christmas party and what we will doing in room 402 this week :)

 These silly girls have a piece of my heart :)

Thank you so much to the Snyder family for providing the props!!

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will introduce our FRACTIONS unit this week through hands-on manipulatives as we learn about equivalent fractions.

Reading-We will continue our unit on POETRY this week as we introduce poetry elements vocabulary, create “selfie” diamantes, and have poetry

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will have mini-lessons on capitalization and quotation marks. Our writing focus will be connected with poetry as we write extended metaphors.  

Social Studies- We will finish learning about six key battles of the American Revolution and incorporate our poetry unit by writing haikus about each battle! We will test next week.

Science- We will start a new unit on LIGHT this week as we explore the basic properties of light with prisms and more!

 Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       **Graded papers signed/returned by Wednesday (sent home Tuesday)!!**

·       Fractions HW throughout the week

·       Christmas Reading Log due Wednesday!!

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Study every night for tests!

Anchor Down for Upcoming Tests:

·       Friday- Test on Equivalent fractions **Study fractions notes in Math NB

·       Study American Revolution Key Battles notes and map in SS notebook for test next week!!

·       No Math 4 Today this week

AHOY…Announcements Ahead!

·       Wednesday, Jan. 6^th- Winter Reading Logs due!! **Add steps to regular log

·       SAVE THE DATE- Wednesday, Jan. 27^th 10:00-11:00 AM **We are having our class Poetry Café in the Media Center at OES! All parents are invited. Look for an invitation letter going home soon!

Crew Member of the Week
Check out Leanna’s tweets! @mrsburns19girls

Leanna is our star student this week for showing the character traits of PERSEVERANCE, KINDNESS, and HARD WORK in the classroom!! Leanna is a mighty girl role model because she always goes above and beyond to do her very best!! J

100 BC Goals

Good-350

Better-420