Upcoming Events, ISAT news, and pictures

Hi 4S!
Here's what's coming up in our classroom and at Madison.

As you know, next week is the beginning of ISAT's.  The first three days are reading.  Reading includes short and long passages, multiple choice questions and extended responses.  After reading, the following three days are math ISAT's including multiple choice questions, short responses and extended responses.  The fourth graders also have two science tests on the very last day of ISAT's on 3/12.  Remember to get plenty of rest and eat a healthy breakfast!  If you are absent during an ISAT test, you will have to make it up when you return to school. ISAT's aren't anything to worry about, all we ask is that you do your best and use your "strategies" we've learned all year long!  The good thing about ISAT's is that there is NO HOMEWORK!  YAY:)

Moving on to classroom news, the children just finished their reading switch on Harriet Tubman.  We will be staying in our own classrooms for reading for a few weeks before starting a new switch.  We will be focusing on Non Fiction text structures like cause and effect, compare and contrast, main idea and details, problem and solution, and sequence.

In science, the kiddos have been working so hard on their human body projects.  Their presentations will be on Tuesday of next week.  I can't wait to see them!  Next up in science, is Ecosystems.

In math, we just finished Chapter 12 and 13: "Measurement and Time and Temperature." For the next week or so, we will not be switching.  Instead, we will stay in our own classrooms for ISAT review. After the ISAT review, we will be moving on to chapter 19, fractions!

Social Studies is close to wrapping up as well.  The kids took their Civil War test this week, but due to interest in the topic and interest in creating power points, we are doing one more activity.  Based off of their own interests, we put the children into groups.  They will be researching their Civil War topic and creating a power point slide show to show to their own class.  This time, they can add sound effects, transitions, animations etc…We hope they enjoy this additional project!

There will be no spelling test next week due to ISAT’s.

As promised, I attached any pictures of snow forts or snowmen created during this week, but so far, I only have had one picture!!!  You can e-mail me more!  Please do!!! Here’s Mason’s Igloo. Pretty awesome!

That’s it for now,

Enjoy your long weekend,

Mrs. Schroeder

catherine.schroeder@cusd200.org

Reading Incentive Magic Show!

Mason's Igloo!

Allyson and Cole 02/08

Hello, Cole and Allyson here.

We have had a very fun week so far. First off, Friday is the Winter Carnival and our class party we earned. Irie is also the star of the week.

In read aloud we are reading: “harry potter and the soceres stone’’.  

In Math we are doing a new unit on measurement.

In Science we are doing the” human body research. “

In Reading we are doing a new novel about Harriet Tubman and the “underground railroad’’

In P.E. we are doing Mission Impossible. New missions this week!!

In art we are doing chameleons. They are very fun and colorful.

Also, chorus started this week. Every Wednesday at 8:20am

In social studies we are studying the north and the south.

It has been a very great week! Next week is Mr. Duttweiler’s last full weekL. We have got a lot of fun weeks coming up! Keep checking the blog and cute pictures of Camille and Stella!! Make sure to keep reading the Caudill’s and bluestems and reading 20 minutes or more a day for the reading incentive. Have a fun rest of the week and a great weekend!                                                                                                                           

                                                                    See you later!!!     Cole and Allyson

Nia and Annie - Feb 1st!

Hello 4S! Nia and Annie here! We have exciting  news  Mrs.Schroeder   is coming to say `` hi``  before  she comes  back  she actually  stays at school.  Another exiting thing a class  party! Hopefully you  studied for the spelling test this week . For read aloud we are reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s  Stone by J.k. Rowling .  It’s a great book  so far . In writing we are finishing up our essays  on any class we can take . In math we learned line graphs , circler graphs , picture graphs , and bar graphs.  In science   we are learning  about  the human body. The systems we are about     are the digestive system and the nervous system . Another test this week was the math  test ! Study , study study!  In gym we are starting mission Impossible! For our school we have a new reading incentive called reading takes you places!   Its starting this week ! Hoped you liked  this blog!!

Note from Mr. Duttweiler: Parents, a newsletter is coming home today AND there is a permission slip as well for watching "Planet Earth" in class during the class party next Friday. Thanks so much!

Hi 4S!!!!!!

Good morning 4S!!!

I can't tell you how much I miss each and every one of you!  I think about you every day.  I hope you've been learning a lot and having a great time with Mr. Duttweiler.  He's told me how hard you're working and what a wonderful class you are!  Plus, I can see you on my handy-dandy hidden camera I put in the classroom, remember? :)

I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to write to you sooner, but staying home with two babies is a lot of work!  So, here's what's going on with us:

Camille, (by the way, do you like her name?) is a little over 11 pounds and she is so healthy and happy.  She will be 2 months old on Feb 4th.  She is such a good little baby, just like Stella was when she was born.  In fact, they are a lot alike except Camille was born with a ton of super-dark hair.  Remember from the pictures I sent when she was born?  Now, though, Camille is losing some of her hair and new, more permanent hair is growing in.  That happens to most babies, but right now she looks like Moe from the "Three Stooges!"  It's pretty funny!  I'll send Mr. Duttweiler some new pictures so you can see for yourselves.  Did you know that babies eye color takes up to 6 months to really show?  Right now, her eyes are dark grey, but they are starting to lighten up and some color is starting to come in.  We are very excited to see what color her eyes will be.  What color are your eyes?  If you don't know, ask someone sitting next to you or look in the mirror next time you're in the bathroom.  As for sleeping, Camille is only getting up once or twice each night to have a bottle.  She is starting to understand that night time is for sleeping.  At first, she woke up every 2-3 hours to eat!  Talk about tired!!  It's much better now, thank goodness! :)

Stella has been a great big sister and she says "baby" all the time, it's very cute.  Sometimes she gets a little jealous when I'm holding Camille and she'll take her pacifier right out of her mouth!  She is learning new things every day!  She can say a few words like baby, bubble, mama, dada, all done, book but she understands a TON of words now especially the names of people she sees a lot like grandma or the names of her toys.  She understands the word no, but sometimes she doesn't listen.  She was very sick last week with a very high fever and a rash, but she is better now and Camille didn't catch it, so that is very good.  We were worried about that!

So, enough about us.  I heard Lais moved away.  That is very sad.  I'm sure you guys miss him a lot and the classroom isn't the same without him.  I hope he's doing well in his new school.  I'm sure he is!  Are you excited for Valentine's Day?  That is always a fun day at school.  I hope we get some more snow this winter!  I want a blizzard like we had two years ago, remember that?

Well, depending on how Camille is (if she's healthy) I plan on making a visit to Madison before I come back on Feb. 19th. with her and Stella.  Won't that be awesome?!?!  If for some reason, I can't bring the girls, I will come in to say hello before I come back.  I'm sure you will miss Mr. Duttweiler when he isn't teaching you and he has told me how much he will miss you guys too!

Miss you guys!  See you soon!
P.S.  Herbie's doing good too!  He's very sleepy from watching two babies all day!

Love,
Mrs. Schroeder

Camille

Stella in basket

Stella-Big sister!

Camille

Jerry and Chloe!

This is Jerry and Chloe and we are doing the blog this week. For reading we have not been doing switch, but we did a test for Night of the Puffins. For science we started learning about the nervous and digestive system. For P.E we are doing tumbling. In social studies we are learning about the regions. And for math we are learning about graphs. Here is what we know about next week. In science we will learn how diseases can be prevented. In P.E we will do mission impossible. And for social studies we will learn about The Civil War and Harriet Tubbman. And in math we are still going to look at graphs. And Tara will be star of the week if Caiden shares his this week. Now we will stop writing bye!

Xin and Chloe

Chloe and Xin are here. Right now we are learning about the body in science. In social studies we are learning about the United States Economy. Next week we are having a math test. Also next week in social studies we are pretending to write a letter to a cousin. We had a spelling test on Friday. After Caroline’s star of the week is Caiden’s star of the week. After Feb. 19 Mrs. Schroeder is going to come back! In math we are doing Collect and Organizing Data.

Christmas Concert Photo

Great job to all the 4th grade for singing their hearts out on Wednesday's Christmas concert!