Fun Fall Pictures:)

Frances at Sonny Acres!

 

My mom's pumpkin topiary...pretty creative!

 

Jada's great pumpkin-carving skills!  Wow!

 

John's Spider!..."Mrs. Frank"

This spider is in my backyard.  I wanted to send you a picture.  I thought that you might find it cool.  In a couple of weeks she will leave the web and she will lay 300 to 900 eggs and every day she makes a new web.  She is a cross spider and pretty big.  We have named her Mrs. Frank. 

Sara and her family at the Pumpkin Patch!  Happy Family:) 

Mrs. Schroeder's Halloween House...Spooky, well not really!

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MATH

 

In math we finished unit 1. Also, we took a pretest for unit 2. In my opinion it was VERY hard!

We reviewed ungrouping, subtracting with zeros, rounding, and regrouping.

So were pretty busy in math! But now we are switching! It's nice having other teachers but we all miss Mrs. Schroeder and Mrs. Boyd.

 

 

Mrs. Boyd

She is from Virginia. She used to be a math teacher! But now, she is a terrific class aide to us. She is very smart and pretty! She also does a lot of other things. Mrs. Boyd is the best aid ever!

 

Mrs. Schroeder

 

 

Mrs. Schroeder is  our teacher. She’s from Naperville.  She’s very funny and sarcastic! She’s also very pretty too!! Everybody loves her! Best 4^th grade teacher ever by far!! She is very nice and understanding!

She makes everything fun.

 

Dough Islands/social studies

 

In social studies we are making dough islands .We are painting them in different colors to represent the elevation!! It was very fun!! Now, we are letting them dry. We are working on them in table groups! We are doing Revolutionary War and it is a BIG part of our grade! SCARY !!!

 

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In reading we switch. It is exciting because this is our first year we switched classrooms. It is also fun because we see other friends and what other teachers are like. It is so much fun!

In science we are talking about cells. We’re talking about animal cell and plant cells. A thing we learned is that a plant cells can help make its own food and an animal and human cells don’t. Plant can make their own food because they have chloroplasts. This week we will make our own cells. It is going to be very fun!

In social studies we are doing Jr. Atlas. But focusing on latitude and longitude.  Now we know were the equator and the prime meridian is on the map. Now we know what countries go through the equator and prime meridian.  Today we made our dough islands with our group!  It was AWESOME!

In math we are focusing on regrouping and ungrouping.  We are just about to be ready to finish the unit and start to switch. We are going to switch classes like we doing in reading. IT’S COOL!!

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Dough Recipe

Dough Recipe Homework: Due Thursday, September 26^th!!!

 

Dear Parents,

 

For social studies, the students are designing 3-D elevation maps. The 4th graders are working in cooperative groups to create islands made from dough which will include various landforms. The groups will paint their landforms to show different elevations. They will name their islands, label the island’s location with latitude and longitude, paint elevation levels, and decide the names and locations of their capital cities. This activity is a good review of all the landform skills the students are learning in 4th grade.

 

Each student will be making dough to use for this project and to share with their teammates.

 

Dough Recipe

                                                                                               

Ingredients:

 

 

1 cup of flour (At least!!! The dough should not be runny or stick to fingers, but thick enough to mold.  I would start with a cup, and add more as neededJ)

 

½ cup of salt

 

½ cup of water

 

***Helpful hints:  Use clean hands to mix the dough, and if the dough is too dry add a little water. If the dough is too runny, add a little more flour.

*** Extra ‘dough-nations’ would be appreciated and can be sent in a Ziploc Bag. 

Thank you!

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