December Student of the Month

Sadie Marlow is December's star student! Sadie is always willing to help a classmate (and her teacher!). She goes the extra mile! We love Sadie!!!

12/1/14-12/5/14

Story of the Week: How Night Came from the Sea

Question of the Week: How have people explained the pattern of day and night?

Subject Verb Agreement Game
Verb Viper
Generalization Game

11/17/14/11/21/14

Story of the Week: Adelina's Whales

Question of the Week: What patterns in nature guide the lives of animals?

All About Whales!
Verb Viper Game
Verb Power Game

November Star Student

November's Star Student is Jaden Simpson. He's such a hard worker and kind to his classmates. We love Jaden!!!

Fort Toulouse Field Trip

Spooling yarn

Indian Dance

Hatchet throwing

Looking out at the Coosa River

11/10/14-11/14/14

Story of the Week: The Man Who Named the Clouds

Question of the Week: What is the value of looking at patterns in nature?

11/3/14-11/7/14

We will have no spelling/vocabulary words this week! This will be a review week, and we will be taking the Unit 2 Reading Test on Thursday and Friday. :)

Fire Safety Fun

10/27/14-10/31/14

Story of the Week: So You Want to be President?

Question of the Week: What are the jobs of the President of the United States?

Helpful Websites:
Exploring Possessive Nouns
Plural Possessive Nouns Battleship
Main Idea
Vocabulary Activities
Vocabulary Activity

10/20/14-10/24/14

Story of the Week: Horse Heroes

Question of the Week: How can people and animals work together as a team?

10/14/14-10/17/14

Story of the Week: Scene Two

Question of the Week: What can teams accomplish?

Drawing Conclusions: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

No School Monday

Parents,


This is a reminder that there will be no school for students this Monday, October 13th. I hope you enjoy your nice, long weekend!

October Star Student

Our October Star Student is Hailey Osbon. She's smooth sailing in 4th grade! We love Hailey!!

Think Pink!

Today, 4th grade wore pink for breast cancer awareness.

10/6/14-10/10/14

Story of the Week: Coyote School News

Question of the week: How can we work together to achieve goals?

**Please Note: The word "hoof" below should be "hoofs".

Plural Nouns

Plural Nouns Activities

9/29/14-10/2/14

Story of the Week: What Jo Did

Question of the Week: How can we appreciate the talents of others?

Websites:

Cause and Effect

Prefixes and Suffixes

Adding -s or -es to nouns

Vocabulary Practice

Fact or Opinion

Nouns Game

Nouns Jeopardy

 

9/22/14-9/26/14

Reading: Unit 1 Review Week
No spelling/vocabulary words this week!
We will be taking the Unit 1 Benchmark Test beginning on Thursday and finishing on Friday.

Helpful Websites on Skills We've Covered:
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Predicate Coaster
Complex Sentences
Types of Sentences
Clauses
Language Arts

Civil War Reenactment

Three "Union soldiers" came to talk to us today about the civil war. It was very interesting! 

Learning's Always Better With A Friend

Today, we partner read our science lesson on "Ecosystems". David and Javion (above) make great reading partners! 

Safe-T-opolis

Mr. Norris came last Friday to give students important information about electrical safety. Thanks, Alabama Power, for such a wonderful program!

9/15/14 - 9/19/14

Story of the Week: Letters Home from Yosemite

Question of the Week: "How does Yosemite reflect the unique qualities of the West?"

Vocabulary Practice

Vocabulary Cloze

Independent/Dependent Clause Game

Main Idea

Interactive Math Journals

We love adding to our math journals after we master the skill! 

Science Scavenger Hunt

To wrap up our unit on vertebrates and invertebrates, students went on a scavenger hunt around the room in search of fun facts!

September Star Student

This month's star student is Jordan Massey. Jordan is always doing the right thing even if no one is looking, works hard everyday, and is kind to her classmates. We love Jordan!!!

9/8/14-9/12/14 Unit 1 Week 4

         Story of the Week: The Horned Toad Prince