Week 4 and 5

Its been a crazy couple weeks, so I am a week behind in all that has happened it 4th grade. So here is a quick update of the past two weeks.  In reading class we started working with answering questions use the questions (and complete sentences of course!). The kids have worked super hard and have moved on to their new book! Math has been full of 3-D shapes and decimals. Last week the kids made a four foot tall castle using 3-D shapes, so cool!! In science and social studies we finished up our Sable Island ecosystem project and started the Southeast region, hopefully we will get to our mapping and state project soon! We watched  a presentation on lacrosse and had the naturalist visit! With the blizzard that hit we had a snow day on Friday (my first one in 22 years)! Look for more exciting things to do in the weeks to come :)

Our class medal tracker for the Sochi Olympics! Go USA!!!

Week 3

Week three was full of excitement. We began our Sable Island research project in science. The wrapping up of 3-D shapes in math brought us to the building of a replica of a castle, pictures to come! We also finished up our Olympic Games medal count bulletin board and the kids have enjoyed following their countries. In reading we began a book for our book report The Not-Just-Anybody-Family.  We ended our week with a Valentines party and lots of yummy ice cream.

Week 2

With frigid temperatures and snow, week two was a great learning experience in fourth grade! We had indoor recess all week except for the last recess on Friday. Lets just say I got really good at playing UNO and took the opportunity to get to know my students really well! Week two also included my first visit from my University Supervisor as well. I put together a short vowel spelling with play dough lesson and it was a hit! All my kiddos ended up getting 100's on their spelling test and I heard reports all week of them using their play dough at home to practice their spelling. We also started a medal tracker for the Sochi Olympics (pictures to come)! Next week a lesson on ecosystems!

Week 1

Week one was a great way to start off my student teaching experience! I had the opportunity to observe, and just simply do that. It was a great experience and I felt that it allowed me to really get to know my students, as I was able to observe their habits and interactions with other students and adults. Here is a little Power Point I put together so that the kids could get to know me. The week ended with an incentive recess that included "spud ball" and lots of snow!! Looking forward to my spelling lesson this week!