Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Christmas puppets
For the past week, my students have been learning about Christmas in a different country. Each group had to read about their country and then write a puppet show depicting Christmas events in their country. Yesterday, they got to perform their shows in front of their classmates. The kids did a great job of taking informational text and turning it into a puppet show for all of us to enjoy!
Friday, December 14, 2012
Science Lab
4A is busy
preparing for the state science assessment. We have been learning about matter, mass, volume, and density. The students have completed several labs to
help them understand these concepts. For
one of the labs, the students poured water, syrup and vegetable oil in a cup
and observed the liquids. Then they
dropped in a ball of clay, a raisin, a piece of foil, and a piece of celery and observed which
ones floated and sunk. We are all looking forward to the
next hands-on science lab.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Ice cream party!
Last Friday, my math class celebrated our multiplication and division facts with an ice cream banana split party. The students had to earn toppings by finishing timed tests in both multiplication and division for each number 1-12. The students who got through the division 12's, earned a $2 coupon to Sonic and a candy cane filled with candy.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Cheering for Statistics!
In
Math, fourth graders are cheering about statistics. For the state assessments, the students need
to know how to find the maximum, minimum, mode, range, mean and median of a set
of numbers. To help the students
remember what each word means, they are learning six cheers. Ask a 4th
grader to give you a cheer for statistics!
Maximum-The HIGH, HIGH, HIGHEST number
Minimum-The LOW, LOW, LOWEST number
Mode-The one you find the most
Range-You take the HIGH, HIGH, HIGHEST number and subtract
the LOW, LOW, LOWEST number
Mean-Add to find the sum, count those numbers, divide
Median-The one in the middle –XXXXXX-BOOM!
Monday, November 26, 2012
We have been reading the book Beezus and Ramona during reading groups. In chapter 2 Beezus attends art class and Ramona disrupts the class. Beezus becomes even more upset when she believes that Ramona has an imagination and she doesn't. The chapter ends with the art teacher putting Beezus' picture in the middle of the display which means Beezus' picture was one of the best. Last week, I gave my students the same instructions that Beezus' art teacher gave them which was to create an imaginary animal. Then some volunteers judged the pictures and I hung them in the hallway just like the art teacher in the book.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Parts of a flower
In Science we have switched from butterflies to learning about plants. One of our exciting plant labs allows the students to dissect a flower. The students love to take apart the flower and examine each part.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Subjects and Predicates
We have been studying subjects and predicates in English this week. Today we wrote separate subjects and predicates to make silly sentences when combined. Here are a few of our silly sentences.
The football ran me over.
The wild beast was looking for milkweed. (reference to our butterfly project :))
My cat acts like a dog.
Mrs. Westerman was an awesome dancer and singer.
As you can imagine, we had lots of laughter while reading the sentences!!!
The football ran me over.
The wild beast was looking for milkweed. (reference to our butterfly project :))
My cat acts like a dog.
Mrs. Westerman was an awesome dancer and singer.
As you can imagine, we had lots of laughter while reading the sentences!!!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Blue Ribbon Award
Marshall Elementary wins national Blue Ribbon Award!!!!
Kansas Dept. of Education 2012 Blue Ribbon Winners
Kansas Dept. of Education 2012 Blue Ribbon Winners
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Butterflies!!!
We have additions to our classroom. Our classroom has added 3 monarch eggs and 8 larvae (caterpillars) to our room. It will be so much fun to watch them grow and change!!!
Sunday, September 9, 2012
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