Peek into our room!

4th grade is keeping us busy!  We've been able to increase the school book count quite a bit this week!
Team A has been able to buddy up with Mrs. Parks' first grade class to help them become better readers!  We loved meeting our reading buddies and look forward to reading with them once a month!
Here's a glimpse into life in D-107!

4th grade movie stars!

A large part of the new Common Core is using evidence from a text to support a claim or answer.  We have been practicing that in our writing.  In order to help us get a better understanding of what evidence is, we created movies!

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Team A

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Team B

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Team C

Webcast with a star!

We are currently doing a webcast with Taylor Swift about the importance of reading. She's sharing with us how reading helped her become a better songwriter!!

Congrats to the 4th graders for doing an awesome job with today's math CRA testing!  Tomorrow we will be taking our practice writing assessment.  We are working hard on developing our writing skills, so I know that my students will do a great job!
We have been using edmodo this week, it's a great new way to incorporate technology into our classroom.  I posted a question on Monday morning, students have until Friday afternoon to answer.

Help!

WANTED

Post-it notes (or sticky notes of any variety!)

We will be starting an activity with nonfiction text and we will be in serious need of post-it notes (or sticky notes of any variety).  If you have any regular sized sticky notes that can be sent in with your students, we would appreciate it!

Thank you!!!

What could we be up to? Stay tuned to see!!

Edmodo

As your children may have mentioned, technology plays a large role in room D-109.  :)  I'm always looking for new technology to incorporate into our reading lessons!
We are going to begin using a site called Edmodo.  It is set up similar to other social networking sites, but this is for educational purposes.  Your students have (or will be doing so tomorrow) set up an account.  In order to set up an account, a "secret code" was given to them.  This code needed to be used for the students to join the site.  This is a safe and secure site, where only people added to our group can see messages displayed.  Edmodo gives your children the opportunity to respond to questions and polls online, through the class I have created.  I will be posting a question on Mondays that will need to be answered by Friday afternoon.  Your children can access the site through internet at home, as well as at school.  There is also an Apple Edmodo app, which I put on my phone this afternoon.  Students will also be able to post during our short homework period, if internet access is not available at home.
http://www.edmodo.com

Writing with evidence

In Reading we have been working on responding to nonfiction texts. We are learning how important it is to be "text detectives" and show our evidence from the text.

Fourth grade just added to the school book count! We are taking Mrs. Rickman's challenge very seriously in our classroom! :)
As of lunch time today, we have read 403 books!!!! I am so proud of my students! They have earned a special treat for Friday!!
Don't forget-fall fest on Friday!
Homework for tonight:
Reading log and scholastic news
Verb ws

All projects have been turned in and graded! Check your students weekly take home folder for their grade. You can also send me an email at ssheehan@k12tn.net
Projects are being displayed in the lobby of school, so be sure to take a look!!
Don't forget fall fest is Friday night, from 5-8!

Read, Read, Read!

Here is a great article about the benefits of reading 20 minutes a day!  :)
http://www.k12reader.com/why-read-20-minutes-a-day/