Ms. Mullins Grade 4/5 Class

Friday, December 1, 2017

Wow! It is so hard to believe that we only have 3 weeks left before Xmas!
Please have your child fill in their reading duotang each night. They should be reading for 20 min. each evening.
Math- practice math facts to 18 nightly. Also, I will assign a few pages in their orange duotangs next week ( I didn't assign any last week :o). We are working on 3 digit subtraction in class.
We are wrapping up our Social Studies chapter on exploration. The students handed in an assignment on Dec. 1 and I will have them back within the week. Our next unit will be Rocks and Minerals in Science.
In writing, we have been working on procedural writing in class. The students have picked a topic and have been writing over the past week. Their good copy of this is due on Tuesday. I would encourage them to use their rubrics. For the last few weeks before Xmas, we will be doing a few different writing activities including " My Christmas Wish."
Christmas concert will be on Friday, December 15th ( I will check on the time)
I have placed the December book order and I am estimating that they will be here by the end of the week.
Have a great week everyone!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!
With the cold weather upon us, please make sure that the students are dressed appropriately.
Book orders due on Thursday! They make great Xmas gifts :o)
Math for gr. 3- please practice math facts to 18 plus I will be assigning a few pages in their orange duotangs. These will be due next Friday. We have been working on 3 digit adding and will be moving into 3 digit subtracting next week.
The students are completing an end of chapter assignment in Soc. Studies. They are responsible for writing an Acrostic poem on either Chris Hadfield or Amelia Earhart. We will decide on a due date on Monday together as a class.
Spelling will be long "u" sound. Grade 3-huge, June, dew, few, knew, excuse, school, cool, clue, true, juicy, cruise. Grade 4- huge, new, knew, few, true, excuse, music, June, school, fooling, juicy, unusual, chewing, usually, using
Keep reading 20 min. each night, fill in the purple duotang. Students remember to give yourself a comprehension check!
Have a great week!

Thank you to everyone who attended parent teacher interviews this week! I enjoyed getting to sit and chat with you about the progress your child is making.
Please have your child reading for their 20 min each night. Be sure to sign the nightly reading log!
Gr. 3 math- practice math facts nightly 5-8 min or so. I'm finding we need a little more work on the subtraction, so maybe spend a little more time on that. I will be sending home the orange duotang that will need to be returned by Friday. The students and I will be deciding how many pages they will do.
Spelling words for this week (principle long i)- Grade 3- line, nice, write, why, fly, buy , try, right, fight, light, night Grade 4- divide, write, right, light, tonight, fight, online, reply, lighten, frighten, recognize, highway, exercise, why, fly
We will be starting to work on procedural writing this week in class. This is where the students will be writing step by step instructions on how to do/make/complete something.
I will be sending home their recounts that we looked at during interviews. Please sign and return to class.
Have a great week everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. No school on Monday, Nov. 13 and Friday, Nov.17 due to interviews.
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for interviews. They will be Thursday evening and Friday morning.
No spelling words this week due to a short week.
Keep reading and practicing those math facts each night!
Have a great week everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! Hard to believe that we are into November!
Picture day will be Monday, November 6th.
Please have students reading 20 min. each evening and record their reading in their nightly duotang. They are doing a great job reading in class and I hope that love of reading continues at home :o)
Grade 3 math - This month we will be working on estimating/mental math of addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers along with adding/subtracting of 3 digit numbers. Please continue reviewing math facts to 18 and I would also like the students to practice skip counting by 3's and 4's.
We are finishing up writing our book reviews for our novel Wonder in class this week.
Please sign up for parent teacher interviews on Thursday, Nov. 16 and Friday, Nov. 17. Grade 4 math should sign up for Mr. Quinlan as well.
Spelling words for week (long e sound) Grade 3- green, asleep, city, every, many, honey, monkey, key, team, dear, reading, piece Grade 4- dear, piece, reading, repeating, agree,thirteen, speaking, breeze, relieved, eager, stream,slimy, shiny,funny, honey
There will be no school on Monday, November 13th in lieu of Remembrance Day.
Have a super week!

Sorry for the late update to the blog! I was away all weekend.
There will be no school on Friday, November 3rd due to a PD day.
Please be sure students are reading each night and fill in their nightly reading log.
Gr. 3 math- practice your facts each night. We will be having a quiz on Thursday. It will include facts to 18, skip counting, and a few more questions on place value.
Words for the week: Grade 3- name, sale, make, made, pain, rain, mail, Sunday, stay, today, eighty, eighteen
Grade 4- make, change, shape, frame, tail, waist, painter, faint, Sunday, today, Wednesday, painful, eighteen, weight, drain
I am in the process of marking the personal recounts and I will hand them back with the rubric when I'm done. Please sign and be sure to return these to me for their file.
Book orders are due this Thursday.
Have a great week.

I hope all of the students enjoyed their long weekend!
We decided as a class that our good copy of our recount writing will be due on Wednesday, October 25th. We have had quite a bit of in-class time to work on these and they will have an hour on Monday. Please make sure they are using their rubrics to double check their work before handing it in.
Spelling words for this week:Grade 3- spin, spine, not, note, stripe, pancake, us , use, plate, flame, car , care

Grade 4- pancake, stripe, spine, extreme,globe, use, escape, arrive, surprise, beware, skate, became, flame, smile, scrape

Picture day will be Friday, October 27th.
Grade 3 math-I will be starting to send a duotang with students. I will talk to them about what I expect them to do for homework. I am thinking it will be 2 pages, but they will have to week to finish at home and then return to me by the end of the week. We are still working on skip counting by 3,4,5,10,100, and 25, forwards and backwards to 1000 and our adding and subtracting of math facts to 18.
Fall is definitely in the air! Please make sure to start tucking hats and mitts into kit bags.
Have a wonderful week everyone!