For a short week, it seemed pretty busy…
• Parent/Teachers conferences are a highlight.
• Teachers' Convention at Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee. There are always new ideas to incorporate into my classroom.
• Miss Pamperin started teaching music. She was teaching the class to sing intervals.
This coming week…
• The fourth graders will be starting several new projects this week. One in reading and one in social studies.
• Miss Pamperin will be teaching science starting on Tuesday.
• Professor Ohm, Miss Pamperin's college supervisor, will be here this week.
• We'll be getting ready to sing in church on November 8 and November 14.
• We will also be getting ready for Grandparents' Day.
God's blessings.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Oct. 18 to 22
A summary of the past week:
1. The 4th graders finished a writing project that described the feeling and actions before, during, and after some sort of competition.
2. In social studies we learned about the New England states, and also a bit about the Middle Atlantic states.
3. They are working on a John 3:16 poster.
4. Little by little we're getting our digital storytelling done. The last recordings will be finished this coming week. How these will be displayed, I don't know quite yet.
5. The biggest change this week: Miss Pamperin's becoming part of our classroom. Mostly, she has been observing, but she also started some teacher duties.
This very short week upcoming week:
1. Parent/teacher conferences Monday and Tuesday after school, and Wednesday during the morning.
2. There's a science test on Tuesday. The 4th graders knew about this early last week. Our science book is divided into four major units. This is the last chapter in the first unit.... Where has the time gone?!?
3. While there is NO spelling this week. The words for week 7 are on the spelling page of the class webpage. Also, Week 7 words were "opened up" in Spelling City.
God bless your week.
Matthew 7:24-27
1. The 4th graders finished a writing project that described the feeling and actions before, during, and after some sort of competition.
2. In social studies we learned about the New England states, and also a bit about the Middle Atlantic states.
3. They are working on a John 3:16 poster.
4. Little by little we're getting our digital storytelling done. The last recordings will be finished this coming week. How these will be displayed, I don't know quite yet.
5. The biggest change this week: Miss Pamperin's becoming part of our classroom. Mostly, she has been observing, but she also started some teacher duties.
This very short week upcoming week:
1. Parent/teacher conferences Monday and Tuesday after school, and Wednesday during the morning.
2. There's a science test on Tuesday. The 4th graders knew about this early last week. Our science book is divided into four major units. This is the last chapter in the first unit.... Where has the time gone?!?
3. While there is NO spelling this week. The words for week 7 are on the spelling page of the class webpage. Also, Week 7 words were "opened up" in Spelling City.
God bless your week.
Matthew 7:24-27
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Notes from October 11-15…
The week went by quickly; at least it did for the teacher!
Things we did this past week…
1. In our afternoon devotions we continued our study of Martin Luther and what it means to be Lutheran.
2. We saw pictures of Lutherland from Miss Ladwig's trip to Germany.
* Specifically, we saw pictures of Wittenburg, the Castle Church where Luther posted the 95 Theses, the Wartburg, Mrs. Cotta's house (Ask your child who Mrs. Cotta was.), and Luther's grave in the floor of the church.
3. We learned a little about the Mission Project for 2nd quarter, which is Taiwan. Then we wrote two questions that the missionary there will answer "live" via Skype during our mission presentation in November.
4. Thanks to the parents that provided pond water. While we didn't find tons and tons of pond organisms, we did find quite the variety of God's creatures in the water. Some of them were big enough to see without a hand lens, but not big enough to identify even with the magnifying glasses!
5. We continued working on our digital storytelling project with the photos from Mosquito Hill. We learned how to add speech bubbles and transitions, and also how to change the color of the text and the speech bubble background.
6. The pepper in our decomposition is doing what it's supposed to be doing…decomposing. The first thing that the 4th graders noticed was the smell.
Up and coming for October 18-22…
1. We welcome Miss Pamperin. She will be with us until Christmas.
2. On Monday, Miss Pamperin will observe. On Tuesday, she starts teaching selected subjects.
3. Hopefully, we can finish up the digital storytelling. We'll need to find a somewhat quiet environment so that each team can add their voices to the project.
4. We will start learning our worship song for November 8.
5. The end of this past week we started a writing project on our actions and feelings before, during, and after some sort of competition. That will get finished this week.
God's blessings!
Things we did this past week…
1. In our afternoon devotions we continued our study of Martin Luther and what it means to be Lutheran.
2. We saw pictures of Lutherland from Miss Ladwig's trip to Germany.
* Specifically, we saw pictures of Wittenburg, the Castle Church where Luther posted the 95 Theses, the Wartburg, Mrs. Cotta's house (Ask your child who Mrs. Cotta was.), and Luther's grave in the floor of the church.
3. We learned a little about the Mission Project for 2nd quarter, which is Taiwan. Then we wrote two questions that the missionary there will answer "live" via Skype during our mission presentation in November.
4. Thanks to the parents that provided pond water. While we didn't find tons and tons of pond organisms, we did find quite the variety of God's creatures in the water. Some of them were big enough to see without a hand lens, but not big enough to identify even with the magnifying glasses!
5. We continued working on our digital storytelling project with the photos from Mosquito Hill. We learned how to add speech bubbles and transitions, and also how to change the color of the text and the speech bubble background.
6. The pepper in our decomposition is doing what it's supposed to be doing…decomposing. The first thing that the 4th graders noticed was the smell.
Up and coming for October 18-22…
1. We welcome Miss Pamperin. She will be with us until Christmas.
2. On Monday, Miss Pamperin will observe. On Tuesday, she starts teaching selected subjects.
3. Hopefully, we can finish up the digital storytelling. We'll need to find a somewhat quiet environment so that each team can add their voices to the project.
4. We will start learning our worship song for November 8.
5. The end of this past week we started a writing project on our actions and feelings before, during, and after some sort of competition. That will get finished this week.
God's blessings!
"But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15
Sunday, October 10, 2010
October 4-8
The run-down of this past week:
• In Christ Light we learned about the first miracle that Jesus did.
• We started a decomposition investigation in science. Our container has foil, plastic, a cracker, a carrot, and a yellow pepper. The students predicted when each item would show decomposition. They are encouraged to look each day at the container.
• For social studies we started studying the northeastern region of the US.
• We have started a digital storytelling project in our enrichment time. The students are in groups of two. Each group has four photos from our Mosquito Hill trip. The project will continue this coming week.
This coming week…
• They will learn how to use Keynote (Mac version of PowerPoint) for the digital storytelling. Each group will manipulate photos, use speech bubbles, and learn to add their voices to Keynote. The goal is to be done on Thursday, so that we can present the finished Keynotes on Friday. That might be a little too ambitious! But that's the plan, anyway.
• We're going to play with pond water on Wednesday through a collaborative website. (http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/)
• Miss Pamperin comes on October 18, so we'll be working on a project to welcome her.
God Bless.
• In Christ Light we learned about the first miracle that Jesus did.
• We started a decomposition investigation in science. Our container has foil, plastic, a cracker, a carrot, and a yellow pepper. The students predicted when each item would show decomposition. They are encouraged to look each day at the container.
• For social studies we started studying the northeastern region of the US.
• We have started a digital storytelling project in our enrichment time. The students are in groups of two. Each group has four photos from our Mosquito Hill trip. The project will continue this coming week.
This coming week…
• They will learn how to use Keynote (Mac version of PowerPoint) for the digital storytelling. Each group will manipulate photos, use speech bubbles, and learn to add their voices to Keynote. The goal is to be done on Thursday, so that we can present the finished Keynotes on Friday. That might be a little too ambitious! But that's the plan, anyway.
• We're going to play with pond water on Wednesday through a collaborative website. (http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/)
• Miss Pamperin comes on October 18, so we'll be working on a project to welcome her.
God Bless.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Sept. 27 - Oct. 1
What went on in 4th grade this past week???
1. We started taking our Terra Nova Standardized tests.
2. We finished the Book of Ruth during our afternoon devotions.
3. In PE we improved our manipulative skills by using playground balls.
4. We had several Spanish classes. They did very well and found out that learning a foreign language can be fun!
5. We practiced our church song with Miss Schmidt's class several times.
On the agenda for October 4 - 8…
1. We will finish the Terra Nova testing on Wednesday.
2. Our afternoon devotions will be a study for Martin Luther and what it means to be Lutheran.
3. It wasn't planned this way, but Thursday will be test day… spelling, math, and social studies.
4. Our enrichment time will be spent in "digital storytelling". We'll be using the photos taken at Mosquito Hill to create a story. I've never attempted digital storytelling with 4th graders before, so this will be an adventure for all of us!
May the LORD bless your week.
1. We started taking our Terra Nova Standardized tests.
2. We finished the Book of Ruth during our afternoon devotions.
3. In PE we improved our manipulative skills by using playground balls.
4. We had several Spanish classes. They did very well and found out that learning a foreign language can be fun!
5. We practiced our church song with Miss Schmidt's class several times.
On the agenda for October 4 - 8…
1. We will finish the Terra Nova testing on Wednesday.
2. Our afternoon devotions will be a study for Martin Luther and what it means to be Lutheran.
3. It wasn't planned this way, but Thursday will be test day… spelling, math, and social studies.
4. Our enrichment time will be spent in "digital storytelling". We'll be using the photos taken at Mosquito Hill to create a story. I've never attempted digital storytelling with 4th graders before, so this will be an adventure for all of us!
May the LORD bless your week.
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