Immigrating to America Game

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Coming to America Study

Ellis Island Activity One

Ellis Island Activity Two

Ellis Island Then and Now

Spelling Week 3

Focus: Initial Consonants

1. family
2. patio
3. reason
4. just
5. valley
6. building
7. weather
8. phase
9. decimal
10. called
11. very
12. monster
13. calendar
14. poem
15. after
16. subtract
17. science
18. wrist
19. polygon
20. multiplication

**quadrilateral
**equilateral 
**intersection

Parent Information Night

4M Parent Information Night Presentation 2013-2014

iPad Haiku Deck Media Lesson

We had a great time learning how to create a Haiku Deck presentation on the iPad with Ms. Zbacnik. We practiced taking pictures on the iPad and searched for appropriate graphics using important key words. Students will have a chance to share their presentation on the Smartboard next week.

Thank you Ms. Zbacnik! Check out her blog post about our iPad project.

Spelling Week 2

Focus: Short Vowels

HW:    
   Tuesday: Write each word four times
   Thursday: Choice


1. exotic
2. these
3. magic
4. pencil
5. rabbit
6. number
7. all
8. most
9. travel
10. show
11. chicken
12. began
13. common
14. happen
15. guitar
16. jealous
17. leopard
18. question
19. line segment
20. angle

Spelling Week 1

Homework:
    Tuesday: Print each word four times
    Thursday: CHOICE

1. fourth
2. Brimhall
3. Elementary
4. safety
5. respect
6. best effort
7. care of property
8. responsibility
9. math
10. reading
11. social studies
12. science
13. library
14. fall
15. September
16. homework
17. classroom
18. friends
19. community
20. classmates

BONUS:
   Ms. McCormick

Welcome 4th Graders!

It was so nice meeting some of you at "Meet your Teacher" night. I look forward to meeting the rest of you on Tuesday. It looks like we have a great group of kids this year. I couldn't be more excited!

STUDENT NEWS:

• Have you been practicing your math facts this summer? Try these for some back to school practice: 
•  Online flashcards
• Multiplication games
• Multiplication facts practice
• Want to do some online reading? Here is one of my favorite sites that we will be using this year:
• Wonderopolis
• Some of my favorite wonders...
• What happens if you swallow gum?
• Why do sidewalks have lines?
• What's your favorite type of donut? (You'll soon find out that I LOVE donuts!)
• In social studies this year we will be focusing on our fifty states. Check out this game to see what you already know!
• States and Capitals Game

PARENT NEWS:

• If you haven't signed up for fall conferences yet, please do that here. Conferences this year are ONLINE SIGN UP ONLY. Reserve your spot today! 
• The best way to reach me is via e-mail- sheila.mccormick@isd623.org

CONFERENCE SIGN UP

Helpful hint: Once you select the conference time you would like, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "REQUEST HIGHLIGHTED TIME"

Area and Perimeter Games

Area and Perimeter Game 1

Shape Surveyor

Area Explorer

Baseball Geometry

Fractions

Measurement

Number Sense

Coordinates

Symmetry

Writing Decimals

FRACTION NUMBER LINE TEST

DECIMAL NUMBER LINE TEST

MIXED NUMBERS TEST

EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS TEST

Spelling 1/23-1/26

Spelling 1/7-1/11

Spelling 12/17-12/21

Prefix Word Study

unquestionable
unruly
unlimited
unrest
unrelenting
irregular
illogical
irreplaceable
noncomformist
nonexistant

No Excuse Word Study

important
children
night
white
began
grow
river
four
carry
state

Scale of the Universe

Today in McMath we learned about powers of ten.

We tried out a really cool website that uses powers of ten to explain the size of our Universe. Feel free to check it out tonight. It might inspire your Achievement Fair project :)

 

Spelling 12/10- 12/14

PREFIX WORD STUDY

between, among = inter-
far away = tele-

interior
intersection
international
interval
intermediate
telemarket
telescope
telephoto
televise
telethon

NO EXCUSE WORD STUDY

between
below
country
plant
school
father
city
earth
light
thought

Spelling 12/3-12/7

PREFIX WORD STUDY

three = tri-

four = quad-

ten = dec-

mil = one thousand

triplet

trilogy

triathlon

quadrangle

quadruple

century

decimal

milligram

million

NO EXCUSE WORD STUDY

answer

found

study

still

learn

should

America

high

every 

near

Spelling 11/26-11/30

PREFIX WORD STUDY
many = multi-/poly-
in/into = en- em-, in-, im-

multipurpose
mutimedia
multitude
polygon (2-D)
polyhedron (3-D)
embellish
engulf
immigrate
influence
inhibit

NO EXCUSE WORD STUDY
contractions

don't
can't
won't
didn't
couldn't
wouldn't
shouldn't
something
example
together

Future Voters of 4M

Happy Election Day!

This morning students had the opportunity to vote for the last name of our mascot Blaze AND did a mock vote for the presidential election tonight. Students also had the opportunity to take a citizenship test. We all agreed it was a VERY difficult test.

So- go out and vote! If you need to find your polling place, use the poll finder. Have a great night!

Ready to Read!

Today we got ready for our November Readathon. We started our day with a 15 minute read-in. What a treat!

 

My goal is to read for 40 minutes each night. What's yours? We read for 65 minutes in class today. Way to go!