Mrs. Alexander's Fabulous 4th

Things for Today

1/19/2015

Dear Class,

I am home today with a sick daughter. I want to outline some things you need to know for today.

Fill out your planner with the following information:
Reading- Read to Self, Read Aloud, Read non-fiction
Writing- Reader's Theater
Math - Benchmark Assessment Chapters 1-3
Social Studies - Library
Homework - Read 30 minutes, Math pg. 318, No spelling this week

Click here to play math games until it's time for the assembly.
Morning Assembly

Math: You will do a benchmark assessment for Chapters 1-3. Show all of your work!
Homework is pg. 318, all problems

You have library this morning. Check out a non-fiction book and a magazine. If you have a book from my room that you are reading, then you should be able to check out an extra non-fiction book.

I didn't get to read reading notebooks, again. I'm sorry. I WILL get to them this week. You should probably finish The Lemonade War today. I can't wait to hear what you think!

Book groups will meet today. I hope that if you are in that group, you are ready for discussion.

Check out these sites for your non-fiction web reading:
Student Science
Scholastic News

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It's Bald Eagle Time!

1/14/2015

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It's that time of year where my family and I go to certain places throughout St. Louis and Illinois to see bald eagles. They are so majestic and so totally cool to see! I have some links to live eagle cams where you can watch eagles in their nests feed their nestlings, walk around and just be. It's kind of addicting to watch!

Visit here to see Ozzie and Harriet.
Visit here to watch and learn about Romeo and Juliet.
See eagles in Minnesota!

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Happy New Year!

1/6/2015

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2015 is here! It's exciting, but yet, we have so much to accomplish.

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Try Your Luck

12/14/2014

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While the holidays are almost here, it's not time for your brain to take a break. You can still keep ahead of the game by reading every day. You can also try out some strategy games or challenge yourself by doing the hour of code.

Holiday Games & Puzzles

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Learn about Veteran's Day

11/11/2014

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What's new this week?

11/10/2014

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There is so much going on now and in the upcoming weeks! Tomorrow we will welcome Junior Achievement visitors for the day. Our guest will spend the day with us in our room teaching students about communities and economics.

Throughout the week students can purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win lunch with staff members. Tickets are 25 cents, each and the drawing will be on Friday. Money earned from this fundraiser allows our reading teachers to purchase books for kids to read over the summer and throughout the year.

Thursday night is Family Game Night. It starts at 6:30. Come with your family and play different types of games. I will be hosting Scrabble! Word games are my favorite pass time! Bright Idea Toys will also be here. You can purchase cool games for your kids at a 20% discount. Great ideas for the holidays abound.

You can find this week's spelling list games here:
Regular long u words
Challenge long u words

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This Week's SpellingCity

10/27/2014

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Here is a link to this week's spelling words for Spelling City.

Regular List
Challenge List

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Filling the bucket

10/16/2014

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What does it mean to fill a bucket? It means that you do something for someone else that makes them feel good or helps them out. We aren't doing a great job of recognizing people who fill our buckets in our class.
I know every one of you deserves a bucket slip. Let’s try to pump each other up by recognizing when we fill each other’s buckets. Bucket slips are in the cup by check-in. Now, don’t be silly and just write something to write something. For example, don't write down that Joe filled your bucket by saying "Good morning." So keep your eyes and ears open for someone filling your bucket, or, take a risk and fill someone else's bucket.

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Fall into Learning

10/5/2014

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So many of you who participated in the States and Capitals challenge did a wonderful job! You worked so hard to learn them. Just think of how much smarter you are today than you were on the first day of school!

With so many exciting things going on in our classroom, it's hard to keep up. We have started using Biblonasium to keep track of our reading. Soon you can recommend books and talk to each other about what you are reading.

I am also looking into creating blogs for each of you. This would allow us to be able to post our writing and get feedback from each other as well as people outside of the classroom.

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Challenge yourself!

8/26/2014

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We have been learning all about geography by learning how to use maps, globes, and a compass rose. You might know your continents, but can you challenge yourself to learn the states and capitals? Watch the video below to help you! There are also several review and practice games available at this site: Technology Rocks- States & Capitals

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V.P. Elementary Library: Destiny Quest
Look up the books you want to read and check out!

Click to access Biblionasium.

Click to access Dreambox .

Access Class Dojo here!

Connect for Ten Marks.

XtraMath for fact practice

Kidblog for our class.

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2015 is here! It's exciting, but yet, we have so much to accomplish.

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