WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16TH

Man do we have a smart class! These kids impress me more and more each day.

We started our week celebrating Constitution Day!
The students became the "Founding Fathers" of our classroom to create a Class Constitution.

First, we brainstormed what is important to us with a "Chalk Talk"
{we use markers today in place of chalk}.

In groups, students delegated their duties and determined what was most important to our classroom.

 

These groups listed their "Top 3" ideas.

Then the class voted and we came up with our top 5 most important rights of our classroom. 

 

We turned this into our Class Constitution.

We all signed it and it stands proudly in our classroom to remind us of our rights and expectations in 4th grade.

[I'm super proud of what they came up with.  Isn't it great?]

 

This week we also created our Power My

Learning accounts. 

 

All of their logins and passwords that they have throughout the year will be kept on the last page in their planner.

 

Students can access their Power My Learning Account from anywhere. 

 

On here, they can play interactive games covering the subjects we are learning about in class (at any time).  The students love it and the best part is they don't even realize they are learning :)

 

JUST A REMINDER ON HOMEWORK:

Students are expected to read 25 minutes each night. 

This is from a self-selected reading material of their choice.  They can read a magazine, on a Kindle, iPad, from a website, A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G as long as they are reading! :)

It is important that we build a love for reading, especially from an early age.

 

They have 12 spelling words plus 2 bonus words each week.

So they could earn up to 2 extra credit points on each test.

They are expected to complete their Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe by Friday each week.

[Their Tic-Tac-Toe boards will have correct directions this week.  They were copied incorrectly and we didn't want to waste the paper!]

 

If a student gets 1-12 correct on their Spelling Pre-test [bonus words can't take the place of their 12 words on the Pre-test] then the students have no spelling work for the week since they already know all the words.

 

Their calendars in front of their take-home folders are expected to be signed each night.

This shows that they did their 25 minutes of reading.

 

Student planners do not need to be signed by a parent.

 

Any additional homework assignments besides reading and spelling will be written on the lines on the calendars.

 

Until next week,