Olympia Field Trip
We had our big field trip to the Capitol on Tuesday!
class pic at the Winged Victory Monument |
in front of the Legislative Building steps- did you know there are 42 steps up to the top because Washington was the 42nd State? |
Sitting in the Supreme Court! |
Our "Appellate Attorney" Alexander |
Pleading their case to the Justices |
In the Governor's Boardroom! |
The week of: March
11th, 2013
Written by: Tessa and
Alexander
Math: In math this
week we have started to add and subtract fraction and finding fractions of a
whole, and the class is rapidly progressing!
Reading: We have been
working on the “Main idea” in reading using the books, “Flight, the story of
Charles Lindbergh” and “Amelia Earhart.” We also started a new read-aloud: “Lightning
Thief” and we’re learning a lot about Greek Mythology!
Our final "class" paragraph on the states of matter. Each group wrote one sentence to support our topic sentence, then we edited and revised. |
Writing: We wrote leprechaun letters to our kindergarten
buddies, (Don’t tell them it was us!) and had a lot of fun coming up with
creative names for our leprechauns. We also wrote a class paragraph all about
the states of matter.
Science/Social Studies:
We finished up our hands-on matter unit, and started on a unit on
government. We are learning about the different branches of the government and
will be going to Olympia in a few weeks to learn more.
Exploring Whatzit- a "mystery matter" that has properties of both a solid and a liquid (it's cornstarch and water!) |
The Whatzit up close- at first the students thought it was really gross, but then they really got into it and got messy testing its properties! |
Other: Marketplace is
coming up, and everyone’s heads are boiling with new, creative, and fun ideas. Better get started! Report cards are coming
home today too!
The Week of February 25th, 2013
We had a great first week back from break! We started the week off with an art lesson from Pam Svore. We did Still Life paintings and used watercolor and oil pastel.
The students worked on their Book Talks, which they will be presenting next week in class.
For Science, the students conducted evaporation experiments and tested things like the type of container and how it affects evaporation.
Students were excited for PJ day and a visit from author Kim Baker.
The Week of February 11th, 2013
This week we worked hard on long division and on finishing our Personal Narratives. We still had lots of fun though with Secret Pals, a Valentine's Day Breakfast, Art Docent, and even a Marble Party on Friday!
Secret Pals Lunch (in the classroom!!) |
Yummy Valentine Pancakes!! |
The winner for "Out of This World" Valentine Box! |
The winner for "Most Colorful" Valentine box! |
We are ready for a week off after working so hard! Happy Mid-Winter Break!
The Week of February 1st, 2013
This week on Monday, we had artist Pam Svore come do an art lesson! We made space pictures, and drew different kinds of rockets!
In Science, we started our unit on Matter. We investigated solids, liquids, and gasses, and discovered that the mass and volume of solids and liquids don't change if you change the shape of them.
On Thursday, our class went on a field trip to the Bellevue College Planetarium! We loved looking at constellations and learning about our Night Sky!
Friday was the school competition for the Global Reading Challenge. Over 40 4th and 5th graders have been preparing for this big day for the past few months. All of the teams did so well, and it was such a close score! The winning team, who will go on to the District Competition on March 1st, was "Super Awesomeness"- and 3 members of our class (Liam, Romana, and Richa) are on that team! Congrats to everyone who participated!
The week of January 25th, 2013
By Romana
Math:
This week in math we
did the triple-digit traditional multiplication. We also reviewed estimating
number models. The last thing we did was the
unit 5 math test.
Science:
We finished our space
unit and learned about gravity and air resistance. Later in the week we learned about
Yuri Gagarin and he was the first person in space. We also learned about different
constellations.
We learned about the
story staircase. And we were writing our draft for personal narrative
Reading:
We started reading a
book called “Ghost Canoe.” It is a global reading challenge book. We aldo did an art project with all of the precepts (rules about important things) from the book "Wonder"
The week of January 11, 2013
By Liam and Alivia
This week was Sockeye Booster Week, and each day we all focused on a difference Sockeye expectation like being respectful, responsible, safe, and caring.
In writing we are starting to write Personal Narratives, so we've been working on a lot of dialogue.
In reading we are doing Guided Reading groups, where we meet in small groups with Mrs. Shero. For Read-Aloud we are reading Shakespeare's Secret which is a mystery book.
For math we are working on multiplication and we learned the partial products method and the traditional method.
We just stared a Space unit for Science, and we are studying a lot of models and learning about how models are used. Did you know that if the sun was the size of a big beach ball, then the earth would only be the size of a small red-hot candy, and the moon would be a tiny sprinkle?
December 14, 2012
Marketplace!!
The entire 4th grade had a blast participating in Markeplace. Each student made an item to sell, and they used their money that they've earned in class this year (from doing their class jobs) to purchase things. There was a wide variety of goods sold at Markeplace including jewelry, bookmarks, bowls, games, and yummy treats. They learned many great lessons in this first round of marketplace about supply/demand, pricing, quality, etc, and our June Marketplace is sure to be even better than the first!
The week of November 16th, 2012
By Alexander and Laura
We had our first Sockeye Assembly of the year and they showed our video that we made for the school! On Wednesday, we got to eat popcorn and watch "Elf" because we filled the Marble Jar!
In math we are learning about decimals and fractions. We are using base-ten blocks to help us with the decimals and place value.
We started Social Studies this week and we are doing a lot of things with maps. We started with a world map and then a map of North America.
In reading we got to start RAZ Kids and we can do it at home too. Our reading stamina is up to 45 minutes.
We got to meet with our Kindergarten Buddies and we made Turkey cards with them. Also, our class got the Golden Garbage Can award this week! (and we have the Golden Tennis Shoe for PE too!)
Alivia and her buddy Aisha with their finished Turkey |
With our buddies |
Watching "Elf" for our Marble Party! |
Holding the "Golden Garbage Can"! |
The week of November 9th, 2012
By Laura and Nina
We finished our ecosystems unit in science and took apart our ecocolumns. All of the fish survived, so some students got to take them home as pets.
We took a math test for Unit 3 and we started Unit 4 which is about decimals.
We had a special guest from Seattle Tilth and he taught us about worms. Did you know that a worm is a boy and a girl at the same time? We also learned they have 5 hearts!
A giant centipede |
sorting what is soil and what is not soil |
holding worms! |
The week of November 2nd, 2012
By Charlotte and Richa
This week in writing we talked a lot about using voice, and practiced writing with strong verbs. Also, each of us got to write our own spooky haunted house story.
This week we read a book called "Animal Senses." On Friday we made a t-chart for questions and answers, because our new reading comprehension strategy is questioning. We picked out our own non-fiction books and are writing questions we have about them.
In math this week we learned about using parentheses in number sentences.
In science, we finished polluting our ecocolumns and we improved on our process for cleaning up an oil spill in a model river. We wanted to get the lowest score for the ecosystem impact score, and the lowest score in the class was 8. Anything above a 3 means it will affect the plants and animals in the ecosystem, so there is still lots of room for improvement!
Wednesday was Halloween, and for our party we rotated around to all the 4th grade rooms. First, we went to Mrs. Ness' room to do Readers Theater, then we came to our room to decorate cookies and do crazy puzzles. Finally, we went to Ms. Esom's room to take out the guts and seeds out of a pumpkin and found the mean, median, and mode of the seeds that we each pulled out.
The week of October 26th, 2012
By Tessa and Jason
In science we updated our
notes on our ecocolumns and started our pollution experiments. We had fun
observing and watering our ecocolumns. Surprisingly, most of our crickets are
now deceased. Although, all of the fish still live. The snails however, have
been lazy, as usual.
When we polluted, we learned
that some materials for containing or removing oil worked better than others.
cleaning up a river oil spill |
Modeling a river ecosystem Food Web |
We had a great week with our kindergarten buddies. We
created paper pumpkins with the kindergarteners and got to know them a bit
better.
The week of October 19, 2012
By Liam and Tristan
In math we're really focusing on multiplication and division. We took our first 50 facts test and we will be doing one every couple of weeks.
In reading we're looking for "I Wonder" statements in expository texts, and we finished reading "A Long Walk to Water" for Read Aloud. We are now starting the book "100 Cupboards"
In Science we are starting to pullute our experiment ecocolumns. The pollutants are Acid Rain, Fertilizer, and Road Salt. We also did a mid-unit Science Notebook check and had our parents look at it.
In wrting we are finishing writing Fall poems, and we wrote about the Akobo Desert after we finished reading "A Long Walk to Water"
The week of: October 12, 2012
By Matthew P and Lauren
Right now we are reading A Long Walk To Water. We
just finished Wonder and we made concept maps of all the characters from
the book. We also wrote book reviews and we will publish them on the library
system next week. We also got a Diary of a Wimpy Kid Third Wheel sneak peek booklet.
We finally finished our ecocolumns and will start our
pollution experiments next week. Did you know a cricket can jump up to 4 feet
high?
The week of: October 5, 2012
Written by: Romana and Kai
Math: We were reviewing ballpark estimates, column addition
and partial sums addition. We also learned about finding landmarks in data. We
did a fun graph with raisins to see how many was in each box and then found the
minimum, maximum, range, mode and mean.
Reading: We got to 38 minutes in our reading stamina and we
are also almost finished reading our read aloud book Wonder. We were finding
non-fiction text features in magazines and news articles.
Writing: We were writing How-to paragraphs (directions on
how to do something)
Science: We started
building our ecosystem terrariums and aquariums. We put soil in the bottles and
planted mustard seeds and rye grass seeds. We also filled up the aquarium with
water and little mosquito fish, pond snails, algae, duckweed, and elodea.
Other: On Friday we had art docents and we were drawing
still life with charcoal, colored pencil and pencil. Also, on Wednesday we got to meet with our kindergarten buddies and we read them books
Learning Update September 28, 2012
Written by: Alivia
and Julie
Math: we have done
shapes and line segments and math test and we did out times tables we did
subtraction
Reading: we keep on trying to beat our time in reading
right now we are at 30 min. Mr. Orser the Literacy Specialist came to teach us about
text features of non-fiction like
captions, photographs, and maps.
We created collages with our Reading Spot picture to go on the front our our reading binders |
Mr. Orser, Sunset's new Literacy Specialist |
Writing: right now we are writing about eco systems and we’re
working on writing leads and taking out filler in writing.
Science: we’re talking about eco systems and we were doing a
project with our table groups where we made up our own experiment.
Designing our experiments |
Using our new Science Notebooks to take notes |
Other: we did our
health test and Mrs. Marshall took us to her class and she taught us health.
Learning Update September 21st, 2012
We had a very art-infused week for math as the students
practiced drawing circles with compasses. The students
created some “picture pie collages” made from whole, half, quarter, and eighths
of circles. Check out a few great ones!
We wrapped up Unit 1 in math and spent the day working
through a review, and the class is ready for the test on Monday.
We’re still working on building community (which never
really ends) and created a Community Quilt! (A few students haven’t finished their
squares yet, so I’ll post a picture next week when it’s done)
In writing we are working on the elements of a paragraph and
have focused this week on main idea and supporting details.
The class totallly spoiled me for my birthday yesterday with gifts, cards, flowers, a song, and treats for the whole class. It made me feel so special, so THANK YOU!
The students finished their Health unit today and should be
studying this weekend for the test on Tuesday. They should have taken home their Health books to study from.
Learning Update September 14th, 2012
We've had a busy second week of school!
For writing, the students wrote a letter to summer and designed a postcard. Students enjoyed seeing thier finished work displayed on the "Published Authors" board.
In math, we are reviewing properties of polygons and practicing our multiplication facts.
The class is working on building reading stamina, and we are up to 12 minutes so far. Over the next month, we will build that up to a full hour of silent reading time. During that time, some students will be working with Mrs. Shero in small guided reading groups, or individually practicing and building reading skills.
We also had a week long unit on Netiquette (internet etiquette and online saftety) this week, and the students are learning how to UYN (Use Your Netsmartz!) After the entire class passes the Netiquette exam with 100%, the students will get thier official "Online Access Cards" which will allow them to use the internet for research, schoolwork, and fun!
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are you there?
yeah we did!
I can't beleive it! We finished a page!!!
407 comments!
yeah we did it's awesome!
407! That's a lot!
i love doing this im so happy that the teacher got to do the blog!
yeah it is!
have you tryed Mango before!
The blog is cool! I also like the eggs that we have in class! Ms. Allison never used the active board. So it's kind of fun doing something different this year!
my mom cut's it from me its awesome!
yeah it is!
what do you mean eggs!
I have had mango in a smoothie before. Have you ever tried pineapple. I eat it for breakfast every day.
The eggs are the things we use for lunch count.
The eggs are the things we use for lunch count.
Are you still there?
i will see you at school today!
i have to go bye!
hope you have fun at the MSP!
im going to the tryouts so i will text you back at 7:00 ok see you soon at school bye!
Are you still there?
im here!
see you at school bye!
I'll be here at 7:00 tommorow morning too. Bye!
ok bye!
see you tomorrow 7:00am bye
hi Matthew.
im here.
Matthew P.
just had my tryout's today i was not that good i have 1 more tryout!
(soccer)
I'll be back at 7:00.
Are you there?
hi im here!
Are you there?
Hi!
i doing when you were gone.
piano!
Do you think you will make it into Gunners?
i was doing piano when you were gone.
You play piano?
i don't know there was 200 people trying out and there's only 30 people that make it.
yeah i do.
Did you think you will make it into Gunners?
my 2nd tryout coming in at thur.
That sounds almost imposibe to get in! How did you do it last time?
i already told you i don't know i thought i did okay in all on my 1st tryout i have to do better on thur.
there was about 100 people trying out last year or maybe 150 and there was a A,B,C team but now there is only A team and B
Was it easier when you did Gunners before?
It sounds much harder now. What team did you get in last time?
YEAH.
C team.
but our team is better then the B team.
are you there?
Is A team the best?
In Eastside there's A B C D and E. A is the best. Kai is on D.
I'm here.
Are you there?
Are you there?
ARE YOU THERE MATTHEW P.
yeah A teams the best but C team should be B team and that's my team!
Are you there?
ohh cool i will try out for Easside when i get a lot older or maybe 12.
Matthew are you here!
I hope you make it into Gunners this year.
Matthew!!!!!!!!!!
same as me hope i do!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there slide tackling in Gunners? In Eastside they do slide tackles.
I hope we have blogs in our classes next year.
Maybe you will be in my class next year.
are you excited for school today!
i loved the movie that Mrs Shero picked!
hope so!
yeah we can do slide tackles if we want.
slide tackles can be really fun!
The movie was good. I'm so glad we don't have MSP today!
we have 480 comments that's cool!
yeah it's frustrating.
Did you like the MSP? I didn't.
what do you want to chat about?
The writing test is tommorow I think. It's all day.
no really it's hard sometimes it makes me feel like it's so big gosh it makes me frustrating!
really it is i thought that it was the end of the MSP days.
i got to change i will come back in 3 min. just wait okay.
im back Matthew!
Sorry I was gone so long. I just got new sheets for my bed.
What do you want to chat about?
sorry Matthew i got to go had fun chatting with you see you at school bye!
ohh sorry i thought my mom was making breakfast you want to chat!
Are you there?
what kind of sheets are they?
What do you want to chat about?
im here.
There sort of like a quilt.
what kind of sheets did you get?
cool i love quilts!
when i was playing basketball for my team i kept getting bloody noses it was really funny!
What do you want to chat about?
laura knows all about it
what's your favorite TV Show?
Did it hurt when your nose got bloody?
My favorite tv show is Phinious and Ferb!
I don't know what my favorite TV show is. I don't really watch TV any more. I play on my computer.
kind of but it was okay and once i got a bloody nose at a game so they had to clean the floor.
I like Phineas and Ferb. They always do cool stuff.
cool i play on my computer to!
yeah they do.
When I used to play soccer my coach called me Agent P.
i wonder if we are having buddies today for P.E.?
COOL THATS FUNNY!
When i played basketball my name was miney mouse couse im small!
Ferb never talks though.
i was okay with it because it was funny!
(laura's is midey mouse)
I think were doing it with Ness again.
yeah it's kind of weird!
you mean Marshall.
I remember last year Mrs. Allison called me Matt because it was shorter.
we have already done 522 comments!
Oh yeah. I meant Marshal.
that was really weird.
cool i like Mrs. Marshall's class they are cool!
We need to get 600 to fill up this page!
What do you mean that was weird?
i like mrs. Shero you do not know how much
What do you mean that was weird?
THAT WAS WEIRD WHEN MRS. ALLISON WAS CALLING YOU MATT BECAUSE YOU WERE SMALL.
Mrs. Shero is the best teacher in the world!
we are almost have way there to fill a page.
No. The name Matt is shorter than the name Matthew.
yeah she is!
i know!
Can i call you matt now!
If you want you can call me Matt.
just kidding.
i will call you Matthew.
cool.
I wonder if Mrs. Shero will put any new things in the What We're Learning section.
it is sad that mrs Allison is reitiring now.
yeah i wonder.
544 comments!
Yeah. I like Matthew better than Matt.
5 more to go for comments!
you do cool i do to!
Do you still do Sockeye Club?
we had a really bad class last year in mrs. Allisons class.
yeah i do even Alexander does to!
it's pretty fun.
I think we need 51 more.
we have 552 comments!
okay.
The only bad part about last year is it was really noisy.
i think so too!
yeah it was!
That doesn't make any sense. I typed my name in. I meant Matthew P.
are you there Matthew?
okay i knew that was you.
The computer is just weird sometimes.
type it again maybe it will work now.
yeah computers do make mustakes.
i have to eat see you soon bye!
had fun typeing with you bye!
It would be cool if there was a super computer like in the movie yesterday.
Let's do this every morning at 7:00.
Bye!
yeah bye!
see you at 7:00 A.M.
hey i will see you in like 45 min. bye!
hey im here!
last soccer tryout's today!
Im so scared for the writing test!
I'm really scared to!
i know it's not 7:00 yet but i was so excited doing the blog
i wonder if we could look in our books on our desk and see what they say in sentences hope we can look in books!
did you know that i Adam is trying out for soccer for the Gunners.
Are you still there?
im going to have to leave at 8:00am to practice soccer but we have lot's of timing!
yeah i am.
I wonder if they're gonna use and old prompt? That would make it easy.
are you here?
yeah hope so.
8:00 is when i'm leaving to because that's when i'm eating breakfast and then I get ready for school.
i wonder what it's going to be like?
ohh i get ready for school about 7:30 or 7:45am but i brush my teeth about at 8:15.
im having fun!
are you there?
Maybe we could do this every morning at 7:00.
are you there Matthew P.?
yeah Maybe that would be fun!
Do the Kenzers live in your neighborhood?
i love going to school!
The Kenzers have a really big house!
School is fun.
i don't think so but i live by Luke reed and Andrew s.
do they live by me?
MSP can be really hard don't you think.
what is tomorrow's MSP?
WE FINISHED A PAGE!
I just don't like the MSP.
looks like a nice day today.
it's frustrates me!
The Kenzers live in Kai's old neighborhood. The Kenzers have a mansion!
i like recess sometimes it can be fun i just don't like the fighting.
I wonder if the weather will be good in the summer?
they have a mansion that's so cool i want one so bad how about Kai does he have a mansion?
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