I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and was able to take some time to reflect on how thankful we are for all of our service men and women who serve, have served, and gave the ultimate sacrifice. This week we are working on taking our science and language NWEA. They are both longer tests that will last more than one day so please make sure the kids are well rested and eat a good breakfast. We are lucky to have AC in our room during this heat but they do go out for lunch and recess. The PTA is selling reusable water bottles with the Nowlin logo for Field Day. They are $2.00 each. We will be collecting the money up until the Tuesday before field day. You can send it in anytime. Please don’t forget to send in the permission slip and $15 for our year end Skyzone celebration. You must also fill out the Skyzone release form that is on Dojo, or in last blog post.

Our week:

Spelling: /ou/ and /oi/ sounds-

appoint, midpoint, noises, voices, thousand, grouch, drought, android, ouch, spout

rate, per hour, per gallon, per pound, average

Math-3rd- We are working on learning how to convert units of measure to other units. We are also working on learning the metric system

4th-We are working on converting decimals, fractions, and percentages.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are studying life science, the body system and we are hatching praying mantises as part of a big project.

Social Studies-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on social responsibility

Writing- We are writing concrete poems

Reading-We are continuing to work with our strategy groups on our individual goals.

Have a great week!

Hi everyone,

Permission slips and $15 are due on Tuesday for the Skyzone activity. If your student is going you must fill out the online waiver or they will not be allowed in. Please click the link below to access the waiver and complete it. Thanks

If your student is going to Skyzone for the year end trip, you must fill out their online waiver or they will not be allowed in the park. Thank you!

https://cantonstore.skyzone.com/waiver/?_ga=2.221738012.547895101.1527175408-2120035133.1524574049

Happy Monday everyone. This week we are finishing up our reading NWEA. Next week we will start language and science NWEA. Once those are finished our testing will be complete. Watch for information and permission slips to come home soon for our year-end celebration.

Spelling- /oo/ sound-

ooze, bloom, boost, cartoon, proof, choose, balloon, cocoon, wool, stool

question, experiment, hypothesis, solution, conclusion

Math-3rd Grade- We are starting our unit on measurement.

4th grade-We are working on comparing decimals, fractions and whole numbers on a number line.

Science-We are continuing our study of the body systems

Social Studies-We are finishing our responsibilities of citizens unit and will have a study guide and test this week.

Writing-We are working on books of poetry.

Reading-We are focusing on characteristics of genres and creating a log of our favorite types.

Have a great week!

We have finished MSTEP and we have 4 NWEA tests left. We will be testing this week on Tuesday and Wednesday to complete the first two of those. We will finish next week when we take the last two next Tuesday and next Wednesday. The Bandit Dash Color fun-run is this week. For the rest of our week, we will have a normal week.

Spelling- We are looking at compound words-

paperweight
overhead
backyard
grandparent
waterproof
popcorn
undertake
blindfold
bookcase
yourself

Content Words:

negative
positive
repel
magnetism
attract

Math- 3rd- We are finishing our unit on multiplication patterns. A study guide will come home and we will test towards the end of the week.

4th- We are finishing our unit on fractions, area, and perimeter. A study guide will come home and we will test towards the end of the week.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on our body systems unit. We are looking at the digestive system this week.

Writing-3rd-4th-We are starting poetry this week. We will continue working on the writing process and will add more figurative language to our work.

Reading- 3rd-4th- We are going to start our year-end review of the comprehension strategies we have learned this year.

Social Studies-3rd- Mrs. Parana

4th-We are finishing our unit up this week. We will have a study guide and test early next week.

Have a great week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I can’t believe how fast time is flying by. We have M-STEP testing tomorrow through the rest of the week and then we start two weeks of NWEA testing. The type of work we will be doing in class will still be curriculum based so you will not see as much work coming home as normal. Don’t forget to send in your Bandit Dash permission slips and $10 per runner to get registered!

This week:

Spelling: Contractions: would’ve
they’d
he’d
that’ll
you’re
they’re
she’ll
I’ve
we’d
could’ve
reflection
symmetry
positive numbers
negative numbers
rotation

Math:3rd- We are learning to multiply large numbers ending in zeros and taking a look back at area and perimeter.

4th-We are moving into multiplying and dividing fractions. We will be coming back around to symmetry and mirroring.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on the systems of the body and life cycles.

Social Studies-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are finishing our unit on responsibilities as citizens and will be taking the test in a week or two.

Have a great week!

MSTEP and NWEA are upon us. While we will still working on learning across the subjects, the students will be testing for long extended times. We are still in need of donations of brain food for the kids to keep them motivated, working and doing their best. We have a donated fruit tray and some drinks have been donated. Any unused donation will be rolled into our year-end celebration. Please consider donating single packed apple slices, juice boxes, water bottles, and mints. Mints are scientifically proven to increase brain activity and we talk one before every single session. Homework will be light this week because of the testing but we will still have each subject:

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Social Studies: We are pushing ahead in the history of how our constitution came about.

Writing-We are working on poetry and students will be creating poetry books!

Reading-We are reviewing all of our comprehension strategies and working on skimming texts to locate specific information.

Math-Students are being tested today and then we will begin the next unit tomorrow

Please check Dojo for lots of important information on the upcoming Bandit Dash!

It seems spring has finally sprung and the nicer weather is here. Next week starts our MSTEP testing. The two weeks following MSTEP will be our NWEA testing. We are still in need of volunteers to send in water bottles, juice boxes, mints, and/or healthy snacks to have before and during testing. If you would like to send something in, please let me know what you are planning on donating.

This week:

Spelling-endings /y/ to /ier/- happier, earlier, greedier, emptier, funnier, amplifier, friendlier, cloudier, bouncier, fancier

content words- natural resources, capital resources, human resources, consumer, producer

Math-3rd and 4th-We are continuing our unit on fractions. We are working on adding fractions with common denominators and will move into finding a common denominator when needed.

Writing-We are working on our poetry unit. We are focusing on types of poetry, understanding poetry through figurative language and writing poetry with correct rhyme patterns and stanzas.

Reading-We are continuing with our strategy groups and will be incorporating our study of poetry into reading.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on the systems of the body and noticing how a specific system helps different organisms in their given environment.

Social Studies-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are still looking at the ways citizens can be involved in government and their responsibilities.

Have a great week!

Hello everyone! I apologize for the late blog post this week. The Living Wax Museum was a huge success. I was so impressed with all of the students. They did so well! Some of the students asked to not be filled and I respected that. The videos of students that wanted to be filmed and pictures from around the room can be found by clicking

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzqSx5k_NnLBLTliT3dJdnFVejA?usp=sharing

M-STEP with the 5th grade is in full swing so we have had guests in our room. The other 4th graders have been with us while their classmates test. Our class will start testing the first week of May. We are looking for donations of individually wrapped mint Lifesavers or a generic equivalent. We are also looking for juice boxes/small bottles of water and individually wrapped snack bars/healthy snacks for 24 students x 6. We have 4 NWEA tests and at least 2 sessions of M-STEP. If you would like to donate, please comment here, on Dojo or let me know! Thanks in advance for helping make testing as easy on the students as possible. Students also need to be finishing up their grade level Khan Academy Missions. Most students are around 80% and need to keep working until they finish their grade level mission.

This week:

Spelling- /y/ to /ied/-

accompanied, implied, scurried, varied, replied, studied, hurried, notified, worried, applied

evaporation, molecules, states of matter, condensation, freezing, melting

Math-3rd-We are learning to partition shapes and shade in for a given fraction.

4th-We are working on adding fractions with common denominators. Many students are still struggling with long division and hitting their goals on Khan Academy. If you are able to work with your student on long division at home, they will highly benefit from the practice.

Writing-We are working on writing poetry and will be creating a poetry flipbook.

Social Studies-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are still working on the responsibilities of Americans to maintain freedoms.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are learning about the human body systems

Reading-We are working on cause and effect relationships with events that happen in narrative texts. Students are also working on backing up and re-reading to locate answers to questions.

Have a great week!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone stayed safe, dry, warm, and with electricity this weekend. Hopefully, some normal Spring weather shows up soon! This week our schedule is off a bit because we will have all of the 4th graders in here while the 5th grades M-Step test. The PTA is looking for volunteers to sign up for the Bandit Dash Color Run. If you are able and willing to grab a time slot, please go to ClassDojo and find their post with the Sign Up Genious. Our testing will begin next week so make sure your student is still reading for 35 minutes every night and getting in Khan Academy practice nightly. We have about a month left until all students need to be at 100%.

This week:

Math-Both grades are working on a new fraction unit. The 3’s are identifying fractions and their models and 4’s are starting to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions.

Science-3rd-Parana

4th-We are continuing our study of the body systems that help organisms survive.

Social Studies-3rd Parana

4th-We are looking at the responsibilities of each citizen and the things we need to do to maintain our freedoms.

Writing-We are finishing out narrative writing and will start working on a How-To piece that utilizes sequencing words

Reading-We are still working on figurative language. We are also going to start looking at the parts of a poem.

Spelling-We are looking at words that replace /y/ endings with /ied/

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Have a great week

Welcome back! I hope Spring Break was a nice recharging week for everyone. M-STEP is starting this week for 5th and our class will be starting soon. Due to the splits in the building, our schedule will be changed to accommodate testing in 5th grade. The 3rd grade has their Lansing Trip tomorrow with Mrs. Parana and all students have their big Living Wax Museum project due on Friday. We will have other classes coming through our room on Friday to hear their presentations and look at their props/costumes. There are no make-up projects allowed for this because classes are only coming in on Friday. Students must bring their materials and be prepared by the morning.

This week:

Spelling: We are looking at words that end in /y/ and get replaced by/ies/:

batteries, properties, berries, worries, families, cities, babies, armies, enemies, directories

base, height, length, width, sides

Math-3rd-We are looking at how patterns in multiplication relate to patterns in single digit division problems.

4th-We are still working on types of angles and using protractors to measure and find missing angles.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on our life science and body systems unit.

Social Studies- 3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are studying the freedoms provided to us by the Amendments.

Writer’s Workshop- We are working on figurative language. We are writing a narrative and will be including this figurative language within it.

Reading- We are working on informational text features and their purposes, locating examples of figurative language, and lastly, we are going to be looking the framework of different types of poetry.

Please check Dojo for a post about donations of waters, mints, and healthy snacks for the kids to have during testing. We will have them on our M-STEP and NWEA days over the next month and a half. Thanks!

Have a great week.