Spookly the Square Pumpkin

Today we read a book called Spookly the Square Pumpkin. The kids enjoyed listening to the story and hearing about how it's not always a bad thing to be different. There is a great message in this book! And according to the website...they have made the book into a movie. Cool!

Game Classroom

I just added a link to the links section of this blog called Game Classroom. It's a really great website that you could use with any of your children, not just your 4th grader. There are games there for all grade levels. The links are broken down into two different categories, homework help and games.

Check it out. I would love to hear what you think of it.

Watershed Education

This week, for 3 days, we were fortunate to have Jeanette Stewart from Lands and Waters come in and speak with the students. She spoke about erosion, habitats, run-off, as well as various other topics that were covered during our Sharing the Planet unit. Ms. Stewart will be joining us in early November to work on planting and making our school a more eco-friendly place to live, work, and visit.

Here is a link to here presentation she did with the kids about habitats and the book she used with her discussion. It was a fun and amazing way to learn about issues going on here right in our own backyard, literally! The book she read from was Happenings in our Habitat.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Be on the lookout for the parent teacher conference sheet I will be sending home today. You will need to fill out the bottom portion, sign, and return. If the time on the form does not work for you please fill out some alternative times and I will find a time that can work for the both of us.

Jamestown

Just a reminder that we will be heading to Jamestown in the coming weeks. Please return your permission slips and money ($36) as soon as possible. If there is a financial need please do not hesitate to contact me so we can work something out.

Math and Wegmans a Fun Combination

Today in my math class we used the weekly advertisement from Wegmans grocery store (if you have never been the best way to describe it is like Disney World, but for groceries) to work on our estimation and addition skills. The kids were given a budget ($20, $50, and $100) and had to use estimation to determine if they were able to buy all they wanted. After they checked their estimation they then had to come up with an actual number using the prices.

It was a fun and interesting way for the kids to have a real world experience while working on some math!

A New October Reading Log

Be on the look out for a new and improved, as well as more in depth, October reading log. Your son of daughter should be bringing it home today with them and it will require your initials nightly, or at the end of the week if you're too busy. :)

There are directions to read that go along with the new reading log. See you all tonight!