Thursday, December 16

Our holiday party will be Monday afternoon. Your child received a note today about the party.

Spelling-worksheet
English-worksheet and complete pages 130 & 131 in the English book if not completed in class today
Reading-read story
Science-finish search word puzzle if not finished in class

Tuesday, December 14

SCHOOL WILL BE DISMISSING AT 11:00 AM TOMORROW DUE TO IMPENDING INCLEMENT WEATHER. THERE WILL BE NO EXTENDED DAY!

Our class will be visiting Santa's Workshop on Thursday at 9:45. Nothing  in Santa's Workshop is priced over $2.

Spelling-worksheet
English-worksheet
Reading-read story
Science-study light bulb

Monday, December 13

We will be finishing up our electricity unit tomorrow. If you have any empty paper towel rolls, please send them in tomorrow so we can make flashlights. Our reading story for this week is "Eye of the Storm." It is a very interesting story about a storm chaser. Your child has several books online to read. They can work on these at home throughout the week. In English we will be working on identifying present, past, and future tense verbs. The spelling words for the week are compound words (Unit 3, Week 4).

The holiday break is quickly approaching. Students are in school next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. All three are full days. However, if you are planning on leaving town for the holidays early please send in a note so your child's absence will be excused. We WILL NOT have a reading story or spelling test next week. Most of the week will be spent reviewing and catching up on incomplete work. Our holiday party will be Monday afternoon. Please look for a note home about this on Wednesday.

Homework:
Spelling-worksheet (unscramble words)
English-worksheet
Reading-read story
Math-worksheet & study (Many students finished the worksheet in class.)
Science-study parts of light bulb, quiz tomorrow

Thursday, December 9

Spelling-worksheet
English-worksheet
Science-study parts of a light bulb
Reading-read story

Wednesday, December 8

Well, apparently my sub didn't see fit to show up today. That means the kids were split between the other three classes. Due to this, your child probably did not have any homework tonight. However, they still need to be studying for the light bulb quiz on Friday. I will also be out of the classroom for in service tomorrow. I have talked to the sub and she will be there tomorrow.

Tuesday, December 7

First, I will be out tomorrow. Please talk with your child about appropriate behavior.

Math-worksheet
Spelling-pg 50
English-pg 50
Science-study parts of a light bulb (in notebook) test Friday
Reading-read story

Monday, December 6

This week's story is "How Night Came from the Sea." We are working on subject-verb agreement in English. In math the students are continuing with geometry skills with Mrs. Knight, while I am continuing to work on the electricity module in science.

Breakfast with Santa will be this Saturday from 7:30-9:30 am in the cafeteria. Breakfast is $4 a plate. Bring your camera to take a picture with Santa.

There are two special birthdays in fourth grade this month. Ms. Michael's birthday is Wednesday, December 8th and Mrs. Knight's is Thursday, December 16th.

English-page 49
Spelling-page 49
Science-worksheet
Reading-read story

Thursday, December 2

Spelling-worksheet
Reading-read story
English-worksheet
Math-worksheet

There is no bake sale this month. Cat Paw store is Monday. Please remember to send in empty paper towel rolls for science.

BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE TOMRROW!!!!

Wednesday, December 1

Math-worksheet
Spelling-worksheet
English-worksheet

Students need to bring in empty paper towel rolls for science. You can start sending them in now and we will collect them for the next week or so.

Tuesday, November 30

Congratulations to Tiani, Jaydon, Savannah, and Jamal for earning Pizza Hut coupons for having 3 or more AR points this month. Savannah also earned a Chick-fil-A kid's meal for having more than 6 AR points. The contest starts over tomorrow and runs through Dec. 22.

The bake sale is this Friday starting at 1:00.

Book orders are due Friday. This will allow enough time for the order to arrive before Christmas holidays.

We started the First in Math program today. Your child has his/her log in information on an index card. They may use this program from home as well as here at school.

Math-worksheet
Spelling-worksheet
Reading-read story
Science-get Safety Contract signed (Your child cannot participate in the hands-on parts of the electricity kit until this paper is signed.)

Monday, November 29

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving break. We will have a busy 3 and a 1/2 weeks before Christmas break. This week our story is "Adelina's Whales." We are working on helping and main verbs in English. In science we will be starting our electricity unit Wednesday. For math we will be moving into geometry concepts.

Reading-read story
Math-page 116-117 (1-12)
Spelling-worksheet (word unscramble)
English-worksheet

Monday, November 22

Don't forget the Academic Assembly tomorrow morning at 8:30.

Book orders came home today. They are due Friday, December 3rd so I can send the order off and get it back before Christmas break. Please order online or send a check in with your child.

No spelling words or reading story this week.

Math-worksheet on division
English-Linking Verb worksheet

Friday, November 19

Don't forget school is only in session Monday and Tuesday next week. Due to having a short week we will not have a reading story or spelling words next week. Also, if your child is going to be out either Monday or Tuesday, please send in a note or email me at jmichael@hsv.k12.al.us. The academic success assembly will be Tuesday morning.

Thursday, November 18

Reading-read story tonight, Pearson test tomorrow
Spelling-worksheet, test tomorrow
Math-page 115 (31-48)
Social Studies-Those students who did not finish looking up the vocabulary in class need to finish it tonight. The words are:

1. adapt
2. agriculture
3. archaeologist
4. artifact
5. council
6. folklore
7. fossil
8. government
9. migrate
10. paleontologist

Wednesday, November 16

Math-page 114-115 (1-30)--some students finished this in class
Spelling-worksheet
Social Studies-page 304 Vocabulary & Terms, Students should write the sentences and underline the answer. This should be done in their social studies notebook.

Tuesday, November 16

Reading-read story
Spelling-worksheet
Math-worksheet (both sides)
Social Studies-read pages 296-300

Monday, November 15

Today was an excellent day in the classroom. The students were introduced to a new website. They had an amazing time playing on http://www.mathplayground.com/. A few students figured out how to enter the multi-player rooms and soon the entire class was racing jet skis. Ask your child to show you this amazing site. Our reading story for the week is "The Stranger." Please make sure your child is reading it each night. We have started a unit on verbs in English. In Social Studies we are still talking about government. We will pick up science right after Thanksgiving with a unit on electricity.

Don't forget: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving lunch. We eat at 11:00 and invite each of you to come eat with us.

If your child is going to miss the Monday & Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving, please send in a note some time this week so the absence will be excused.

Spelling-worksheet
English-worksheet
Reading-read story
Social Studies-workbook page 69 (Please do not tear it out.)

Wednesday, November 10

REMINDER: Tomorrow is Veterans Day. There is no school tomorrow.

Math-worksheet
Spelling-study
Reading-read chapters 11 & 12 of Shiloh
English-worksheet (both sides)
Social Studies-Veterans Day worksheet

Tuesday, November 9

Spelling-study
English-worksheet
Math-worksheet
Reading-read chapters 5 & 6 of Shiloh

I want to praise all my students for their excellent behavior today during the Veterans Day Assembly.

Monday, November 8

Spelling-study, Unit 2 review words
English-worksheet
Math-worksheet (only do the first three rows)

Tomorrow is our Veterans Day Assembly. It begins at 9:00 a.m. and we are encouraging students to wear red, white, or blue tomorrow to show support for our Veterans.

Thursday, November 4

Make-Up Picture Day Tomorrow!

Math-worksheet
Reading-read story, test tomorrow
Spelling-worksheet
English-worksheet

Wednesday, November 3

Math-pg 293 (37-43)
Spelling-pg 39
Social Studies-read pages 284-288 and take notes about the three branches of government in the tri-fold made in class

Tuesday, November 2

Spelling-pg 38
English-worksheet
Reading-read story, AR test tomorrow
Math-page 293 (22-36)

Upcoming Events
Friday, November 5th-Make--Up Picture Day
Tuesday, November 9th--PTA meeting, Veteran's Day Program presented by 1st grade--6:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 11th--Veteran's Day Holiday (school's out)

Monday, November 1

Math-page 292 (1-18)
English & Spelling-pg 37
Reading-read story, "So You Want to Be President?"

Thursday, October 28

Math-worksheet
English-worksheet
Spelling-worksheet
Reading-read story

Wednesday, October 27

Math-multiplication worksheet
English-page 34, Please make sure your child does the writing portion at the bottom.
Spelling-page 35
Science-define the words on page 371

Monday, October 25

Thanks to all the parents who showed up for our play this morning. I hope you enjoyed seeing what your child is working on in class. This week our reading story is "Marven of the Great North Woods." We are studying singular possessive nouns in English and are continuing to work on multiplication in math. This week we will start multiplying by 2 digits so your child might need help with math homework. We will be starting a new unit in science on electricity. It is my hope the AMSTI kit containing the hands-on materials will arrive soon.

Reading-read story
Math-page 152 (1-24, 50) Some students finished this during class today.
English-page 33
Spelling-page 33

Report cards went home today. Please sign and return them by Friday, October 29th. Graded papers will also be coming home this Wednesday. Book orders are due Wednesday.

Thursday, October 21

Reading-read story and practice parts for play Monday
English-worksheet pg 129
Spelling-worksheet pg 32
Math-pages 150-151 (1-35, 45, 46, 47)

Wednesday, October 20

Reading-practice parts for play
Math-page 149 (41-60)
Spelling-page 31
English-worksheet

Tuesday, October 19

Reading-read story, AR test tomorrow
English-worksheet page 29
Spelling-worksheet page 30
Math-page 146-147 (7-36 & 52)

Announcements & Upcoming Events

• Monday, October 25th, is Parenting Day. I would like to invite you to our classroom around 10:20 to view the students performing the play "Grace and the Time Machine." After the play you are welcome to stay and eat lunch with your child.
• Report cards will be distributed at the end of the day on Monday, October 25th. I would like to have them signed and returned by Thursday, October 28th.
• At this time, our next scheduled field trip is Thursday, February 24th. This trip will be to the Concert Hall at the VBC to listen to the Symphony.
• Fourth grade is scheduled to perform at the PTA meeting in February. It will be Tuesday, February 8th. Please be thinking about whether or not your child will be in attendance as we will need to assign speaking parts before Christmas.

Monday, October 18

Reading-"Grace and the Time Machine"
Spelling-page 29

Thursday, October 14

Don't forget Fall Carnival tomorrow from 5-8.

Reading-read story
Spelling-page 28
Math-worksheet, study facts

Wednesday, October 13

Spelling-page 27
English-worksheet
Math-page 92 (1-13)

Tuesday, October 12

Math-worksheet
English-page 26
Spelling-page 26
Reading-read story

Monday, October 11

Welcome back from Fall Break. I hope you all had a great week. This week our story is "Coyote School News." In English we will be working with plural nouns. We will be spending one more week working on graphing skills and then will be moving on to another topic.

Reading-read story
English-worksheet pg 25
Spelling-worksheet pg 25
Math-coordinate grid worksheet

Thursday, September 30

Spelling-page 24
Reading-read "What Jo Did"
English-pages 82 & 83 (This was a classwork assignment, so many students will not have this assignment.)
Math-make a bar graph of the color information, study math facts, page 91 (14-46) write answers only

Picture Day is tomorrow.
Please send the Enjoy the City books back or $20 to pay for the book.
Fall Break is next week.

Wednesday, September 29

Math-study multiplication facts, ask family members about favorite color
English-worksheet on nouns
Spelling-page 23

Tuesday, September 28

Math-study multiplication facts, Each child knows what facts to be studying. Some are still working on 2s, others 3s, some 4s, and the rest 5s.
Spelling-page 22
English-worksheet on nouns
Reading-read story, AR test tomorrow

Monday, September 27

I hope your week has started out great. We started a new Unit in reading today. All our stories for the next five weeks have to do with work and play. This week's story is "What Jo Did." Our English skill is common and proper nouns. Our spelling words are all plural words made by adding -s or -es. In math we are continuing to work on graphing.

Math-create line graph based on Huntsville's Average Low Temperatures
Reading-read story
English-page 21
Spelling-page 21

Please don't forget to turn in permission slip and money this week for the trip to Falls Mill in October.
Fall break is next week.

Thursday, September 23

Math-page 89 (14-43, 47, 48, 49) answers only
Spelling-worksheet

Wednesday, September 22

Light homework night tonight.

Math-count the number of doors in your house. Study 4s. page 387 Set 9
Reading-complete "Getting Along" packet
Spelling-complete definitions and ABC order if not completed in class Monday-today

Tuesday, September 21

Math-pages 130 & 131 (1-17), study 4s
Reading-finish "Getting Along" packet activities 156, 158, 161, 162, and 164
Spelling-worksheet
Social Studies-finish defining the words on page 10

Monday, September 20

Your child may have told you already, but I was out today. Here's homework best I remember leaving for them to complete. However, with a sub, I'm never quite sure that what I meant to get assigned actually does. If not, we'll figure it all out tomorrow.

Spelling-word unscramble worksheet
Math-pages 128 & 129 (1-13)
Reading-read on chapter book for AR test

Friday, September 17

Next week is a review week for reading, spelling, and English. Instead of a reading story, each student checked out an AR book on their level and must read it and take a test by next Friday, September 24th. I have a list with the name of the book each child checked out. If you would like to know what book your child is supposed to be reading, feel free to email me, jmichael@hsv.k12.al.us. In English we will be reviewing all the skills taught so far this year. These include declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences, subjects and predicate, and simple and compound sentences. For spelling, your child will have 25 words. The words are all the challenge words for weeks 1-5. These are listed on Spelling City under Unit 1 Review. I will also give the students a printed list on Monday. Finally, we started a new unit in math yesterday. We will be working on graphing for the next couple of weeks. Students need to know how to read graphs and also how to draw bar and line graphs.

REMINDERS
If you have not sent in the $8.00 for the First in Math program please do so as soon as possible. We want to get this program off the ground and running.

Money, $5.25, is due on Friday the 24th for the fourth grade field trip t-shirt. We really want everyone to have a shirt. Our first field trip will be Oct. 18th to Falls Mill in Tennessee.

Fall Break is October 4-9.

Thursday, September 16

Math-finish pages 126-127 (1-18), study 3s
English-finish pages 70 & 71, worksheet
Spelling-page 20
Reading-read story, Pearson test tomorrow
Science-workbook pg 83

Wednesday, September 15

Spelling-page 19
Math-study 3s

If you have not sent in the $8 for the First in Math program or the $5.25 for the field trip shirt, please do so as soon as possible.

Tuesday, September 14

Spelling-page 18
Math-page 46 (18-32), test tomorrow on comparing/ordering/rounding, study 3s and 4s facts
Reading-read story, AR test tomorrow

Monday, September 13

Our story this week is "Letters Home from Yosemite." Our English skill is compound sentences. We will have a math test on Wednesday covering comparing, ordering, and rounding numbers.

Spelling-page 17
Math-worksheet, study 3s again, The test grades were poor on the 3s and 4s so we are redoing those.
Reading-read story

PTA meeting tomorrow night at 6 p.m.
Field trip t-shirt money is due Friday, Sept. 24.

Thursday, September 9th

Reading-read story, Pearson test tomorrow
Spelling-pages 15 & 16
English-finish pages 64 & 65 if not completed in class
Math-worksheet on rounding, study 4s for test tomorrow

Wednesday, September 8

Spelling-page 14
English-worksheet
Math-page 43 (19-65) Most students started this work in class and almost finished it. Please review rounding with  your child. Study 4s for test Friday.

REMINDERS:

Book orders are due Thursday, Sept. 9th
Field Trip shirt money is due Friday, Sept. 24th (A letter on blue paper was sent home about this yesterday.)

Tuesday, September 7th

Our story this week is "The Horned Toad Prince." It is a cute funny story. In English we will continue to work on subjects and predicates. We started working on rounding in math.

Reading-AR test tomorrow
Spelling-page 13
Math-pages 32-33 (17-48) Most students completed or nearly completed this in class. Please review it with your child. Also, study 4s for test Friday.
Social Studies-complete all unfinished pages in map packet except for the last page

REMINDERS:
Book orders are due Thursday, Sept. 9th
Field Trip shirt money is due Friday, Sept. 24th (A letter on blue paper was sent home about this today.)

Long Weekend

Have a wonderful and safe Labor Day weekend. Your child needs to read "The Horned Toad Prince" this weekend. Our AR test will still be Wednesday. Book orders are due Thursday, September 9th.

Internet Down

The Internet was down yesterday afternoon, Thursday, so I was unable to post homework. Thursday's homework was:

Reading-read story, Pearson test today
Spelling-page 12
Math-page 384 Set 3 (1-12) & Set 4 (1-13)

Wednesday, September 1

Spelling-page 11
English-worksheet (DO NOT follow directions. Students should draw a line between the subject and predicate and circle the simple subject.)
Math-complete pages 34-35 problems 1-25 if not completed in class, study 3s multiplication facts

Tuesday, August 31st

Reading-read story, AR test tomorrow
Spelling-page 10
Math-worksheet (both sides)

Monday, August 30th

This week's reading story is "Grandfather's Journey." Our English skill is subjects and predicates. Our spelling skill is long e and long o. In math we started working on ordering numbers.

Reading-read story, complete workbook page 23 if not completed in class
Spelling-page 9 only
English-worksheet-I changed the directions for this worksheet. Students are to draw a line between the subject and predicate, NOT draw one line under the subject and two lines under the predicate.
Math-complete worksheets (2) started in class

Thursday, August 26th

Spelling-page 8, test tomorrow
Math-worksheet, 2s test and place value test tomorrow
Reading-read story, Pearson test tomorrow
English-finish pages 58 & 59 if not completed in class

Wednesday, August 25th

Math-worksheet, study 2s
Spelling- page 7
Social Studies-complete What Continent Am I? and Continental Confusion

Tuesday, August 24

Math-worksheet (both sides), study 2s
Spelling-page 6
Social Studies-finish pages 1 and 2 in packet (Hemispheres & The Equator)
Reading-AR test tomorrow on Lewis and Clark and Me

Monday, August 23rd

This week's reading story is "Lewis and Clark and Me." Our grammar skill is imperative and exclamatory sentences. We have also started working on place value in math and map skills in social studies. We will be beginning science very soon.

HOMEWORK
Math-page 31 (9-42) Many students worked on this in class, but I ask that they bring home anything assigned as homework to look over with you. Also, study 2s multiplication facts.

Spelling-page 5

Reading-read story (AR test Wednesday)

I know many of you are starting to wonder about the work we have completed in the first two weeks of school. My goal is to send home graded papers on Wednesday, August 25. Have a great evening.

Wish List

HP 15 ink
HP 17 ink
(I do a lot of printing from the computer in my room and use 3-4 black cartridges and 2-3 color cartridges a year.)
40 tennis balls
band aids
cute pencils and erasers for the reward box
small items for the treasure box
coloring books

Thursday, August 19th

Math-worksheet (both sides)
Math-test on 0 and 1 facts tomorrow
Spelling-page 4

A big thanks to all the parents who showed up for open house tonight.

Wednesday, August 18th

Spelling (page 3)
Math (page 71, problems 43-51, 54, 55)
Math- test Friday on 0 and 1 multiplication facts
Social Studies- study highlighted parts of packet (test tomorrow), finish coloring packet (due tomorrow)

August 17th

Today we had art for the first time. We also previewed several shows we will be using this year in our learning. We watched Mya and Miguel, Wishbone, and Cyberchase. We started learning some new words in English. A declarative sentence is a statement and an interrogative sentence is a question. We also continued to learn the correct way to complete the Daily Edit. In math we continued to work on addition with larger numbers.

HOMEWORK
Spelling-worksheet (page 2)
English-worksheet (page 10)
Math-worksheet
Math-study 0 and 1 multiplication facts (test Friday)
Social Studies-study highlighted parts of symbols packet (test Thursday)

Important Web Sites

We will be using several web sites frequently this year. I am going to introduce some of them here.

http://www.spellingcity.com/jlmichael/
Students can use this site to practice their spelling words each week. Each list is there by Unit and Week. Students can play games and take practice tests.

https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp
Students will be using this site to take their reading tests this year. As a parent, you can check your students scores and see what areas your child needs to work on. I will also be assigning books each week that students need to listen to or read. Students can read these books at home as well as at school.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
You can use this site to order from Scholastic book orders instead of having to send in a check. You place your order and pay with a credit card and the books are delivered to the classroom. I will send home information about how to use this feature.

http://www.firstinmath.com/
Students will be using this site as frequently as possible to help increase their math skills. I plan on students being able to use the site at least 3-5 times a week at school. Students can also log in and work at home. The $8 math fee was used to purchase your child's subscription to this site.

Welcome!!

Welcome to my classroom blog. I will use this site to post classroom information. This will also be a place where parents and students can ask questions about homework or upcoming classroom events. I will also be posting links to web sites that can help your child. Please check here often. I will check this site at least twice an evening to answer any questions that might come up. I hope this will be a great way for us to communicate throughout the school year.