Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
First Meeting of "The Thursday Literature and Lunch Club"!
"The Thursday Literature and Lunch Club" held its first meeting on Thursday, April 2. They are reading The Littles by John Peterson. They were to have read pages 7-21 for today's meeting. Ask your child to share what happened with you in this part!
Thursday, April 2, 2015
First Meeting of "The Tuesday Literature and Lunch Club"!
The first meeting of "The Tuesday Literature and Lunch Club" took place on Tuesday, March 31. They are reading the book Katie Kazoo Switcheroo: Who's Afraid of 4th Grade? For today's meeting they were to have read pages 1-36. Ask your child to bring their book home so you can read along and discuss it with them!
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
First Meeting of "The Monday Literature and Lunch Club"!
"The Monday Literature and Lunch Club" met for the first time on Monday, March 30. They are reading the book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. For today's meeting they were to have read pages 1-30. Ask your child to describe this part of the story! Better yet ask them to bring their book home each night so you can read along with them and discuss the story together!
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
First Meeting of "The Wednesday Literature and Lunch Club"!
The first meeting of "The Wednesday Literature and Lunch Club" was held on Wednesday, March 25. This group is reading Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. For today's meeting the were to have read pages 1-26. Reading along and discuss Marty's adventure with your child!
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Introducing "Literature and Lunch Clubs"
What's better then eating lunch with your friends? Why eating lunch with your friends and discussing a good book, of course! Mrs. Sunderman's 4th Graders will be starting "Literature and Lunch Clubs" on March 25. Each day, Monday through Thursday, a club will meet, enjoy lunch in the classroom, and discuss a good book!
On Friday, March 20th the clubs chose their books and received their first assignment. As a group the club decided how many pages to read by their first meeting and each club member was given a role to complete for the first meeting. Feel free to listen to your child read their book and help them complete their role before their first meeting. In order to attend the meeting the students must have read the agreed upon pages and have completed their role. When the groups finish reading their books, they will take an AR test over them to help them work toward meeting their AR goals.
The roles are:
Discussion Leader: The discussion leader writes questions about the section they read to share with the group.
Summarizer: The summarizer writes a summary of the section they just read and shares it with the group.
Word Wizard: The word wizard is to search for and share unknown, but interesting words from section they just read with the group.
Illustrator: The illustrator is to draw a picture of something from the section of the book they just read and share with group.
Real-Life Connector: The real-life connector is to record how two events in the section they just read remind them of something in their life or of something in the life of someone they know.
Story Connector: The story connector is to record how two events in the sections they just read remind them of something in another story they have read.
I am so excited to begin! Check back often for updates!
On Friday, March 20th the clubs chose their books and received their first assignment. As a group the club decided how many pages to read by their first meeting and each club member was given a role to complete for the first meeting. Feel free to listen to your child read their book and help them complete their role before their first meeting. In order to attend the meeting the students must have read the agreed upon pages and have completed their role. When the groups finish reading their books, they will take an AR test over them to help them work toward meeting their AR goals.
The roles are:
Discussion Leader: The discussion leader writes questions about the section they read to share with the group.
Summarizer: The summarizer writes a summary of the section they just read and shares it with the group.
Word Wizard: The word wizard is to search for and share unknown, but interesting words from section they just read with the group.
Illustrator: The illustrator is to draw a picture of something from the section of the book they just read and share with group.
Real-Life Connector: The real-life connector is to record how two events in the section they just read remind them of something in their life or of something in the life of someone they know.
Story Connector: The story connector is to record how two events in the sections they just read remind them of something in another story they have read.
I am so excited to begin! Check back often for updates!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Google Classroom
Dear Fourth Grade Families,
Google classroom is a tool that allows a teacher to send an assignment out to the entire class electronically. Students return the assignment to the teacher. The teacher can check it, add comments, and return it to the students. Some students in our classroom are doing their weekly vocabulary tests on classroom. Paper copies will not be sent home for these assignments. Parents make check their student's grades on JMC (the grade book program we use). If you are unsure how to do this please contact the Garfield office (542-4510) for help. Students can log into classroom at home and show their parents the assignment and exactly what they missed. If you have any questions please contact me.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sunderman
Google classroom is a tool that allows a teacher to send an assignment out to the entire class electronically. Students return the assignment to the teacher. The teacher can check it, add comments, and return it to the students. Some students in our classroom are doing their weekly vocabulary tests on classroom. Paper copies will not be sent home for these assignments. Parents make check their student's grades on JMC (the grade book program we use). If you are unsure how to do this please contact the Garfield office (542-4510) for help. Students can log into classroom at home and show their parents the assignment and exactly what they missed. If you have any questions please contact me.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sunderman
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Vocabulary Test
We have a vocabulary test coming up on Friday, Dec. 12. The words can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/clarindacsd.org/sundermand/Home/spelling-vocab-info.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Vocabulary Test on 11/18
Reminder to review your vocabulary for the quiz on Tues., Nov. 18. If you lost your copy of them, you can find those on the Spelling/Vocab Info section of our class website.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Vocabulary Test on Wed. Nov. 5th!
We will have a vocabulary test over our current vocabulary words on 11-5. The students will be given a review sheet on 11-3. The words can also be found at https://sites.google.com/a/clarindacsd.org/sundermand/Home/spelling-vocab-info .
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Happenings September 22-26
Our vocabulary words this week are lush, vast, approach, partial, portray, and establish.
Check out the Spelling /Vocab Info page for spelling words for the week of Sept. 29- Oct. 3.
In reading we are working on "I wonder" statements based on the nonfiction books we are reading. We will be discussing turning them into questions this week.
In English we are working on revising our chosen draft. We will finish revising, edit it, and publish it to share with our class. We will continue reviewing subject and predict and introduce verbs.
Our schedule this week looks like:
Monday: Day 4: Guidance and Art
Tuesday: Day 5: P.E.
Wednesday: Day 6: Music
Thursday: Day B: STEAM and Music
Friday: Day 1: Art
During our class meeting we brainstormed ideas for making our classroom library run more smoothly. The students expressed a need for more time to AR test and book shop. We changed our morning routine to add more time for this. Students also wanted to be able to write book reviews over books they have read. I have put together a book review sheet and bulletin board from them to hang on. We will begin completing reviews this week.
Check out the Spelling /Vocab Info page for spelling words for the week of Sept. 29- Oct. 3.
In reading we are working on "I wonder" statements based on the nonfiction books we are reading. We will be discussing turning them into questions this week.
In English we are working on revising our chosen draft. We will finish revising, edit it, and publish it to share with our class. We will continue reviewing subject and predict and introduce verbs.
Our schedule this week looks like:
Monday: Day 4: Guidance and Art
Tuesday: Day 5: P.E.
Wednesday: Day 6: Music
Thursday: Day B: STEAM and Music
Friday: Day 1: Art
During our class meeting we brainstormed ideas for making our classroom library run more smoothly. The students expressed a need for more time to AR test and book shop. We changed our morning routine to add more time for this. Students also wanted to be able to write book reviews over books they have read. I have put together a book review sheet and bulletin board from them to hang on. We will begin completing reviews this week.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Vocabulary Test on Tuesday, September 16!
Students received a study sheet today to help them review for their vocabulary words test on Tuesday, September 16th. The words are bizarre, effective, ineffective, sag, creak, and get-up-and-go.
Students can cut the words and definitions into strips to study by playing a matching game. Parents can quiz them on the definitions of the words and ask them to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Students can cut the words and definitions into strips to study by playing a matching game. Parents can quiz them on the definitions of the words and ask them to use the word correctly in a sentence.
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