Today 4th graders explored the figurative language techniques of personification, idiom, alliteration, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia). After a mini-lesson reviewing the different techniques, students circulated throughout the room reading sentences filled with figurative language and identified the technique used in each sentence.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
The No-Good, Rotten, Run-On Sentence
Today we had a lesson on writing complete sentences. We watched a video that taught us about the subject and predicate of a sentence, and read a book about run-on sentences. Students worked in collaborative groups to write complete sentences with proper punctuation and then shared their sentences with the class.
Return to Wilson Slips
Please return your "Return to Wilson" slip if you have not already done so. We are already starting to plan for next school year based on numbers of students at each grade level. Thank you!
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Reading Aloud with Book Buddies
As part of our World Read Aloud Day activities, 4th and 5th graders read aloud with their buddies today. Some of the groups recorded their reading using Book Creater.
World Read Aloud Day
Team Believe 2 celebrated World Read Aloud Day today. We shared various picture books throughout the day and made bookmarks to give to our Reading Buddies.
Monday, February 22, 2016
Text Structure Scavenger Hunt
Today the 4th graders reviewed nonfiction text structures and went on a text structure scavenger hunt to find examples of each of the five structures we have learned (description, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, chronological/sequence)
Friday, February 12, 2016
A Day of Fun and Learning
Team Believe students enjoyed a day of fun and learning with Conversation Hearts. We learned about the scientific method and conducted an experiment using Conversation Hearts. We also used the hearts as markers for our 4th and 5th grade Bingo Incentive. Math activities included a heart tower stacking challenge followed by finding the mean, median, range, and mode of our data. Students also made friendship bracelets to donate to Children's Hospital and "colored our school with kindness."
Six Flags Reading Incentive
This is the final reminder that all completed and signed reading logs are due to school no later than Tuesday, February 16. Students must complete six hours of reading and submit the log to Mrs. Wilke or Mrs. Erickson to receive one Six Flags student admission ticket. Please contact one of the teachers if you have any questions.
Conversation Heart Writing
Students wrote messages using the phrases on Conversation Hearts. Punctuation, capitalization, and spelling were important!
Hidden Message Scavenger Hunt
Did you know? People buy more than 36 million _____-______ _____ of chocolate every Valentine's Day! To find the answer, students in room 308 went on a scavenger hunt. Check with one of the students to get the answer!
Thursday, February 11, 2016
The Second Continental Congress
The "Second Continental Congress" met in rooms 306 and 308 today. Our historians have been researching the American Revolution. Over the last few days they have been reading short biographies and determining whether the person being described was a Loyalist, Revolutionary, or Neutral and gave evidence to support their opinion. Today, students shared their opinions with their classmates and discussed whether they agreed or disagreed with each other. Our "delegates" worked by candlelight and had oatmeal cookies and bottled water.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Peer Editing
Believe 2 students peer edited their writing today. Each student wrote a paragraph taking the side of Patriots or Loyalists with supporting evidence for their choice. Students then worked with a partner to edit their writing before turning it in.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Electronic Devices
This is a reminder that students are not to bring electronic devices to school. If an electronic device is brought to school, it should be given to the teacher or the office for safe keeping until the end of the day. All students have been issued a school iPad for academic use during the school day so personal electronic devices are not needed during the school day. Thank you for your assistance with this.
Report Cards
Report cards were sent home with students last Friday. Please review the report with your child, sign the report card envelope, and return the envelope to school. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions or would like to discuss your child's progress. Thank you.
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