Spaghetti Dinner and One School One Book Reveal

Spaghetti Dinner & One School One Book Reveal!!

Wednesday, February 15

Come and enjoy a spaghetti dinner served by the teachers (catered by Capri) at 5:45 or 6:45 that evening! Prices and further information will be sent home in your child’s folder.

If you can’t make dinner, please come and join us for our One School, One Book Reveal at 6:30! You don’t want to miss the exciting unveiling and kickoff for our new whole school read!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Cold Weather

It seems that winter has returned. This is a reminder that students will be outside before school and for lunch recess whenever the temperature is 10 degrees or above. Please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for the weather.

Groundhog Mystery

The mathematicians in room 302 are also using their detective skills. The groundhog has been kidnapped and we are using our math skills to get clues and narrow down the list of suspects. We are working hard to solve the mystery and find the groundhog before Groundhog Day or spring may never get here!

Digital Books

Students began creating digital books about the Industrial Revolution today. We focused on using multiple text boxes on each page so that the page layouts can be edited.

Read to Succeed Reminder

This is a reminder that room 302 is participating in an exciting program that encourages students to read for fun.  Read to Succeed is a free program sponsored by Six Flags Theme Parks.  Every student who completes six hours of recreational reading by Friday, February 24, 2017 is eligible for a free admission ticket. Please note that each student is only able to earn one ticket.

Student Reading Logs were sent home with students Friday, November 4.  Please have your student record their reading and return the completed and initialed log to school by Friday, February 24.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Spaghetti Dinner and Book Reveal

Please check your student's take home folder for the PTA Spaghetti Dinner and Book Reveal.  The event will be February 15th from 5:45pm to 8:00pm.  Please return the yellow dinner reservation form to school.

Cause and Effect

After a mini-lesson about cause and effect, students worked to complete cause and effect puzzles about the Industrial Revolution.  The activity allowed for discussion and opportunities for students to support their answers with reasons.  We also practiced the test taking skills of process of elimination and selecting the best answer when there is more than one answer that is correct.

Thank You!

Thank you to our parent chaperones for the 4th grade Survive Alive House field trip.  We appreciate your help!

Industrial Revolution Inventions

Today students read short articles about different inventions of the Industrial Revolution.  They thought about the larger field that the invention impacted and summarized the invention.  The next step is for students to rank each invention as to its importance and impact.

Image Analysis

Room 302 researchers continued to deepen their understanding of the Industrial Revolution today. They worked in groups to analyze primary source images about child labor during the Industrial Revolution.  They used the details in the images and their background of the Industrial Revolution to respond to questions. They also ranked the images, chose the one they thought was the most powerful, and explained why.

PTA Movie Night

THIS FRIDAY - Friday, Jan. 27 PTA is hosting a winter movie night - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! (Just in time to gear up for the upcoming live action version this spring!)  For $3 you can purchase a pizza dinner (2 slices + beverage) to enjoy during the movie, OR you can just come for the show!

There will be popcorn and treats for purchase as well.  All PTA member families get a FREE bag of popcorn!  We will also be collecting personal care items (shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.) for the WAWM community in need - there will be prizes for everyone donating 3 or more items! 

Hope to see you there!

 

Informational Books

Students are completing their Industrial Revolution research and using their notes to draft informational books. We are thinking about nonfiction features to include that will help teach the reader about our subtopics.

Research Groups

Students in room 302 are reading like historians to gather information about their self-selected Industrial Revolution subtopics. They are taking notes using boxes and bullets. The notes will be used to write an informational piece about the Industrial Revolution.

Citing Text Evidence

Today we had a mini-lesson about citing text evidence when answering questions about a text. Students re-read an article about the Industrial Revolution and responded to questions about the article. In their responses, students included text evidence to support their answer. We also reviewed using quotation marks correctly.

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Emma, James, and Amaryssaia who represented room 302 in the Wilson Spelling Bee.  We are very proud of their accomplishments. And a special congratulations to our first place winner, Amaryssia,  who will be representing Wilson at the District Spelling Bee.

Word Study

Students are studying Greek and Latin roots as part of our literacy rotations. They are using the roots along with prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of new words.  This week's root is 'chron.' Ask your students what it means and to give you some examples of words with that root in.

Multiplication and Division

The 4th graders explored how multiplication and division are related using cubes. Then, they used the cubes to model division problems. Finally, we explored other strategies for dividing.

PTA Bingo Night

Thank you to those families who attended Bingo Night last Friday. It was nice to see you there!

12 Days of Christmas

Just how many gifts in all would be received based on the lyrics of The 12 Days of Christmas? After reading an article about the song, the mathematicians in room 302 began investigating to find the answer. Many students were surprised to discover just how many gifts that would be!

MAP Testing

Room 302 will continue with MAP testing tomorrow and Thursday. We will be taking the reading portion of the test. The math portion was completed before the winter break. Please get plenty of sleep and eat a good breakfast on Wednesday and Thursday. Please contact Mrs. Wilke if you have any questions.

Field Trip Reminder

Thank you to those 4th grade students who have already returned their permission slip for our trip to Survive Alive House.  Permission slips need to be returned by Friday, January 12.  Please note that this trip is for 4th graders only.