Star of the Week

 Maddee was recently our star of the week.  She is smiling everyday!  She loves math, reading, being with her family and friends.  Maddee is always willing to help anybody out. Maddee you are a star!

Alyvia is also a star of room 119. Alyvia has a baby sister that she adores!  She likes to spend time with her family and friends, reading books and dancing.  Alyvia can always cheer you up! Thanks for being a star.

Academics

Math

 The students have been working on:

  §  Recognizing rotations, reflections, and transformations when moving shapes.

  §  Identifying lines of symmetry.

  §  Identifying congruent shapes.

    Over the next couple of weeks, we will be working on:

§                                       Multiplication and Division

§                                      Reviewing fourth grade skills learned this year.

Reading

 Reading skills we have been working on:

·         How to read poetry.

·         Identifying fact and opinion when we read.

In our writing curriculum we are researching our states for our informational reports.

 Upcoming Dates

4/14     No School-Teacher

  Work Day

4/21     Movie Night at Sibley-6-8pm

4/18-4/21    Reading MCAs

4/25 -4/28   Math MCAs

5/12    Fourth grade trip to

Nigara Cave-Look

for more

information to come

home soon.

5/23     Last Day of School

MCAs       

Our class will be taking the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) this month.  We will be starting with the reading test.

Here are the dates for our testing:

Reading: April 18-April 21

Math: April 25-28

Please keep these dates in mind when planning appointments for child and make every effort to have your child at school on these dates.  Intervention and small groups will begin testing next week.

Repeated Oral Assisted Reading

Students in my classroom have been doing ROAR all year to increase their fluency.  I have some awesome tutors within our room.   

Science

We have been learning about squishy circuits in science.  Ask your child what they created and how the squishy circuits work.  Thanks Mrs. Seeger for the supplies.

STAR of the WEEK

Evie was our latest star of the week!  She loves reading, acting, singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments. Evie comes everyday with a smile on her face. 

Grant is our very own  mathematical statistician in our class. Grant enjoys math, reading, soccer, and spending time with his family. Way to be a star of room 119.

Manny is also the star of room 119!  Many enjoys spending time with family and friends and playing outside.  Manny enjoys reading comic books.

SPRING MUSICAL-WIZARD of OZ

The 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be performing tomorrow night at 7pm at the ALHS.  Students with a speaking part are to be there at 6:00 om for make-up and costumes.  The chorus is to be there at 6:45. See you all tomorrow night.

Busy February for Fourth Graders

Sibley Skippers at the Albert Lea High School.

Aryah was the star of the week.  Aryah loves playing hockey, being with her friends, and hanging out with her family.  She is an awesome 4th grader and is the star of room 119.  Keep the smile forever.

 Reader's Theater week- we made a volcano, created an egg experiment, and created a homemade flashlight. 

Valentine's Day Party- we passed out valentines, had a snack, and played a few games.

Kaitlin was our latest star of the week.  She is a twin to her sister Claire.  Kaitlin loves reading and spending time with family and friends.  She is a star of room 119.