Chapter Book Sale

On Thursday, May 18th Mrs Seeger is having a book sale.  Bring in your change and pick up some books for the summer.  

BIKE DAY and FIELD TRIP

Today students were able to bike to school! We had a very large promotion and Sibley School was able to give away 8 bikes. A huge thank you to Nikki our office secretary who organized the event.  You are a ROCK star!

We also had our POET field trip today.  We were able to see where ethanol was produced and how the company ferments and makes the different by products.  Everyone had to wear hard hats and safety glasses.  We had a very busy day!

Niagara Caves

On May 12th we will be going to the Niagara Caves in Harmony, MN Students will need a sack lunch for this field trip.  We will be gone from 8:30-2:30. It is a constant 48 degrees in the caves so students need to dress in layers for the day.

POET field trip

Our first field trip is May 10th, we are going to POET in Glenville, MN.  We will learn about ethanol production and the process that corn goes through to make ethanol. We will be there in the morning. No lunch is needed. Long pants and closed toed shoes are a must.

Makey~Makey

My class has been busy learning about circuits in science.  Huge shout out to Mrs. Seeger for some really cool ideas. Today we did Makey Makeys!

State Reports

In writing this past week we have been researching all kinds of information about our state. We are creating google slides and a research paper.  We can't wait to share them with parents.

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.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOU

2-14 Valentine Exchange

2-20 Presidents’ Day-No School

2-24 I LOVE to READ  breakfast

2-21, 23 & March 2 Evening Conferences

2-28 Spring Musical @ALHS

3-13 through 3-17 Spring Break-No School

I Love to Read Month

February is I Love to Read month.  To celebrate, Sibley has some fun activities planned for the students. 

Dress up days each Friday:

Friday Feb  17-Dress Like a Tourist

Friday Feb 24-Dress like your state

 We are NEW MEXICO

 I told the students to dress like cowboys and cowgirls.  Any other ideas would be wonderful.

We are looking forward to a fun month of celebrating reading!

Valentine’s Exchange-students are welcome to decorate a box or a bag and bring it to school before Feb 14^th.  I have sent the list of names.  Please let me know if you need another list. Thank you.

Our spring musical is February 28^th.  This will be held at the Albert Lea High School in the evening.  More details will be available soon.

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO

Math

 The students have been working on:

§  Reading and creating line plots

§  Understanding fractions and decimals

§  Writing fractions and decimals on a number line

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

• Patterns in Numbers
• Algebra Skills

§ 

Reading

This week the students have been learning about the features of pourquoi tales and cause and effect text structure.

They have also been participating in Readers Theater.

Next week we will be working on identifying the author’s purpose in their reading. 

In writing, the students are finishing their book reviews and will be starting our unit on procedural writing.

BABY CHICKS

We had the opportunity to have baby chicks in our classroom. Students in Mrs. Jensen’s 4^th grade class have been reading the book “The Secret Chicken Society” by Amanda Haley.  In the story a fourth grade class hatches eggs. We decided that it would be a fun and a wonderful learning experience to hatch eggs in our classroom. After receiving the eggs and an incubator from Andy Bakken, a local farmer, we were able to turn the eggs, candle them, and eventually observe them as they hatched in our classroom. The students learned about the life cycle of the chicken from the beginning of the embryo development. Students were able to candle the eggs, observe the heart beats, and see them hatch over the course of the 21 days.

Star of the Week!

Sam was our star of the week!  Sam loves baseball, hockey, hanging with his cousins and playing outside.  Sam is a very happy go lucky kind of guy who would help anybody out if they needed a hand.  Thanks SAM for being an awesome star of room 119.

Makenzie is our star of the week! She is kind, caring, and very helpful to others.  Thanks Makenzie for being a one-of-kind person. You are GREAT! 

Hannah is our star of the week!  She is 

the oldest sister to 2 siblings.  I think she is going to grow up to be a teacher.  She is always willing to help a friend out in class and has lots of patience.   You are a rock star of room 119. 

SAGE is our STAR of THE WEEK! You are such a great friend and so kind to everyone.  Keep up the great work and continue being a star of room 119.  

 THE SCHOOL PLAY~It was a fabulous week of the Prairie Fire Theater. Thanks to all who participated.

Fun Night

Fun Night is coming up!  February 10th from 6-8 pm at Sibley Elementary School. There will be a prizes, jumpers, food, carnival games, and lots of other things. 

We have been learning about Venn Diagrams and using them to compare and contrast in reading class. Students were to compare a rainstorm, snowstorm, tornado, hurricane, or another natural element in nature. Then we created paragraphs using a hamburger graph organizer. I was really impressed with the paragraphs that were created.