*IMPORTANT*
The Edible Animal Cell Project due date has changed.
After thinking it over, I feel that I could have planned the timing of the Edible Animal Cell Project a little better. The first reason is that we just had a big homework project due 1 week ago and I usually like to space things out a little better. The biggest reason, however, is that most of the children will want to use candy to represent their cell parts. Candy can get expensive when you have to buy several different kinds, so I thought what better time to have the project due, then to do it after Halloween when most of the children will have plenty of candy at their disposal! The new due date will be Friday, November 5. Please save the information that I sent home with you for use later. Thank you!
Mrs. Corderman
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Pictures!
Briley is rocking out at mulitplication! She is the 4th to pass tests through her 12's! Yay Briley!
Week of 10/11/10
Hi Families! Hope you have enjoyed your weekend! I have GREAT news!! My owl grant has been fully funded!!!! Yay! I had some anonymous donors, some donors that I don't even know, and then the Build-a-Bear Foundation finished it off with a donation! Wow! I am so excited! What is really neat about this is that it will tell the children that they matter, that their education is important, that people they don't even know want to invest in them! Thanks to all of you who voted for my project! I appreciate it so much!
Here is what is on the agenda this week:
Reading - The children will work on finishing their leveled novels this week on an individual basis. We've worked in literature circle groups for 2 weeks, but now I want them to finish up on their own. I will still have them meet to discuss their books though. When they are done, they will be doing a fun book report project called Story Skeletons! This is not a homework assignment. We will be working on them in class. We will also add short reading passages with comprehension questions to our morning work. The passages will be science related on the topic of animal adaptations.
English - Adjectives, daily morning English review
Spelling - Sounds of "i" List 5 will be up on spellingcity.com on Monday. Our Friday ended up so busy, we completely forgot to take our "O" spelling enrichment test! :o So sorry. I will give this test on Tuesday, and we will do the next enrichment list, listed after "O" words on Friday.
Math - Balancing equations, review of equations, expressions, function machines, and other previously learned skills We will have a test on Thursday. I will send home a study guide on Wednesday.
Social Studies - We will finish up our Oklahoma Symbols book and take a quiz on it. We will also learn how to read a road map of Oklahoma. This will be the last of social studies for awhile, while we concentrate on science.
Science - Animals and Biomes I will be sending home a homework project this week that will be due next Monday, October 18th. The project will be to create an edible animal cell. I will send home the specifics tomorrow. This is a super fun project, and especially fun when we get to eat them!
I want to BRAG about the children's 5 Pocket Biographies! Wow! They are exceptional!! I am so super impressed by how creative they are! We have had so many compliments on them. The children, I think, have been proud of themselves and they should be! Success breeds success......you should have seen the smiles on their faces when they brought them in......warms my heart! I also want to BRAG about the Oklahoma History test results!! Wow! They rocked the classroom with their scores! You should be so proud of them because they know their stuff!! Did you know all the answers? I would venture to say....no, you've slept a lot since you had to know this information. :) I'm sure they were excited they knew some things mom and/or dad didn't know!
The week after this week is Fall Break week. Since it is a short week, we will not be doing things like usual. We will be having learning centers for those 3 days along with other things, but the children will need to bring a pumpkin to school for those learning centers. The pumpkin can be as small as an apple or as large has they can carry. Please have the pumpkin to school by October 18th. The children can bring the pumpkin early if they want, since the animal cell is due that day too.
Please remember Fall Fun Day is this Wednesday. It should be a fun evening! Also, please remember to vote for our school playground at http://www.powerabrightfuture.com/. You will need to register first, but you can vote everyday. Search by: Glenwood There will be 3 Glenwood projects, but you can tell which one is ours by the picture of our playground. This would be incredibly beneficial to your child, so please take the time to vote. Thanks!
Book orders are due on October 14th. You can postdate the check for October 20th.
Here is what is on the agenda this week:
Reading - The children will work on finishing their leveled novels this week on an individual basis. We've worked in literature circle groups for 2 weeks, but now I want them to finish up on their own. I will still have them meet to discuss their books though. When they are done, they will be doing a fun book report project called Story Skeletons! This is not a homework assignment. We will be working on them in class. We will also add short reading passages with comprehension questions to our morning work. The passages will be science related on the topic of animal adaptations.
English - Adjectives, daily morning English review
Spelling - Sounds of "i" List 5 will be up on spellingcity.com on Monday. Our Friday ended up so busy, we completely forgot to take our "O" spelling enrichment test! :o So sorry. I will give this test on Tuesday, and we will do the next enrichment list, listed after "O" words on Friday.
Math - Balancing equations, review of equations, expressions, function machines, and other previously learned skills We will have a test on Thursday. I will send home a study guide on Wednesday.
Social Studies - We will finish up our Oklahoma Symbols book and take a quiz on it. We will also learn how to read a road map of Oklahoma. This will be the last of social studies for awhile, while we concentrate on science.
Science - Animals and Biomes I will be sending home a homework project this week that will be due next Monday, October 18th. The project will be to create an edible animal cell. I will send home the specifics tomorrow. This is a super fun project, and especially fun when we get to eat them!
I want to BRAG about the children's 5 Pocket Biographies! Wow! They are exceptional!! I am so super impressed by how creative they are! We have had so many compliments on them. The children, I think, have been proud of themselves and they should be! Success breeds success......you should have seen the smiles on their faces when they brought them in......warms my heart! I also want to BRAG about the Oklahoma History test results!! Wow! They rocked the classroom with their scores! You should be so proud of them because they know their stuff!! Did you know all the answers? I would venture to say....no, you've slept a lot since you had to know this information. :) I'm sure they were excited they knew some things mom and/or dad didn't know!
The week after this week is Fall Break week. Since it is a short week, we will not be doing things like usual. We will be having learning centers for those 3 days along with other things, but the children will need to bring a pumpkin to school for those learning centers. The pumpkin can be as small as an apple or as large has they can carry. Please have the pumpkin to school by October 18th. The children can bring the pumpkin early if they want, since the animal cell is due that day too.
Please remember Fall Fun Day is this Wednesday. It should be a fun evening! Also, please remember to vote for our school playground at http://www.powerabrightfuture.com/. You will need to register first, but you can vote everyday. Search by: Glenwood There will be 3 Glenwood projects, but you can tell which one is ours by the picture of our playground. This would be incredibly beneficial to your child, so please take the time to vote. Thanks!
Book orders are due on October 14th. You can postdate the check for October 20th.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Week of 10/4
Hi Families! Hasn't the weather been beautiful?! Hope you're getting outside some to enjoy it! My son could live outside if I let him! :)
I will be gone on Monday to take my son to his pediatric eye specialist, but will be back on Tuesday.
Reading - We will continue our leveled literature circle groups working to find main ideas throughout their stories as well as identifying parts of speech in text.
English - We will finish up verb recognition and start identifying adjectives. We also continue to do a daily English review in our morning work.
Spelling - List 4....sounds of "e" I will put the list up on spellingcity.com on Tuesday. Last week we forgot about spelling enrichment until Thursday. I still had a few that wanted to do it anyway, but this week, just know the list is entitled "o enrichment words" on spellingcity.com. One night is usually not enough time to study these harder words.
Math - Expressions, Addition properties, Equations, Finding rules in patterns We will also continue to do our daily math review as well.
Social Studies - Oklahoma symbols, Great Depression and Dust Bowl Days We will be creating a study guide on Wednesday for our Oklahoma History Test. The test will be on Friday. This is the children's first major test. They will probably need to study both on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for it. We have talked quite a bit about the history in class and will continue to do so, but nothing helps more than follow-up at home.
*****Don't forget that the 5 Pocket People Biographies are due on Tuesday!***** I have had 2 already turned in that were phenomonal!! I can't wait to see the rest!
The Scrip orders are due on Tuesday by noon. I was mistaken in my earlier post thinking they were due this past Friday. There is still time to turn it in! :)
On November 9th, our class will be visiting the Cherokee Strip Museum and Turkey Creek School. The children will get to spend a day as a typical student in 1910. This is a very special and fun field trip for the kids! Most of the children dress up as pioneer children. The boys either wear jeans and a button up shirt, sometimes with suspenders, or overalls. The girls wear an old fashioned (floral or calico print) dress usually past the knees, many wear a bonnet as well. Some of the girls wear an apron as part of their dress too. It is definitely NOT mandatory to dress pioneer style, but encouraged. I wanted to give you plenty of notice so that you had time to find something or make something. Sometimes, I've had parents find things at thrift stores or they have borrowed something from someone. I've also had a few lucky ones that either knew how to sew or knew someone that did. I will send home a more detailed letter about the trip in a couple of weeks.
Don't forget that parent-teacher conferences are on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon/evenings. Hopefully, you have written down your time.
The children took home a fundraiser packet on Friday. We are all working hard to raise enough money to put in a new playground for our school. The goal for this fundraiser is for everyone to sell 4 items. I realize if you have more than one child doing this fundraiser, that's harder to do, but please, if you can, try to participate in this worthy cause! :)
Thanks for being such awesome, involved parents, and most importantly, for sharing your beautiful children with me!
Here are your cuties "Saving Fred"! This was a science experiment we conducted on Friday! Fun!
The newest student to Rock at Multiplication! Ben passed his 12's this week! Yeah Ben!
I will be gone on Monday to take my son to his pediatric eye specialist, but will be back on Tuesday.
Reading - We will continue our leveled literature circle groups working to find main ideas throughout their stories as well as identifying parts of speech in text.
English - We will finish up verb recognition and start identifying adjectives. We also continue to do a daily English review in our morning work.
Spelling - List 4....sounds of "e" I will put the list up on spellingcity.com on Tuesday. Last week we forgot about spelling enrichment until Thursday. I still had a few that wanted to do it anyway, but this week, just know the list is entitled "o enrichment words" on spellingcity.com. One night is usually not enough time to study these harder words.
Math - Expressions, Addition properties, Equations, Finding rules in patterns We will also continue to do our daily math review as well.
Social Studies - Oklahoma symbols, Great Depression and Dust Bowl Days We will be creating a study guide on Wednesday for our Oklahoma History Test. The test will be on Friday. This is the children's first major test. They will probably need to study both on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for it. We have talked quite a bit about the history in class and will continue to do so, but nothing helps more than follow-up at home.
*****Don't forget that the 5 Pocket People Biographies are due on Tuesday!***** I have had 2 already turned in that were phenomonal!! I can't wait to see the rest!
The Scrip orders are due on Tuesday by noon. I was mistaken in my earlier post thinking they were due this past Friday. There is still time to turn it in! :)
On November 9th, our class will be visiting the Cherokee Strip Museum and Turkey Creek School. The children will get to spend a day as a typical student in 1910. This is a very special and fun field trip for the kids! Most of the children dress up as pioneer children. The boys either wear jeans and a button up shirt, sometimes with suspenders, or overalls. The girls wear an old fashioned (floral or calico print) dress usually past the knees, many wear a bonnet as well. Some of the girls wear an apron as part of their dress too. It is definitely NOT mandatory to dress pioneer style, but encouraged. I wanted to give you plenty of notice so that you had time to find something or make something. Sometimes, I've had parents find things at thrift stores or they have borrowed something from someone. I've also had a few lucky ones that either knew how to sew or knew someone that did. I will send home a more detailed letter about the trip in a couple of weeks.
Don't forget that parent-teacher conferences are on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon/evenings. Hopefully, you have written down your time.
The children took home a fundraiser packet on Friday. We are all working hard to raise enough money to put in a new playground for our school. The goal for this fundraiser is for everyone to sell 4 items. I realize if you have more than one child doing this fundraiser, that's harder to do, but please, if you can, try to participate in this worthy cause! :)
Thanks for being such awesome, involved parents, and most importantly, for sharing your beautiful children with me!
Here are your cuties "Saving Fred"! This was a science experiment we conducted on Friday! Fun!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Week of September 27th
Hi Families! I can't believe that it is already going to be October this coming Friday! Wow! We sure had fun this week watching Because of Winn Dixie on Thursday and having our Apple Day on Friday. I was amazed when we watched Winn Dixie at how many details the children could pick out that were different between the story and the movie. I love it! Everyone brought their apple for Apple Day! Yeah! I am so proud of the kids! We had a good time and hopefully they learned a lot! We had stations where I worked with one group at a time. They included: finding their apples' weight in grams and ounces, finding their apples' circumference and height in both centimeters and inches, apple taste testing, and using the scientific method to determine whether an apple would sink or float. I read a tall tale called Johnny Appleseed and we topped off our day eating homemade applesause with our kindergarten buddies! Fun! Thanks to Jumbos for donating apples to our class for our applesauce and taste testing! I really appreciate it!!
This week looks like this:
Reading - We will be enjoying our literature circles again this week. The skills we will be concentrating on are fluency and finding the main ideas of each chapter.
English - Verbs.....I will also give the children highlighter tape to highlight verbs in their literature circle books.
Spelling - List 3(sounds of 'a') This week I will make sure I add the list to spellingcity.com. Sorry I failed to do that last week...it completely slipped my mind! (I think I may be losing a little of my mind parenting a teenager and a toddler at the same time......I can't believe the similarities! Ha!) I will also start spelling enrichment this week and will add that list as well. Spelling enrichment, remember, is completely optional, but I really encourage it for those that find our regular spelling list unchallenging. :)
Math - Estimating sums and differences, adding and subtracting 4 digit numbers, and subtracting across zeros
Social Studies - Native American Removal, Civil War, moving West, land runs and cattle drives.....We will also make a clay artifact typical of the earliest people of Oklahoma...the Spiro Mound people. I also sent a homework project home with the children on Thursday. This assignment is due on October 5th. It is both a social studies grade and a reading grade. It is called a 5 Pocket Person. Make sure to ask your child for the directions I sent home describing the project.
Please continue to vote on our limeadesforlearning.com grant......remember to click on Find a Project and search by keyword: owl.........it's called "Hands on Learning right from the Owl's Mouth". Thanks!
***Also, don't forget about the Scrip Gift Card Program. Orders are due October 1st. This is a great and easy way to support your school! It's money you already spend anyway. For instance, I spend a few hundred dollars at Walmart each month, so I will just buy the Scrip Gift Card to Walmart. I will pay with it when I shop and money will go back to Glenwood. My family eats out sometimes, so I will buy a $25 Scrip Gift Card to Chilis. It's money that I will spend anyway and Chilis will give some back to Glenwood. I encourage you to take a look at this program if you haven't done so yet. It is such an awesome way to help our school. Believe me, with all the budget cuts lately, every dollar helps!
Take a look at our 2 kiddos who have passed their multiplication tests through 12's!! Kayla came in first with Brennan a close behind second!! Good job kids!! We have several more headed to their 12's possibly this week!!
This week looks like this:
Reading - We will be enjoying our literature circles again this week. The skills we will be concentrating on are fluency and finding the main ideas of each chapter.
English - Verbs.....I will also give the children highlighter tape to highlight verbs in their literature circle books.
Spelling - List 3(sounds of 'a') This week I will make sure I add the list to spellingcity.com. Sorry I failed to do that last week...it completely slipped my mind! (I think I may be losing a little of my mind parenting a teenager and a toddler at the same time......I can't believe the similarities! Ha!) I will also start spelling enrichment this week and will add that list as well. Spelling enrichment, remember, is completely optional, but I really encourage it for those that find our regular spelling list unchallenging. :)
Math - Estimating sums and differences, adding and subtracting 4 digit numbers, and subtracting across zeros
Social Studies - Native American Removal, Civil War, moving West, land runs and cattle drives.....We will also make a clay artifact typical of the earliest people of Oklahoma...the Spiro Mound people. I also sent a homework project home with the children on Thursday. This assignment is due on October 5th. It is both a social studies grade and a reading grade. It is called a 5 Pocket Person. Make sure to ask your child for the directions I sent home describing the project.
Please continue to vote on our limeadesforlearning.com grant......remember to click on Find a Project and search by keyword: owl.........it's called "Hands on Learning right from the Owl's Mouth". Thanks!
***Also, don't forget about the Scrip Gift Card Program. Orders are due October 1st. This is a great and easy way to support your school! It's money you already spend anyway. For instance, I spend a few hundred dollars at Walmart each month, so I will just buy the Scrip Gift Card to Walmart. I will pay with it when I shop and money will go back to Glenwood. My family eats out sometimes, so I will buy a $25 Scrip Gift Card to Chilis. It's money that I will spend anyway and Chilis will give some back to Glenwood. I encourage you to take a look at this program if you haven't done so yet. It is such an awesome way to help our school. Believe me, with all the budget cuts lately, every dollar helps!
Take a look at our 2 kiddos who have passed their multiplication tests through 12's!! Kayla came in first with Brennan a close behind second!! Good job kids!! We have several more headed to their 12's possibly this week!!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
REMINDERS
Don't forget to bring your apple tomorrow if you haven't brought one yet. Also, please, please vote for our owl project. Directions for voting are on the previous post. Thanks so much!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Week of September 20th
Hi Families! This will be an exciting week. There will be lots of fun to look forward to! Here is what it looks like:
Reading - We will finish Because of Winn Dixie on Tuesday. We have really enjoyed reading this wonderful story. On Wednesday, we will begin Literature Circles reading books matched to the children's reading levels. I hope that you set aside time each evening for your child to read. Reading is so important! You need to ask your child what his/her reading level is. I wrote down each child's reading level based on an Accelerated Reading Assessment tool online. I gave the children their level privately. I want them to use this level when checking out books. Many of my students are below grade level. At the beginning of 4th grade they should be between a 3.8 to 4.2 level to be on level for beginning 4th grade. Some are above, many are on level, but many are below. The best way to become a better reader is to simply spend time reading. In our busy world, I know that it's hard to find time to do that, but please make it a priority. I can assure you it will pay off! :)
English - Verbs
Spelling - Consonant Diagraphs - I will post the words on spellingcity.com on Monday....List 2. We will also begin enrichment spelling for those that want to participate. I will post that list online as well.
Math - Rounding, Estimating sums and differences, Multiplication Facts....please continue to practice at home
Social Studies - Natural Resources of Oklahoma, Native Americans of Oklahoma
THINGS TO REMEMBER FOR THIS WEEK:
On Monday we will have our first payday! This is an exciting day! Most of the children have been working very hard! If you haven't had a chance to check out the link, Economy System, on the right, please take a minute to do so.
The children have earned a Behavior Bingo! We will watch the movie Because of Winn Dixie as a reward! We will compare/contrast the movie to the book. We will do this on Thursday. The children may bring a popped bag of popcorn and a soft drink.
On Friday, we will have Apple Day! We will read the story Johnny Appleseed and do many learning stations and activities related to apples. I need each child to bring an apple to school by Thursday. If they do not bring an apple, they do not get to do the stations.
I was very disappointed that 8 children forgot their flour/salt mixture last week for our dough map. I really need family support to pull off many of the activities that I do throughout the school year. I fined the children (a fine they will pay on payday) and mixed up 8 more bags for these children, but told them that the next time they forget, they won't get to participate. 4th grade is a HUGE year for learning about RESPONSIBILITY. We talked about this in class and the fact that they are old enough to start doing for themselves. Parents are busy often times, so it's time the children step up to the plate and take some responsibility. They are old enough. This is very hard for me as their teacher to even think about leaving anyone out of an activity, but if I coddle and always save them, they will not learn anything. They will think, "Oh well, Mrs. Corderman will provide what I need and let me do it." I hope you understand and will help me to help your child become more independent and responsible this year. :)
I wrote a grant and submitted it to limeadesforlearning.com and donorschoose.org. I'm hoping to get enough votes on limeadesforlearning.com to get this grant funded. It goes with our Owl Unit in November. The project is dissecting owl pellets! The children love this project! I do this every year, but this year with budget cuts, we will not get to do it without outside funding. I'm so sad about this, but hopeful about the grant! Please go to limeadesforlearning.com and follow these directions to help us win this grant! :)
On the right there will be a link called Find a project....click on it.
Next, in the middle area of the page, search by subject...math and science, then search by keyword: owl.
My grant is called, Hands on science right from the owl's mouth!
If you vote on it, you have the option of getting a daily reminder to vote, I suggest this.
Please spread the word and if you are on Facebook, that is a great way to help out too.
Voting ends on September 30th. :O
Reading - We will finish Because of Winn Dixie on Tuesday. We have really enjoyed reading this wonderful story. On Wednesday, we will begin Literature Circles reading books matched to the children's reading levels. I hope that you set aside time each evening for your child to read. Reading is so important! You need to ask your child what his/her reading level is. I wrote down each child's reading level based on an Accelerated Reading Assessment tool online. I gave the children their level privately. I want them to use this level when checking out books. Many of my students are below grade level. At the beginning of 4th grade they should be between a 3.8 to 4.2 level to be on level for beginning 4th grade. Some are above, many are on level, but many are below. The best way to become a better reader is to simply spend time reading. In our busy world, I know that it's hard to find time to do that, but please make it a priority. I can assure you it will pay off! :)
English - Verbs
Spelling - Consonant Diagraphs - I will post the words on spellingcity.com on Monday....List 2. We will also begin enrichment spelling for those that want to participate. I will post that list online as well.
Math - Rounding, Estimating sums and differences, Multiplication Facts....please continue to practice at home
Social Studies - Natural Resources of Oklahoma, Native Americans of Oklahoma
THINGS TO REMEMBER FOR THIS WEEK:
On Monday we will have our first payday! This is an exciting day! Most of the children have been working very hard! If you haven't had a chance to check out the link, Economy System, on the right, please take a minute to do so.
The children have earned a Behavior Bingo! We will watch the movie Because of Winn Dixie as a reward! We will compare/contrast the movie to the book. We will do this on Thursday. The children may bring a popped bag of popcorn and a soft drink.
On Friday, we will have Apple Day! We will read the story Johnny Appleseed and do many learning stations and activities related to apples. I need each child to bring an apple to school by Thursday. If they do not bring an apple, they do not get to do the stations.
I was very disappointed that 8 children forgot their flour/salt mixture last week for our dough map. I really need family support to pull off many of the activities that I do throughout the school year. I fined the children (a fine they will pay on payday) and mixed up 8 more bags for these children, but told them that the next time they forget, they won't get to participate. 4th grade is a HUGE year for learning about RESPONSIBILITY. We talked about this in class and the fact that they are old enough to start doing for themselves. Parents are busy often times, so it's time the children step up to the plate and take some responsibility. They are old enough. This is very hard for me as their teacher to even think about leaving anyone out of an activity, but if I coddle and always save them, they will not learn anything. They will think, "Oh well, Mrs. Corderman will provide what I need and let me do it." I hope you understand and will help me to help your child become more independent and responsible this year. :)
I wrote a grant and submitted it to limeadesforlearning.com and donorschoose.org. I'm hoping to get enough votes on limeadesforlearning.com to get this grant funded. It goes with our Owl Unit in November. The project is dissecting owl pellets! The children love this project! I do this every year, but this year with budget cuts, we will not get to do it without outside funding. I'm so sad about this, but hopeful about the grant! Please go to limeadesforlearning.com and follow these directions to help us win this grant! :)
On the right there will be a link called Find a project....click on it.
Next, in the middle area of the page, search by subject...math and science, then search by keyword: owl.
My grant is called, Hands on science right from the owl's mouth!
If you vote on it, you have the option of getting a daily reminder to vote, I suggest this.
Please spread the word and if you are on Facebook, that is a great way to help out too.
Voting ends on September 30th. :O
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