Notes from Room 15: 9/30-10/4

THIS WEEK:

• ITBS Testing will take place before recess each morning.
• We will not attend Mass this week due to ITBS testing.
• Our first Meet the Masters lecture is on Wednesday.
• 12:30pm Dismissal on Friday
  

TEST SCHEDULE:

 Tuesday 9/30:

• Math Test (Chapter 2: Estimation, Factors, and Multiples)
  

Friday 10/4:

• Family Life (Lessons 9-10)
• Spelling Week 4 (Word lists can be found on Spellingcity.com)

Global Read Aloud 2013

On Monday our class will participate in the 2013 Global Read Aloud.  This year's selection for our grade level is Out of My Mind by: Sharon Draper.  I will be reading this book to the class and the students will be connecting with other students who are also hearing the book read to them through Edmodo and Skype.

Please visit the Global Read Aloud Website for more information by clicking HERE.

**Your child is more than welcome to download a copy of the book to their e-reader or buy a copy of the book to follow along, but it IS NOT mandatory!**

We love FUDGE!

Tomorrow we will be wrapping up our novel study of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume.  It's been a lot of fun getting to know Peter, Fudge, and the rest of the Hatcher family.

Judy Blume has written more books about these characters.  If you think your child enjoyed this book, please check out the other books in the series by clicking below!

Judy Blume's Fudge Stories 

This would be a great way to earn those AR points this trimester!

September Book Order!

Tomorrow is the last day to order for the September Scholastic Book Order!

You may pre-order the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and get it the day it is released!  (Nov. 5th)

You can shop and submit your order online or return the printed order form with payment directly to me. No matter how you order, every purchase you make earns FREE Books and educational supplies for our classroom.

Ordering online is fast and easy:

•  REGISTER at scholastic.com/readingclub
•  ENTER the Class Activation Code:HQD7B
•  CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks
•  SUBMIT the order to me bySept. 25th
•  EARN FREE Books for our classroom too!

Stay Connected!

There are many ways to stay connected to Room 15!  

Follow us on Twitter!  @room15sbs

Follow us on Instagram!  @room15sbs

Get text message reminders from Remind101!  You can easily subscribe to this service by texting @mrsedmi to (714) 462-8734.

And don't forget to check Sycamore for the most up-to-date look at your child's grades!

If you have any questions about any of these, please let me know!

Notes from Room 15: 9/23-9/27

Wednesday 9/25:

• Science Quiz (Chapter 9 Lesson 2)

Friday 9/27:

• Family Life (Lessons 7-8)
• Spelling 
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Chapters 7-10)

CHAPTER 2 MATH TEST WEEK!

(Most likely Tues or Wed!)

O.R.E.O. Project 2013

The last two days have been extra exciting because we used Oreo cookies to study math and art!

During math time on Thursday, the students predicted how high they could stack an Oreo tower.  Then they got two attempts.  Congrats to Mallory who had the high stack of 36!!

The students then added, subtracted, compared numbers, and we all averaged each attempt.  On the second attempt the class average was 23.5!  Impressive!

This was all part of a Global Learning Project called The O.R.E.O. Project which has been happening for ten years!  Read more about the project HERE!  Students all over North America participated!

On Friday the students used the cream filling as their medium for an art sculpture activity.  Mrs. Mueke (one of the Sprouts teachers) judged the sculptures.  Below you will see the top three!

Thanks to all of the parents who brought in Oreos!

 Scraping out the filling!

First Place: Dolphin

Second Place:  Mickey Mouse

Third Place: The Trinity

QR Code Generator

Today in class we talked about generating QR codes to add to the social studies tribe posters.  

Here is the link to QR code generator website:

www.go.qr.me

Use the URL tab and copy and paste the web address into the box.

Once the code has been made, copy that image and put it onto a document.

Genius Hour started today!

Mrs. Pickett and I are very excited to be incorporating Genius Hour into our schedule this year!

If you've never heard of Genius Hour, here are is a video about it!

Friday Letter Notebooks

Today your child wrote for the first time in their Friday Letter Notebook.  They should've written about a few things we did this week at school.

They will bring it home today and hopefully share it with you.  Please respond to them, in letter format, and have them return the notebook to school on Monday and they will get a sticker for the cover.

By the end of the year they, and you, will have a special notebook full of communication with each other and some wonderful memories of 4th grade!

Thanks for your support!

Student Owned E-Reader Agreement

I passed out the agreement forms today to any child who plans on bringing their own e-reader to school.  If you need another copy, please click the link below!

STUDENT E-READER FORM