Division

Starting Monday morning we will be diving into partial quotients division.  Check out the videos to help your understanding of this method of dividing.

Spring Break :)

I hope you all enjoyed your spring break!  I sure did.  We traveled to Seattle to spend time with family.  It was beautiful there!
Now I'm ready to help you all finish up fourth grade.  Can you believe that in 7 short weeks you will all be 5th graders?!  Wow!  This year has flown by.  We Have plenty of work and learning to finish up before we are ready for you to move on.  So buckle up and get ready for the ride!

Getting Ready for More Multiplication!

Here are a few more videos demonstrating the partial product method of multiplication!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIXKT8CWirM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISu2yBmJxZ4

NEW!  Look in the Math section to find the weekly homework sheets!!!  (I am able to get 3 of this week's 4 in the math section.  The fourth has too many pictures :( )

Raptors!

Mrs. Compton was here today and shared interesting information about raptors that live in our state.  We have a great variety of hawks, eagles and osprey that live in our area.  She gave us a link to a webcam (located in Washington DC) that shows a nesting eagle pair.  There are actually eggs in the nest!!! www.outdoorchannel.com/eaglecam .  Check out the link!  Here is another webcam site that show  a peregrine nest in Boise. http://www.peregrinefund.org/subsites/webcam-peregrine/  How many birds of prey have you seen?  You also might want to just visit the World Center Birds of Prey website for other interesting information.  http://www.pereginefund.org

Dr. Suess Night!!!

We will be having a Dr. Suess night to celebrate Dr. Suess's birthday!  Here is a link to www.suessville.com to check out some interesting activities that you can do at home.  Don't forget to look for this week's spelling and vocabulary in the folder to the left of here!  Hope everyone is haveing a good week!

P.S. Conferences have been scheduled and I'm looking forward to seeing you all here.  Spring Break is on the way!

Partial Products

Here is a pretty good video on how to do the partial product multiplication that your child is being asked to learn. 

Reading for the week of 2/11-2/14 and Nose to Nose

We will be reviewing for a unit test this week so we will not be having regular spelling words.  The unit test will be on Wednesday 2/13.  It will ask questions like: What are some things that are important to succeed in business?  How is Ivan's success different from the other characters in the other stories?  What caused the characters in "Food From the Hood" and Business is Looking Up" to go into business?

There will also be a portion of the test that asks the students to pick out the misspelled word; choose the definition of the vocabulary words; how to use commas, capitalization of words, punctuate a date, abbreviate words and using quotation marks in a sentence.  All of which we have covered in this unit.  We will review all of the during class Monday and Tuesday.

We had our first Nose to Nose presentation and it was fabulous.  Mrs. Evans from Idaho Fish and Game came to school in period costume and showed us many of the animals (many of which still live here in our wonderful state) that were found in Idaho during the pioneer days.  We are looking forward to the next presentation!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is fast approaching.  Be looking for the student name list so your child can fill out those Valentines.  We will be having a party on the 14th from 2:00 to 3:00.  I will provide a beverage for the students.  Your child may bring anything thing they would like to share.  Please make sure there is enough for 27 students. 

Snow Day and the Flu

Last Thursday was a great day, at least for our students!  We got to test the school messenger system to announce the school closure for the day.  I hope you all got the message and had a wonderful day at home with you child.  I was thankful that we all had the day off because it would have been day 4 of me missing school. 

I have had the flu and after 8 days in bed and 3 moving slowly around the house I can say that I'm on the mend. So here is a reminder:  Wash your hands often and don't touch your face and if you are so inclined get a flu shot. 

 I am looking forward to being back with the kids tomorrow.  While I was out our class grow by 2 new students!  I'm looking forward to meeting them! 

Remember to look at the links on the side of the page for helpful websites.  Have a wonderful week.