Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Fall 2019 News Crew Application

Calling all 4th Graders (Future 5th Graders)!!!
If you would like to be on the news crew next year, now is the time to apply!  This is your best chance to get the job you have been waiting for.  The 5th graders (current 4th graders) are the only students that will be on the Fall News Crew!

The applications are due by Friday, June 8th!

You will receive your job assignment when you return in the Fall.  Jobs will not begin until the week of September 16th!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKZq5vET6Ib_aSXG0OnfcbmNkCXIfizoC2qsOXyJJM3Zd00g/viewform?usp=sf_link


Monday, April 29, 2019

April 26th - Week in Review

Field Trip on Wednesday:

We will be going on our Field Trip to Indian Springs on Wednesday.  There are a couple of reminders.
1.  Chaperones should be to WLE NO LATER THAN 9:10am.  (Chaperones will be driving their own cars - you may car pool if you wish!
2.  Send your child to school with a sack lunch.
3.  We will be going rain or shine.  Please dress for the weather (and muddy trails).  We will be going on a 1.5 mile hike and conducting a pond dipping experiment.  So your children WILL BE outside.



Science: Earth Science 

We have been working hard to study earth materials in room 17.  We have been conducting investigations with soil.  We have learned what components make up our soil.  We are now learning about erosion and landforms.  This is a very high interest unit!  Lots of excitement in room 17!



MSTEP is Coming

Our days for MSTEP testing are as follows.  Please avoid appointments or absences on these TWO dates if at all possible.
May 8th
May 20th

5th Grade Graduation Fundraiser 
Air Time

There is a fundraiser at AirTime in Novi tomorrow - Tuesday, April 30th.  Part of the admission costs will go toward 5th Grade Graduation.  Please consider attending.

4th Grade Recorder Show
May 23rd at 6:30pm

Your children have been working hard to learn some fabulous recorder songs.  It is always a treat, so keep the date in mind!


Last Bonaventure Date is Wednesday, May 22nd from 6-8:30pm.  Please consider joining us.

Friday, March 29, 2019

March 29th - A Week In Review

Report Cards
Report Cards are now available in Family Access.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the report card.  I talked with your children about how a report card shows growth toward 4th grade standards.  We talked about what that means.  I explained how proud I am of them.  Each one of the children have taken ownership of their learning and are working toward better understanding.  Just today, we were working on a new piece of writing.  Two students thought to open an old piece of writing that they felt good about, so that they could use it as a guide for the new piece.  We had a nice conversation about how that shows self regulation and a strong understanding of wanting to be better!

Science Day
On Tuesday, the Walled Lake Outdoor Education Center came to WLE with many different science activities for your child to participate in.  I think the pictures show it all:)  They had such a great time.





Read In - Literacy Updates
Today was our read-in to wrap up our March is Reading Month festivities.  I think your children had a great time.




The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
This was my first time reading this book with students!  It was amazing.  We laughed, we cried, and The Chronicles of Narnia.  Every local library will have them!  If you like to read with your children, this might be a good series to read with them.  Lots of opportunities to stop and talk - great life lessons.
we cheered.  I am hoping it ignited a spark in them to try to read more and more.  The best part about this book is that there are many books in the series.

Kindergarten Buddies
This week we had the opportunity to create a project based on Dr. Seuss' book I Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street with Ms. Flowers kindergarten class.  I wonder if your students shared a 'minnow' or 'whale' story with you.  All round it was a great time.  The 4th graders really took the role of being a role model very seriously!




Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Week in Review: March 3, 2018

Hello Families,

Spring is just around the corner.  I can hardly wait.  March is Reading Month is kicking off this week.  Please encourage your child to join in on the fun.  We have a calendar of events planned for the month during the school day!  If you catch your son or daughter reading in a cozy spot around the house, snap a picture and email it to me.  I am going to start a "caught reading"  board.  A fun way to bring home into the classroom.   I also wanted to take a moment to tell you how awesome your children are.  They work hard, they are kind, and they make our classroom a fun place to be.  Nine and ten year olds are at such a critical time in their lives.  They are learning about how the world works around them, they make mistakes, and they learn how those mistakes affect other people.  However, I am so proud of how they work together and try to help lift each other up.

Reading and Writing

Right now in reading an writing, we are starting new units.  Your children are learning how to read a text closely to think more deeply about a text.  I have had such great conversations with your children this week.  We have been rereading a book called Fox.  Today we used the phrase "This makes me realize".  As we were reading our thoughts about the character Magpie, the children agreed that the story helped them realize that good friends are hard to find.  So that means we need to treat them with respect.  I have included the questions that we are using below.  Consider asking your children some of these questions about the books that they are reading at home. 

I hope that your child's writing about history writing made it home.  I am so proud of their hard work.  We worked together to set goals on next steps for writing. 

Math

We are in the middle of our fraction unit.  We have been working a lot with self reflection lately.  This week your child has been thinking about the learning targets and showing evidence of their learning.  We have had some really great conversations about what they understand and what they need help with.  Additionally, I have been having the kids write a problem similar to what we have been doing in class in their planners.  I suggested that they solve the problem at home and tell you what they learned in class that day.  We will finish up the unit next week and the BA will be on Monday, March 18th.  A study guide will go home next week.

Social Studies

We are continuing our United States Government this week.  We learned about the purpose of government and the Constitution last week.  This week we learned about the 3 branches of government and the powers of federal and state governments.  Next week we will be discussing the rights and responsibilities of citizens and the Bill of Rights.  The kids are super interested in these ideas. 



Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Sunday, January 20, 2019

January 18th - A Week in Review

Tomorrow is the Walled Lake Schools' Annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Walled Lake Northern High School.  All schools in the district have created displays to show honor to Women Heroes in our community.  The event begins at 5pm and there is NO COST.  Please consider supporting this event.  Below is a video with more information:

Science

We have been continuing to learn about environments.  This week we spent a lot of time learning how organisms interact in an ecosystems.  We have learned about how food chains can be combined into a food web.  On Friday, we planted 4 common crops to study the effects of water and salt tolerance on early plant growth.  Be sure to ask your child about our "crops".

Language Arts

We are continuing to work on our "Writing About History" writing projects.  Your child is beginning to work on their 2nd subheading and will complete two more.  Your child can access their work from home in goggle classroom.  They can share with you what has been completed so far, if you are interested.  In Reading, we are continuing to think deeply about the characters in their stories.  Comprehension is the key to reading.  We will continue to think about character traits and develop "theories" that we have about the characters.  Your child will then be learning how to support the theory with evidence from the text.


Math

We are going to finish up unit 4 this week - Multi-digit Multiplication.  The children have done a really nice job using the partitioned rectangle to make sense of this idea.  A review will go home with your child at the end of the week.  The BA will be on Tuesday, January 29th.





Tuesday, January 15, 2019

January WLE TV

January 15th:  https://youtu.be/f0th8zAx8gU
January 16th:  https://youtu.be/bYTLpSdDtO8
January 17th:  https://youtu.be/sncC6LmvOt8
                  MLK Promotional Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRTWRLhAN38&feature=youtu.be


January 22nd:  https://youtu.be/wOvnhSIr-mc
January 23rd:  No SCHOOL
January 24th:  https://youtu.be/ptLuLRvJ3Ng

January 29th:
January 30th:
January 31st: