Look What We Learned Today!

Writing Class -

The following students typed their stories and qualified to post them on our blog. We are learning about adjectives and how to include quality adjectives in our stories to catch our readers' interest.

The Foolish Fox
Once there was a sly fox and seeing some bread and meat left by shepherds in the hollow of a tree, he slyly walked over and got inside, and had a hearty meal. But when he tried to get back out he saw that he couldn’t, and mournfully and madly began to lament his fate. Then an hour later another fox came by and walking passed the tree inquired after his friends complaining. Then the swollen fox told his friend what had happened, and pleaded him to find a way to get him out. But then after thinking a while his friend only said” you’ll have to wait until you shrink.

 

                                                                         by Molly Hier

                                                            The Humongous Fat Fox

Once upon a time, in a forest far away there lived a greedy fox. This fox’s name was Red. One day, Red crept to a hole of a tree looking inside he found a large yummy meal. Red crawled inside and started eating. When he was finally finished with his meal Red tried to climb back out. Out came his head, out came one front paw, out came the other front paw, and – Oh no! Red’s belly was stuck! Red moaned and groaned, he cried and sighed, but to no avail he was stuck like a cork in a bottle. After a while, Grey the Wolf came trotting by and hearing crying he went to find out what was wrong. Grey noticed Red’s head sticking out of the hole in the tree and said, “What is the matter with you Red? Why are you crying?” Red sniffled and said, “I found a huge meal of Buttered Rolls, Pork Chops, Hot Dogs, and Candy Canes so I climbed in here and ate every single bit of it. After I was done and tried to get back out but my stomach got stuck! Grey shook his head and stated, “You greedy little pig, I am afraid that the only way you are going to be able to get out of that tree is to wait till you lose some weight.” With that Grey the Wolf shook his head and trotted away leaving poor greedy Red to wait till his stomach shrunk to size.

                                                    by Rodrigo (and Malina too)

  

Fox Coloring Contest due tomorrow -

Contest Entries



Tommy Stephenson - nice job! 



Rodrigo Martinez - fabulous shading



Today's Writing Project -

Creepy, Crawly, Critters

There are many types of spiders. All spiders start as eggs. After the mother lays the eggs she usually dies. Sometimes there are thousnads of babies in on egg sack, bu only one or two actually live. It doesn't take long before the eggs hatch and the baby spiders start to grow. They look just like their mother except tey are usually lighter in color. Soon the baby spiders will be able to spin their own webs and capture their own food.

As we were learning about spiders, we spotted a small spider making his home in our classroom.

Watch this video to learn more about spiders!!!





Fun Friday!

Game Time!

School started with some exciting games such as Wii, Twister, Mouse Trap, Battle Ship, Sorry, and Monopoly! Because the 5th-6th graders also made their goal, we combined our classes and played games together. While the boys were busy playing Wii with Miss Williams, the girls were playing board game with me and then we stwitched. Check out these pics!!!

Writing Time:

Optional Fun Work: type out your Swollen Fox stories and email them to me.  go-sue@comcast.net

Miss Blanchard's Story:

Don't Be Too Greedy!

          In a green forest on a bright summer day, a red fox was roaming through the woods when he spotted in a hole in his favorite tree, a pile of fresh French bread and numerous juicy, mouth-watering, t-bone steaks. As soon as he saw this delectable treat he hurried into the hollow of the oak, where it was hidden, and heartily devoured the entire meal. When trying to leave the hole, he quickly discovered that he had stuffed himself with so much food that he couldn't fit back through the hole! The sorry fox began to lament his fate and loudly started complaining. Presently, another fox, who was a close friend, came charging toward the hole in the old oak trunk and was greatly surprised when he found his friend twice as large as usual and stuck in a hole in a tree. The wondering friend inquired after the poor fox's story. After listening intently, the only advice the friend could give was the terrible truth that the greedy fox would just have to patiently wait until his form was reduced to its normal size.  

Whooo, Whooo Everyone!

Mr. Owl flew into our classroom last night. He likes our tree so much that he decided to stay here for the winter!

Congratulations 4th Graders

We made our Math goal!!!

The fourth grade completed 5 lesson of math in 4 days.

The class qualifies to have a game time in our math slot tomorrow!

We will get to play Wii, marble games, and board games.

 Everyone bring your favorite board game to school tomorrow!

4th Grade News

Latin King Elephant -

First you take a Latin word and makes a sign. The sign goes around your neck so everyone can read it. Then you sit in a circle and memorize everyone's word. The game begins!

 We started out slow today but next time I think they will be ready for a faster game with the out rules. When someone messes up they leave their card at that chair and they go to the back of the circle. Now you might end up with a new card. This game is very exciting and it really helps students (and teachers) to memorize their Latin vocabulary words!

Harry, Our Hairy Visitor

Mr. Rodrigo Martinez brought his long legged, hairy friend to visit the 4th grade class today. Harry sat in our classroom all day and learned math, Latin, science, and art with us!!!

Class Update

Candy Bar Shelf -

We have a candy bar shelf for students who get 5 tickets. Students can get tickets by getting in the dolphin club (spelling) or the 2 min fact club (math), by having a neat desk, and doing neat and excellent work.

Autumn is Here -

 A tree grew in our classroom last night! The fourth graders are making colorful leaves with Mrs. Scamman in art class to place on our tree. We are going to need some squirrels and birds to live in our tree. That will be our next project!

The Math Goal is Coming Along -

Excellent job in math class. The class is focused and moving so quickly through our math lessons. We have completed three math lesson in 2 days. We just need to complete two more math lessons to make our goal. We are learning that we can moved faster and do our work better.





Coloring Contest -

 1st place goes to Rodrigo Martinez! Prize - 2 tickets

Rodrigo - fabulous shading

2nd place goes to Crystal Waters! Prize - 1 ticket 

Crystal Waters - nice outline job

Everyone who entered did a fabulous job!
 


Molly Hier - very creative

Tommy - very nice outline job on the leaves

Daniel - nice and colorful

Hello, Mrs. Williams

Dear Mrs. Williams,
Last Friday while the boys did p.e., Miss Blanchard took the girls outside to play relay races. The first one, we all stood in a straight line and tossed bean bags into a box After, we did some more exciting games. Miss Williams took Beth to buy prizes for the winning team. I had a fun time. -Crystal

Dear Mrs. Williams,
I miss you. We have a goal in our class, if we get 25 points we get to have a breakfast in school! We also get to have P.E. with my dad. We got a slurpee. We have a Wii room and we play Wii if we get points. It is really fun. - David

Last Friday we got to play P.E. with Mr. O'Connor. We got to play football. At the end of school we got to have slurpees. It was very fun! - Rodrigo

Dear Mrs. Williams,
You are a very, very good teacher and a very good Aunt! I can't wait till you teach me again. We put a big tree up in are classroom and it is going to go all over the ceiling with pretty leaves that we made. We also get to type out our spelling words. I love you. - Molly

Hello Mrs.Williams,
I miss you so much. We are learning our pronouns and I will spell them for you: I, you, he, she, it, we and them. I can't wait till you come back. - Tommy

Katherine and her mom went to the store to buy sword and tennis controllers for Wii. I can't wait to use them at school. We get to qualify to play Wii at school. - Daniel

Hello Mrs. Williams,
On Thursday we are going to skateland and we get to skate until 8:30 p.m. Then on Friday we are going to do P.E. with Miss Blanchard. - Katherine

Math Goal

Math Goal - 5 days of work (5 lessons) in 4 days!
What do you want to do in your math time on Friday?

Parkinson's Law - "Work expands to the time allotted"


Breakfast Goal Update:

The 4th grade earned three points today towards their breakfast goal. They did an excellent job of moving quickly, responding, and participating! Good Job : )