Copy of 4th grade 2014 Slideshow

Copy of 4th grade 2014

In the Paper Homework Questions

These are the questions that you need to complete your math assignment.  Please answer them at the bottom of your graph and return it to class tomorrow.
 

Reflection: Answer on bottom of bar graph

How many words did you find?  How did you represent your number as a fraction and decimal?  Which fraction is larger? How do you know? Which decimal is larger?  How do you know? 

 

What was the scale increment of your graph and why?  What are the other important parts of your bar graph? Why are they important? 

Make 2 comparison sentences based on your bar graph.

Read Across KY March Madness

We have finally come to the end of our Read Across KY March Madness contest.  Students worked really hard and completed over 100 reflections.  Our classroom mathematicians tallied up our teams scores and here are the results.

Team 4 was the overall winner with 97 points.
-their team MVP was Shayla Casey, who completed 12 reflections and  2 regions.
-Landon completed 10
-Will completed 7
-Megan F. completed 7
-Caleb completed 7

Team 3 came in second place with 58 points.
-their team MVP was Madison Garriott, who completed 10 reflections.

Team 1 came in 3rd place with 55 points.
-their team MVPs are Jaida Annis and Kevin Cook, both with 9 reflections.

Team 2 came in 4th place with 47 points.
-their team MVP was Dustin Keown, who completed 12 reflections and 3 regions.

Our overall winners for the classroom challenge were Shayla and Dustin.  Great job guys!  I can't wait to see what the winning team chooses as their reward.

 

Reading Homework

On Edmodo, read the article Patriots vs. Loyalist.  As you read make three inferences about your reading in your steno.  Make sure that you are using the text structure to help you create deeper inferences.  Choose one of your inferences to put on Edmodo.  Make sure to use a Thinking Stem, Ms. K's favorite word, and Evidence and Schema in your inference.

What's Happening

                Hi I know I haven't blogged in a while so here's a overview of what's happening in our class this week! Before we talk about  the subjects we want to talk to you about march madness in read across Kentucky which ever team has the most reflections turned in by the end of march wins the team that is  in the lead is team 4.

Math-we are learning to multiply fractions there are 3 ways to solve a fraction multiplication problem like equation, number line, and model

Writing- we are finishing up our Info books to have an expert fair Thursday and we made a poster for our animals that we were researching.

Reading- we are working on having  inferences with evidence from the book and schema.

Science- we are learning about life science and life cycles particularly

So that is what we are doing this week maybe blog again later this week and keep you up to date on our class and what we are doing in class

RAKY March Madness!!!

 

 

Dear Parents,

       We are going to have a little healthy competition in our classroom this month, as well as, work toward finishing our RAKY.  Your child has a basketball taped in their planner that lists their independent goal areas and how many books they need to complete that region. Check it out!

March Madness – RAKY

Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4
Megan D. Jaida Kevin Tezja Kayla	Hallie Dustin Jasmine Toby	Sofie Madison Jaxon Paul	Shayla Landon Will Megan F. Caleb

·       Every time someone on your team submits a reflection you get a 2 points.

·       Free throws (1pt) will be given for “Ms. K Awards!”

·       3 point shots will be earned for finishing a region.

·       The two teams with the most points will advance to the championship game.

·       The team that has the most players to complete their “independent goal” will win.

Democracy Project

We have been studying about our Constitution and our branches of government in Social Studies. We have also discussed that not all of us learn and like to show what we have learned in the same ways.  So below is a link to a Democracy tic tac toe board.   My class is very familair with this kind of activity board.  It allows students to choose what they create and use the strengths that they have to do it.  They need to create their product next week at home.  It is due on Friday.  They will be graded on effort, prensentation including organization and convention, and also social studies content and accuracy. 


http://www.bing.com/search?q=tic+tac+toe+board+for+3+branches+of+government&src=ie9tr

Democracy Unit: Tic-Tac-Toe Board

Analytical Intelligences	Interactive Intelligences	Introspective Intelligences
Logic smart   Technology: Inspiration program and Internet     Product: A compare and contrast chart between Articles I-III of U.S. Constitution: the 3 branches of government.	Body smart     Product: Construct a jeopardy game that teaches your classmates about democracy and U.S. government. Example can be found following the link.	Wonder smart   Technology: Publisher or Word   Product: If you were a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, write a letter to your children & grandchildren about changes you would make to the Constitution. Which items might the delegates better have addressed?  Reflect on why you would make these changes and the impact it would have on people then and now--does the Constitution stand the test of time?
Music Smart   Product: Original song/rap that talks about function of government, or personal liberties through amendments, or how government affects your life.	People smart   Product: work collaboratively with a group of three to complete the tasks for the Constitutional Convention webquest: We Were There. http://www.tntwebs.com/usconstitution.html	Picture smart   Technology: Digital camera and either PowerPoint/ Photostory/ or Moviemaker Product: Create a Multimedia project on amendments that highlight personal freedoms/ liberties, why each of these amendments were added, and impact on America.
Nature Smart   Technology: digital camera, PowerPoint/ Photostory/ Moviemaker Product: Take pictures of government institutions or examples of government in our community and create a multimedia slide show of your examples. (schools, road signs, police, city hall, military, etc.)	Word Smart   Technology: Puzzle maker software or Internet  site like: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/crossword/   Product: Create a crossword puzzle using key themes, concepts, and vocabulary from our Democracy unit	Self smart   Technology: Publisher or Word   Product: Self-reflect on how democracy impacts your life. What do you value in your life? How does this compare to values of a democratic society?

 

New Reflection Format

Dear Families,

            2014 is going to be a great year and I am excited to begin it with your children. As they may have told you already, we will start a new type of reflection for Read Across Kentucky (RAKY). The reflection is based on a strategy called C-E-I-E-I-O that is used by many school districts across the country.

            My reason for changing the type of reflections is multi-purpose. One reason is that it is simply time for a change! Another important reasons is that I strongly feel this type of reflection will help your child successfully write Extended Responses (see explanation below). This will help prepare for 5^th grade and various types of writing.

I have already explained everything about the new RAKY C-E-I-E-I-O Reflections to your children and have modeled it as well.  I have given your child a packet that includes an explanation of C-E-I-E-I-O, a list of prompts to choose from (very important),  an example of a completed C-E-I-E-I-O, a blank template of  C-E-I-E-I-O , and a copy of the rubric that I will use to score reflections. I have encouraged your child to keep this colored packet in a safe and accessible place at home so that they can use it to guide their reflections. I have also uploaded these documents onto the classroom website. (www.centerfieldbrown.weebly.com)

Please know that this is my first year teaching RAKY and I have loved this experience! It has been a challenge for both the students and me; however, so far we have all had success! Please also understand I will possibly tweak the RAKY reflections again sometime in 2014, but will of course keep you in the loop.

            Thank you for your continued support and help! It is wonderful collaborating with such amazing families! Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Carrie Kapfhammer

 

RAKY Goals:

1. Total of 16 “Independent” Reflections by February 14^th            

2. Total of 25 “Independent” Reflections and 10 “In-Class” Reflections completed by May 29th

Extended Responses

Definition:  Through written extended response students learn to respond to text by reading and comprehending ideas.  In answering complex questions students learn to construct deeper meaning by conveying their own ideas in conjunction with the author's to explain their reasoning. 

Purpose:  To deepen student understanding of literary works through written responses related to reading passages. Regular practice of these extended responses prepare students well for the KPREP (Kentucky State Assessment Test.) 

  

Read Across Kentucky Reflection - C – E – I – E – I – O

C * Change your prompt into a topic sentence.

E * Use evidence from the text. (In the story it said …)

I* Interpret the above evidence. (Clearly, this shows…)

E * Use evidence from the text. (Another part of the story said …)

I* Interpret the above evidence. (To me this means…)

O * State your “Oh” or “Aha” moment. (From reading and thinking about this story, I now know…)

Evidence Sentence Starters:                                     

In the story…                The author says…                    The story states…                                          

In the text…                 The text states…                      The author states…                    

 Interpretation Sentence Starters:

I know…                                   This shows me…                                  This means to me…

I believe…                                It is clear to me....                   I think…

 Oh Sentence Starters:

I learned…                   Now I realize….           I am beginning to think….

Now I know…..             I believe…                    From reading this book I now understand….

RAKY CEIEIO Prompts to Pick From:

Choose one question from the list below and use CEIEIO to write your RAKY reflections.

Fiction:

• How did the characters change from the beginning to the end of this text? Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• How are some of the characters in this book alike or different? Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Describe the internal character traits of the main character from your text. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• What was the theme of this book? Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• In the story, what emotions and feelings do the characters show? Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• What is the main idea of this text? Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Create an inference after reading this text about the characters or plot of the story. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Describe the setting of this story. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Describe the events from this story (first, next, later, after that, and finally). Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Describe the main characters thoughts, words, and actions from one scene in this text. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Identify the poetic elements in this text. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.

Informational:

• How might people today be inspired by this person?  Use information from the text and your own ideas and conclusions to support your answer. (For biography.)
• What is the main idea of this text? Include key details that support the main idea. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Summarize the text. Use the strategy somebody, wanted, but, so, then, to help you. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Describe 3 key vocabulary words from this text. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• List 4 facts from this text. Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• What conclusions can you draw from this informational text? Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
• Identify and explain the text structure (cause and effect, chronology, or compare and contrast). Use information from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.

Name______________                                                                                      Date_____________

Book _____________________ Author____________________ Genre____________________

RAKY Reflection - C*E*I*E*I*O template

C * Change your prompt into a topic sentence.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E * Use evidence from the text. (In the story it said …) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I* Interpret the above evidence. (Clearly, this shows…)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E * Use evidence from the text. (Another part of the story said …) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I* Interpret the above evidence. ( To me this means…)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

O * State your “Oh” or “Aha” moment. (From reading and thinking about this story, I now know…)

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  RAKY Reflection Rubric

___C Change the question into an answer sentence

___E Evidence (what the author/text says)

___I Interpretation (your voice…what you know)

___E Evidence (what the author/text says)

___I Interpretation (your voice…what you know)

___O Oh!  I get it. (What did you learn?  What is the big idea?)

___ Quality Work!

___________ Total

___ Please re-do and re-submit

___ I am concerned this book may have been too easy or too hard for you.

STARS –                                   WISH -

Lots going on this week

Lunch is 12:09-12:34 for Grandparent’s Day on Friday. 

-We go to the Book Fair today and Thursday

-No Early Release Day this week

-Valentine's Party, Friday at 1:00

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW Days!!!

-When is the last day for students? June 6 currently; subject to change.

- When is the last day for teachers? June 9 currently; subject to change.

- How many make up days are in the calendar? The district’s state-approved calendar includes 10 makeup days (Presidents Day and days starting May 24).

- Why don’t we have more make up days planned? The calendar includes enough make up days to equal the largest number of missed days in the past five years (10 days in 2009).

- We’ve used our 10 make up days. Now what? Even though we don’t have more days scheduled in our approved calendar, we do still have to make up any additional missed days. If we miss additional days, the board will discuss when/how to make up those days.

- Can we make up some of our missed days at other times instead of going to school the week of June 2? No. Our approved calendar includes makeup days through June 6, and those days have to be used before considering any other options.

- Can’t we get an exemption? Not likely. At this time, the education commissioner does not have the authority to grant any exemptions. If the legislature did give him that authority, typically exemptions are only granted for districts having to make up more than 20 days — and they still have to make up the first 20.

- Can Oaks Day be used as a make up? Technically speaking, yes, the board could consider using Oaks Day as a make up day for future missed days.

- What about spring break? Again, technically speaking, yes, the board could consider using spring break for make up days for future missed days.

- What about next year? The board will approve the 2014-15 calendar at the Feb. 24 board meeting. The board is considering options for possible make up days inside the opening and closing days of the school year.

- What about graduation? The board typically sets the graduation date at their March meeting.

- Where can I find more FAQ? http://bit.ly/SnowDayFAQ

Lots and Lots Of Work

              We had 3 snow days so it was a little break sort of but now we're back and ready to work hard and get high grades.But of course we weren't good right away we had to have the teacher get on us for being talkative during lessons.Now you will see what's going on in our classroom!


              Math- Today we took a post assessment to go to unit 6 about adding fractions and when we were in unit 5 we Learned about fractions in general.Then we took the pre assessment for unit 6 which wasn't easy.


              Writing- we are starting a new informational book about any animal of our choice so it
Makes it fun with researching  on an animal we like or wonder about in life.We are starting by researching  our chapters that we want to have in our book.We go back and forth researching then drafting and back again.The info book we are making this time is similar to the other one we made about storms.


               Reading- we are starting to learn the elements in drama ( plays or musicals) are similar to the elements of stories.We have readers theaters we are obviously reading and have groups with that specific play.Then I am pretty sure we are going to perform them in front of our class.The reason we are learning drama is because this girl in our class read one and wanted 16 people for the teacher.

                Science- In science we are learning about the fast changes and slow changes to earth's surface and erosion and weathering. 

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Back to School

        We are back to school after fall break for thanksgiving.This our last week for canned food drive this week we are doing dinner items like canned soups or macaroni.You can bring any non -  parshable foods it doesn't have to be dinner items it can be anything you can manage.Keep our reading log in our planner instead of on paper.Study your math facts for Friday.Work on informational book.Angel tree items due Friday she needs sweatpants and shirts size large,pants size 12,underwear size 8,shirts size 10-12,she also needs books no more dolls,shoes,coats.

          In school this week in math we are working on long division with remainders it is surprisingly easy.Now people say that it is easier now that they know the steps.Next, we are working on our narrative part in our informational pieces.

            Our new computer expert  is Madison she writes reviews for websites for our class blog the ratings are same as last time.

Angel Tree Items

Just a reminder that we need all our Angel Tree Items turned in by Friday.  Our little girl still needs some clothes.  She has recieved jackets, shoes, socks, and a ton of toys.  She is still in need of shirts size 12, sweatshirt size L, jeans size 12, sweat pants, size L, and underwear size 8.  Is you can help out that would be great.  I love the way our school always steps up and helps our community! One of many reasons that I love teaching at Centerfield.

Just a little update

              Homework-we changed up our reading log a little bit. From this day on we are going to write down our reading in our planner. So if you ask your child "where's your reading log?" And they reply " we didn't get one today." You remember that we're supposed to write it down in our planner.
               Writing-we have been working on a informational piece on our storms in or around Kentucky. The choices were blizzard, tornado, hurracian, flood, snowstorm, hail storm, wind storm, and drought. Our research is going great :)
                Social Studies-we have worked on 4 Kentucky weeklies, and we've shared posters of the 6 riegans in Kentucky. We now have lots a knowledge of our states past and why the things that happened are very important.
                 Lunch- our class has gone to a signed seats because we couldn't control our selves in the lunch line. Mrs.kapfhammer gave us to many warnings she couldn't take it any more  so she finally said " a signed seats.

                        That's all for the week. We need more followers please
   

                            -TEZJA JOHNSON

Just some information

Parents,
Homework
We are changing the way we send homework. Students should still be reading, but I will not be sending home a reading log.  Please have your child write what they are reading and the author in their planner in the Language Arts section.  If they are doing a reflection, it should be written their as well.  Students are also going to be assigned a fact to study for the week and take a mad minute test on Friday.  This is just to keep them practicing those facts.  I will be sending home other individual homework assignments as needed, but their WILL NOT be a log and math sheet like we have been doing. 
Can Goods and Angel Tree items
We are collecting can goods here at school and Angel Tree items for the 8 year old girl on the sheet that went home last week.  If you already bought an item for the boy, please turn that in and we will still give it to him. 

Get Your Head In The Game!!!

         It's basketball season ,and were really excited!!!!!  The coaches are  Mrs. Kapfhammer Mrs.B and Mr.Paige and they are super excited to get started. Practice starts Friday, November 8th,@ 2:40- 4:00 for the girls only. If they are not picked up on time your child will be sent to cub club  The first basketball game starts January 17, if your child sibling is intending the game please bring a note saying "my child is aloud to intend the game". Also bring money in for the concession stand.

                 PS. boys practice is Thursday same time

Thanks for listening         

Fall Festival!!

Saturday is the Fall Festival.  We hope you can come and possibly bid on many of our amazing auction items.  We will also be having a dunking booth, haunted house, bouncies, games, and FOOD!  Our class created a beautiful rocking chair based on Dr. Suess' book If I Ran The Zoo.  We hope you can come bid on it and help us raise money for Centerfield.

 

Biding Time

Mrs.K's class is working on a rocking chair. We created monstersthat go on our rocking chair. It comes with a booklet it tells were they are from,what they eat or something about them. you can bid on it at the centerfield fall festivalthis friday.
Love,
     hallie

What We Are Doing In School

In math we are learning about,latice box and doubling and halfing. In writing we are working on our realistic fiction pieces we are on the step of drafting,and revising some of us are on editing.In reading we are working on a system in the body after we are done researching we write a S.A.
That is what we are working on in school!
 Love,
          Hallie

See Whats On the Blog and Edmodo

        Hi parents/ gurdian it's me yuor blogger that keeps you updated. Oh you remeber, well then lets get on with the updating.......
      Lets talk about what we've been doing on Edmodo. If you heard your kids say '' we                                                                                                                            
stared read across kentucky",well our teacher saw that kids were puting the same thing on their reading log. So she decide to start Read Across KY.  Now kids can read different types of books and write different types of books reflections on Edmodo or on paper. That's what we've been doing on Read Acroos KY.

     Now all I got to say is keep checking the blog. I put a lot of effort in this post ;}

Tezja

Great Reading Website

We will be using this website in the classroom to help us read a variety of books to go along with Read Across America.  Go to tumblebookcloud.com, our school username is Centerfield and the password is login.  Students can find many interesting ebooks here that I will accept toward thier 25 books.

Can I understand it?

           In math reflections we've been working on explaining and being more clear so the teacher can read it and understand what you mean.We stared adding math vocab words to our word wall so if you need to no how to spell a word go grab it off of our word wall.

           In writing we work on adding more and tryingto reveal the main characters desire and struggles. As a writing activity we got with a partner and worked on showing them the story not telling them.(just so they could get an idea of what the story's about)

          On indpendent reading time we work on being a 4,3,2,1 but a 4 is the one we all want. If we get a 4 then we get the prize of knowing the Mrs.Kapfhammer is proud of you;).If we don't get it we write about how we can be a 4 next time.


Sorry I'm just now blogging hopes this make up for it. :) :)  :) :) :) :) Tezja

Reflections

Students are starting to turn in reflections on some of their books that they have completed for Read Across KY.  If possible, I would like reflections to be typed on Edmodo, but I will except written copies if need be.  Below are three great reflection examples turned in by two students.  The first on is an example of the Interview a Character Reflection.  The other two are Book Recommendation Reflections.  These students did a great job.  Remember reflections are to be 3 paragraphs.  I sent home examples a few weeks ago, but can do it again if you didn't get the copy.