What Is Going on This Week

I can't believe the end of the school year is here!  I have really enjoyed teaching this phenomenal class. 

Monday:
Singing on the Red Steps.  All fourth graders will sing together for this special service.
Musical at 1:00 in the theater "A Day in the Life of a Fourth Grader"

Tuesday:
We will be sharing their Poetry In-Class Projects and signing their writing portfolios.  We will begin cleaning up our desks today.  Please bring an empty backpack to begin brining items hone in.

Wednesday:
We will be continuing gathering items to take home and cleaning up the room. 

Thursday:
KICKBALL DAY!!!!!!  This is the second annual 4th grade kickball tournament.  The students will either be in PE uniforms or out of uniform this day.  I will update the class on the specifics before hand.  Please send a drink for your child along with sunglasses as it will be hot.

Friday:
Field Day and End of the Year Party.  This will be an out of uniform day but the shirts will be provided.

Playground Project Total

This Friday, our class sold popsicles to the second graders.  This sale brought out total money earned to $518.90,  $484 in cash and $34.90 in change.  I am thrilled at our class and their efforts with this project.  Most of the work will be done over the summer and we will have a ribbon cutting ceremony next fall.

What We Are Learning This Week

The Duke field trip has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 14th.  Students may come out of uniform (shorts, t-shirts, tennis shoes or water shoes, hats, sunscreen , sunglasses).  Please pack a sack lunch.

Friday is a fun afternoon as our class has had great behavior in specials.  This coming Friday we will celebrate this accomplishment.  Students may bring sleeping bags, pillows, board games, electronics, and a special snack of their choosing.  We will begin Fun Friday after the morning classes.

Our class will be presenting our Playground Proposal to the 2nd graders on Monday morning.  This will be the same presentation we did in the Media Center.  We will sell popsicles to the second graders either Tuesday when we get back or on Wednesday.

Math:
 This will be a review week with an end of the year assessment on Friday. 

English:
This is a review week.

Reading:
We will finish Unit 9, Compare and Contrast this week.  We will test on Friday, May 17th.  We will also complete our "in class" Poetry book project for May.

Writing:
We will miss writing this week due to the field trip.  The class has been sharing their persuasive papers.

Science:
The Sound Unit test will be on Tuesday, May 14th.  Please review all notes for the journal and the index cards we made in class.

History:
We will continue Chapter 10 this week, Challenges and Changes- Alabama after 1960.  The test is May 16th.

Spelling:
The final test is this Friday! The words will come from column 2 this week.
Alabama Fact will be from page 8.
Prefix: non-  meaning "not"
Suffix: -able   meaning "can be done"

Upcoming Events:
Monday: Proposal to the second graders
Tuesday: The Duke make up field trip
Friday: Fun Day
May 20th: Fourth Grade to sing on red steps for Church
May 20th: Fourth Grade Musical
May 24th: Last Day of School!!!    Carpool 1 dismisses at 11:40, Carpool 2 at 11:50, extended 11:50-5:30

Many Things Happened This Week

Many things happened this week.  We had a bake sale to raise money for our playground.  We earned $167 and change in the bake sale.  The people we sold to were the 3-4 graders and the 5-6 graders.  We still have to sell to the second graders and we are going to sell popsicles to them.  Our total for the playground project is $437 and change.

We have been working in Music and we recorded our songs.  Our songs are Celebration which we changed to Recess Time.  We also had Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and we changed that to Homework is not fun. 

We had a Math test.  We started a new History chapter.  We are starting a new Reading unit.  Our project is an in class Poetry project.  We went to the Duke on Friday.  It was cancelled because they heard thunder.  That is what we did this week.

Written by Lily

Through the Camera Lense

Coleman being sill with his Bring It Passes.

Mrs. Benton is helping Ira.

Clara Leder, Julia Palmer, Aerielle, and
Caroline doing our in class History project.

Mrs. Benton teaching Math.

Mrs. Wharton teaching us the new Reading unit.

William studying Science.

Mrs. Milford

Ms. Iris

All pictures and captions taken and written  by Caroline J.

What We're Learning This Week

Important Dates This Week:

Tuesday- Playground Project Bake Sale for 3-4 and 5-6 grade lunch waves and Mother's Day shopping in the Campus Store during PE
Thursday- AR Store at 8:30
Friday- The Duke Field Trip (sack lunch needed)

What We are Learning:

Math:
Test on chapter 11 this Thursday.  Please review debits and credits, adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers, and how to find the volume of solids at home.  The last math facts quiz is coming up!

English:
Review of prefix and suffix and of grammar skills covered this year.

Reading:
We will start unit 9, compare and contrast this week.  We will also begin our "in class" Poetry book project for May.

Writing:
We are working on coaching sessions for persuasive writing.

Science:
Vocabulary test on all terms from the unit will be on Tuesday, May 7th.  The end of the unit test is coming soon.

History:
We will start chapter 10 this week, Challenges and Changes- Alabama after 1960.

Spelling:
Spelling Test this Friday, May 10th.  Alabama Fact should come from page 7 and must be a fact not previously studied.  We have finished all of our spelling units in our workbook.  Spelling tests will be on words previously studied.  These words can be found on the back inside cover of the Spelling Workbook. 
Spelling Hint:  Study the third column of words.

Prefix: "im-" meaning not (impossible)
Suffix: "-er/or" meaning one who does something (painter, swimmer)

Spanish:
Test this Wednesday


Upcoming Dates:
Monday- May 6 Chapel
Tuesday May 7- shopping for Mother's Day in the Campus Store
Tuesday May 7- Bake Sale
Friday May 10- The Duke field trip - sack lunch and drink needed
May 20 - All 4th grade leads Church
May 20- 4th Grade Musical
May 24- Last Day old School and Field Day

Our Playground Project Prosal

Alexis's Thoughts of the Week

This week our class proposed the Playground Project! It went really good and nobody messed up.  After some thinking, they said yes!  Right now we have about $253.00!  Make sure you send your kid with money on Tuesday for our bake sale.  Have a great week!

Lewis's Photos of the Week

A Word from Glynn

This week was so much fun!  On Monday we had a normal day. Tuesday in Science we did experiments.  We worked hard on our proposal for all of the people who would like to come.  The rest of the days were normal until Friday.  On Friday we had our turtle cake walk and it was so much fun because we all listened to music and the whole grade was there.  Mrs. Benton's class raised the most money for the sea turtles so we got to keep Saintly.  The fifth grade play was also Friday.  It was so funny and good and then after that we went to the skillet for the rest of the time.  It was a really fun week.

What We Are Learning This Week

We have several things going on in the next few weeks.

Our class Playground Project Proposal is this Tuesday, April 30.  It will be held in the Media Center.  Please try to attend.  The students have done all the work.  It should be great.

Math:
We will begin Chapter 11 on volume, capacity, and adding and subtracting with positive and negative numbers.  The test is set for May 9. 

Science:
We are still exploring Investigation 3.  This investigation focuses on how sound travels through various mediums, solids, liquids, and gases.  The quiz for this investigation has not been set yet but keep an eye out for the date in the homework pad.  The vocabulary quizlet link was sent out last week.  Please let me know if you did not receive it and would like it resent.

English:  We will finish prefixes and suffixes and then begin a review of various English skills.

Reading:  We will finish Unit 8, Drawing Conclusions,  this week. Unit 8 test will be on Wednesday, May 1^st. Specs logs will also be checked this week.   April Book Projects are due on Tuesday, April 30^th. We will finish the week playing and sharing our game board projects and reviewing. Unit 9- Compare and Contrast will begin on Monday, May 6^th.

Writing: Persuasive writing continued- students will write a piece that will persuade someone to get involved in protecting endangered species.

History:  We will finish Chp. 9 this week. Chp. 9 test will be on Tuesday, April 30^th. I will also check binders on that day. We will finish the week working on an in -class group project focusing on civil rights leaders. Chapter 10 will begin on Monday, May 6^th.

Spelling:  Spelling Test this Friday, May 3^rd.  Alabama Fact should come from page 6 and must be a fact not previously studied. We have finished all of our spelling units in our workbook. Spelling tests will now be on words previously studied. These words can be found on the back inside cover of the Spelling workbook. I have also given students a paper copy of the words.   Words for the test this week will come from Column 1 of the list.  Students will have Spelling homework assignments each night to help in their study of these words. Students should prepare by reviewing this list of words and focusing on the words that are more difficult for them. There will be no classroom words.  We are now focusing on prefixes and suffixes. Students will be required to write two sentences on their Spelling test- one sentence with a word including a prefix and one sentence with a word including a suffix. 

 Prefix for next week: Mis-  meaning “incorrectly”   and the Suffix is –Ing,   meaning “happening now”

Spanish:
A quiz is coming up soon.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, April 29^th- Chapel- 8:00
Tuesday, April 30th - Playground Proposal 8:00 in the Media Center
Monday, May 6^th- Chapel- 8:00
May 7-10- Mother’s Day Shopping- Campus Store
Friday, May 10- The Duke Field Trip- Mrs. McCullough and Mrs. Benton’s classes. A sack lunch and drink needed.
Monday, May 20^th- Church- 8:15- 4^thGrade leads worship.
Monday, May 20^th- 1:00- 4^thGrade musical
Friday, May 24^th- Last Day of School – Carpool one Dismissal at 11:40; Carpool 2- 11:50.
Extended Session: 11:50-5:30

Mrs. Benton's Class Playground Proposal

You are invited to attend our Playground Proposal.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
St. Paul's Media Center
8:00 am

Sea Turtle Cake Walk

The girls and their turtle cake creations.

The boys with their much loved cakes.

William and Glynn with their cakes.

Aerielle was selected as the winner of the Sea turtle coloring contest for our class.

We are just a tad excited for the cake walk to begin.

Walking until the music stops.

Trey and Caroline were the first two winners.  They got to
select cakes first.  Thank you to Mrs. Winters and Mrs. Case for
 helping out behind the table.

And so it continues.

The congo line began.

And then there was five.

Our class raised $196.00 for the Sea turtles, collecting the most money.
Saintly, the Save the Sea Turtles mascot, gets to stay in our classroom.

Our crazy class!

Our Week In Pictures

Mrs. Fricke the amazing Art teacher.

This is what we are like in the morning.

Our Reading and History teacher, Mrs. McCullough.

Us in Science,=.

We are pretending to be molecules.

Coleman, Caroline, and Lily are doing writing.

Pictures and Captions by David B.