Time to Type!

One of the Utah state goals for fourth graders is to type 20 words a minute. This is the technology grade on their report cards. Our fourth grade team really pushes this because it will be so important for the kids to be able to type quickly and accurately as they go through school. As with most things, practice makes perfect. 

It is very important for the kids to be using all their fingers and to avoid looking at their hands. Fingers on the home row!

The following is a list of practice programs and games you can access on the internet.

Cup Stack by Typing!

Dance Mat Typing

Typer Shark - One of the favorites from the computer lab

More Games - Tons of different games we use at school

Christmas Websites

Merry Christmas everyone! I arrived safely in Washington and will spend the break with my parents and sister. I hope you all have a wonderful vacation. Thank you for all your generous gifts. Merry Christmas! Don't forget to read!

Track Santa! He'll be at your house soon! NORAD Santa Tracker

Here's the website we looked at in class. Northpole.org

And the Chanukkah website. 

Winter Break!

Tuesday is the last day of school before our break. The kids will be excused at 1:25. School starts up again on Monday, January 5. 

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas break. While I'm not sending homework home, I do want the kids to continue reading. This can include family reading of Christmas stories! 

Please, please, please help your child review multiplication facts. I'm finding a lot of the kids do not know their facts. We will be doing longer multiplication and long division when we come back and if the kids don't know their facts, it will be very difficult for them to do well.  There are some worksheets here and there are games here.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas break. While I'm not sending homework home, I want the kids to continue reading. This can include family reading of Christmas stories. Reading calendars are due when we get back. 

Halloween Pictures

Playing Halloween Bingo

Chyentel and Keeley make a mummy!

Hailey and Mina have a turn

Taryn and Mia (aka Cruella De Vil)

Girls playing Bingo

Jaydan and McKay

Kaitlyn and Sam

Daniel and Matthew

Outside before school

Our whole wonderful class!

Winter is here!

Welcome back! It has been a great week.

Looks like we have a big storm coming through this weekend. Please make sure your child wears warm clothes and proper shoes next week. We will be outside in the mornings and at recess unless it is snowing heavily. 

We will be doing some projects in class next week. If you have any small decorations to donate to the class, we'd be happy to have them. I'm looking for craft type things like beads, buttons, puffy paint, lace, ribbon, yarn, etc. Please send them to school Monday or Tuesday. Thank you!

Symphony Dress-up

Each year the fourth graders get to attend a performance of the symphony. We always ask the kids to dress nicely and so I try to get pictures of the handsome and beautiful results.

Our Handsome Boys and Two Beautiful Girls

The Beautiful Ladies

The Beautiful and Silly Ladies

The Handsome and Silly Kids

Elephant Toothpaste

Mia's parents came to Discovery Day to present some neat science experiments.

Elephant Toothpaste!
Always wear safety equipment when doing experiments!

Adding the safe ingredients.

Is it going to work?

Film canister explosives and egg transformations

GeoDome Pictures

Finally! I think I've finally been successful in posting some pictures. These are from our Discovery Day when we made GeoDomes from toothpicks and gumdrops.

How much weight can it hold?
Three GeoDomes and lots of Magic Tree House

The Middle Table Working Hard

Jeff is builds a sturdy base.

Jaydan builds one handed!

David inspects other GeoDomes.

Katye, Ammon, Kori, and Andrew are hard at work.