We Made It!!

Yes, we made it through Halloween week. Actually the kids did a great job these past 2 days with all the excitement. It is fun to be able to do the fun things and yet still be able to use good character and "rope" that excitement back in and get down to business. Today we started out with a little skit consisting of: Reasons to say "NO" to drugs. Then we made leaf animals with our 2nd grade buddies that turned out so cool. The 4th graders that had extra time made leaf animals also and then we hung them in the hall with our fun slogan: "Mrs. Hankins's Class Leaves Drugs Alone" along with drug free messages hanging with them. You will see them hanging in the hall next week at conference. Ask them what animal they helped their buddy create and/or what animal they created. Some 4th graders share buddies and also some of our buddies moved so we had a couple groups of just 4th graders working together w/o a buddy. That happens. Took our Math Chapter test today and the students did a great job. Now we are moving on to more multiplication/division strategies. Goals for next week: Lead 21-finishing up our informational text on A Green Future. Skills & strategies for the week are: Point of view, drawing conclusions, and idioms. Language-continuing with Verbs & verb tenses. Spelling-Unit 9 word list Math-multiplication/division story problems along with multi step story problems. Also, the properties of multiplication. Science-finishing up the water cycle unit Social Studies-practicing those NE states & capitals Montana History-Government section-Also Friday is Montana's Birthday so we will be do a fun map scavenger hunt with partners. If you know how old Montana will be on Friday, write it in the planner for free money. Speaking of money: Students will use their fake money to buy coupons on Monday and then any money they have left, they will be able to buy things from Mrs. Hankins' store. Any & left over will go back into the bank. Then on Wednesday, they will will start the new quarter with $100. Raindrop Stories & Projects: These are due on Tuesday morning!!! Can't wait to see them and students will get to share their whole story with a partner. Student of the Week: Kira had many fun things to share. We learned she wants to be a Civil Engineer. She has many things she enjoys with horses, purple, soccer, and hunting being just a few of them. Ask your child the thing we learned that she said we didn't know about her. Hint: pink/squirrel Have a great weekend and I hope you get out and enjoy the nice weather.