Tonight's Reminder

Reading Calendars are due tomorrow so make sure you have them with your minutes totaled up. Also, have your chains to add your feet for minutes read.

Rusty's messages for the week have centered around FRIENDS and that it takes work to have friends and that usually we have only 5 really true friends. Today we talked about what makes a friend a TRUE friend. If your child can tell you one of these, write it in the planner for $ at check in tomorrow.

Have a great night.

Winter & Snow is Upon Us

Yes, winter looks like it is here to stay and your child needs to be prepared to play outside. Please -please make sure they have warm coats, boots, hats, gloves, etc. to safely play outside at recess.

Great job over break practicing those multiplication facts. They are coming along very well and we have less & less to memorize each time. Practice on those laminated boards and the computer sites to be ready for tomorrow's timing. Your child knows what they are on.

In Science, we are almost finished with our Temperature/thermometer unit. Students have been learning about kinetic energy, phases of matter, how a thermometer works, along with the boiling/freezing temps. of water. They also learned that water is the only thing that can go through all 3 phases which is why the red colored liquid in a thermometer is not water. If they can tell you this, then write WATER in their planner for extra $50 at check in.

Tonight's writing prompt is writing about Favorite fun activity or activities in the snow.

Have a great night.

Busy Next Three Weeks

Hi there-I hope you all had a very restful, relaxing Thanksgiving Break. I had a very fun, relaxing, yet productive 5 days with family & friends. I am rested and ready to hit it hard the next 3 weeks. We have a lot to get done to tie up all lose ends before the Christmas/Winter Break.

Did you have cranberries on Thanksgiving? I hope as your family was enjoying cranberries in whatever form you had them that your child was able to tell you the story about them. On Tuesday, before break, we read a story and did a little taste testing and graphed our favorite ways to eat cranberries. Ask your child what their favorite way was-juice, whole-fresh, jellied, or whole in a sauce. Write their favorite way down for an extra $50 tomorrow at check-in.

I hope your child has been working hard on those multiplication facts over the break. They were making great progress before break so let's hope it continued.

Tomorrow, Mr. Chase is coming back to share more information about Washington D.C.

Have a great snowy Sunday and see you tomorrow.

Matter-Matter Everywhere

Today we did our Science lesson on the 3 phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas. After lots of discussion, a You tube, catagorizing things, and discussing the freezing and boiling point of water we now know the difference and we found out that water is the only thing that can be all 3 phases.

I can tell that students are practicing multiplication as they are doing much better on their fact timings. I know that more hard work and persistence they will have all of them. I like how you are checking the laminated boards after they do a row so that they don't do the whole thing wrong.

No spelling list this week or no nightly writing.

Reminder: Tomorrow is a 1/2 day with a 12:00 dismissal. So please make arrangements for pick-up accordingly.

Have a great night and stay warm.

Way to go to 4th Grade Teams!!

FANTASTIC-I am so happy to announce that we raised $193 for the Flakesgiving-helping families in need. Great job to everyone that contributed. We are going to make many families happy this holiday season. We also got to have some FUN in the process. So Good Job! It will be announced on 102.9 at 7:15 tomorrow morning so be sure to tune in.

Speaking of FUN-tomorrow is the big day we get ready for the annual CAT/griz football game. Of course as you all know, I am a big CAT fan and Ms. Erickson is a griz fan so we have a bet. The losing team (griz) has to bake cookies for the winners (CATS) so cheer on those CATS because she makes way better cookies than me!! Also, wear your favorite team gear tomorrow and receive $100 fake money. Write Go CATS in your child's planner to earn an extra $50 at check in. What a fun day we will have!!

Also, we have our Class Celebration tomorrow for earning our 25 compliment points. Students can bring in board games and we will spend some time after lunch celebrating our successes. Way to go Team Hankins!! I will provide hot chocolate as it is going to be quite chilly tomorrow they say.

Final Day of Flakesgiving-Pay It Forward

Great job to all the 4th graders for the money we have raised so far. I am so proud of you.

Tomorrow is the final day-it consists of Bring a pillow &/or blanket, wear a hat, and bring a pop. We are going to take some time at the end of the day to free read and relax1

Write on/wipe off boards went home today as another tool to practice those multiplication facts. We are having the 3's test tomorrow so practice on the boards and use the computer sites.

Listening & talking-I don't know if it is me, but there seems to be a lot more unnecessary talking and less listening as of late. Please talk to your child about this. Thank you

Our writing prompt for tonight is to write about something they are THANKFUL for. It should have a topic sentence, elaborative details, and a conclusion sentence.

Write the word THANKFUL in planner for extra money at check in.

Have a great night.

Tomorrow's Flakesgiving Buy In

Looking good Mr. Ness!!

Tomorrow's Flakesgiving Buy-in consists of wearing pajamas/robe, and slippers may be brought for inside wear, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and having a candy treat for snack. Again 1=$1--2=$2--3=$3. Thank you to those of you that can contribute and wish to.

Social Studies test-Overall, the students did well and I gave them 2 grades. When you see their test, the first grade is for knowing the states & capitals and the second grade is for location.

I haven't checked part two yet of their 4 places in the NE with 3 facts for each, but as I scanned them they looked quite good. Way to go Team Hankins!

Multiplication Websites-We went on the Blog today and practiced our multiplication facts. There are 3 great sites to go to and they know what they are and I EXPECT them to be using these. Also, there are many others on the Bitterroot Home Page that they can go to to practice. I will be able to tell because of how they do in their daily/weekly timings so PRACTICE-PRACTICE-PRACTICE!!

Dressing for the weather-students have been doing a good job of dressing for the weather with coats, mittens, and hats. Keep it up and stay warm.

CELEBRATION-students have earned their next 25 celebration points so we are going to celebrate on Friday with board game fun in the afternoon and I will provide hot chocolate.

Also, on Friday is the annual Cat/Griz pre-game fun. Students will be paid $500 for wearing MSU Bobcat gear and lose $500 for wearing Griz gear (just kidding)! -:

Make sure you cheer for the Cats because if the Cats win, then Ms. Erickson will bake cookies for our class and she is a much better baker than I am!!!!

Ask your child what our word of the week is this week and what they do to feel this way.

If you write it in your child's planner, they will receive free money tomorrow at check in.

Have a great night and stay warm.