Getting Ready for the DRE Auction

  Students were very excited to create a special piece of artwork to go into the DRE Auction. The pieces are amazing!  Thank you so much Mrs. Beale for helping us!  Hope you will join us for this special event on February 24th. 

Valentine's Day

    Now that you are very comfortable writing poetry, take a look at these links on how you can create some Valentine fun with your poems.

http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/WordHearts/

http://www.festisite.com/text-layout/#2,0

Book Club- Sharing Our Poetry

  This past week we have been very busy creating acrostic, cinquain, and a to z alliteration poems during our poetry study unit.  This Friday morning during our book club the students shared their poetry with each other.  It is so wonderful to hear all the poems that they have created during this time. I have very talented students!

Hands On Learning with Static Electricity!

  Do you know how static electricity happens?  Students had the opportunity to get an insider's look at static electricity today!  Science is just so much fun!

We Are Learning About Electricity

  Do you know how electricity works?  Do you know why your hair stands up due to static electricity?  Take a look at this video for a great introduction to electricity. Electricity rocks!  http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/electricity.htm

The Long Division Song- DMSB

Playing With Poetry

This past week we began our unit on poetry. Students are really enjoying creating poems in their poetry journal. Take a look at these links for reading and writing poetry!
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/elem/4th/ELA/poetry/poetry_temp4th.htm