April: 4/4: Beginning of the First Nine Weeks 4/6: Laptop Day!/Early Release 4/8: Twin Day! 4/11-4/14: FCAT 4/12: Report Cards go home 4/15: Laptop Day! 4/17: Happy Birthday Kam and Seth!!! 4/20: Early Release 4/21: Earth Day 4/22: NO SCHOOL 4/24: Hoppy Easter!! 4/25: NO SCHOOL 4/28: Laptop Day!
This is my 15th year teaching in Duval County. It's crazy because I don't feel like I have been teaching that long! I taught 3rd grade for my first 7 years and teaching 4th grade ever since. I have spent the last 8 years here at Beauclerc. I am married and have 2 children. My son, Ethan is in 3rd grade and my daughter, Anna Caroline, is going into pre-kindergarten.
I hope that you were able to get outside and do something fun with your family since the weather has been just awful. It was gorgeous outside today so the Ryan Family decided to go to the beach. We had a lot of FUN. It was only Justin's second time every being at the beach so the sand kind of freaked him out. It didn't take long for him to get used to the sand. We dug holes, and built sand castles, and of course Justin threw sand (mommy said....nononononono.....). Mr. Ryan hung out with Gaby a lot down by the water. She just loved it. We also collected shells that we are going to use in Gabby's room when we rearrange bedrooms in the house. We also got to run into someone very special. Guess WHO??????????????? KAM!!!! He was funny because he gave me a hug when he saw me and I talked to his mom and then right before I left he goes, "Mrs. Ryan, are we going to have any Spelling words this week?" I just had to giggle.....We miss you guys and can't wait to see you all tomorrow.....
We had a special visit from a very special student, Arthur. He was in our class last year. It was his last day at Beauclerc so he stopped in to say bye. We will miss him very much and we hope that he has a great future. We hope to hear from him in the future. BYE BYE Arthur!!!!!!
Thank you Mrs.Ross and all you for the wonderful birthday wishes. The cupcake was sooooooo YUMMY!!!!!! And thank you Mrs. Peck, Mr. Gibbons, and Mrs. Goodman for thinking about me as well. Also, a special thanks to my boys from last year for the AWESOME visit. I love all you guys!!!!!!
We had a lot of fun visiting all of the performances. We started with the rappers and then went to the BMX show. They both were sooooo cool. DJ got a chance to meet with the BMX guys after the show and get some autographs. We then went to see Anna Moo and the frisbee dogs.
Complete the following assignments this week. They are due on Friday.
There will be time provided throughout the week to work on these assignments at school. However, the majority of the work should be completed at home.
* Please make sure that you have paper and pencil on hand to use for solving any problems.
Wish List/Donations
*Gift cards to Dollar Tree to purchase a personal thesaurus for each student (We have $25, so we only need $11 more. WOOHOO!!!!!!) *Bag of individually wrapped treats *BRIGHT COLORED copy paper
Thank you in advance for sending in any of the supplies needed.
CHALLENGE PROBLEM
Every Monday a new Challenge Problem will be given to the class. It is due on Friday of that week. Parents are encouraged to work on these problems with their child. Some problems will be a lot harder than others.
A fragile item is to be shipped in a cardboard box. In order to prevent the item from hitting against the walls of the box, plastic foam cubes are used as "bumpers". There are ten of these cubes. How can you position them along the inner walls of the box so that there is an equal number of cubes along each wall?
Show your work in some type of chart when solving the problem.
Don't forget to bring in your Box Tops and Campbell's Labels.
Word Study
Test is next Monday!!! Make sure you know how to spell each word and know the definition of each as well. It is important to be able to use each of these words in a MEANINGFUL 4th grade sentence.
MONDAY: Reading~ Read, Log and Sign Math~ 5 multiplication/division problems Word Study~ Computer Assignment~ TUESDAY: Reading~ Read, Log, and Sign Math~ 5 division problems Word Study~ start studying your first five words Computer Assignment~ WEDNESDAY: Reading~ Read, Log, and Sign Math~ Word Study~ Computer Assignment~ work on ixl THURSDAY: Reading~ Math~ Word Study~ Computer Assignment~ FRIDAY:
BOOK CLUBS
We are starting to read novels in class this week. We are going to read the first one together as a whole class. We will be reading Because of Winn Dixie.