Oregon Trail

We read Apples to Oregon this week in language arts. Today I showed them a classic from my youth, the Oregon Trail. It is available to play online. I think it'll only work on a desktop or a laptop. I don't think it will work with a tablet, but they can give it a try.

Here is the link: The Oregon Trail

Report Cards and Calendars

Our schedule is going to get CRAZY at the end of the year. We have lots of activities coming up, most of which the students will be excited about (the Forward Exam may not be as exciting).

March 30 - Report Cards Home 

Please Return the envelope for the last quarter

April 4 - AG in the Classroom Presentation

A presentation by UW-Platteville FFA members

April 8 - Benchmark Assessments

They will read to me one-on-one. I assess their accuracy and fluency.

April 14 - Early Release & Conferences (1-8)

Thanks to those who have signed-up already

April 15 - No School!

April 21 - Lumberjack Day

Afternoon activity at the school to go along with Social Studies

April 22 - Earth Day

The official day. My son always tells me everyday is Earth Day

April 25-May 6 - Forward Testing

This is the new standardized test for the state of Wisconsin. We will do one test each day over a two week span. Fourth graders take tests on language arts, math, science, and social studies.

May 2 - No School!

May 8 - Mother's Day

May 20 - Platteville Mining Museum Field Trip

This is just just an afternoon field trip. We will eat at the school then go to the Mining Museum.
May 23 - Leix Farm Visit

This is also an afternoon field trip just down the road. It goes along with the social studies as well.

May 27 - Capitol Tour

This is an all day field trip to the Fitchburg Theater and the State Capitol. This trip is all day.

May 30 - Memorial Day - No School!

June 3 - Last Day of School!

Conferences and Report Cards

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Conferences are schedule for Thursday, April 14 from 1-8 p.m. Each classroom teacher is setting up their own schedule. I am sending home the sign-up for my homeroom tonight. Please return them as soon as you are able to get the time you'd like. I will send home updates of the scheduled conferences. If the times from our classroom and your other children don't like up just let me know and we can make adjustments.

Report Cards

The third quarter report cards will be sent home or e-mailed on Wednesday, March 30. We will discuss those during conferences, but if you have questions just let me know.

Student Teacher

When we get back from Spring Break we will have a student teacher for the fourth quarter. Kyle Riemenapp, a former Iowa-Grant student, will be a student teacher in our room. During his first quarter of student teaching he was in Fennimore working with kindergartners. 

He has been in the building a few times already, and several students already know him from swimming lessons and other activities around town.

I actually taught Kyle when he was a student at IG. I was a computer teacher then and had him starting in elementary through middle school. I'm not sure how he got through college that fast, because I can't have been teaching that long already!

Have a great break!

Science and Social Studies Tests

This is just a reminder that students have tests in Science and Social Studies coming up this week.

The science test is on Monday, March 14 with Ms. Hrubes.

The social studies test is on Wednesday, March 16 with Ms. Lynch. It is open book/notes.

We will be back to our normal spelling test routine this week.

Spring Break at Cobb Public Library

MOVIE MATINEE

Where: Cobb Public Library

When: Friday, March 18 at 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Showing:

Rated: G

~ Children 6 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

LEGO Morning

 
Where: Cobb Public Library

When: Thursday, March 24

Who: All ages are welcome

~ LEGOs provided

~ FREE
~ Children 6 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

@ 10:00am – 11:00am

Blog Note

This is For This Weekend 

 

Come to the Montfort Community Building on Saturday March 12th from 10am-noon!

We will have real bunnies, a 4-H bake sale, take & make crafts, and the Easter Bunny!

Hope to see you there! This is a FREE event!!

Xtra Math

Congratulations to Brady for passing the subtraction portion of xtra math!

Tests / Homework / Spelling

It lined up that we had a lot of tests this week. We did the Unit 6 math test (fractions) on Tuesday. We started the language arts test on Wednesday and will finish it on Thursday. When we have big test like that we usually don't have homework. This means that they won't have much homework the rest of the week.

Also, because of the language arts test we don't have a set of spelling words this week. We will again next week. 

Letter Coming Home Tonight

March 7, 2016

Dear families,

On March 31, 2016, The Playground Committee is planning a pasta supper and movie night to raise money for the playground!  In addition to the pasta and movie, they will be having a Basket Raffle.  They are requesting that each homeroom or grade level create a basket to raffle off during the evening.  We have decided to work together as a grade level and are asking all families to donate any dollar amount they are willing/able to donate for this great cause. We will then use the donated money to buy items for a “4^thGrade Basket”.  Basket tickets will then be sold that night and the winners’ names will be drawn at the end of the movie.

Please send in your donation by Friday, March 18^th, so we can prepare our basket over spring break. Thank you so much in advance! We will be sure to take a picture and let you see how great it turns out with your help!

Thanks Again,

4^th Grade Team

Softball and Baseball Forms

The forms for summer baseball and softball are coming home tonight! The due date is March 30 and after that there is an extra $25 charge. Registration forms are not accepted after April 8. I encouraged all the students to return these forms sooner rather than later. If it's anything like my house, a piece of paper will not last an entire month without getting lost.

Dr. Seuss Day

Mrs. Bast came in today to read a Dr. Seuss book to the class today. 

A Few Notes

Xtra Math

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Congratulations to Jayden A. for passing the subtraction portion of the Xtra Math program. Great work!

New Reading Calendars

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The March reading calendars are coming home tonight. March is the last month to earn a Book-It Pizza coupon!

I got a nice chunk of February calendars and a couple of kids who said they forgot. If they forgot, please turn it in tomorrow and I'll send home the Book-It Pizza Coupons for February tomorrow.

LEGO Club
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Where:  Cobb Public Library

When:  Saturday, March 5

@ 1:00pm – 2:00pm  

~ LEGOs provided

~ Many new LEGO sets added

~ Children 6 and under must be accompanied by

an adult.