Memorization

On April 25th, our fourth graders will be standing on their own, on Milaca High School's Dahlager Theater's stage to recite their prepared poem. It takes some practice and preparation to be ready for such an important speaking opportunity in front of you peers, their parents, and staff! We have been working on our poems in class.

One strategy to practice, we had a partner from class. Our directions were to sit "knee to knee". First, we took turns reading our poems to our partner. Next, we trade our poetry notebooks. We practiced reciting our poems. Our partners read us any lines we needed help reciting. We took turns reciting our poems in class.

Students should continue to practice reading their poems at home. It is a great opportunity to practice in the mirror or to the family.

Poetry Cafe is scheduled for Friday April 25th. Ms. Leom, Ms. Prose, and Mrs. Arens (partial) will present at 8:45 AM. Mr. Greninger, Mr. Lundeen, and Mrs. Arens (partial) will present at 10:00 AM. Parents, families, and friends will need a picture ID and should check in through the District Office doors before joining  us. We hope to see you there!

Old versus New

Don't you love when you know what is happening before your fourth grader?! Just that little heads-up? We are switching seats today! Ok, I posted it on the board on Monday that switching seats would happen sometime this week. Today is the day! The big deal, not only are we switching seats ... we rearranged the tables!! It will be BIG news in fourth grade. The door is closed to keep the surprise.

Old:

tables

New:

rows

Happy Tuesday!!

Mr. Meyer

On our way back to our room from Reading Buddies, our assistant principal, Mr. Meyer was checking out our line basics. One of the strengths in our school is the presence of our administrators. They are visible and available to all students throughout the entire day. Mr. Meyer is admiring our hands to ourselves. We earned a class compliment.

Spring Buddies

With our swimming reward last Friday and no school this coming Friday, Mrs. Stuckmayer and Ms. Leom made arrangements for our Reading Buddies to meet. Monday was the day. We also decided it was time for a partner activity. Kindergarteners are developing their graphing skills, and we had a role to help them practice and develop their skills.

Mrs. Stuckmayer welcomes us as she is explaining the expectations to the kindergarteners.

 Mrs. Stuckmayers partners up the students. There are different students absent, so the partners might shift each week.

 Students grab "math trays", a cup of jellybeans, a sorting paper, a graphing paper, and their pencil boxes. Then the partners found a place to work.

There were specific directions. Only fourth graders were allowed to touch the jellybeans, since they would be eating the jellybeans in the cups. The kindergarten buddies were able to direct the sorting.

 The pink and red jellybeans needing some comparing and contrasting to determine which was which. There were some great conversations as the buddies figured out the best options.

 The students were very engaged and serious in their activity.

 As we finished up, the kindergarten buddies were able to grab their own cups of jellybeans. The buddies looked over their learning, ate their jellybeans, and talked. It was a fun time together!

Night of the Twisters

Ms. Leom is reading the book, Night of the Twisters to her homeroom class.

The book tells the story of Dan and his friend, Arthur, who experience a tornado one night in their Nebraska town. Ask your fourth grader to tell you more about this reading adventure!

Swimming Reward

After months of trying to organize a swimming reward, we were finally able to make it happen in April. Students walked down to the high school swimming pool and enjoy a refreshing reward. Congratulations to all of the students who had all of their learning completed for the first two weeks of the fourth quarter, had their responsibility cards, and didn't have any Discipline Referrals.

Mrs. Printy is our lifeguard. She is amazing!! She starts out with sharing the rules and expectations with us.

 Then, in the pool we went for over an hour of wet fun!

It is a fun day to spend with friends!