Book Buddies with Mrs. Hartley's Class

Ms. Strum ALWAYS tells us that we are the best class in the whole school, and we are! Mrs. Hartley and Ms. Gooseberry teach 2nd grade. One day Mrs. Hartley came to Ms. Strum and they talked about doing book buddies together. Each 2nd grade student in Mrs. Hartley and Ms. Gooseberry's class is paired with a 4th grade student in Ms. Strum's class. Ms. Strum has been telling us that we are to be leaders and set a good example for our book buddy.

Marquez and Armand working on their Book Buddy assignment.

Our 1st meeting with our book buddy, we worked together and created a venn diagram comparing how we are alike and how we are different. Each Tuesday, we will meet and read a different book. We will also work with our book buddy and complete a reading comprehension flip chart based on what they read.

Laquisha and Artesia working together to complete their book buddy assignment.

We look forward to every Tuesday, because we know that we are going to be able to read and work with our book buddy. We love it when Mrs. Hartley and Ms. Gooseberry's class come to our room. We can't wait until next week! :)

SURVIVOR

This week Ms. Strum divided us into SIX groups to play a game called SURVIVOR! Each group decided on a group name and decorated their poster accordingly. Ms. Strum told us that each week we could earn points based on behavior, homework, and academic points. At the end of each week, the students could pick the prize for their team AND steal a member of their choice from ANY other team.

Black Beasts- Armand, Jalyn, Rodney, and Taylor

Fantastic Falcons- Cienoshia, Daijana, Khalil, and Jamal

Blue Bears- Andrew, Darlyn, Jame'ica, and Keosha

Star Steelers- Keatan, LaQuisha,Makyla, and Xavier

Beautiful Bulldogs- Dekawana, Ja'Ray, Makayla, and Zachary

Wicked Winners- Dorien, Kerronta, Kirston, and Mary

WE LOVE to make LEARNING FUN!

Make-and-Take/Parent's Night Out

Tonight we had a FANTASTIC night planned for our parents! We had a hot dog supper and Make-and-Take Activities planned for the parents to make for their children. Mrs. Hicks, Mr. Palmer, and Ms. Strum met with all the 4th grade parents and shared with them some of the things that we needed to know to prepare for the State test that we will take in May!

Mr. Palmer explaining to a parent the Reading Comprehension game.

Kaleb working hard on making his reading comprehension game.

Mrs. Holman making a game for her child.

Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Robinson deep in conversation!

A SPECIAL THANKS to all parents and students who came out tonight! A great time was had by all! Thank you to all who made this night possible!

Spring Break Dance

Dorien having a GREAT time dancing to the music!

Look at those MOVES!

What a BEAUTIFUL day to have a DANCE party!

What a BLAST we had!

GO DORIEN GO!

Kirston, Cienoshia, and Jame'ica taking in the view!

HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!

Science Fair Projects

Take a look at the pictures and Science Fair Projects that are found below! Everyone did such a great job on their project! Way to go!

Cienoshia

Ja'Ray

Kirston

Armand

Andrew

Mary

Makayla

Dekawana

Jamal

Khalil

Keosha

Xavier

Makyla

Darlyn

Cienoshia, Ja'Ray, and Jamal all placed in our school Science Fair.

Read Across America/Dr. Seuss' Birthday

The Library all set up for Read Across America Day!

We were celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday.

Today our school celebrated Read Across America Day as well as Dr. Seuss' Birthday. We were very fortunate to have college students that are in school to become teachers come and read to us. Ms. Sasser works hard with Dr. Sheppard to make sure that there are enough readers to come to our school.

Ms. Amber Cockrell came and read to our class. Ms. Cockrell read Bartholomew and the Oobleck. It was the first time for some of us to hear this story that was written by Dr. Seuss.

We are enjoying listening to Ms. Cockrell read Bartholomew and the Oobleck.

What a GREAT book!

A SPECIAL THANKS to Ms. Cockrell for coming and reading to our class. We enjoyed celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday with you!

Ms. Sasser hard at work making sure that everyone has a Dr. Seuss' Reader.

4th Grade PTA Program

Behind the Stage with Ms. Strum's class

"Who Am I?" presented by Mrs. Hicks' Class

4th grade presenting "I Am a Promise"

Ms. Strum's class presenting the poem "Determined to Be Somebody"

Ms. Strum's Class presenting a rap called "I Am a Promise".

This rap was written by our music teacher, Mrs. Williams.

Thank you all so much for coming to our program and showing your support!

Singular to Plural

Today Ms. Strum reviewed with us the rules for changing a singular noun to a plural noun. Ms. Strum divided into groups. We were each given six to eight singular nouns. Ms. Strum told us that we would work with our group and determine what rule we would use to change the noun from a singular to a plural noun.

Andrew and Kerronta hard at work!

Ms. Strum told us to write our singular nouns on the sentence strips provided. We glued these words on the singular noun side of the construction paper. With our group, we looked at the singular noun and determined what rule we would follow to change it to a plural noun. We wrote the plural form of the noun on the sentence strip and glue it beside the singular noun. Ms. Strum had us write on the plural noun sentence strip what rule we followed, and what we changed.

Working together to finish our work!

Happy Valentine's Day!