Tomorrow in Social Studies we will begin constructing wigwams and longhouse. We are currently learning about PA Settlers. Students learned about the Iroquois and Delawares. Using sticks, barks, and other supplies, students will create minature replicas of these different Indian villages. Last year, students did a wonderful job on this project and I am excited to complete it again!

This week was very crazy! However, 4th grade students did really well in their Christmas Play! I was very proud of them! :) Also, today our class went to Santa's Workshop. The supply was limited, but students got some really nce gifts for their family and friends! Christmas is quickly approaching and the students are getting very excited!

My class is very excited about some school news. Recently, my class was awards 2 pizza parties! We were awarded these parties for winning a BOX TOP contest and Penny Parade Fundraiser. In grades K-4, my class brought in the most number of Box Tops....997!!!! Also, we won the Penny Parade Fundraiser for our grade level collecting $230.00!! The students were super excited and I was very proud of them!! Also, this week we successfully completed there Scholastic Classroom Care Book Challenge. We read 100 books to help 1 million students in need! I am so proud of all my students on all their wonderful accomplishments!

Greetings! This week in school is quite hectic. 4Th grade is putting on a play tomorrow night at the high school. It is titled, "A Dickens of a Christmas." Tomorrow from 9:30-12:00 students will be visiting the high school auditorium to practice for their big night! The students and our music teacher have been working really hard to put on this performance. I can't wait to see it! Also this week students will be able to shop around and buy gifts for their families and friends during Santa's workshop. We are looking forward to a fun filled week!!

Wow! We successfully completed the first quarter! Today report cards were handed out. I can't believe we are almost one week into the second quarter and one week away from Thanksgiving break...time is flying! This week we are writing descriptive essays on our favorite foods. Students learned to ionclude the 5 senses in their writing to add vivid details to their essay. We also began our 4th unit in math on decimals. This is usually a challenging unit, but I'm sure we will accomplish our goals at the end of it!

November....already! November is off to a great start. Our classroom signed up for the Scholastic Book Challenge. We are hoping to read 100 books by December 18th and 1 million books will go to students in need. Students are doing a great job and really eager to accomplish this goal. I'm so happy and proud of them for doing this! I know we will meet the goal!

I haven't blogged in a while so here I am. how about this wonderful weather! We have been moving along great in the classroom. My students have been doing an excellient job! We did many activities on the SMARTBoard on nouns, subtracting numbers, and even a cool halloween ordered pairs activity. Today the students completed a writing activity where they had to write what they would put in a witches brew. It was a great activity that involved creativty and we even touched on measurement! The students are getting very excited about halloween and our classroom looks very festive! We celebrated Red Ribbon Week and today students brought in a canned food item to donate to St. Fransis of Asissi kitchen for Thanksgiving. The slogan was "Put a can on Drugs." Tomorrow is dress down down and everyone is asked to where red! We are all excited for the weekend.