Chiles' class picture for the yearbook!

Spelling Bee

The Woodlands Prep spelling be will be held on January 6th at 2 pm.  Please see the link below to find the words to study.  Our 4th grade participants are Taylor Y, Meredith and Jack.  GOOD LUCK!!

http://www.myspellit.com/

Wash your hands!!!

We did a little experiment in class...we gave groups of students a cotton swab and they picked a location in the school to swab and we rolled it in a petri dish.  This is what is growing...

Book Project

BOOK PROJECT IS DUE TOMORROW TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Secret Santa

DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR SECRET SANTA GIFTS!!!  MON-THUR YOUR SMALL GIFTS AND YOUR BIGGER GIFT ON FRIDAY!!

EBSCO

Here is a great resource for your research project!

http://search.ebscohost.com/

username: Texask12
password: ebsco

Germs and staying healthy

We are talking about germs and staying healthy in class and I wanted to pass along a fun website for you to take a look at.  It gives a lot of great information on how we can be healthy and germ free!

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/index.html

Decker's class will recieve extra credit in the form of $ (for your class checkbook) if you research a type of germ and bring it to class!! :) (Due Dec 9th)

Book Project Info

Here is the Book Project Information in case you have lost it...

4^th Grade End of Year Book Report & Project Guidelines

You will use your realistic fiction book for this project.  Due December 13^th 2011

Paragraph Form: This report must be written in paragraph form. Don’t forget to have a topic sentence and to include supporting details. Your report may be written in block format or indented format.

Title Page: Put a complete heading on the first page of your report:

Name ,Grade, Language Arts, Book Report, and Date

On other pages, be sure to add the page numbers.

Grade: The book report will be graded for content, sentence structure, and form. Be sure to check spelling, neatness, and paragraph structure.

Book reports must be your own work. Do not copy from another person or a book.

First Section

General information: Title, author, date of publication, number of pages, type of book, setting, and time period. This section does not need to be in paragraph form.

Second Section

Description of Plot: Explain what happened in the story by writing a paragraph summary for the book.

Third Section

Major Characters: Describe the major characters and explain how they are important to the story. You must have a separate sentence for each major character.

Fourth Section

Recommendation: Who should read this book? Why? How difficult is it? What age group should read it?

Fifth Section

Glossary: Define five unfamiliar or challenging words from the book. This section does not need to be in paragraph form.

Sixth Section

Review: Give your opinion of the book. Explain why you like or dislike the book.

Research internet sites

Here are some sites for you to use while research your "Children at risk" topics.  Remember to site your source!!

http://www.kidsclick.org/

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

http://www.loc.gov/families/

http://www.factmonster.com/

http://www.ipl.org/

http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Math Score

Math Score is a new program we are using at Woodlands Prep and we would like for each student to get on for at least 15 minutes each night to do an activity.  We are emailed each time a student completes an activity and we will use these scores at times for homework grades.  Please see below for information on logging in.


http://www.wps.tx.mathscore.com/

username: first name and first two initials of the last name

password: initials + wps

Thanks!

4th grade Teachers