Top Ten Hits From September 21-25

10. We had our first afternoon assembly of the school year to kick off our Sally Foster fundraiser.
9. During Writer's Workshop, we wrote about "where we are from" and we also learned how to lift from our notebooks to yellow draft paper.
8. We had our first choice day in PE!
7. We had Back to School night so that our parents could hang out with our crazy teachers!
6. We had our second full week of fourth grade.
5. We learned multiples of 11 (and some other numbers too!) And it's one of our goals.
4. We had our first free choice writing time.
3. Our school had our first book fair of the year.
2. We learned how to draw the rest of the iguannas during art on Wednesday.
1. We started our Landform Dictionaries and even played Cartographers Charades!

Top Ten Hits from September 14-18

We had a lot of exciting things happen in our classroom during our first full week of fourth grade. Here are our top ten:

10. we had our first full week of math workshop rotating through different stations like calendar, measurement, area, and more. We had to turn in our math journals to be corrected for the first time!
9. We survived five days in a row of fourth grade and have been here for 8 days!!!!
8. We had crazy sock Friday...don't forget your crazy socks next week.
7. We had our first Green Team time of the year on Wednesday afternoon- it was time for curbside recycling!
6. We learned how to use VoiceThread this week to tell others about what the Preamble to the constitution means.
5. Aye Matey! Today, Friday, was International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Me thinks it was a great day!
4. We met with our cute kindergarten buddies for the first time on Wednesday afternoon, after our first recycling!!!!
3. A new student joined our classroom this week! Welcome Brendon!!!!
2. We read The Traveler and learned about not wasting our time.
1. We celebrated Constitution Day on Thursday, September 17th. We learned what the constitution is and what it means to our country.

Top Ten Hits from the First Week of School

Every Friday, our class will post our top ten "hits" from the week- things we have done and learned together! Here is our first release...

10. We had our first day of school! We are offically FOURTH GRADERS!!!!
9. The Pringle buses changed colors and routes.
8. We took TWO math tests.
7. We met all of our classmates and learned everybody's name and what they did over the summer. Four of our classmates are brand new to Pringle.
6. We had fun role playing our Red Carpet criteria.
5. We watched President Obama's speech, "My Education, My Future".
4. We got our writer's notebooks!
3. We started designing our portfolios that will collect our best work.
2. We created an I Chart to learn how to read to self. We also went book shopping. (We added over 200 books to our classroom library this summer!)
1. We took the ZIBBLEFRITZ oath!

Welcome Back to School!

The first day of school, any year, is always an exciting day- making new friends, connecting with old pals, learning new routines, and getting back into school habits!

We are excited to move our community classroom from third to fourth grade this year. Our classroom theme is still Hollywood, but instead of Hollywood movies (PR Productions), we've moved on to the record business! We are RCA- Rodin Carter Associates.

Carter? Who's that? Well, this summer, on July 2, Ms. Palmer got engaged (to Mr. Carter)! They will be getting married in December, so halfway through the year, she will become Mrs. Carter!

This blog will have frequent updates of what is going on in our classroom and in the world of fourth grade. Every Friday will post the Top Ten Hits of the week...a summary of our learning.

Again, we are so excited for this brand new school year! It will be a Journey of Discovery!

Make it a great day,
Mrs. Rodin and Ms. Palmer (soon to be Mrs. Carter)