Fourth Grade Buddy Time

Today we got together with our fourth grade buddies! We played math games together - Addition Top-It and Name that Number! It was a fun way to end the week! 
 

Science with Mr. Nelson: The Night Sky

Today our class went to Mr. Nelson's room for science. Ask your child about this chart and what they learned with him! 
 

 

Science with Mrs. Anderson: Parachutes

Today our class went to Mrs. Anderson's room for science! Ask your child what they put together and what it has to do with air!
 

Science with Mrs. Kath: Balloon Rockets

Today we switched for science! Our class went to Mrs. Kath's class. She did a really cool experiment with them using balloons and air! Ask your child what they did and learned! 
 

Clouds

Today in science we talked about three different types of clouds. Cirrus, Cumulus and Stratus. See if your child can tell you what each cloud is like! 
Then we put together a cloud flip book! Finally we read a fun story called, Cloudette. Ask your child what it was about!
 

Guided Reading

We started our guided reading groups this week! Each week every student meets several times with me. This week we focused on non-fiction books. We talked about different non-fiction text features. See if your child can tell you what some of them are! (table of contents, glossary, index, bold face words, graphs, charts, etc.)

This group is practicing taking notes from a book. This is a skill that all students will be working on throughout the year!
 

When students are not meeting with me they are working on work at their desks. Each day we practice spelling. Ask your child some of the different ways that we practice our spelling! We work on vocabulary words, special worksheets that go with our literacy theme, writing in a journal, read to self, etc. They are doing a great job of working hard and independently so that I can meet with students!

Weather Instruments

Today we talked about different weather instruments that a meteorologist would use!  See if your child can tell you why each one is important!

Thermometer - We talked about the difference between celsius and fahrenheit. 

Rain gauge - Where is the best place to put a rain gauge? Why?

Anemometer - What is it and what does it do?

Unity Day

Today Brimhall celebrated Unity Day! Staff and kids wore orange to show that we are united in kindness! We are focusing on a creating a kind and caring community! This morning watched a short power point about how to show respect and kindness to others. It also talked about what to do if someone feels like they are being bullied. The "Buddy Benches" were introduced! Ask your child how the "Buddy Bench" works!
 

After that we headed outside for an extra recess! It was fun to see many parents join us for this special event!

Weather Observations

Today we practiced making weather observations. We are keeping track on a calendar the type of weather it is each day. We are noticing if it is sunny, overcast, windy, warm, cold, mild, etc. Yesterday we looked at how meteorologists keep track of the weather by looking at Kare 11's weather page. 
 

Pushing on Air

Today we did another experiment with air.  We used syringes and tubing to explore more with air.  We talked about two new big words: compressed and pressure.  See if your child can tell you how these two relate to air and what we did today!