Author Archives: Smedley

About Smedley

I am so excited to be joining Quest Academy and the 4th grade team! I have been teaching for 6 years and love my job! I earned my Bachelors in Elementary Education and Special Education from Weber State in 2008 and my Masters in Learning and Technology from WGU in 2012! I love teaching all subjects but Math is my favorite! I have 3 awesome kids (Macey 8, Mack 6 and Laker 4) and have been married to my amazing husband, Shaun, for 11 years! In my free time I love to travel, blog, and watch sports. We are die hard Utes and Lakers fans! We also love all things Disney and love to visit Disneyland as often as possible!

Thursday Math Homework

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Smedley

Dividing has proven to be a bit harder for some of our kids. This is why I have been day to day on math homework this week. Here is the practice for tonight. 6.5  They are welcome to use any method … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Homework (and other stuff)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Smedley

For math homework today please have your student show you how to do “126 divided by 9”. They can use a picture, standard algorithm (the way we learned it growing up), or the “Big 7” method.  We are exploring multiple … Continue reading →

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Our Hour of Code

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Smedley

Link to Coding Practice

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Hour of Code Tomorrow!

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Smedley

We have the great benefit of completing an hour coding tomorrow! The kids are super excited and it should be a lot of fun!

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Hands, Feet and Objects to Selves

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Smedley

Parents, We have had an uprising of kids not keeping their hands, feet and objects to themselves. This includes both hitting and kicking each other as well as using their hands to take things that don’t belong to them. Please … Continue reading →

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Homework December 8-12

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Smedley

Word Sort Groups:Hulk Group sortIronman Group sortBatman Group sortThor Group sortMondayRead 20 minutesSort words and write them in your homework notebook. Math (No math homework today)TuesdayRead 20 minutesSort words and write them in your homework notebook. Math (I am not ready for this to be independent yet. Please … Continue reading →

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4th Grade Polar Express Party

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Smedley

December 19th is the last day before our Winter break and we will be doing our class party that day. From 9-10 that morning is the school wide sing-a-long. Then at 10:00 – noon we will be watching the  Polar … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Math Homework

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Smedley

On tonight’s homework please do the estimation by rounding to the second largest place value. So if it is a number in the hundreds, round to the tens. If it is a number in the thousands, round to the hundreds. … Continue reading →

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Supplies Running Low

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Smedley

Parents, We have gone through more tissues this year than I could have ever imagined! We are actually on our last box of tissues! If you happen to be willing to donate any more supplies to our class we are … Continue reading →

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Homework December 1-5

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Smedley

Welcome back and I hope everyone had a great 9 days off! We are back to the normal routine of homework this week and have only 15 days of school until Winter Break so we have a lot to get … Continue reading →

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