Museum on the Move from the Natural History Museum of Utah, came to visit and teach us about fossils!!

We learned a lot about fossils, observations, and recording data!

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I hope that everyone has been enjoying their time off!  I know I have!  

I wanted to let you know that I’ve been trying to upload the Box of Hope videos that I took, but for some reason I can’t get them to upload from home.  🙁  I will keep trying and if nothing else, I’ll go to the school one of these days and try to upload them from there!  🙂  It was an amazing project that turned out amazing–just as I had hope and expected!  I can’t wait for everyone to see the videos with the reactions and faces!

Like I’ve said before, it’s my favorite project we do all year, by far!!

Keep enjoying your time off!!

See you in January!!

Tomorrow we will be sharing our Boxes of Hope.  There are still a few things missing for some kiddos…PLEASE make sure they get brought in!  

Just a quick reminder to kiddos that since Friday’s schedule is so crazy, we have library tomorrow!  Don’t forget your books!

It’s also the Read-a-Thon from 1-2.  If you want to bring in blankets/pillows to be comfortable, you are more than welcome to!

http://alohahsap.org/hsa/students/

Please remember that all COMPLETED Boxes of Hope need to be brought in tomorrow, Wednesday, December 18th.  This is so that I can check off that everyone will have one for Thursday!  🙂  We don’t want anyone left without a box on Thursday, so please make sure that you bring in the completed box.  If you know your student is going to be gone on Thursday, please bring in their box on Wednesday so that their person still has something to open and read Thursday.  

Polar Express:  I haven’t gotten back all the permission slips yet!  If I don’t have a permission slip, the students can’t partake in the hot cocoa or treats.  If you are donating hot chocolate, cider, or whipped cream and you want the left overs back, please write your name on the items.  🙂  If you would like to donate the donut holes–we need to be specific and they need to be purchased from Kents. This is due to allergies.   I have a hot cocoa maker that I’m going to bring in on Friday–if anyone else has one they’d like to let us borrow, that would be great!  

We will be starting the movie at 10 am.  If you have turned in your permission slip saying that you will volunteer, thank you!!  I have four volunteers already, which should be plenty!  Thanks for all the support!!

The homework for the week:
Read for 20 minutes
Reader Response Journal
any Missing Work (I’ll send home the slips tomorrow…I’m home with a sick one year old today)
and Box of Hope.

The Boxes of Hope need to be brought in on Wednesday so that we can exchange them on Thursday. They can’t be late, or we will have very sad kiddos…and we don’t want that!! 🙂

Please make sure that permission slips (for the Polar Express Party) get brought in as soon as possible, as well!

Explore at least 6 videos on Fossils, then you can play the games and do the activities.  Click on the link to get started!


http://www.neok12.com/Fossils.htm

Next week is going to be a little crazy.  Here are some of the things that are coming…

Tuesday: Museum on the Move is coming in to teach us about fossils.

Wednesday: All of the Box of Hope items should be done and brought in

Thursday: We will exchange the Boxes of Hope 

                     We will be having a Read-a-Thon from 1-2.  Kids can bring in     blankets/pillows to be comfortable–and don’t forget a book!  🙂

Friday: 9:00-School-wide Sing Along in the gym

               10:00-Polar Express movie with hot chocolate 

               Early out-1:00 (Free Dress Down day)

The Polar Express will be coming to Quest fourth grade classrooms on Friday, December 20th.  

Please read, sign, and return the permission slip as soon as possible! (There is also a hard copy being sent home today!)

Today in class we learned about Idioms!  Idioms are phrases that if you take literally, they do not have the same meaning as they mean.  For example:  It’s raining cats and dogs!

Students need to write 5 idioms and turn in the paper tomorrow.  

Also, some students did not get done with their multiplication worksheets from today.  They should have taken them home with them.  They need to be done for tomorrow.

And of course, don’t forget the Reader Response Journals and reading for 20 minutes!  🙂

Have a great night!  Stay warm!