One More Full Week!

While we all can see the light at the end of the tunnel for Winter Break, there is still a jam packed week of school left. This week in the 4th Grade we will be taking the Math MAP test, Math Basic Skills Test, starting our Kansas research and PowerPoint, and be continuing with many of the normal routines.

Also don't forget that the NonFiction Book Report is due on Wednesday!

As always if you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to contact me.

Try and stay warm!

Mr. S

Hope Everyone Had a Wonderful Break

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Break and had a chance to spend some quality family time! I went to the Ozarks with my family and we had a blast. We have 3 weeks until this quarter is over so it is imperative that we get the most out of it.

This week's agenda:

1. Midwest Region Test on FRIDAY  (States Only and remember spelling counts!)
2. Spelling Test 14
3. Start Topic 17 in Math
4. Continue Open Court for Reading
5. Work on writing process in Language Arts
6. Catch Up on Chiefs Watch

**Also do not forget that our nonfiction book report is due 12/15. We will put together the photo album template in class, the students will be required to complete everything else on their own. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to contact me.

Mr. S

Due to My Absence...

Progress Reports will be going home next week before Thanksgiving. Thanks for understanding.

Mr. Strathman

No School on Tuesday, November 16

Tomorrow, 11/16, is a teacher work day and there is no school for students. Thanksgiving Break is just around the corner so it is important we work hard until then! We will be starting a new Science chapter this week, continuing on with polygons in math, and will be working hard in Open Court Reading. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns you may email or call me at anytime.

I will be absent this Friday as I head west to Boulder to cheer on the Wildcats!

Looking forward to another amazing week.

Mr. S

Work Is Never Done.....

Another full week is planned in 4th Grade! This week we will have our Nutrition Test on Tuesday, States WITH Capitals test Friday, Spelling Review Test Friday, and of course we took our Reading Test today! Today in class we also talked about the starting of our Reading Counts program. For the month of November we set a goal of each student earning 15 points. Any student who meets this goal will earn the right to have lunch in the room with me, and I will be supplying a delicious treat for dessert! Make sure you read every night so you achieve your goal!

There are many fun activites as well:

1. The Book Fair is from Wednesday-Friday
2. Veteran's Day activities on Thursday
3. Our schoolwide Coat and Canned Food Drive

Looking forward to spending another great week with an amazing class!

Mr. S

A Week Full of Social Studies...

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Halloween! This week's tasks are the following:

1. Social Studies test over Chapter 3 on Tuesday
1. Things to know:
1. The difference between a market and command economy
2. What is the East's climate?
3. What are factors of production?
4. What landform regions are in the East?
5. Where did the Dutch settlers settle?
6. How to read and use a timeline
7. Why did southern and eastern Europeans immigrate to the U.S?
8. What ways did they land and water in the East affect where people settled?
2. Test on Friday over the states of the East Region:  SPELLING counts!!
3. Spelling Test on Friday

We will also continue to go through our Open Court stories, work on 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication, and explore nutrition. Remember to continue to work hard and study at home!


Mr. S

Parent-Teacher Conference Week

Due to the short week there will be no spelling test. I have encouraged the students to use the extra time to study the states and their location for the East Region. I plan on giving them a test over just the states, which means being able to find the correct placement, next Friday. (Nov. 5)

Thanks to everyone for making the Chiefs Party a huge success! The kids enjoyed it and I thought it looked amazing.


Quick Note about Parent-Teacher Conferences:

• Please bring up any questions you may have
• If you can't end up making your timeslot please call, I can reschedule you!
• I am looking forward to talking with all of you

Mr. S

CHIEFS PARTY!!

It is about time for the annual 4th Grade Chiefs Tailgate and guess what? The Chiefs are actually worth celebrating this year!!

Don't forget to wear your Chiefs gear or any red/gold this Friday! Our tailgate will be from 11:30-12:30. If you do not enjoy hot dogs then I would advise for you to bring a sack lunch.


P.S.  I just did our school United Way chart and our class is not far behind! If you want to dress Mr. Lash for Halloween scrounge up any loose change and bring it in.

4th Grade Rocks!

- Mr. S

I'M BACK!! :)

I hope everyone had a great week with Mrs. Ramel as your sub. She is such a wonderful teacher and I have no doubts everything went well.

This week we will have the following events:

• All School Assembly Tuesday @ 2
• Walk-A-Thon Friday- Wear walking shoes!
• No Spelling Pretest this week
• I will be gone Friday, the sub has not been assigned as of today

I am looking forward to a great week!

Mr. S

Week of 9/20

1. Progress Reports will be coming home Wednesday
1. Turning in homework LATE is hurting some grades
2. Picture Day is Wednesday
3. The Character Ties book report due date is sneaking up, make sure you are working on it

I can't believe how quickly the first quarter is going! Keep up the good work.

Mr. S

Progress Reports

Sorry for the late posting this week, it completely slipped my mind. I wanted to let you know that progress reports are suppose to come home this Friday, however I will be sending them out next week. The reasoning for this is when I was going to Manhattan last weekend I was grading numerous assignments (S.S. test, Math, etc.) and I forgot them all at my in-laws. Aggghhhh! I really want these to be included so I have decided to hold off on the progress reports. This also means that the Pride Folders will have a limited number of papers this week. Sorry for the troubles!

Mr. S

Don't Forget About the Social Studies Test!!

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! I enjoyed my time by traveling to Manhattan to take in a K-State football game. This week of school will be an entertaining one. To study for our Social Studies test know these things:

• All vocab words
• What landforms glaciers created
• 3 Questions Geographers ask
• Why people settled near rivers
• Study map skills
• Latitude and Longitude

Here is the rest of our checklist:

1. Field Trip Wednesday (8:40-2:00pm)
2. All school assembly Thursday morning
3. Spelling Test Friday (No pretest this week)

Class Full of Journalists.....

Many students have been working on class newspapers during their free time. I love the passion they displayed putting these together so I want to share them with everyone. As of now I am posting a link to these newspapers on my Web Backpack under the documents tab. My goal was to put a link to them on my blog but I am having some difficulties. Enjoy, I sure did!


Mr. S

Spelling Lists

Spelling lists will be located on my Web Backpack under the Documents tab. I will try and always have them posted after each Monday pretest.

Mr. S

Week 3 Events

There are some items we need to take care of this week before enjoying a 3 day weekend! This week in class we are going to continue on with our Risks & Consequences unit in reading, finish up Topic 1 in math, explore geography in social studies, and work hard on skills in language arts. We also will be taking the math MAP test on Wednesday and our weekly spelling test Friday.

I also want to make sure everyone is aware that Back-2-School night is this Thursday. I will be going over class expectations, procedures, curriculum, and more. This is a great time to ask questions and get to know each other. Hope to see you there!

Mr. S

One Week Down...

We had a very successful first week of school in the 4th Grade. The class made boxes that represented themselves and did a phenomenal job presenting them. We have been working very hard on classroom procedures, routines, and other items to ensure a smooth flowing year.

This week we will start adding in more assignments and continue to work hard.

New things this week:

1. Spelling Test Friday
2. Reading MAP test Wednesday
3. Planners every night
4. Pride Folder Fridays (Will explain to the class Wednesday)

Have a good week!

Mr. S

Box It Activity and More...

Yesterday the class got off to a great start by settling into their new room. Everyone was so respectful! You probably noticed that I sent home a silver SMSD folder that had papers to be signed and returned. I would appreciate it if I could have everything returned by Friday, August 20 at the latest.

I also assigned the first project of the new year, an activity called Box It. In this activity the students are to decorate a cereal box on the outside that represents them. The inside is to be filled with a minimum of 5 items (be creative) from a list provided for them. Look for a yellow sheet that was sent home for more information. And as always don't be afraid to contact me and ask!

Mr. S

First Two Days of School...

Just a quick note to remind everyone that the first two days of school, 8/16 & 8/17, will be half days. School will dismiss at 12:30 p.m.. We will eat lunch at school. On a side note I had a great time meeting everyone at Sneek-A-Peek last night and I already know that I have an amazing group of kids!

Mr. S

Sneak-A-Peek and Ice Cream Social

This Thursday, August 12th, will be an opportunity for students to come to their classroom, drop off their supplies, and say hello to me! From 4:00-5:00p.m. the classroom will be open and following that the school's annual Ice Cream Social will be held outside from 5:00-7:00p.m..  I hope you have time to stop by and say hello! The school year is just a blink away.


Mr. Strathman

What to expect this year...

One thing that you will learn about me very quickly is I love to bring a high energy approach into the classroom. I know first hand that the best way to learn is to have fun doing it! By working together, staying on task, and showing responsibility we will accomplish a great amount this year. Fourth Grade has great science experiments, an interesting unit of studying Kansas, long division in math, and much more. I have no doubt in my mind that we will enjoy being in the classroom this year.

Welcome Back to School!!

I hope everyone had a great summer! I am very excited to get this 4th Grade year underway. This blog will be used throughout the year to help communicate with parents, post assignments, and relate upcoming events. I also plan to link math websites to help work on computation, or interesting videos relative to our current subject matter. Get ready for an awesome year and see you soon!

Mr. Strathman