September 29-October 3

Dear Families,

I can't believe it is only one more week until October Break! I have a lot of fun things planned for this week. We will be building bridges, doing some fun things with fractions, and celebrating reaching our class goal of 10,000 pages read so far this year! The kids have decided to watch a movie Friday. We haven't decided which one yet, we will vote today.  Also, a huge thank you to everyone who supported the Nacho stand at the carnival. We could not have done it with out your generous contributions to our class! A big thanks to the parents who helped work the stand it was so fun to get to talk with you for a few moments and get to know you! I think you are ALL wonderful parents, I can tell because I work with your lovely children each day.  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I hope everyone has a fun and safe October Break. I will miss the chiddlers. 

**We have nachos and chips left over so Friday our class will enjoy nachos with our movie! 

With Love,

Ms. Tidwell

FRIDAY ASSEMBLY: October 17th Getting down to the wire!! 

Our class Friday presentation is October 17th. The week after October Break. I will be holding solo auditions Thursday. The kids will get a copy of the song to take home Tuesday with the parts they can audition for. It would be BEST if they have the part they want to sing memorized. Here is the link to the song and lyrics. We will also need props for this song. At the end the lights will go out and the kids will shine flash lights into the crowd. I'd like each child to bring a flashlight or glow stick to use. I will not collect these until the week after break. 

Owl City Lyrics :SHINE YOUR WAY"

For our introduction for the play (since it is Halloween time) we are going to do a tiny piece to The Phantom of the Opera. I will also need a PHANTOM to pretend to play the piano VERY THEATRICALLY. There will be auditions for this part as well. This child will need to provide a phantom MASK and cape. 

Question: Does anyone have those cheap masquerade masks lying around? I just thought I would ask, if not I am going to order some from Oriental Trading company. 

ARE THERE ANY THEATER OR MUSICAL PARENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME WITH PRACTICES????? 

This is going to be SO fun!! I can't wait. 

Spelling Words: 

1. explain
2. floated
3. ghost
4. holiday
5. holy
6. knee
7. lemon
8. lying
9. lie
10. nails
11. needle
12. nobody
13. oar
14. palace
15. penny
16. regular
17. repeats
18. sailor
19. sentence
20. shining
21. shine
22. surface
23. sweeping
24. sweeps
25. thief
26. waist
27. waste
28. waiting
29. weary

BOOK REPORT

Our next book report is a biography. I will be handing out the forms today just in case you want to get a head start over break. Book Report Due October 30th.

September 22-26

Oh my...I love this little guy. 

Hello Wonderful Families,

It has been a very busy week. I was so happy to meet with everyone who came to parent teacher conferences. Thank you for signing up. The class is working hard and we are learning a lot of new things. The carnival is this week, if you signed up for donations please send them in this week. We are still in need of paper bowls and a few other things. Your help is greatly appreciated! 

Have a great week!

Ms. Tidwell

Carnival Helper Time Slots:

4:00-4:30 (Need a Helper)

4:30-5:00 (Need a Helper)

5:00-5:30(Need a Helper)

5:30-6:00- Brooke Webb

6:00-6:30- Lisa Broadbent

6:30-7:00 Donna Miller

7:00-7:30 Clean Up/ Drew and Abby Leavitt

Costco Size or Sam's Size Chips 

1. Abby Leavitt
2. Lisa Broadbent
3. Carrie Anders
4. Karina Leon
5. (Spot Available)
6. (Spot Available)

Nacho Cheese (Giant size from Costco or Sams)

1. Gerken Family
2. (Spot Available)
3. (Spot Available)

Paper Bowls

1. (Spot Available)
2. (Spot Available)
3. (Spot Available)
4. (Spot Available)

Important News:

Friday, Sept. 26- 1st Quarter Book Report Due
Fall Carnival- 4:30-7:00 Come and Eat some Ooohey, Gooey Nachos!

Spelling Words:

1. hole
2. address
3. request
4. raise
5. August
6. struck
7. getting
8. get
9. don't= do not
10. Thursday
11. Saturday
12. admission
13. canoe
14. captain
15. cautious
16. caution
17. cellar
18. covered
19. creature
20. curtain
21. declared
22. declare
23. distance
24. distant
25. spend
26. enjoy
27. awful
28. awe 
29. usual
30. complaint

Our class Friday assembly is October 17th. The thing song I have chosen for our program is Shine Your Way by Owl City and Yuna. It is from the Croods soundtrack. There will be opportunities for solo parts I told the kids I am going to hold auditions. There will be more info to come. For now I would just like everybody to be practicing the song so they know the lyrics. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7zSFKn7-LU

Have a great week!

Ms. Tidwell

September 15-19

Hello,

Oh my goodness. Was that rain Monday terrifying and glorious all at the same time or what? I have never in my life missed a day of school due to weather, including growing up! I grew up in Mesa. The kids are doing so well. They are enjoying school and learning. This makes me happy. I am looking forward to seeing all of you this week at conferences. 

Ms. T

Important News:

Wednesday: Parent Teacher Conferences and Half Day

Monday-Friday: Book Fair and open during conferences

Friday September 26: Quarter Book Report Due, School Pictures, School Carnival

Happy September Birthdays- Tristen 9/19 and Jackson 9/30

I need HELP! School Carnival:)

Fourth grade is going to team up for a booth. We are doing Nachos. Each classroom needs to provide shift help during the carnival for the booth, Costco size bags of tortilla chips, Costco size nacho cheese sauce, paper bowls and napkins. I would greatly appreciate anything you could help with. 

I am also thinking about other booths I could provide, if anyone has any ideas or could run one for me that would be great. I have a lot of fun ideas for our class but of course they all cost money. So this is a way I could earn the money to provide those experiences but  I need helpers. 

Thank you! 

Spelling Words: (A short list for the half day) 

1. none
2. knew
3. know
4. remain
5. direction
6. direct
7. appear
8. liberty
9. enough
10. fact
11. board
12. September
13. station
14. attend
15. public
16. music
17. picnic
18. friends
19. friend
20. during
21. police
22. until
23. truly
24. true
25. whole

Science Shenanigans

September 8-12

It might be a little early for this but I LOVE Autumn! 

Hello Families,

We have been working hard on mapping in History. We have been learning about hemispheres, longitude and latitude, map keys and scale. Along with that we have been enjoying Treasure Island and will be making our own treasure map today. It will be fun! I told the kids if they read 2,000 pages by Sept. 17th we can watch Treasure Island for Fun Friday (or split it up for two). They have almost reached their goal! I am so proud of them. 

In Math we are starting a new goal! I have challenged the class to learn and know their math facts through 12's by October 30. If they ALL reach this goal they can earn a "soda fountain" party for the Halloween party. I have yummy flavorings for soda's. I think this will be super fun! 

I NEED HELP!!! I need to quiz each student in all of their math facts. Would any of you wonderful parents be available to come help me for an hour here and there until October 30th? All the help I could get would be SO appreciated! 

We had our first Math test this week. My policy is that if your child gets a 70% or lower they have to get a parent signature on the test. If they do not bring their test back signed the next day they will owe me recess. I also expect them to re-work each missed problem with your help for extra tutoring. I will then give them half credit for every problem re-worked that has the correct answer. This will help to bring up their test score AND give them a little extra help in the areas they need. I do expect them to be leaders and ONLY give them ONE night to do this, otherwise they lose the chance to get the extra credit. You will only see Math tests with a 70% or lower at home, I am keeping the others for parent teacher conferences. 

Donations needed this week for Science: 

15 large washers

15 small washers

5 large boxes of Popsicle sticks

masking tape

Scholastic News Friendly Reminder: I need $5 from each child to order this publication for our class. I as a single Mom do not have enough extra money to pay for this. I have received money from 7 students. If I do not get the money from each child I will not be able to order this magazine, which will help them with informational text reading for Standardized Tests. Money Due ASAP. This money will count as one hour of your 40 service hours you have agreed to. Thank You!!

Upcoming Events:

9/10- Half Day

9/11-We will be having an assembly September 11 to remember that sad day and celebrate America. Just a heads up if you want to take a minute to talk to your child about September 11 and why it is important in our countries history. 

9/17- 1/2 Day Parent Teacher Conferences ( I will be sending a sign up THIS week for conference times. Make sure to sign up, I can't wait to meet with you!) 

9/26- Fall Carnival

September Birthday Celebrations:

9/19- Tristen 

9/30- Jackson

Homework this week will be Math, unless they finish the whole book assignment in class. Spelling every night and a mixture of other subjects in the form or worksheets. 

Spelling Words:

1. navy
2. forty
3. fourteen
4. fourth
5. four
6. population
7. proper
8. judge
9. weather
10. whether
11. worth
12. contain
13. figure
14. sudden
15. instead
16. throw
17. threw
18. personal
19. everything
20. rate
21. chief
22. perfect
23. second
24. slide
25. farther
26. duty
27. intend
28. company
29. quite
30. quit
31. quiet

September 1-5

Hello Wonderful Families,

Oh. My. Goodness. Thank you to all my little munchkins (and their parents) who made me feel SO very special on my Birthday Friday. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I feel so loved. We played a mean game of musical chairs for FUN Friday....sometimes you just have to sharpen the saw, right?! It was super fun. 

We are doing very well in class thus far. The kids are getting used to all of the tricky things in fourth grade like...taking notes, organizing notebooks, and keeping their desks clean. It is slow going but everyone has a great attitude and is working very hard. There are lots of sick bugs going around. PLEASE do not send your child to school sick. We do not want to spread these germs. I am doing my best to do my part to keep germs at bay. We are sanitizing desks every Friday and all the students in my class are required to wash their hands BEFORE eating lunch. I hope this helps we have a lot of runny noses, poor kiddos! This is a short week remember NO SCHOOL Monday. We will have our first spelling list this week but it will only be 20 words to get us started. There will be Math homework every night, unless they finish the lesson in class. These are such wonderful children, I love each and every one of them. 

Ms. T

If you did not send in $5 for Scholastic News please do so by Tuesday. Thank you! 

September Happy Birthdays: Tristen 9/19 and Jackson 9/30

Important Dates:

9/1- NO SCHOOL Labor Day enjoy and be safe!

9/5- School Outdoor Movie Night

Spelling Homework:

Tuesday: Write the first 10 words in a complete sentence, one spelling word per sentence. Please highlight the spelling word in each sentence, circle the subject of the sentence and underline the predicate of the sentence. 

Wednesday: Write the second 10 words in a complete sentence, one spelling word per sentence. Please highlight the spelling word in each sentence, circle the subject of the sentence and underline the predicate of the sentence. 

Thursday: Take a practice spelling test and write the words missed 3X each to get ready for the test Friday. 

Spelling Words: 

1. eight
2. ate
3. afraid
4. uncle
5. rather
6. comfort
7. election
8. elect
9. aboard
10. jail
11. shed
12. refuse
13. district
14. restrain
15. royal
16. objection
17. object
18. pleasure
19. measure
20. treasure