Happy Spring Break!

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Mr. Keller

Dear Room 12 Families,

I hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break this 2013 year. I look forward to all the wonderful and great stories from your children upon return on April 8. Enjoy and be safe.

Sincerely,

Mr. Keller

Monday, March 25

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Mr. Keller

It was great to see all of you and talk about your child. Thank you for coming in for conferences this past week. I can’t believe there are only 10 weeks left of school!

We are just fininshing up a difficult math unit that involved order of operations, multi-step word problems, prime or composite, rules, and factor pairs. We will be reviewing this week and testing to wrap up this unit. When we come back from Spring Break, we will begin our next unit on measurement in math.

We began new units in reading (Nonfiction in Expository Text), writing (Persuasive Letters), science (Engery Transfer) this week!

The Lightning Thief, Chapter 22 (The Final Chapter)

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Mr. Keller

Happy Monday Class,

22 The Lightning Thief

Chapter 22: The Prophecy Comes True

Enjoy the conclusion to The Lightning Thief. When you finish listening to the book, be sure to take the AR quiz!

Mr. Keller

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Mr. Keller

Good Friday Families,

Wow, what a week. Some of the adventures your child had this week ranged from a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History with one author David Baldacci of 39 Clues through Scholastic, we took a walking field trip to the Spring Lake Public Library to hear Paleo Joe tell us about the ice age and dinosaurs and fossils, to the Mad Cat Puppets today at the middle school.

Topics of the week:

Science: States of Matter~Solids, Liquids, and Gases (will be testing next Wednesday)

Math: Solving Equations and Expressions with + – x /

Reading: Fantsay with the Lightning Thief book by Rick Riordan

Writing: Fantsay~creating his/her own fantasy story

I look forward to another fantastic week.

Sincerely,

Mr. Keller

The Lightning Thief, Chapter 21, I Settle My Tab

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Mr. Keller

Good Afternoon Room 12,

Today you are going to listen to Mr. Overway read Chapter 21 of the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. This chapter has Percy no longer a delinquent in the eyes of America – he is now the kidnapped child who was forced to trek across America by some biker dude, along with two other kidnapped kids. Reporters feel so sorry for them that they collect money for their plane tickets home. Listen to the link below to find out more.

Chapter 21, I Settle My Tab.

Enjoy!

Mr. Keller

The Lightning Thief Movie

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Mr. Keller

Dear Fourth Grade Families,

Our most recent unit in reading is understanding fantasies. The lessons we are currently discussing have followed our read-aloud, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. We are celebrating the end of this read-aloud by viewing The Lightning Thief movie. This movie, however, is rated PG and in accordance with our school policies I would need to get permission from the parents to allow their child to participate. Below is a link to the movie’s site:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814255/

A permission slip will be coming home today for you to decide if you would like your child to view the movie. If you or your child is uncomfortable in watching the film other arrangements have been made.
Thank you,

—
Mr. Mathew Keller