Providing Opportunties for Student Reflection

Increasing Engagement In the Classroom

Marvelous Monday

Good Morning,

I hope you had an amazing weekend! It went so fast!

We have lots to cover this week, so I hope you are ready each morning with positive attitude! Today we are going to create a data sheet for our math. This will help me know exactly what our class needs!

Please log into your Google Account and use the code on the board to join our Google Classroom Account. Once you have logged in, you will need to complete the survey. Each partner will need to log in separately and join our Google classroom.

You can find our Google Classroom on the Classroom Links page. :)

Happy Summer!

Hello 4th Grade Students!!!!!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer break! I know I am! We've already been swimming, playing at the park, lounging in the back yard, jumping, bouncing and just relaxing! Summer is always one of my favorite times of the year. I can't wait to hear about your summer activities! I have some fun Summer Activities you can complete to help me get to know you better this summer, and completing them will help get you ready for our classroom! First let me show you some things I've done so far this summer!

  This is my son Kannon! He just turned 3! He loves swimming, playing at the park and tormenting his sister. :)  He will be starting preschool this year! I can't believe how fast time goes by! I bet your parents are thinking the same thing since you are getting ready to start the 4th GRADE!

This is my daughter, Rylee. She is turning 5 this August. She loves animals and being outside. She is full of life, and is amazingly creative. She already loves reading and that makes me very happy! She and I have been reading lots this summer. I can't wait to hear about the books you've been reading! 

Here we are for some summer selfies! 

Final picture. I promise! Notice anything different?????

NO BRACES! Woot! That means I can have popcorn, caramel and sticky sweets again! :) 

Okay, now for your summer assignments. (Don't worry! They aren't hard!) 

1.      Have your parents send me an email to emalielindsey@nixaschools.net with the following things. (Please send it to me from the email address you want me to use this year) 

          Subject: Child's Name

          Parent Completed Questions: 

               a. What are your child's strengths? 

               b.    Is there anything your child has struggled with in the past? (This can    

                    be socially, emotionally or academically that you think might help   

                    this year) 

               c. What is your child most excited about for 4th Grade? 

               d. Is there anything your child is worried about for 4th Grade? 

               e. Let me know anything else you think is important to make this the   

               best year ever! 

2. Students need to complete the survey found HERE: (use your school  

Google account if you know it) 

3. Bring a family picture to open house or the first day of school labeled

with names for me to keep for the year.

4. Make sure you are working on your math facts! Our 4th grade math    

standards are all based around those facts, so if you have them memorized the math will be a breeze! We will take a pretest the first week of school to show who already knows them! 

Please make sure you complete all of the activities above to help me get to know you! The following are activities you can choose from to earn a special prize at Open House or the first day of school! If you complete all three I will have to do something extra special for you!

      Choose one of the following to show me what you've been reading this summer! Completing this activity will earn you a prize at Open House or the first day of school! 
          a. Create a Google Presentation that gives a strong summary of the book. 
              (Make sure you include Who? What? When? Where? and Why?) Then give a short paragraph that tells me whether you'd recommend this book to others. Why or Why not? Make sure you share it with me so I can see it! 
          b. You As A Reader - This one is easy! Create a short video that tells me about you as a reader. Do you love reading? What are the last three books that you've read? What makes you a good reader? What goals do you have for yourself this year for reading? When your video is ready you can just email it to emalielindsey@nixastudents.net! Easy!!!

          c. Writers are Readers- This activity is for my students who love to write! After reading a book, write a letter to me pretending to be one of the characters from your book. Be sure you include all the parts of a letter (heading, greeting, body, closing and signature) and lots of details from the text! You can email me the letter or bring it in with you to Open House or the first day of school! 

I am very excited about this upcoming year! I hope you are ready to sing, dance, create, make videos and projects, work in teams, teach each other and most of all grow! Have a fantastic rest of your summer and I will see you all very soon! 

Love, 

Mrs. Lindsey

4th Grade Field Day

Dogwood Canyon 2015

Today was such a beautiful day! We had so much fun. Thank you for a great year. Enjoy the video and feel free to grab pictures from our DropBox file. If you are not a member of our file, email me and I'll get you set up.

Enjoy,
Mrs. Lindsey

Reviewing how good readers provide evidence for their thoughts...

We had a blast writing and practicing how good readers provide evidence to support their thoughts today. Students were very excited to share their parts. We even performed for the other fourth grade classes! I was so proud of our class. What a fun way to review fourth grade reading standards!

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Welcome Back

January 5, 2015

Welcome back! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas break! I did! I can't wait to share about it. That means you need to be thinking about your high and low!

We have lots going on today. We will be exploring the new classroom website. As we use it, we will talk about what works and what needs changed. When you run into trouble or if there's something that doesn't work or you don't like,  write it down for us to talk about later.

We will also review PBIS today. We want to make sure we start this semester off on the right track. We have lots left to learn and lots of growing left to do.

New reading groups start today as well. I am excited to get you into new books and hear those deep conversations!

I am excited to see you!

Let's get started!

Make every moment count,
Mrs. Lindsey

Fabulous Friday

Good Morning,

I missed you yesterday! I hope you were awesome for Ms. Steele! I was able to go watch an amazing 5th grade eMINTS class in Branson, and I learned so many new things! Last night Rylee got to ride on the Polar Express. Have any of you ever been? She was so excited! It was super cute. I didn't get to ride, but her Papa took her and they had a blast!

Today we will be busy little bees. I want us to finish our WebQuest activities, complete a Math Check Up, work on double digit multiplication, take a reading assessment, and..oh yes...HAVE A PIZZA PARTY!

We will party during our writing time. Students who are finished with their Fossil writing will be having a "printing party" today. That just means you'll print your paper to turn in for a grade. :) Students who are not finished will have to work hard to get them published. How many of you worked on them from home? If so, how brilliant are you! That's the best thing about using Google Drive to complete your work.

Let's get started! It's going to be a busy day!

Make every moment count,
Mrs. Lindsey

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Can you believe they are calling for snow this weekend? I am NOT ready for that. I love snow, and I love snow days, but I greatly dislike driving in the snow or having recess when it's super cold outside. However, I am going to try to get all the stuff to make a snowman with Rylee and Kannon just in case.

How were you for the substitute? I missed you! Thursday, I learned a lot in my eMINTS class on Thursday, and just enjoyed some time with my kids on Friday.

This week we are working on reviewing standards to show mastery.

Make every moment count,
Mrs. Lindsey

Social Studies: I am learning about the Constitution and Bill of Rights. 
Writing: I can demonstrate good use of  conventions and pronouns. 
Math: I can demonstrate understanding of perimeter, area and polygons. 
Reading: I can determine the main idea of a biography and explain how it is supported by key details. 

Happy November!

I hope you all had an amazing Halloween! My kids loved trick or treating. It was so cold! We barely made it around our little neighborhood, and they were ready to be inside. Rylee enjoyed passing candy out more than getting the candy herself. It was so cute to see them excited to dump out their buckets to see all their goodies! I hope you didn't eat too much of it at once. :)

This is a bit of a crazy week. There is no school tomorrow for you. I have to go to meetings all day! I am excited though because I get to go both Mrs. Dick's and Ms. Schlager's class for a lesson. I know I will learn lots. Thursday you will have my dear friend Mrs. Todd as your substitute while I am gone for eMINTS. She is amazing! You'll love her.

Make sure you record our standards for the week.

Make every moment count,

Mrs. Lindsey

Math: 4:MD.A.3 Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. 
Reading: RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. 
Social Studies: Strand 5- Identify and explain the functions of the three branches of government in the local, state and federal levels of government.
Writing: W.4.2. Write an informatory/explanatory text to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

Loving This Monday....

Good Morning,

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I really enjoyed the beautiful weather.  Can you believe Friday is Halloween?

We have another busy and exciting week! I can't wait to show you what we have in store for you for math starting tomorrow. It's a fun surprise!!!!

Make sure you record your standards and reflect EVERY day!

Make every moment count,
Mrs. Lindsey

Standards: 
Math: I can plot fractions on a line plot. 
Reading: I can demonstrate understanding of nonfiction story elements.
Writing: I can write questions that show a deep level of thinking? 
Social Studies: I understand the three branches of government. 

Ecosystem Presentations

You guys all did an awesome job on your Ecosystem presentations! I am so impressed with your research, organization, team work and overall understanding of ecosystems! Way to go! You can check them out linked below. Make sure you go home and show your parents! I'm so proud of you all!



Tundra
Jungle
Forest
Prairies
Desert and Wetlands

On your best behavior...

Good Morning,

I am excited to have the opportunity to learn new things to bring back to you from my meeting today! You have a very busy day with Ms. Steele! Be on your best behavior and make good choices ALL day long!

Make sure you stay on track today to accomplish all that I've left for you. If you'd like we can do a sports, favorite toy, snack day tomorrow to make up for Monday! :) 

Today's agenda: 

Math - work hard on Morning Math, check it, and then move on to division! I want to see how many of you can rock it by tomorrow for me!

Acuity Practice - continue working on small groups for division while students who have mastered it practice Acuity

Science: Finish up those Ecosystem presentations- record iPad movies, practice at least 2 times on your presentations. Then you can enjoy some free time when you're finished!

Reading - Cause, Effect, Infer - Finish your Bill Wallace Book - write a paragraph about your feelings on the book! 

Writing- work on your free writing

WWW- Application Test

Busy! Busy! Busy! 

I gotta go learn now! The teacher is telling me to get off my computer. ;) 

See you tomorrow for Sports Day! 

Make every moment count, 

Mrs. Lindsey