Today is the LAST DAY of November!
Today we finished our Nutrition Play in science. It told about aliens coming to Earth and learning about nutritious food.
We had library class today. In library, we started a report about Famous Kansans. We will each be studying and making a project about a famous Kansan.
Someone in our class said that I looked like an ant-mole. (I had to put this comment in - it was probably the funniest moment during math class today! I was trying to send teacher brain-waves to a couple of students, but apparently it looked funny!)
We did ADD math today and it had some problems about FRACTIONS! Very exciting!
We also played Multiplication Hangman - ask your student about how to play this - it's a great fast math game to play at home!
We used our classroom camera to take photos of Causes & Effects for the book that we are making!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Thursday, 11/10/11
Today we learned that immigration still happens.
We did the MMMR rap some more - we're getting to be experts! :)
We wrote some more of our Helping Hands stories about a time that we helped someone or that someone else helped us. Tomorrow we are finishing our rough drafts.
We walked to the musical at BHS. It was called "Big River". In it, a character shot a pretend gun and a pretend chicken fell from the sky. After the play, the actors made a sort of tunnel for us to walk through so that we could see them all close up.
We have a spelling test tomorrow. That means that we get to play Sparkle (and Mrs. G has FABULOUS prizes for tomorrow!)
We did the MMMR rap some more - we're getting to be experts! :)
We wrote some more of our Helping Hands stories about a time that we helped someone or that someone else helped us. Tomorrow we are finishing our rough drafts.
We walked to the musical at BHS. It was called "Big River". In it, a character shot a pretend gun and a pretend chicken fell from the sky. After the play, the actors made a sort of tunnel for us to walk through so that we could see them all close up.
We have a spelling test tomorrow. That means that we get to play Sparkle (and Mrs. G has FABULOUS prizes for tomorrow!)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday, 11/9/11
Today we read about some interesting things in Social Studies - the people that are actors at the Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA, the fortress that they built, the houses with grass thatch roofs, and the Declaration of Independence. We got to watch a little bit of a video about the actors who "live" at the plantation so that visitors can see what life was like then.
We started writing stories about having "Helping Hands" - either a time we helped someone else, or that someone else helped us.
We did our last PSA session!
We made flipcharts about Mean, Median, Mode and Range. And then we went outside and ran a couple of laps around the blacktop.
Three of our mealworms are pupas - FINALLY!
We talked about what the words "independence" and "declaration" mean.
We started writing stories about having "Helping Hands" - either a time we helped someone else, or that someone else helped us.
We did our last PSA session!
We made flipcharts about Mean, Median, Mode and Range. And then we went outside and ran a couple of laps around the blacktop.
Three of our mealworms are pupas - FINALLY!
We talked about what the words "independence" and "declaration" mean.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Tuesday, 11/8/11
Today we did so many exciting things!
We got our 1st postcard for our Postcard Geography project. Mrs. G made a website to help us study the 50 states. We are hoping to get a postcard from all of the states. The website is: and it explains the project. If you know anyone who might be willing to send us a postcard, we'd love to get some more! Our mailing address is BGS, Mrs. Goertzen's 4th grade, 808 N. Main, Buhler, KS, 67522.
We also showed off our novel projects - lots of posters and "trunks" and ABC lists to show what we learned in our novels.
We are studying the Narragansett tribe from the NE region . We watched a video of the tribe dancing at a powwow on YouTube.
We starting learning about Mean, Median, Mode and Range in math, and we learned the MMMR rap. (And we were AWESOME - Mrs. G is so impressed!)
Mrs. G bought an owl webkinz to have as a class pet and we can earn time playing with it by having perfect papers. Today was the 1st day that we got to play with it!
We got our 1st postcard for our Postcard Geography project. Mrs. G made a website to help us study the 50 states. We are hoping to get a postcard from all of the states. The website is: and it explains the project. If you know anyone who might be willing to send us a postcard, we'd love to get some more! Our mailing address is BGS, Mrs. Goertzen's 4th grade, 808 N. Main, Buhler, KS, 67522.
We also showed off our novel projects - lots of posters and "trunks" and ABC lists to show what we learned in our novels.
We are studying the Narragansett tribe from the NE region . We watched a video of the tribe dancing at a powwow on YouTube.
We starting learning about Mean, Median, Mode and Range in math, and we learned the MMMR rap. (And we were AWESOME - Mrs. G is so impressed!)
Mrs. G bought an owl webkinz to have as a class pet and we can earn time playing with it by having perfect papers. Today was the 1st day that we got to play with it!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Thursday, 11/3/11
Today we watched some YouTube videos about how maple syrup is made, and about how cranberries are harvested in the NE region of the United States. We are doing our novel projects - to share what we learned while we read our novels. Most of us are making posters - some of them are paper posters and some of them are online digital posters. We did bar graphs and line graphs today in math. We have a quiz tomorrow in social studies about the NE region. We had PSA today. A sheriff's officer came and talked to us about not opening doors when we are home alone and how to deal with strangers if they ever come up to you, and to never talk to strangers or get into a stranger's car.
We finished up some late work because Mrs. Goertzen *might* have a little reward tomorrow for anyone who has ALL of their work turned in. :)
We have a spelling post test tomorrow.
We finished up some late work because Mrs. Goertzen *might* have a little reward tomorrow for anyone who has ALL of their work turned in. :)
We have a spelling post test tomorrow.
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About Me
- Carla Goertzen
- I am a teacher, mother, wife of a drag racer, and avid reader who dreams of winning the lottery so that I can travel as exorbitantly as I wish.