We had an assembly today. It was about the American flag and the national anthem. We had some guests that came - one was Timothie's dad. They were soldiers. We watched a video.
Today we had Readers Friends for the first time. We read to the kindergarteners.
In science, we did some work about insects.
In math, we played a game (coordinate grids) and we earned prizes if we could give the right numbers.
We also did some punctuation sentences on the board.
We all had fun today.
Blogged by Sydney and Rand!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Geometry Art
Check out our amazing geometry art! We used 2-D shapes to create designs, then colored them in to make creative art!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
What a day - squishy apples, shape art, a wasp, and reading tests, oh my!
Today we made pictures using shape blocks. Some examples are a horse, a human, a fish, a dog, and Ms. Pac-Man.
We finished our apple experiment. We cut open one of the apples to see what it was like inside. It was moldy all the way through!
We took the World's Shortest Field Trip into the hallway to see Mrs. Jameson's class's shape art.
We started learning about how to use a GPS - about longitude and latitude. We are learning about this so that we can use our GPS and go geocaching.
Blogged by Paige and Lauren (with lots of help from the whole class!)
Today we made pictures using shape blocks. Some examples are a horse, a human, a fish, a dog, and Ms. Pac-Man.
We finished our apple experiment. We cut open one of the apples to see what it was like inside. It was moldy all the way through!
We took the World's Shortest Field Trip into the hallway to see Mrs. Jameson's class's shape art.
We started learning about how to use a GPS - about longitude and latitude. We are learning about this so that we can use our GPS and go geocaching.
Blogged by Paige and Lauren (with lots of help from the whole class!)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
First FULL day of school - August 19, 2010
Hello parents!
Today we made unusual fish drawings! We had fish with tattoos, fish with x-ray vision, fish with unicorn horns, fish with arms, and fish with beards! These amazing drawings will be coming home with your student today!
Also, today we played a new game called "Poison Frogs" - this is a strategy game. Ask your child about how to play it!
Today we got 2 new class pets - two tiny water frogs! Adrians A-Z in Buhler donated them to our classroom! This is perfect for us because we learn about frogs in 4th grade and Mrs. Goertzen says that we get to dissect frogs next week (fake frogs!).
We took our first timed test today - it was addition!
We also worked on our apple experiment - we took the peel off of the apples and we are seeing what will happen to them when they sit out. Right now they look brown, squishy and like dirty, bumpy baseballs.
Also, so far we have earned 4 minutes of extra recess by getting quiet quickly! We get to use it tomorrow!
We are having a great day!
Today we made unusual fish drawings! We had fish with tattoos, fish with x-ray vision, fish with unicorn horns, fish with arms, and fish with beards! These amazing drawings will be coming home with your student today!
Also, today we played a new game called "Poison Frogs" - this is a strategy game. Ask your child about how to play it!
Today we got 2 new class pets - two tiny water frogs! Adrians A-Z in Buhler donated them to our classroom! This is perfect for us because we learn about frogs in 4th grade and Mrs. Goertzen says that we get to dissect frogs next week (fake frogs!).
We took our first timed test today - it was addition!
We also worked on our apple experiment - we took the peel off of the apples and we are seeing what will happen to them when they sit out. Right now they look brown, squishy and like dirty, bumpy baseballs.
Also, so far we have earned 4 minutes of extra recess by getting quiet quickly! We get to use it tomorrow!
We are having a great day!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tlingit Masks Slideshow
This is a slideshow with pictures of all of the Tlingit mask projects that have been turned in! I'm so impressed with our class's work!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Tlingit Masks - May 2010
The 4th graders have been studying regions of the U.S. this year. For each of the 5 regions that we study, we also focus on Native Americans that have lived/currently live in that region. Right now we are just finishing the West, and we have been studying the Tlingit tribe. This tribe is famous for carving totem poles, having potlatches (the beginning of our "potlucks") and making animal masks. Our classes made "masks" the other day on the computer. Each student chose an animal that he/she felt they were similar to. Each student took a photo of himself/herself on the computer's camera, found an image of his/her animal online, and layered the animal's face over his/her own face. They then wrote poems describing their animal and comparing themselves to their animals. It was so fun - their masks and poems are amazing!
Mrs. Goertzen
Mrs. Goertzen
Friday, May 7, 2010
Upcoming Field Trips - SACK LUNCH ALERT!
Parents,
We have several exciting things happening in 4th grade!
First and foremost, your child is bringing home a sheet of paper today that has his/her scores from all 3 of the state assessments. This paper shows you your child’s score as well as the category into which each of those scores fall.
Also, we have a couple of field trips coming up. On Tuesday, May 18th, we will be going to the Cosmosphere first thing in the morning. We’ll be watching an IMAX show that the Cosmosphere has specially ordered to support our Social Studies curriculum, a planetarium show, and a Dr. Goddard’s Lab show! Each student will need to bring a sack lunch and we will be eating at a park or at the Cosmosphere before we come back to school.
On Wednesday, May 19th, we will be needing sack lunches again. We will be walking to the Buhler Park in the late morning and spending some time playing - soccer, softball, possibly even fishing. We will be eating our sack lunches and then having some fun activities… a hula-hoop contest, a limbo contest, and a talent show! We will need a few parent volunteers that day to help supervise games at the park, handle any worms/fish/hooks for fishing, and help carry supplies there and back. Please let me know if you’d be able to help that day - I think we’ll be at the park from 10:30 to around 1:00.
Have a great weekend!
Carla Goertzen
cgoertzen@buhlerschools.org
We have several exciting things happening in 4th grade!
First and foremost, your child is bringing home a sheet of paper today that has his/her scores from all 3 of the state assessments. This paper shows you your child’s score as well as the category into which each of those scores fall.
Also, we have a couple of field trips coming up. On Tuesday, May 18th, we will be going to the Cosmosphere first thing in the morning. We’ll be watching an IMAX show that the Cosmosphere has specially ordered to support our Social Studies curriculum, a planetarium show, and a Dr. Goddard’s Lab show! Each student will need to bring a sack lunch and we will be eating at a park or at the Cosmosphere before we come back to school.
On Wednesday, May 19th, we will be needing sack lunches again. We will be walking to the Buhler Park in the late morning and spending some time playing - soccer, softball, possibly even fishing. We will be eating our sack lunches and then having some fun activities… a hula-hoop contest, a limbo contest, and a talent show! We will need a few parent volunteers that day to help supervise games at the park, handle any worms/fish/hooks for fishing, and help carry supplies there and back. Please let me know if you’d be able to help that day - I think we’ll be at the park from 10:30 to around 1:00.
Have a great weekend!
Carla Goertzen
cgoertzen@buhlerschools.org
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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.