Halloween Art

We are excited to start our Great Artist lessons this month. Thanks to Mrs. Jensen and Mrs. Knight for helping out in this department. We enjoyed doing some Halloween chalk art to help display our Halloween Senses poems that we wrote and typed up. The finished product looks great on our bulletin board. (Sorry to all you moms who had to clean chalk out of shirts! I tried hard to push all sleeves up that day!)

Look what BUSY BUCKS can buy you!

Cassie and Tyler spent their hard earned money on a lunch auction with their teacher. We enjoyed a great lunch from good 'ole Burger King. We had such a good time eating and talking. Our next lunch auction will be the first part of February.

Lots to get caught up on: first aid, fun run & September Reading Incentive

September has been filled with some exciting events. Even though our field trip to Silver Lake had to be canceled, we still found time to fill our days with learning and fun.

First, we enjoyed a week long unit on learning some first aid basics. Thank you to Ms. Taylor for coming with "Annie" and showing us some tips on rescue breathing.



Second, the PTA sponsored a very well organized "fun run" fundraiser event. The kids enjoyed running through the neighborhood with their classmates and enjoyed a treat of oranges and bagels at the finish line. A huge thanks goes out to our PTA, all volunteers and sponsors who donated money for this event.








We only had one injury. She was a real "trooper!"



Third, we enjoyed apples and caramels for our September reading incentive. Keep up the great job of reading 20 minutes each night and recording those facts and feelings. A new "orange" reading calendar for October was sent home on Wednesday. Each child will be required to read a "Mystery" chapter book this month and complete a book report on that book that was read. All information is on the reading calendar for the month. All calendars, facts and feelings, and book report are due on NOVEMBER 2nd.

Review of week's events

We have had a busy week with many different events.

Monday: We started our week off at the symphony. The buses always drop us off early which means we have to wait. We were glad it wasn't raining on us, but the kids were patient as we waited in the hot sun. We enjoyed several musical pieces from the Utah Symphony. You would have been proud of your fourth grader's symphony "etiquette!" They were all great.





Tuesday: We started our new math chapter on place value. We are learning to recognize numbers to the millions, including saying them, putting them in order, learning the values of the numbers and determining which is greater using the greater than and less than symbols. We will begin some rounding and reviewing of adding/subtracting with regrouping. This is a big unit with lots to cover. Math will keep us busy.

Wednesday: I should have taken a picture of our FIRST ever busy buck store this year. The kids had a great time shopping. A big thanks goes to Mrs. Pond for being a great store manager. We look forward to our next store in two weeks.

Thursday: After being shut in ALL day long because of a gas leak in the area, we created our salt dough landform maps of Utah. Thank you to everyone for sending in the salt dough. The kids REALLy enjoyed this activity.







Here is a look at the finished products:





Thanks again to all the fourth grade parents for your support at home. We are looking forward to the fun run and our Silver Lake Field Trip which are both coming up. Check the calendar to the right for important upcoming dates.

The Stars of Fourth Grade

Here are a few of the stars of fourth grade!   They are off to an amazing start in fourth grade.