and Preston keeps going!

Congrats to Preston for reaching his 13th, 14th, and 15th AR goals! He has read almost all of the Harry Potter books! I am so proud of him! Plus, he did A LOT of reading over SPRING BREAK!!!! Great Job Pres!
-Mrs. Pilkington

Spelling Words and Homework Schedule ~ Week of 3.30.09

Parents and Students,
After spring break, we will be working on the correct use of Homophones. The spelling list for the week of March 30th is as follows:

1. wood
2. to
3. their
4. you're
5. break
6. close
7. thrown
8. would
9. two
10. they're
11. beat
12. brake
13. piece
14. throne
15. too
16. there
17. Your
18. beet
19. clothes
20. peace

The Homework Schedule is as follows. Please keep in mind that the students will also have homework from any morning work that they did not complete that day.

Monday * Spelling Sentences
*Homophone Worksheet
* Handwriting
* Read for 1 hour!

Tuesday * ABC Order with Spelling Words
* Grammar Worksheet - Verb Tenses
* Handwriting
* Read for 1 hour!

Wednesday * Math Worksheet - Test Prep
* Study Spelling Words
* Handwriting
* Review all Multiplication Facts
* Read for 45 minutes!

Thursday * Study for Spelling Test - "Buddy Study" with a Parent
* Handwriting
* Writing
* Read for 1 hour!

~Have a Wonderful Spring Break! ~
-Mrs. Pilkington

Preston's Special Lunch

Preston has reached his 11th AR goal! Way to go Pres! When he reached his 7th goal, he decided that he wanted his special lunch to be with Mrs. Smith, our class field student from UALR. She purchased him his favorite food from McDonalds. They had a fabulous time eating together at lunch. Preston was very talkative and had lots of fun! Here are some pictures from his special lunch!

A BIG Thank you goes to Mrs. Smith for taking time out of her busy day to eat with Preston! He loved every minute of it! :)

-Mrs. Pilkington

Congrats!

Congrats to Kiana for reaching her 18th AR goal - she currently has 301 AR Points TOTAL!!! WOW! Also, Congrats goes to Kiana for reaching her 10th goal!

Girls - I am so proud of you.....Keep up the great work!
-Mrs. Pilkington

Spelling Words for the Week of 3.16.09

Parents & Students,
This week in spelling we will be working with suffixes. Suffixes are placed at the end of a base/root word to change it's meaning. The suffixes that we will be working with this week are:
-ly - which tell how or how often something is done
-ful - ful of _______________ (base word)
-tion - the act of _____________ing
the state of being __________ed
the thing that is ____________ed
This week's spelling words are as follows:
1. powerful
2. cheerful
3. slowly
4. suddenly
5. lately
6. action
7. correction
8. peaceful
9. painful
10. safely
11. carefully
12. truthfully
13. location
14. pollution
15. beautiful
16. thoughful
17. daily
18. weekly
19. hopefully
20. invention

The Homework Schedule for this week is as follows:
Monday - Spelling Sentences
Study Multiplication Facts
Read for 1 hour
Tuesday - ABC order
Math Worksheet
Read for 45 minutes
Wednesday - Study for Spelling Worksheet
English Worksheet (Grammar)
Read for 45 minutes
Thursday - Remember that there will be NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY

Spring Break will be the week of March 23rd - 27th!

4th grade says GoodBye to....

December. :( Today is December's last day in our class. We are going to miss her so much, but I am sure that she will love her new school! :) We hope that she keeps in touch with us through this classroom blog!
December, we wish you well! I hope that you have a wonderful rest of the year! Come by and see us or write....you know where we are!
Everyone will miss you!!!
-Mrs. Pilkington and Class

Congrats Madison

Madison has reached his 1st AR goal and he couldn't be more excited!! He has worked very hard to reach this goal. I am so proud of him....can't wait until he reaches his next goal!!!
I'm proud of you Madison! :)
-Mrs. Pilkington

Reading is Our Passion!!

I am so happy to inform everyone that we have reached MORE AR Goals in 4th grade!
Congrats to Ja'Kayla for reaching her 2nd goal and to Maritza for reaching her 4th!
Way to go Girls!!! :)
-Mrs. Pilkington

Preston Loves Harry Potter Books!!!

Congrats to Preston for reaching his 9th and 10th AR Goals!! He has been addicted to the Harry Potter book set! In the past week, he has reached his 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, & 10th goals! That's a lot of reading!!! I am so proud of you Preston!!! He has chosen to eat lunch with either Mrs. Smith, our UALR field 3 studnet or myself! :) Maybe he can have lunch with both of us! I am thinking that sushi is an excellent choice for the menu!!! :)

Spelling Words and Homework Schedule for the Week of 3.9.09

This week in spelling we will be working with open and closed vowels. Students have learned how to determine syllables in each word and then decided if the vowels are long or short. This is an excellent strategy that helps students determine words that they are not familiar with. We will we working closely with these strategies for the remainder of the year!
Spelling Words for this week are as follows:

1. pilot
2. never
3. paper
4. human
5. depend
6. tiny
7. modern
8. tuna
9. event
10. seven
11. visit
12. chosen
13. basic
14. prison
15. fever
16. moment
17. become
18. parent
19. reason
20. open

Possible Bonus : SUSHI!!!!!!

Homework Schedule for this week is as follows:

Monday - Spelling Sentences
Math Worksheet - Review Telling Time
Read for 45 minutes!!!!

Tuesday - What Doesn't Belong? 5 sets
example: pilot ** This is one set!
chosen
parent
I think the word parent does not belong because it is a closed syllable word.
or: I think the work chosen does not belong because it is the only word that begins
while a blend.
Math Worksheet - Telling Time
Read for 45 minutes!!!!!!

Wednesday - Spelling ABC order
Writing - 45 minute time limit
Read for 30 minutes!!!!

Thursday - Study for Spelling Test
** I encourage parents to "buddy study" with their children
Prepare for Math Time Test
Read for 1 hour!!!!

Parents - if you have any questions please feel free to give me a call!
I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys a little extra sunlight each night!
-Mrs. Pilkington

4th Grade KNOWS How to Count Money!!!

This week in math we have been reviewing money counting and different ways to make the same amount. The students really enjoyed it and even got creative in their money combination skills. Here are some pictures from the lesson!

-Mrs. Pilkington

...and the overall TOTAL increases!

More AR Goals have been reached this week....
Congrats to Jayla for reaching her 6th AR goal,
to Martez for reaching his 1st AR goal,
to Jameecha for reaching her 2nd AR goal, and
to Maritza for reaching her 3rd AR goal!!!
Great JOB Guys!!!!!

AR Goals Reached this Week!!

We have been reading, reading, reading in 4th grade this week!!! I am very proud of everyone...they have really developed a love for books!!!
Congrats to the following people for reaching their goals this week!
Kiana - 17th goal! (WOW!!!!)
Bradley - 2nd and 3rd goals
Jose - 4th goal
Ciamara - 7th, 8th, and 9th goals
Preston - 6th, 7th, and 8th goals

We currently have reached 92 goals total in our class!!!!!!
This is wonderful...OUTSTANDING Job Guys!!!!

Students of the Week for 2.23.09 & 3.2.09

Congratulations to Ja'Kayla for being nominated Student of the Week for 2.23.09. (after a failure to post this blog - I am reposting! Sorry Ja'Kayla)
Ja'Kayla was born here in Little Rock. Her favorite animal is a cat. The person that Ja'Kayla admires the most is her dad! Her favorite book is the current book that she is reading, The Tale of Despereaux (also one of my favorites!) Ja'Kayla's favorite food is Pizza. The place that she most likes in our school is the playground. One wish that she has is to one day be famous! Ja'Kayla believes that the one thing that she does well is READ!

Congrats Ja'Kayla!!!!

Congrats to Ryan for being nominated as Student of the Week for 3.2.09. (again after a failure to post - I am reposting!!! Sorry Ryan!)Ryan was born here in Little Rock. His favorite animal is a cheetah because it's the fastest animal on land. The person that Ryan most admires is President Obama! His favorite book is The Tale of Despereaux. Ryan's favorite food is nachos! (yum yum) Ryan most likes music at our school! His wish is to have a million dollars (me too!) Ryan believes that he does Math really well (and he's right!)
Congrats Ryan!!!!

Internet Explorer Down

Parents,

I was brought to my attention today that this week's blog did not post. For some reason it was saved as a draft after our Internet was down for a bit! So sorry for the inconvenience!
Thanks,
Mrs. Pilkington

Spelling Words and Homework Schedule ~ Week of 3.2.2009

Parents and Students,



This week we will be taking a closer look at long and short vowels and how we can use decoding to help us in our reading and writing. Each child receives two copies of their spelling words each week - one for them to keep at school and one for a "refrigerator" copy to keep at home.The
Spelling Words for this week are as follows:



1.west

2.steep

3.member

4.gleam

5. fresh

6.freedom

7.speed

8.steam

9. beast

10.believe

11.speck

12.kept

13.cheap

14.pretend

15.greed

16.shelf

17. least

18.eager

19. reason

20.chief

Students will be looking for letter teams and decoding patterns this week.



Homework Schedule:

Monday: Spelling Sentences
Review and Study 7 multiplication facts
Read for 40 minutes!



Tuesday: ABC Order
Review and Study 8 multiplication facts
Read for 30 minutes!



Wednesday: Spelling - What doesn't belong?
Study and Review all multiplication facts
Handwriting Worksheet
Read for 45 minutes!



Thursday: Study for Spelling Test

Have a Great Week!!!