Category Archives: Literacy
Student Treasures
Our 4th grade students are busy writing books that will be published by Student Treasures. Â One copy will be published for FREE and added to our school library. Â Elementary students love to check out each others published books. Â In a … Continue reading
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4th graders love FAMILY!
What a fantastic Valentine’s Day! Â Students really enjoyed the elements of creative writing, handwriting, and painting as they made special surprises for their family! Hope everyone devours the cookies they picked out. Â All the cookies looked delicious. Â Next week, students … Continue reading
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Postcards to Planets
Last week the 3rd grade students of Mrs. Bridgmon’s class and our 4th graders teamed up for an activity. Â Students divided into “planet groups” with one exception, the Sun group. First, students thought of the facts they had researched and … Continue reading
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Story Telling with Sandy
Today we enjoyed listening to story telling by Sandy. Â This was the second time we had the privilege of listening to stories come to life. Â Sandy Magnuson was our University Schools elementary school counselor for many years. Â She is now … Continue reading
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Mission: Mars
After reading the nonfiction book Mission: Mars students completed a writing assignment. Â They were able to imagine their life on Mars and create a journal entry describing one day. Students have now been entered in a contest with Scholastic. Â If … Continue reading
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Read Your Heart Out
It is officially Read Your Heart Out week with Book it! Our class has enjoyed a lot of extra fun with books and reading. Ask your student what book they might have read this week. Â Do Unto Otters? Â Matilda? Diary … Continue reading
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Creature Writing
Our class just finished a fun writing project. Students designed their creature with clay. We used descriptive writing. We revised our writing. We edited our writing. We wrote a final draft. Each student made their creature out of construction paper. … Continue reading
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The first day at our school library.
All of the 4th graders love books so much. Â What a fun first day at our school library. “Reading” things to keep in mind: Reading should be fun! September Reading Logs are due in 2 weeks. Â (9-24-13) Reading Groups … Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes Tour at Farr Library
Today our class was invited to visit one of the High Plains Library locations for a special opportunity. We were able to experience a “Behind the Scenes” tour of Farr Library. Â This was a fantastic opportunity for students to see … Continue reading
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4th Grade – Battle of the Books
Our 4th grade students participated in Battle of the Books last night. We had 4 students from our class compete.  These students are Caitlyn Betz, Tina Brewer, Claire Fahsholtz, and Rylee Reeve.  We are very proud of the Flaming Girl Readers and … Continue reading
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