Jefferson City Capital and Governor's Mansion Fun!

We had such a great time on our field trip on Wednesday! The students really learned a lot about Missouri as a whole. We were lucky enough to also be able to tour the Governor's office and have a mock bill session. In the mock bill session students were able to discuss a real bill that was passed through legislation and gain a better understanding of how a bill becomes a law.

Here are some pictures of our trip! 

                  

 

Having our mock session in a real Hearing Room! 

Learning about the Governor's Mansion from our Docent! 

    

Learning about Thomas Hart Benton and the meaning behind the amazing murals he created.

We also had such a great time, we were a little sleepy on the way home .... 😴

            

BMX Craziness Today! 

     This morning was soooo much fun! I am so glad we were all there to experience it! Here are some pictures and videos from the show. 

What a Great Year so Far!

This school year has kicked off amazingly! 

   All students have been working really hard and are already accomplishing difficult goals. Which shows because we have our Fort Day celebration today, because they met their Class Dojo goal! Be looking for pictures on twitter or our twitter feed on the right! 

Upcoming Dates

• September 25th - No School 
• October 3rd - Fall Picture Day 
• October 6th - PTA Movie Night 
• October 17th - Early Out at 12:50 
• October 25th - Capitol Field Trip 
• October 27th - Fall Parties at 2:30 
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Kohfeldt Elementary Donations for Hurricane Relief

   Thank you for all of the awesome donations everyone has made! It is showing our kiddos just how important it is to give back to others in need. I am super proud of how involved all of them have wanted to be. I am excited to read the letters they make for the Kohfeldt students next week!

Weekly Newsletter

    Every week be sure to check out the 4th Grade Weekly Update to see what we are learning and what will be coming up soon! You can also access this in the weekly email that is sent out. 

How is this year almost done!? It has been an awesome year at Beulah Ralph and I wouldn't have wanted to do it with any other class! :) 

Upcoming Dates: 

• May 22nd: Field Day
• May 25th: Last Day of School and report cards sent home

What We Have Been Up To! 

• Writing: This week we spent time finishing up our poetry notebooks. We went through our checklist of poems and made sure everything was great for our poetry share!
• Social Studies: This week we spent some time working on finishing our research for our Famous Missourian project.  Remember that kids can bring these home to work on!  We will start presenting these on Friday, so that should give everyone enough time to finish! Kids will still have some time to work on these in class next week as well.
• Science/Health: We started our health unit this week.  Kids worked in groups to take notes on functions of our different body systems. Next week we will learn about hormones and the different glands in our body.  On Thursday, we will split up into girls and boys and watch the puberty videos.  I’m sure you can imagine how excited all of the kids are for this!
• Math: We took our final math STAR test this week and the kids did great! We also started our new math inquiry unit.  I love how excited the kids get when they know they’ve got a touch problem to solve. We will continue with this inquiry unit next week.  We will focus on working with fractions with unlike denominators.  
• Reading: This week we finished up our reading assessments!  It’s been amazing to see how much these readers have grown since the beginning of the year! Next week, we will continue to read our super silly read aloud, Sideways Stories from Wayside School.  In reading groups, we will read some fun articles and short stories.

Here are some pictures from today's Poetry Picnic: Writing Share! - For more look at our Twitter Feed. 

Happy May!

Upcoming Dates:

• May 8th: Buckman Farm Field Trip
• May 10th: PTA Meeting - 6:30 Media Center
• May 9th-11th: STAR Testing
• May 12th: Poetry Picnic Lunch (4th Grade Writing Celebration)
• May 22nd: BEU Field Day
• May 25th: Last Day of School

Service Learning Update:
  The kiddos did a great job picking out some more fun and practical items for our baskets. We worked together as a grade level this week to put all the materials together with ribbon and but them into the bags for moms.

What We are Learning!

Writing: We will be completing our Poetry Notebooks next week to get them all ready to show on our Poetry Picnic day! 

Social Studies: Students are going to complete their research on their Famous Missourian and begin the project of their choosing. 

Math: We are going to be doing one last unit called Field Trips and Fundraisers. The kiddos will be using their knowledge of fractions to solve real world situations. They will get to work together to create posters explaining their thinking and then participate in whole class discussions. 

Reading: We are continuing our fun read aloud book to wrap up our school year. I will also begin our DRA and AIMs Web testing. During this time students will still meet in their book groups, but work on facilitating it on their own. They will also be using this chunk of time to work on their Famous Missourian project. 

Whoohooo 4th Grade Rocks!

Upcoming Dates: 

• April 17th - Library Check-Out 
• April 18th - Missouri History Museum Field Trip 
• April 24th - Library Check-Out
• April 29th - Flash's Big Top Circus 
• May 1st -4th: MAP Testing 
• May 8th - Library Check-Out 
• May 8th - Buckman Farm Field Trip 
• May 12th - Brown Bag Lunch - Poetry Picnic

What We Have and Will Be Learning About! 

• Writing: This week we have been creating poems using similes and metaphors. We wrote practice lines and poems, then published them into our poetry notebooks with illustrations. Next week we will be focusing on using alliteration and idioms. 

• Social Studies: This week we got our Famous Missourians and have started researching about their life. For example, their childhood, schooling, their impact on Missouri, etc. We will continue to do through research for the next couple of weeks. 

• Math: We had such a great time learning from different teachers this week! Students learned about length, weight, time, and capacity volume. Next week our focus is triangles, regular vs. irregular shapes with symmetry, mirroring, rotating and slides. Also 3D shapes and area/perimeter will be covered next week. 

• Reading: We are obsessed with how good House Arrest is! We have been working on answering higher level thinking questions about the book during our whole group time. 

Runge Nature Center!

Here are some awesome snaps from today's field trip. The kiddos did such a great job and had a lot of fun!