Friday, January 27, 2012

Classroom News



Don't forget that our classroom news bulletin is always uploaded to our classrooom website at:

http://www.wcusd5.net/cms/teacher_pages/miss-liefers-4th-grade-class/whats-new

Have You Read These Books?

As Simple as It Seems
 Verbena Colter knows she's bad news.
  Trouble from the get-go. Her real mother was an alcoholic and her father was just plain mean. When a new boy moves in to the Allen house, Verbena tries to be somebody else, or a ghost.




A Dog's Way Home
   A Dog's Way Home is about a girl named Abby and her dog Tam. When Abby, her mom, and Tam are in the truck driving home from a contest, Tam is thrown out of the car. Abby and Tam are seperated from each other for a long time. Will Abby find Tam?


Friday, January 20, 2012

Young Authors

Today we finished our Young Author creative writing stories.
I am so proud of all the fourth graders.
They really worked hard and have final copies that are terrific!

Multiplication

How do you do big multiplication using the Partial-Products and Lattice methods? Watch these videos to find out!


92 x 36



26 x 49



88 x 46

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Keepers of the School by Andrew Clements

Benjamin Pratt’s school is about to become the site of a new amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true! But, Ben likes the school. Loves it, actually. It’s over 200 years old and sits right on the harbor. The school belongs to the CHILDREN and these children have the right to defend it!

Student Council Update