Greetings to our 4H Families! I look forward to meeting with you and your student next week, as we look over together projects, papers, and progress during our conferences. In the meantime, it sounds like quite a number of you may be able to meet me at the UW Arboretum on Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3:00. I have as much to learn from the naturalists there about effigy mounds as the students do, so we will all learn together, and get in a beautiful walk as well. Remember that it looks like we are to meet at the Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Hwy. I have made my first sightings of robins this week! Here's hoping any rain holds off on Sunday.
The news of a major solar flare/storm this week was so well timed for the final week of our Space science unit. We viewed some more breathtaking video from the news online and from NASA. We are all keeping an eye out for any chances of seeing some Northern Lights as well. Our student teams gave their planet presentations this week, and we filled ourselves to the brim with amazing facts about our solar system. This unit has been so much fun for all of us - we kind of hate to see it end. But we must move on! Until we are ready to tackle our Rocks and Minerals unit, we are progresssing in social studies to the next stage of our Wisconsin history with the arrival of the first European explorers.
This coming Monday will be a very full day. Everyone will want to eat a healthy breakfast before coming to school. We start off our first hour math class with the Unit 7 Test on Fractions and Probability. After a short break for a snack, all the 4th graders will board buses around 10:15 for a trip to the MHS PAC where they will have their dress rehearsal with Mrs. Bodell and Mr. Rykal for that evening's choral concert. Just a reminder: Families can arrive around 6:15pm, the concert begins at 6:30, lasts for 30 to 45 minutes, and all students are to wear jeans, their WM Tie Dye T-shirt, and tennis shoes. This is always such a heartwarming show to watch for parents and teachers alike. An early "Bravo!" to Mrs. Bodell for making this all possible and memorable! When our students get back to school, it will be time for Gym Class, and then Lunch from 12:30 to 1:00! This is a big change from our usual schedule, with a later lunch by a good hour - hence the need for a good breakfast and a snack after math.
Speaking of 'breakfast' - today we had a pizza breakfast at 8:30 in math class! The kids have all worked hard the last three weeks to master several new and challenging skills with fractions, so we figured we deserved to 'practice' dividing several whole pizzas into halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, eighths, and even twelfths and sixteenths! It was fun and delicious - and even educational! :).
We can fill you in with more details of our work in 4th grade when we meet next week, so until then... Melanie Hannam
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