End-of-Week Update, 1/17

We did an amazing job with our first chorus concert!

What we've been up to:
"Smile big!" we heard at the chorus concert.  We had lots of fun at our first chorus concert singing three songs plus a warm up for 4th grade and 5th grade parents.  We were so proud of Andrew, who sang a solo for "Wake Me Up!"  Check out the videos of our show below at the bottom of the post.  In reading, we started reading James and the Giant Peach and so far James has lost his parents who got eaten by a rhino, has had to live with his two horribly mean aunts for three years, and has received magic crocodile tongues, which have escaped and grown into a peach.  A very big peach.  In math this week, we were learning how to make fractions into decimals and percents.  We also took our fractions test this week!  In health this week, we played some fun nutrition games which helped us to master what kinds of food are good to eat and not-so-good to eat.  In music, we brought home our recorders and we're planning on practicing a lot so we can all earn our white belts next week.  In art, we painted our terra cotta pots to tell a story.  They have to dry, so we'll get them back soon.  This week we finished earning our 25 points and are planning on voting for a prize next week.  In writing, we made "boxes, bullets, and squiggles," which help us with figuring out what to write in our essays.  Today in writing, we picked one reason and we wrote a topic sentence, mini stories, and parallel lists for our drafts!  In P.E. this week, we jumped and stretched and moved around when we started our gymnastics unit.  On Monday, we had a substitute teacher, Mrs. Cameron and did hard work to earn a good report for Mrs. Adams.  On Friday, we watched the Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech with all the other fourth graders.  We learned that Martin Luther King wanted to let freedom ring and have his children be able to sit at the same lunch table as white children.  Martin Luther King was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.  He was arrested many times for his boycotts and demonstrations.  We also learned that he sadly died at the age of 39, but he had a huge influence on our lives!  Let's see what adventures await next week!

What's coming up / Notes from Mrs. Adams:

• Students will be taking a West quiz on Friday, 1/24.  Be sure to check out their study guides and study plans (NEW!!) in their Assignment Notebooks!
• Please use the "Useful Documents" section to the right to download copies of the character traits bookmark and chart!

Here we are doing one of our warm ups!

Here's a video of our first song!

Here we are singing in French!

Manal & Andrew sang beautiful solos!

Here we are singing "Wake Me Up!"  The audience loved it!

Check out our moves with glow sticks!