4K Reading!

We read to Kindergarten today and all the the students loved it! Check out what fourth grade had to say about the experience with their very first blog post!

Betsy said:
I think reading to my partner from kinder garden was so much fun.
my partner was a girl.She did not know that much words so i helped her.she was a fast Lerner.She said big words i did not know she could say.I let her read and she did a veryvery good job.  


Isabella said:
I had so much fun with my talking and reading she was so nice and super cool she used so much expression and she was a great Lister and a great reader she was five and  she was a quick learner and i asked her if she wanted me to read first or if she wanted to read first and she said she wanted to and she was so confent

Porter said:
My kindergarten was amazing he was reading every thing I was reading he chose good books he was really cool I admit he was pretty cool. He was nice and confident and was reading every thing I said. 

Harper said:
The kindergartner Kyle and I read to was very confused.  His name was Kayin. He would pick out a book and tell us to read it to him, but after we read a few pages then he said the book was boring and went and picked a different book. One book the cook got fired then Kayin said me and Kyle were fired. Overall I like him.

Cate said:
I loved my kindergartner so much. She read to me and I read to her. Plus she had a smile the hole time witch was cute. Her name was Isabelle and she is a confident 5 year old. She named two of the birds in the first book we read. Isabelle named the mama bird Red and the baby bird Tip. She struggled a little with pronouncing words to me other wise she was cute and great.

Allen said:
Allen I liked my kindergartner he was a little shy.He loved action packed books and mysterios

Macon said:
I think my kindergartner was great because he answer the questions correctly. Also he read some books with me. Also he listen no complaining. To sum things up I liked reading with my kindergartner.

Grace said:
I think it was very fun because I new the kindergartner that I was working with.I also think that she was a go listener  and I think that we should do it again soon.

Johnathan said:
I had fun with my partner because.I think that he was very good and funny  and he was tough some times when i was reading so i had to stop and get him right so he would listen.But when we was reading avengers  and he knew more than me i said who is that he said the falcon i did not know that is why i asked him why did you like this book he said that i love turkey for thanksgiving and i kept asking what animals was this he got the all right.it was funny because he was keep moving and saying lets get another book and he kept moving to get another book we read 3 half books but other wise he was very good .he did like the first book i read and he was kinda shy the first time

Leyland said:
I liked the what i did with kindergarten because my person listens he was funny he was focus and he read the words with me.He had a fue mistakes but we fixed them i loved that he had fun with me and i hope he can read with me another day

Henry said:
My kindergartner was really nice and he was also a good reader and I really liked him

Jaiden said:
Jakai and I had a fun.It was fun because we read books we both like. Jakai was answering questions correctly. Jakai was repeating what I was saying because  he could not read. He got to pick books that he liked. When it was his turn to read he he was sounding it on and got the word right. That why I had fun with my kindergarten Jakai.

Gaby said:
I was partnered with Maggie to read with a kindergartner. We would start to read a book and on like the 5th page she would say "Lets read different book" she was very nice though. I liked her very much. She had some trouble pronouncing the bigger words like: because, ocean, and missing. We would to correct her, and she was very positive about reading. she had very good story's to tell us and one of them was that "she saw a gigantic shark and they cut it open and a shoe came out." She was awesome! :-) 

Santiago said:
I think my kindergartner is  good;).they did
good. but not good listener he likes Lego 

:/

Maggie said:
I had a nice time with my Kindergartner. It was a little difficult at first because when we were in the middle of a book she would just say "I don't care about this book anymore." When we were talking about fish she shared a most unpleasant story about a shark the story was, "We saw this ginormous shake and then they cut it open and a shoe came out." she said. She was so cute 

Lyric said:
I think reading to kindergartners is fun.I liked it because I can teach them how to read harder books like 3rd grade and maybe even 4th grade.Today I read to a kindergartner and she was a little shy but she read some pages of the book.Another thing is that I would ask her a question.She might struggle on somethings but i would help her.Another thing is that she would say,"I don't like this book." In a quite way.Another thing is that I would try and let her read a page but she wouldn't but sometimes she would read a page or two.If she read a page i would give her a high five and say,"Good job."The books we read where.Polar bear Polar bear what do you hear.Another book that we read was Super Fly Guy.We didn't get to read the whole thing because she would say,"That's nasty." because there was a part in the story that Fly Guy liked the trash can.Then we had to stop reading and it was over.She was very cute and a very fast learner.That's why reading to a kinder garner was fun.

Wilmer said:
I think I have fun reading with  my kindergartner. at first he was not  listen but at last he did so well 

Welcome New Fourth Graders!

Welcome Fourth Graders and Parents!

I am so excited you are part of the Dream Team Family! Please use this blog to check in on what we are doing in class and at school. Also, stay tuned for blog posts written by our fourth grade bloggers!
We have had a wonderful first two weeks of school! Thank you for getting your kids to school on time and encouraging them each and every day!

Reminders:- Don't forget to make sure all transportation changes are made in writing- Students who want to qualify for perfect attendance are required to be at school from "bell to bell"- Please contact your child's homeroom teacher if you would like to recommend your child for gifted testing

Upcoming Events:- PTO will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23- Title I Parent Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 25- Curriculum Night is coming up on Thursday, August 25Have a fabulous weekend!

GA Milestone Testing Coming Soon!

As we approach the Georgia Milestone tests, we are spending some of our regular classroom time reviewing and reteaching skills for the test. If you would like to work with your child at home to prepare for this test, the following are some resources we find most beneficial:

• IXL Grammar (ixl.com)
• Read Theory (readtheory.org)
• Georgia Milestone Math Review (Google Slides shared via Google Classroom)
• Common Core Sheets (http://www.commoncoresheets.com/)
• IXL Math (ixl.com - 20 Free Questions per day)
• StudyJam for (Science) (http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/)
• Social Studies Text (Online resources: http://bit.ly/1UXGZeq)
• i-Ready (Math and Reading) (https://login.i-ready.com/)
• Math Games (http://www.mathgames.com/grade4)

Students have usernames and passwords for each of the websites requiring login information.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Georgia Milestone schedule:

April 12 (Tues.)	English Language Arts (Day 1)
April 13 (Wed.)	Test Makeup
April 14 (Thurs.)	English Language Arts (Day 2)
April 15 (Fri.)	Test Makeup
April 18 (Mon.)	Test Makeup
April 19 (Tues.)	Math
April 20 (Wed.)	Science
April 21 (Thurs.)	Social Studies
April 22 (Fri.)	Test Makeup

Black History Month Program

Parents,

Join us on Tuesday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m. in the TRES cafeteria for our annual Black History Month program.

Spelling List: Week 26 (Feb. 22-26)

This week's spelling spelling list focuses on silent and sounded consonants

Silent and sounded consonants is a feature that looks at words that have a silent consonant in one word and a sounded consonant is another.

limb	wrest
limber	wrestle
sign
signal
column
columnist

February News

Parents and Students,

The following are some important dates and reminders regarding fourth grade at TRES!

Important Dates:
2/8-  Field Trip to UGA Performing Arts Center
2/10- Progress Report Cards go home
2/11- Pizza and Cake Auction @ 6:00 p.m.
2/12- Principal's Coffee @ 7:45 a.m.
2/15- Student Holiday
2/23- Black History Month Program @ 1:00 pm.

Science Expo and The Leprechaun Trap Challenge are both creative, enrichment projects to be completed at home. We are looking forward to seeing what you (students) are creating at home with your parents. If you have any questions about the Science Expo or the Leprechaun Trap, feel free to contact us (fourth grade teachers!) and we'll make sure we find the answers for you!

THANK YOU!
Parents, thank you for your continued support and for getting your students to school every day and one time! We appreciate everything you do for us and your child.

Spelling List Week 22

This week's spelling spelling list focuses on the prefixes auto-, bio-, geo-.

auto- self
bio- life, living, matter
geo- earth

Standard: ELAGSERF3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

automobile
biology	geology
geography	autopilot
automatic	biologist
biohazard