Monday, December 6, 2010

Spelling Words - Heat Wave! (12/6/10 - 12/10/10)

Spelling Words
1. dancing
2. skipped
3. hiking
4. flipped
5. snapping
6. raced
7. landed
8. pleasing
9. checking
10. dared
11. dimmed
12. rubbing
13. striped
14. wasting
15. traced
16. stripped
17. tanning
18. smelling
19. phoning
20. fainted

Challenge Words
1. precise
2. premeditate
3. perpendicular
4. persevere
5. percussion

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Updates

Greetings from fourth grade,

There are some exciting changes going on with our blog.

1.  If you scroll to the very bottom you will see a list of the next 10 events for fourth grade and/or Bigfork Elementary.  This will allow us to post events the 4th grade students will be participating in.  If you have questions about an event, please email your child's teacher.

2.  Learning Resources links on the right side are going to be moved into categories.

3.  IXL Math - a new website for math concept practice accessible at both school and home.  Your child will have a username and password assigned by the site and obtainable through your child's teacher.

We hope this helps us all stay up-to-date with learning opportunities.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Spelling Words - Cendrillon (11/29 - 12/3)

Spelling Words
1. harbor
2. final
3. middle
4. weather
5. labor
6. model
7. chapter
8. special
9. sugar
10. bottle
11. medal
12. collar
13. proper
14. towel
15. beggar
16. battle
17. trouble
18. shower
19. uncle
20. doctor

Challenge Words
1. slaughter
2. restaurant
3. audience
4. perceive
5. foreign

Monday, November 15, 2010

Spelling Words - The Stranger (11/15/10 - 11/19/10)

The Stranger - Spelling Words
1. railroad
2. airport
3. seat belt
4. everywhere
5. homesick
6. understand
7. background
8. anything
9. ninety-nine
10. already
11. fireplace
12. ourselves
13. all right
14. forever
15. breakfast
16. whenever
17. meanwhile
18. afternoon
19. make-believe
20. everything

Challenge Words
1. landmark
2. nationwide
3. postscript
4. motorcycle
5. handkerchief

Friday, November 12, 2010

Spelling Words - High Frequency (3) - (11/8 - 11/12)

Spelling Words
1. almost
2. earth
3. year
4. four
5. country
6. high
7. mother
8. light
9. father
10. night
11. picture
12. study
13. soon
14. since
15. ever
16. being
17. second
18. story
19. white
20. paper

Challenge Words
1. intermission
2. interrogative
3. institute
4. pronounce
5. proportion

Monday, November 1, 2010

Spelling Words - High Frequency (11/1/10 - 11/5/10)

Spelling Words
1. going
2. school
3. until
4. food
5. children
6. want
7. important
8. form
9. keep
10. feet
11. land
12. without
13. once
14. life
15. took
16. side
17. enough
18. head
19. above
20. began

Challenge Words
1. conqueror
2. sculptor
3. turbulence
4. durable
5. bachelor

Monday, October 25, 2010

Challenge Words - Mysteries

Challenge Spelling Words for this week:

1. opportunity
2. possibility
3. simplicity
4. persuasive
5. adhesive

Spelling Words - Mysteries (10/25 - 10/29)

Spelling Words
1. shake
2. speed
3. desk
4. drain
5. block
6. fist
7. fright
8. pride
9. neat
10. truck
11. roast
12. flock
13. prune
14. cone
15. spray
16. crew
17. plant
18. blade
19. bread
20. dead

Challenge Words
1. proceed
2. cocoa
3. imitate
4. erase
5. polish

Monday, October 11, 2010

Spelling Words - Shores of Silver Lake (10/11 - 10/15)

Spelling Words
By the Shores of Silver Lake
- Spelling Words that are homophones -

1. steel
2. steal
3. lead
4. led
5. wait
6. weight
7. wear
8. ware
9. creak
10. creek
11. beet
12. beat
13. meet
14. meat
15. peek
16. peak
17. dear
18. deer
19. ring
20. wring

Challenge Words (extra credit)
1. pour
2. pore
3. vain
4. vein
5. vane

Monday, October 4, 2010

Spelling Words - Finding the Titanic (10/4-10/8)

Spelling words with the long and short u sounds and the oo sound.

1. brush
2. juice
3. fruit
4. tube
5. lunch
6. crumb
7. few
8. true
9. truth
10. done
11. suit
12. pump
13. due
14. dull
15. tune
16. blew
17. trunk
18. sum
19. glue
20. threw

Challenge Words (extra credit)
1. newscast
2. commute
3. continue
4. attitude
5. slumber

Monday, September 27, 2010

Spelling Words - Grandfather's Journey (9/27-10/1)

Grandfather's Journey
Spelling words with the long and short i and o sounds.

1. snow
2. grind
3. still
4. coast
5. odd
6. crime
7. gold
8. wrote
9. flight
10. build
11. broke
12. blind
13. folk
14. grown
15. shock
16. ripe
17. coal
18. inch
19. sigh
20. built

Challenge Words (extra credit)
1. remind
2. approach
3. rigid
4. recognize
5. continent

Friday, September 24, 2010

Spirit Week

The week of 9/27-10/1 is SPIRIT WEEK!

Monday - Crazy Hat, Hair, or Shoe Day
Tuesday - Twin Day
Wednesday - Decade Day (your choice)
Thursday - Fairytale Day
Friday - Blue and White Day

Have fun, but remember to keep it safe!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Spelling Words (9/20-9/25)

Akiak Spelling Words
1. gain
2. cream
3. sweet
4. safe
5. past
6. reach
7. kept
8. gray
9. field
10. break
11. east
12. shape
13. steep
14. pray
15. pain
16. glass
17. west
18. cheap
19. steak
20. chief

Challenge Words (extra credit)
1. graceful
2. descent
3. athletic
4. knead
5. activity

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Events

Upcoming Events:

• Friday, 9/17 - Assembly - 2:30pm
• Tuesday, 9/21 - Lone Pine Field Trip - Make sure your child brings their permission slip to school!  If they need a sack lunch from school, please indicate this on their permission slip and turn it in by Friday (9/17).  Additionally, we will need a few parent volunteers, let us know if you can help.  This is an outdoor field trip - please help your child dress appropriately.
• Tuesday, 9/21 - K-5 Open House  - 6:30 - 8:00pm - Visit with your child's teacher(s) and see the classrooms.
• Wednesday 9/22 - Early Release - Students dismissed at 1:55pm
• Friday 10/1 - Narnia - We will be walking to the theater downtown to see the play, Narnia.  We will be walking, so help your child dress appropriately.  Cost = $3.00/student (permission slips to follow soon)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Specials Schedules

Mrs. Henion's Specials Schedule
Monday = Computers
Tuesday = Library
Wednesday = PE
Thursday = Art
Friday = Music

Mrs. Pierce's Specials Schedule
Monday = PE
Tuesday = Computers
Wednesday = Library
Thursday = Art
Friday = Music

Ms. Smith's Specials Schedule
Monday = Library
Tuesday = PE
Wednesday = Computers
Thursday = Music
Friday = Art

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Welcome Back!

Happy Back to School!  We are excited to work with your child(ren) this year in fourth grade at Bigfork Elementary.  Please use this blog as a resource for learning practice and fun; don't hesitate to ask if you have questions regarding specific resources. 

We will keep you up-to-date with things happening in our classrooms and school with this blog.  Thank you in advance for all your support during this fabulous fourth grade year.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Henion, Mrs. Pierce, and Ms. Smith