Historical fiction project

Students are beginning a historical fiction project which will be their homework for the month of February.  Students must bring a historical fiction book to school for approval on or before Wednesday, January 30th.  They will read this one book and use it for their homework for the month - all 3 projects & diary entry will be based on the same novel.

Elements of Historical Fiction

form of fiction (not true)

based on historical events

authentic settings

characters portrayed in realistic manner

some characters may be actual people form history, but story is fictional

artistic mix of fiction and historical fact


for a list partial list of historical fiction books click here

Inclement Weather

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Case 21 Benchmark Assessments

4th grade will be administering Case 21 Benchmark Assessments on Tuesday (Reading) 1/15 & Wednesday (Math) 1/16.  Please be sure that your student has a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast before coming to school.  AND that they arrive at school on time (BEFORE 9:10 am)!

Code Red Drill

As a school we will have a Code Red Drill in the near future and fourth grade worked with students and had run through today in homeroom, B1 & B2.  We talked students through the procedure before hand, explaining the difference between a code yellow (event in the community) and a code red (event in the school).

The procedure is for students to get on floor & out of view, quickly & quietly. We emphasized that their job to get quickly in place & stay still and quiet.  Be assured that we are working to have students prepared in the case of an emergency as we already have tornado & fire drills.

My classroom would love help building our technology resources

I want to make sure my students have the materials they need to succeed. So I've created a classroom project request at DonorsChoose.org, an award-winning charity.

I'm asking for donations of any size to help my kids. For the next four days, any donation you make to my project will be doubled! If you know anyone who is passionate about education, please pass this along. Your donation will brighten my students' school year, and you'll get photos and thank yous from our class.

Here's my classroom request:

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/reading-technology/941765/

To have your donation matched dollar for dollar, enter the match code INSPIRE on the payment screen. This awesome match offer lasts through January 7.

My students and I greatly appreciate your support.