Huzarsky's Happenings Newsletter October 2012



DREAM...BELIEVE...ACHIEVE

Welcome To Ms. Huzarsky's Fourth Grade Blog

   

  Over the past few weeks we have been learning so many new and interesting topics in Room 19.  Read on to find out what's been happening in Ms. Huzarsky's class.

    We wrapped up our social-studies unit on Geography this week.  We culminated the unit by creating New York State cookie maps in cooperative learning groups.  Each group formed cookie dough in the shape of New York State and used candy and chocolate to form the waters, cities, and mountains.  Check out the pictures below to see how much fun we had while learning!  Go Geography!!!

     In the Science Lab we are still learning about Geology.  We have learned about the layers of the earth, erosion, weathering, and volcanoes.  The lab is an exciting place to be as we are examining and analyzing different materials, taking scientific notes, and working in groups to conduct experiments. Take a look at our pictures below to see us in action!

     We published our first pieces in our Writer's Workshop this week!  After a month of hard work and effort, we took our pieces through the writing process...collecting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing.  We revised for leads, endings and titles and edited for periods, capitals, question marks, exclamation points and spelling. We are bringing our published pieces home today for our families to read and comment on.   Next Tuesday the 23rd, we are having a publishing party in our classroom and having other classes come in to read our pieces.  Write On!!!

     In our Reading Workshop we are currently studying non-fiction.  Over the past few weeks we focused on summarizing articles.  We used graphic organizers to understand the main idea and details of an article, as well as figuring out the 5 w's of an article.  You can practice these skills and strategies with your child at home by having them read a short article from the newspaper or magazine with  you.  Ask them to tell you the main idea and three details about the article.  We began our new read aloud last week entitled The Kid Who Ran For President by Dan Gutman. This is a very funny and informative chapter book that matches up perfectly with the upcoming Presidential election.  Ask your child all about the main characters Judson Moon and Lane Brainard...hearing about these two will probably give you a good laugh!  Reading Rules!!!

    In the Computer Lab we are working on our New York State projects.  Our first step was to research important facts about our state, and now we are currently in the process of creating Prezi's for our presentation. Mr. Sinanis even joined in and taugh us all about Prezi during one of our Computer Lab periods.  Thanks Mr. Sinanis!!! 

     We're Marvelous Mathematicians in Room 19!  We are currently learning all about addition and subtraction!  Next week we will move onto multiplication...please make sure your child is practicing his/her facts at home nightly.  Math Mania!!!

      Thank you for stopping by Huzarsky's Happenings...please write a comment down below. I hope you have a fantastic weekend filled with laughter, relaxation, and reading. :-)

Sincerely,

Ms. Huzarsky

DREAM...BELIEVE...ACHIEVE

Researching in the Computer Lab



Enjoying our volcano experiment!





Mr. Sinanis taught us how to use Prezi in the Computer Lab for our New York State presentations

Subtraction fun on the SmartBoard!