Capacity

We have started a new unit about capacity. Capacity is a measurement of how much liquid something hold.Some ways we measure capacity are gallons,liters,quarts pints,cups,and milliliters. We did a work sheat about it and we learned and we learned about the metric system and the standard system. 

Luke H.

New jobs

Today we figured out what we got for a job. Some of us have hard jobs and will need to learn how to do it. But it is 3rd grade and a lot of us don't have hard jobs. A lot of the jobs are really fun, but some of them can get boring.  The jobs we could get are teachers assistants, caboose, substitute, line leader, lunch helpers, librarians, pet Care takers, homework helpers, supply sergeant, door holder, tech specialist, public relations, copy experts, and Manager!

By Natalie & Alaina

Classroom experts

In class we are going to go to another class (Ms. Upton) to learn about apps. So we have written 4 apps down that we want to learn more about and Ms. Mathes is going to choose one of those four and each app will have 3 people learning about that app. So when someone needs help on an app we will go to one of the three experts on that app. By Hank and Logan

Ms Sauerburger

Ms Sauerburger is our preservice teacher for the next few months.  She only comes in two mornings and learns about how the classroom works and she learns how to be a teacher. She is a phase 1 sophomore at Mizzou. We love her!!

New Jobs!

 Today we chose new jobs.  One of the most popular is bunny care taker and another is public relations .  And the least popular is librarians and supply sergeant. We like picking new jobs because it gives us a new opportunity to do  something different .

By Rory & Mailei 

Vex kits

In science we are making a compound machine. It helps a tiger get out of a moat. A compound machine is two or more simple machines together. Today we are going to talk and share are compound machines. Some ideas are more complex than others but all of them are good. By Rachel, Paisley, and Alaina 

The school of Integrity

Integrity is doing what's right even when no one is watching.  Also saying the truth like, "I did not do my homework."  And it  is including everyone and don't be a bully. A bully can change their attitude. By: Rachel and Dorothy 

Kindergarten buddies

We made a weaving card with are kindergarten buddies for Valentines Day! First we had to help our kindergarten buddies before we did our card some of the people in our class didn't even do one. The craft was really fun and the kindergarten buddies looked like they were having fun. I really liked that we got to use plastic needles. But we had a fun time and did a great craft.

By Natalie & Mailei 

Feature articles

In writing we have been working on feature articles. We will tell you how to make a feature article. 1. Pick a topic then research facts and organize them into sections and DONT PLAGIARISE. 2. Make an introduction and try to make it interesting. 3. Take all your organized facts and copy them onto paper in sections. 4. make an interesting conclusion. 5. Go back and on paper write your title and some features for your article. 5. My favorite part type everything on the computer. By: Hank and Logan

Valentines

At our Valentines party we get valentines.We got a lot of candy and a lot of people brought fun dip.Ms.Mathes got us cool book marks and jolly rancher fun dip. We also got ice cream and we got to take pictures by a heart background.By Alaina 

                        

Box City

We have been learning about volume. We made these cool box cities. The name of mine is New Orlands. We made the box cities out of paper, but we had to fold and tape them. Taylor's box city was called Funland. Do you have the question of what is volume? Well if so then we are here to tell you more about it.  Volume is in cubic units. Cubic units are basically boxes or 3D squares/cube. Then you multiply the 2 bottom sides and then times that to the layers. Then you have your answer.

Science race!

Last week we had a science race with marbles. We used inclined plains to do the race. We used all shapes and sizes to do the race with the inclined plains marbles. We also did a challenge where we had to see whose marble went the farthest Luke S.,Carter, and Makenna's team won and Asher's team got second. The marble went the farther when we made the inclined plains higher.

 

                                                                                   Luke S. and Asher

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine boxes

Over the week we made Valentine boxes. Ms Mathes rules's are your name needs to be see able. And the opening needs to be big enough for valentines and candy. Everybody has a very creative valentine box. Some boxes are a  Racoon holding a heart, a vending machine, and lots more! Mine is the Racoon holding a heart.  Taylor's is a mail box!!!

By Taylor & Makenna

Force test

In class we have been learning about force. But today we did a test on force. It was about gravity, friction, simple machines,pushing and pulling. We have study hard enough to get most of the questions right about it. The test was mostly word problems and about the fulcrum.

By Natalie&Taylor

Roller coasters

Today we built roller coasters and the marble is the cart. We had to make it over a hill then 2 hills and then in a loop. It was hard but we got it done. We learned the steeper that you make it the faster it goes. The two forces that are at work are Gravity and Friction. By Lucas and Jonas

School mail

In school we can write school mail in our free time. First we get the letter sheet and the school directory. The school directory is so you know everyone's name and class code in the school even teachers. Here's a picture of the letter sheet. Before we write we have to write the name and class code of the person we are writing to.Then we wright to the person we we want to wright to. Then we sign our name and put the letter in the mailbox outside of our classroom. 4th grade mail club students pick up and deliver mail on Wednesdays. By: Hank and Logan

100 cougar compliments

Today we earned 100 cougar compliments. For our celebration we picked 10 minutes of four corners.

We were so excited that we earned 100 cougar compliments. We can't wait to earn a hundred again.

                                                 By Jonas and Lucas

Number the stars

In NUMBER THE STARS so far we have been getting to know more about Ellen's family. And we figured out that there is no Great Aunt Birte, but they still had a funeral. In the casket was a bunch of clothes for the Jewish people because they were going to sneak out with Peter. Peter gave the baby medicen to keep the baby from crying because they were sneaking out. We predict that Annmerarie might miss Ellen when she goes to sneak out. 

By Taylor and Makenna 

Pulley simple machines!!!

We made pulleys today in science. The materials are made like Legos. This experience is very cool because Ms. Stemmons and Mr. Villasana came in especially for us. This is what the pulley looks like!! By Makenna, Rachel, Mailei :)

The heart project

Today we did a heart art project . We are making them for our partners and education . We started the project  this morning. We glued the hearts on and then we colored the hearts and around the hearts.

Everyone has a different design . It looks like tie die too.

By Rory &Taylor

Book clubs

A few weeks ago we started to read new books in our book clubs. Some books are A Week in the Woods, The Kid Who Ran for President, The Playful Puppy,My Brother Made Me Do It, and Wringer, Every day at reading time a group goes on on the floor to do a meeting and in the meeting we talk with Mrs.Mathes and we tell what happened in the book and at the end of the meeting we say how much pages/chapters we want to read. The other days we read on our own and wright our thoughts on Schoology. By Asher & Henry

Rectangles and squares

We are made rectangles and put them on paper. But before we did that we made them on graph paper according to certain rules. Then we measured and made the perimeter of the rectangle out of strips of colored paper. 

By Natalie and Alaina

Number the stars

In Number the Stars  Annmarie and her mom are hiding Ellen because she is Jewish. Peter is hiding Ellen's parents. Right now Annmarie and her mom are at their uncle's house. They think it's more safe for Ellen because there are a lot of Nazi's in Cooenhagen. The next chapter title is called "There Will Be A Death". We predict that the death will be uncle Henrik because he is hiding Ellen. We are really enjoying the book. 

By Makenna & Taylor 

Aging booth

In class yesterday we played (well not necessarily played) aging booth because it as the 100th day of school. In aging booth you take a picture of yourself and it takes you sometime like 2047. We learned that when you take a picture of yourself and make yourself look old, it isn't pretty.

                                                       Luke S. and Hank

Happy birthday Ms. Mathes

Ms.Mathes birthday was yesterday. She had an AWESOME cake that Makenna's mom made. The cake was chocolate and vanilla. It looked like a book and it tasted really GOOD! For a treat we made her cards!!!!!! By Natalie&alaina 

Lever

Today we learned how to make a lever. Levers help us work so that we don't have to do that much work. Levers also helps you move things and we also learned that if we move the bottom (fulcrum) closer to the load  it will be easier to lift. Rachel & Mailei 

Kindergarten Buddies

On Friday Mrs Hotchkiss's kindergarten class came to our room. We read books to our kindergarten buddies. We read all sorts of books like German shepherds, earthquakes, Dly Guy, and much more. Some of us even read books from Epic on our iPad. We hope they come again soon! By Luke S. 

Inclined plane

We are using vex kits to make an inclined plane. We had to work together. We used the App Inventor Publisher Viewer.  Iventor publisher is the app that we got the instructions from. By Asher,Carter,and Logan

Magnets

In science we have been learning about magnets. The ends of the magnet.  There are poles. There is a north pole and a South Pole. If you put the same poles together, south and south and north and north they repel that means that they push apart. But if you put North and South they stick together. For a magnet to work you do not have to have them together. 

By Natalie and Mailei

Number the Stars

We have been building up our knowledge about WWII because our read aloud book takes place in WWII. It is called NUMBER THE STARS. The Nazi soldiers are invading Denemark . The main character is Annemarie and her friend Ellen who is Jewish. The author is Lois Lowry. 

Family letters

Every Friday we write family letters. We have to do three sentences in each paragraph. Family letters are really fun. In the letter we have to write about what we have been doing in class over the week.

By Natalie&Alaina