Marvelous May!

The World is Your Dance Floor!

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you'll be doomed if you don't try. - Beverly Sills

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow". - Mary Anne Radmacher

Don't forget to scroll inside the flyer! :)

By working together, we are helping shape our future!

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. - Dr. Seuss

Congratulations to the Schaab Scholars who won the Dodgeball Championship!

Rise Up

Every Great Dream, Begins With A Dreamer - Harriet Tubman

"You must do the things you think you cannot do". - Elenor Roosevelt

"Make this week the best week for someone else." - Kid President

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

It's beginning a look a lot like...

"The Root of Joy is Gratefulness"

Be sure to scroll down to see all of the exciting parts of this newsletter!

The time to be awesome is now!

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Mrs. Kelly shares Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing during our guest read aloud time. 

Mr. Mata stopped in for a lesson on the area model in math class.   We had to explain to him that asking Siri was not a math tool in our toolbox for problem solving. :)

Color coding our summary of, The Golden Touch in reading class.

So much to be thankful for!

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Halloween Fun!

Halloween Fun!

Awesome physics assembly

Awesome physics assembly

Awesome Physics Assembly

Using an Osmo to practice number sense

Using an Osmo to practice number sense.

Sushi Monster to practice facts!

Collaborating to solve challenging math problems. 

Collaborating to solve challenging math problems.

Our new volume meter!  My iPad measures our noise and we earn noise control dojo points!

#SOCKTOBER 2016

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our Socktober drive!  We were so excited to crush our original goal of collecting 606 socks!

Do you love Kid President as much as we do?   He spread his awesomeness to Khols and is selling his positive message in t-shirts!  Click here to check them out.

#WeAreGood

Important Links

• FAQ on Google Classroom Parent Summaries
• Socktober Video
• Storyworks Log In
• My Brain is a Muscle video
• Sign up to be a guest reader
• Check out our Donor's Choose progress!
• Kid President's Guide to Being Awesome!

A huge thanks to Gianna's Mom for reading some amazing facts to us!

Manipulatives with Multiplication!

   

Kenna & Brendan lost teeth on Friday!  A first for Mrs. Schaab having two student lose teeth in the same day! :)

I enjoyed sharing a historical moment with my kids last night -I hope you are as excited as we are for the World Series!  

Double Dose

Important Links to Check Out: 

• FAQ on Google Classroom Parent Summaries
• Socktober Video
• Storyworks Log In
• My Brain is a Muscle video
• Sign up to be a guest reader
• Check out our Donor's Choose progress!

Happy Birthday, River!

River's mom sharing some Calvin & Hobbs. 

Our Socktober Socks!

Happy Birthday, Selah!

Mrs. Ruff had some big news to share in Art Class.   Ask your Scholar what the puzzle said!

Observing Pill Bugs & their structure. 

Checking out the pill bugs. 

Pill Bug Investigation

Taking notes on the pill bugs. 

THere was a caterpillar in the pill bug box!

Creating the pinhole camera.

Pinhole cameras - learning how our eyes work.

Pinhole cameras - learning how our eyes work.

Testing out the cameras outside. 

Testing out our pinhole cameras.

Using Google Hangouts for Read Aloud with Walter's Mom!

Kenna & Kelsi's Mom came into read to us about Down Syndrome.   We enjoyed having two special readers in our classroom to share such a good story about differences.  Thank you for sharing with us, ladies!
Click here to find out more about down syndrome acceptance month! 

Looking for pirate treasure on the sunken Whydah!