Mrs. Antoniono & Ms. Williams' Fourth Grade Class

Happy Holidays to you and your family! I hope you have a wonderful break with a lot of together time in which you can build special memories. I also hope everyone in your family stays healthy!! During the coming week we will complete our Map project. Unfortunately, it has taken students much longer than expected to work on these maps and they have not been able to complete them in a way that will allow us to present them to their families as we had planned. We will be presenting them, no matter what point of completeness they have reached, to others here at school on Wednesday. I am disappointed that you will not get to see the results of their hard work, but I promise that they will be presenting other projects after the first of the year that you will be invited to see. On Thursday, we will spend the afternoon celebrating the season with a craft project, Secret Santa gift exchange, and possibly a movie. Mrs. Antoniono will come and introduce little James to the class. We have a p...

Today in math we learned the area model strategy for division.  The kids did well as they worked through several problems.  I told them I would post a video to help clarify questions they may have for the homework.

Hi Parents/Guardians, It has been a long time since I have updated this blog. I am sorry, but life in our classroom has been crazy. In a good way! ***If you have not signed up for conferences for tomorrow, please contact me so we can set up a time when we can sit down together and discuss our first trimester. We are required to meet with every parent, and I will have to keep bugging you until that happens. ;-) Our project with maps is coming together very slowly. I am hoping we will finish next week and will let you know when our presentations will take place so you can come and see and hear what these fourth graders have learned about our state. Yesterday, I sent home student slips for a gift exchange/Secret Santa on the last day of school before break. As the note stated, if you do not choose to have your child participate, please let me know as soon as possible so I can make sure every child gets a gift. If you do that, please send the paper back with your child so I have so...

We have completed our first project: Who Would Move to Nevada? The students did a fabulous job on their models and essays. They worked so hard and were very proud. Yesterday they presented their projects to our class and today we did a walk through with the other fourth grade class so they could see each others. Tomorrow we will start our next project in which we will learn about maps and the components of maps. We will once again focus on Nevada and students will design and build their own maps with many features regarding Nevada, its people and places. At the end of this project you will be invited to see students present their maps and all they have learned.

Good Evening! I'm sorry to say I forgot to send home pictures today as we were working on projects right until the last minute! I will be sure to send them home tomorrow. We have finished our first round of edits for the essays and the timelines. Those will both be completed this week, and students will start creating their models. I know they are looking forward to this next step. They have been real troopers with the research and we are all looking forward to the "fun" part of the project. They have learned soooo much! As they work on their plans for the models, they may be asking to bring some supplies in from home. Most supplies can be provided at school, but they may want some special items to add to their model. Thank you for your support in this. You have awesome kids, and I am loving working with all of them! Ms. Williams

Your children have been working hard to find information for our "Who Would Move to Nevada" project. It has been difficult for some of them and we are working slowly to find the information they need. We are hoping to finish our research this week. We have had some wonderful speakers who have helped us understand some of the cultural aspects of our ancestors' lives. We greatly appreciate that insight. By next week we hope to be building models of their group's lifestyle. When that time arrives, I will be sending home information about any contributions we may need from home. Thank you for your support!

This week we have begun our Nevada project titled "Who Would Move to Nevada". Today we spent time talking about state symbols and our state motto. We will move on to researching six different groups who moved to Nevada through history. Yesterday we had a guest speaker from the Northern Pauite tribe. She kicked off our project with a great deal of information about the first settlers to this area. Students seem to be adjusting well to our classroom and procedures. Please let us know if there are things with which you need help or questions answered. I love working with this group! Enjoy your week.

Hello Fourth Grade Families, We had an amazing first day of school. Your children were wonderful and we were able to accomplish many of our organizational tasks. Ask them about our day! I can't wait to work with them again tomorrow. As it turns out, I will be the substitute in our classroom for the mornings the rest of this week and next while Mrs. Antoniono is out of town. I am so excited that I will be able to spend most of the day with our students for two weeks. I will be teaching morning math and will keep you updated on how things are going. Enjoy your evening and get those kiddos to bed early. I'm sure they're exhausted. :-) Nancy

Dear Fourth Grade Parents, We are so excited to begin this new school year with your children. We hope your families have had an awesome summer with many fun and relaxing times together. We wanted to explain what your child's day will look like and would also like to tell you a little about ourselves. We look forward to getting to know you as we go through the year. Mrs. Antoniono will be in our classroom from 8:00am - 12:30pm.  You will reach out to her if your child is sick, or running late, or you have any other beginning-of-the-day concerns.  First thing in the morning your children will have writing with Mrs. Hyde. Then they will be with Mrs. Antoniono doing math from 9:15am to 11:15am  (snack is from 10:15-10:30)..  After that, they will have reading with Mrs. Moon before their 12:30pm lunch break. All fourth graders trade classrooms for reading and writing as Mrs. Antoniono teaches third, fourth and fifth grade math. After lunch, your children will...