Entries from October 2008

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

“Revise-O-Rama”

There are some INCREDIBLE writers in room 12! We know that we are doing a great job, but we also know that revising is a very important job as a writer…SO…we had a “Revise-O-Rama” today. We have been working hard on our personal narrative stories and today was the day to revise. [...]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Update…

Just a few things to note…
* We won the golden recorder for this week… YEA! Don’t know what that is?…be sure to ask your child!
* We won the Marco’s Pizza Party! Thanks to everyone that purchased pizza last week!
* We have some classmates working for the Nu Union [...]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Where have we been???

I know! It seems like we have been gone forever… Things here in fourth grade have been fun, wild, and crazy. We have been working hard, learning a lot and doing so many things. We are going to get back on track now that we are done with the MEAP test [...]

Monday, October 20th, 2008

MEAP MEAP and more MEAP…

Hello everyone! You are probably wondering where we have been… Well, we had conferences last week with some 1/2 days in there and all day Friday off! We have also been taking the MEAP test. The kids have been taking their time and I am sure they are doing a fantastic [...]

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

It was a “Grand Day!”

On Friday we took a trip back in time… We had a fun-filled day of learning about Michigan history right behind our school, next to the Grand River. We met with some voyageurs and even had a chance to travel on their canoe. We played a Native American game, met with a [...]

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Cool Tools…

Do you use your “cool tools”? We learned all about how to use our “toothpaste”, “microphone”, “ice cube tray”, “feet”, “eraser”, “kaleidescope”, and “nice dice” to treat each other with respect. Ask your child about those important tools… You cannot get far in life without checking these tools and using these tools [...]

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

The Winning Cheers…

Here they are! Listen carefully to the winning cheers!
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Crazy Clothes Day!

Check out these outfits… October has started and wow! This week is homecoming in Spring Lake and it is spirit week at Holmes. My new class photographers, Grace and Nolan, thought it would be fun to put some pictures of students in their “crazy clothes” gear from today. Tomorrow is hat [...]