Field Day!

Field Day is Friday, June 3. Here's a list of things you may want to bring.

• gym shoes*
• water bottle*
• sunglasses
• towel (to sit on during lunch)
• sunscreen

*Most Important

Yearbook Signing

All fourth graders will have the option of signing yearbooks with classmates this Friday. All 3 fourth grade classes will be signing yearbooks on Friday morning. If you didn't purchase a yearbook, you can make an autograph book for signing.  Please remember to bring your yearbook to school on Friday if you'd like to participate. You may also want to bring a pen or Sharpie.

4B Math

Our final math test will be on Wednesday. Please review the Ch. 12 Study Guide and come to class well prepared for the test. There will not be enough time for corrections or retakes.

Spelling List Unit 30 (Week of May 31)

Base List

1. difficult
2. probably
3. beginning
4. direction
5. discover
6. excellent
7. important
8. imagine
9. energy
10. remember
11. different
12. another
13. beautiful
14. dangerous
15. government
16. interest
17. becoming
18. description
19. engineer
20. wonderful

Alternate List

1. temperature
2. humidifier
3. thermometer
4. moisture
5. sweltering
6. outrageous
7. Wednesday
8. ridiculous
9. recognize
10. unconscious
11. limousine
12. physician
13. quantity
14. lieutenant
15. universe

Reminder

We will begin our book presentations on Tuesday, May 31. Practice reading your summary over the weekend. You will just have to read your summary and share the cover that you designed. Please be prepared.

Please click on the link below to take David's survey

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHRIOG96QVhROFUxUW5POWhmMG45UVE6MQ#gid=0

100% Club for Unit 29 Spelling Test!

1. Alyssa B.
2. Jac
3. Kaitlyn
4. Lily
5. Briana
6. Reilly
7. Abby
8. Brian
9. Erin

Please click on the link below to take Kylie's survey

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHVPekRqdUVPY3kySE5kdlc0ZTdtQXc6MQ#gid=0

Reminder

This Friday we will be watching the Stone Fox video. If you would like to bring in a "potato" snack to munch on during the video feel free. You may also bring a clear drink.

Yearbooks

It looks like we have extra yearbooks, so if any students are interested in purchasing a yearbook have them see Mrs Dongarra.  The cost is $12 and they can pay either cash or check.  (If they are writing a check have them make it out to Owen Elementary and in the note section write yearbook)

Unit 29 Spelling List (Week of May 23)

Base List

1. major
2. cedar
3. spiders
4. locate
5. ruler
6. motive
7. raven
8. pilot
9. silent
10. super
11. paper
12. native
13. rivals
14. solar
15. bison
16. legal
17. humor
18. moment
19. nature
20. virus

Alternate List

1. flytrap
2. bladderwort
3. sundew
4. botanist
5. nutrient
6. ambulance
7. desert
8. blatant
9. climax
10. frozen
11. human
12. precede
13. raven
14. notice
15. driver

THANK YOU!!

A big thanks to all the students and parents for the wonderful teacher appreciation treats. You've made a great year even better.

Spirit Week (Week of May 23)

Monday   School Colors Day

Tuesday  Baseball day (wear your favorite jersey and or hat to school)

Wednesday  Beach day (wear your favorite flip flops and shades to school..no tank tops or swim suits please)

Thursday  Thirsty Thursday (bring a favorite drink from home to school to enjoy at lunch (no Monster or Red Bull please)

Friday  Freaky Friday  Wear some wacky clothes and come to school with some crazy hair style (please leave all hairspray at home please)

Feature Article

Topics for your "Feature Article" were due on Monday. If you did not have your topic ready for today, please be prepared to give your topic to me tomorrow.

Spelling List (Week of May 16)

The West: Test on Thursday, May, 19

1. Washington
2. Oregon
3. California
4. Hawaii
5. Alaska
6. Nevada
7. Idaho
8. Montana
9. Wyoming
10. Utah
11. Colorado

Last Call for Books

Scholastic books orders are due this Monday, May 16. This will be our last book order of the year. Here's your chance to stock up on few good reads for the summer.  Thanks for all the orders, we earned tons of free books for the classroom.

The West

Please use your study guide to practice the states, capitals and the abbreviations of the Western states. The test will be on Monday, May 23.

Book Presentations

Everyone has selected his/her book for the next book presentation. Please have your book completely read by May 24.

Please click on the link below to take Jake F.'s survey

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dE02b1hhbUEzWTllNk41cEczOVR4S3c6MQ#gid=0

100% Club for Unit 28 Spelling Test!

1. Mia
2. Alyssa B.
3. Marisol
4. Aaron D.
5. Saloni
6. Lily
7. Madeline
8. Jake K.
9. Rich
10. Noah
11. Kylie
12. Matthew
13. Beibei
14. Sarika

Library Books

Please remember to turn in any overdue library books. Many of you received a notice today.

Unit 28 Spelling Lists: Week of May 9

Base List

1. practice
2. members
3. dinner
4. suppose
5. except
6. problem
7. shallow
8. stubborn
9. logger
10. cotton
11. object
12. shelter
13. distance
14. pattern
15. captive
16. publish
17. sitting
18. tractor
19. servant
20. hidden

Alternate List

1. lumberjack
2. forestry
3. sawmill
4. timberline
5. woodland
6. disturb
7. burglar
8. murmur
9. biscuit
10. sentence
11. circuit
12. convert
13. industry
14. content
15. destroy

100% Club for Unit 26 Spelling Test!

1. Mia
2. Marisol
3. John
4. Jac
5. Aaron
6. Saloni
7. Kaitlyn
8. David
9. Madeline
10. Briana
11. Jacob
12. Reilly
13. Rich
14. Abby
15. Noah
16. Kylie
17. Angeliz
18. Matthew
19. Brandon
20. Beibei
21. Nikki
    
22. Sarika

Field Trip Reminder

Our field trip to the Chicago History Museum is tomorrow (Friday). Please arrive on time and bring a disposable sack lunch. We will be eating in the cafeteria at the museum.

Mrs. Marciniak and Mrs. Mathison you were selected as chaperones. Please come to our classroom at 9:15 am. I will assign each of you a small group. You will also need to bring a disposable lunch.  We will arrive back at Owen at approximately 2:00.

State Fair

Don't forget to wear RED, WHITE and/or BLUE tomorrow!!

4B math students

Please click on the geometry link at the top of this page. It covers some of the same topics we're working on in Unit 11. It even has an online quiz. Have Fun!!

Fourth Grade State Fair: Thursday, May 5.

Thursday evening is our Annual State Fair.

Students need to arrive at 6:40 pm to prepare themselves. Students will meet in the multipurpose room to rehearse.

At 7:00 pm, 4th graders will sing all the songs from our state unit.

  Our festivities will conclude at 8:00 with students taking home their projects. The students have worked hard.

We are looking forward to seeing you this

fun-filled evening.

State Fair Presentations

Hopefully, you've completed your entire State Fair project. Please practice your speech tonight. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will begin presenting to the class.

Unit 26 Spelling List: Week of May 2

Base List

1. hasn't
2. I've
3. I'd
4. we've
5. wouldn't
6. you'd
7. haven't
8. wasn't
9. they've
10. you've
11. she'd
12. didn't
13. won't
14. shouldn't
15. couldn't
16. weren't
17. we'd
18. hadn't
19. they'd
20. don't

Alternate List

1. erosion
2. terrain
3. bonanza
4. sediment
5. dredge
6. needn't
7. I'm
8. she'll
9. he'd
10. can't
11. there's
12. it's
13. here's
14. aren't
15. hasn't