Subjects and Predicates

This week, we will be studying subjects and predicates in grammar. These are some videos to help:

Subjects and Predicates School House Rocks

Flocabulary Subjects and Predicates

What's in the Box????

What do you think is in that box? What do you hope the prize is?

Add your predictions on this padlet!


 
What's in the Box?!

Moon Event This Sunday!

Lunar Eclipse Video

Dress Like a Book Character Day!

Thank you to last week's mystery reader!!

Dress Like a Book Character Day

Dress like a book character day will be this Friday, 9/25!

Walk and Bike to School Week!

The Mann Green Team invites you to join us for "Walk and Bike to School Week" from October 5-8th.  This week is planned to encourage being active, safe, green, and healthy!  Students who walk or bike to school will be rewarded with stamps and stickers on their way in to school grounds.  Other fun planned activities include the following:  

MONDAY - Wear RED for transportation safety!

TUESDAY - Wear BLUE for water conservation!

• Students can earn a raffle ticket by running or walking during recess.
• The Oak Park Public Library Book Bike will be visiting after school to allow students to check out fantastic books and participate in fun activities.

WEDNESDAY - Wear your best outfit for PICTURE DAY!

• Mann Community Walk-a-Thon before school will be from 7:30-7:50AM.  All Mann families are invited to join us in walking around the Mann track.  Mrs. Garcia will be recording our group mileage and there will be music, chalk, and fun before school!  Rain date will be on Thursday.

THURSDAY - Wear your favorite sports shirt or jersey!

• Officer Coleman from the Oak Park Police Department will be visiting during school hours to discuss "Safe Routes to School."
• The Oak Park Public Library Book Bike will be returning after school to allow students to check out fantastic books and participate in fun activities.

*Please support those who donated for this week:  The Park District of Oak Park, Forevermore Dance and Theatre Arts, and Green Home Experts.

Thank you!  Please contact the Green Team Co-Chairs with any questions:

Saritha Reddy (sarithagreddy@yahoo.com) and Mary Ann Bender-Coates (maryannbender@comcast.net)

Drumroll Please...

And the winning name is...

Diviacchi Daredevils!! 

It was SO close!! 

If you have an idea for a t-shirt design, draw it on a white sheet of paper and bring it into school next week! :) 

Have a great weekend everyone! I can't wait to see everyone's selfie mission on Tuesday!

Journal Ideas

What are some ideas that you would like to write about in your creative journal? Add your ideas to this padlet! Add as many as you would like!!

http://padlet.com/mrsdiviacchi/journalideas

Vocabulary

For vocabulary each week, students will complete vocabulary activities based on specific roots (combination of schoolwork and homework). 

By the end of the week, students will need to know the meaning of the root, and be able to provide a sentence using a word with the specific root. 

Unit 1: 
1. Aqua = water 
He loved to watch the fish swim back and forth in the aquarium. 
2. Hydr = water 
Marathon runners can become dehydrated during a race if they do not drink enough water. 
3. Mar/Mer= sea 
We looked out the marina watching the sailboats come and go.

Horseshoe Hooray Store

The first Horseshoe Hooray store will be on Thursday, September 24th. You are encouraged to wear their Mann Wear on this day!

To get a sneak preview of what will be at the Horseshoe Hooray Store and at Mrs. D's Horseshoe Hooray Store, see the tab at the top of the blog.

Character Traits

Watch this video and record Ormie's character traits in your language arts spiral. 

Ormie the Pig

MannPower

MannPower After-School
Enrichment Program Session I

Registration is NOW open
and ENDS Sunday, September 20 at 2:00 PM

  Session I runs from September 28 through December 11.  The Program Guide is attached to this email as a PDF and is now available on the Mann PTO Website at http://www.mannpto.org/mannpower.php.

To update your child’s teacher information or to setup your “Family Account”, please visit the online registration site at mannschool.classtrackonline.com. Instructions for setting up your Family Account are listed both on the registration site and the PTO Website. Returning families should continue to use their current accounts.

 

Click here for the MannPower Program Guide.

Please note that Cast Jr will be held on Mondays!

ALL MannPower questions should be sent to Mann.Power@live.com

Student Council Application

Fun Friday

We finished iPad Bootcamp and the class gets to bring their iPads home! They're very excited to begin their first project using their iPads: Selfie Mission

We had our first Mystery Reader:

 We also had our first star student bring in something to share with the class - a Polaroid Camera! 

Curriculum Night

Here is the article that Mrs. Chrystal mentioned during our 4th Grade Presentation. "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids" is a great article that explains growth mindset in more detail and gives tips for parents. Please take some time to read this article!

If you missed Curriculum Night and want to see our presentation, it is on the 4th grade blog:
Curriculum Night Presentation

How Mrs. D's Class will be Good Digital Citizens

Safe and Smart Online Padlet

Measurement Scavenger Hunt with our 1st Grade Buddies

Another Exciting Day in 4th Grade!

We began to set up our iPads today!

MAP Testing, Conferences, and Mystery Reader

This is just a reminder that we have MAP testing coming up. We will take the Math MAP this Thursday, the 10th and we will take the Reading MAP Test next Thursday, the 17th.

A sign up for Conferences and Mystery Reader were sent out last week via email (SignUpGenius). Please be sure to sign up for a conference time and at time to come read to our class.

Thank you!

Mystery Bags

We have been having so much fun with the Mystery Bags in class this week! It has been so much fun to guess who each bag belongs to and to hear why each student chose the items they did to represent themselves!

The Thing About Georgie

We began reading The Thing About Georgie in class this week. This book has a terrific message about how our differences make us unique. Click here to go to our classroom's Shelfari page to read more about it.