Mrs. Burdis' Classroom Blog

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Service Project

Lily Wressell, a fourth grader in Mrs. Huizenga’s class, is asking her fellow Georgetown students and families to join her in supporting the Pediatric Oncology Resource Team, P.O.R.T., that operates with Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. 

P.O.R.T. provides much needed resources and hands-on support for families with a child diagnosed with cancer or life-threatening blood disorders. 

Lily will be collecting items to put into theme baskets for the P.O.R.T. Winter Night Out fundraiser in February. 

In particular she is requesting items related to kids arts and crafts such as; paints, crayons, paper, stencils, stickers, etc. 

She is also looking for gift wrap items; paper, bags, bows, ribbon, cards, etc. 

If you are interested in donating items there will be a box located in the lobby until Monday, Feb 6 that you may put them in. 

Thank you for helping Lily reach her goal of providing two baskets to help P.O.R.T.

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A Glimpse of What We’ve Been Doing & A Peek into Our Upcoming Week!

Reading-Integrated with Science & Writing
  • note- taking for essay writing
  • summarizing notes from texts and graphs/writing
  • reading for importance of text in Science & Grand Conversations
  • cloze activity in Science
Reading- Tall Tales           
  • reading Tall Tales
  • focusing on elements of Tall Tales
  • presenting the natural environment (setting) and exaggerated events in Tall Tales
Writing- Argumentative Essays
  • researching two sides of an issue
  • taking a stand
  • note-taking & summarizing (conferencing on summaries)
  • rough draft
Social Studies- Taking a break to introduce Genre in Our Reading Block
 
Science- Body Systems
  • Circulatory System- Quiz Monday 1/23
  • reading activities & diagramming the parts of the heart along with how blood flows through the chambers of the heart
Math
  • equivalent fractions
  • adding and subtracting fractions  & mixed numbers with unlike denominators (above & beyond GLCE)
  • comparing fractions with unlike denominators
  • checking data with spreadsheet that was created from data collection (above & beyond GLCE)

Week of January 23rd

Reading
  • introduction of historical fiction
  • compare and contrast Tall Tales, Historical Fiction & Realistic Fiction
Writing
  • continue writing process of Argumentative Essays (rough draft, revise, edit)
  • how to properly quote and proper use of mechanics in quotes
  • use of transitional phrases at the beginning and within paragraphing
  • conferencing for summaries and essay writing
Science
  • Introducing the Endocrine & Nervous Systems, quiz date to be determined based on the pacing of class
  • labeling parts of the Endocrine System
  • reading whole class with Grand Conversations
Math
  • writing questions in Google Docs to coordinate with graphs created in a Pages document (above & beyond GLCE)
  • continued practice adding and subtracting fractions  & mixed numbers with unlike denominators (above & beyond GLCE)
  • probability & equivalent fractions (above & beyond GLCE)
  • applied problems with fractions

Happy Holidays

A Few Last Minute Details

  • Our holiday party will be a breakfast and be held from 9:00-10:00 on Friday, December 16th.  Volunteer and/or Donate by Going to This Link. 
  • Items for the party can be brought in beginning on Monday, December 12.
  • We will have a class gift exchange this year with a limit of no more than $5.00.  The boys will buy for boys and girls buy for girls. Please have gift exchange gifts to school by Monday or Tuesday prior to our party date.
  • Candy Canes will be sold until Friday for a cost of $1.00.

Holiday Party

Click on the icon below to help with our classroom holiday party!

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