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Certificates from the American Math Challenge are here!

Everyone did a fantastic job! I'm proud of all of you. You can take home your certificates today!

This describes how you earned points.

Morning Message: Friday, 10-21-11

Morning Message: Thursday, 10-2-2011

Online To-Do List!

Hello 4th Graders!

We're going to continue with our online to-do list, while Ms. Bragg works with students on reading testing. Please continue to be quiet, considerate, and focused on your work. You've done a great job so far!

REMINDERS:

• You can only play games and look at sites that are  specifically linked on Ms. Bragg's portaportal. You do NOT have permission to go outside those specific links.
• You need to keep track of your time on your time log.

Have fun and expand your brain!

TO-DO LIST

1. NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES: If you haven't done it yet, explore the Authors' Folder on portaportal.
2. Scroll down in Ms. Bragg's blog to watch the video the winner of the Virginia State Geography Bee made. It's the one labeled "National Geographic Bee 2011: VA Finalist."
3. 2 MINUTES: If you have not already, click on this link to vote on the current Scholastic News poll.
4. About 10 minutes: Estimate Whole Numbers Study Jam (step-by-step and test yourself).
5.  ? MINUTES: Watch VA Trekkers: USS Wisconsin
6. Watch this video about VA Regions made by students. So cool!
7. NO more than 10 MINUTES: Explore the Science> Natural Resources folder on portaportal.
8. About 10 MINUTES: Addition With Regrouping Study Jam (step-by-step and test yourself).
9. About 10 MINUTES: Play Cool Math: 2 and 3 Digit Scratch. You'll need to use scratch paper.
10. 15 MINUTES: Type to Learn

National Geographic Bee: What is it really like?

Morning Message Catch Up

Unfortunately, there were some technical glitches and last Friday's as well as this Tuesday's Morning Messages were lost :-(

But here today's and Monday's messages. So sorry for the delay in posting!

Laptop Assignment!: Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Hello 4th Graders!

Here is your to-do list for laptop use this afternoon. You will need to record the start and stop times for each activity on the sheet that I've given you.

Please remember that Ms. Bragg will be pulling students for reading testing so it's extremely important that you are quiet, considerate, and focused on your work.

REMINDER: All of the sites you visit and games you play MUST be specifically linked on Ms. Bragg's portaportal. In other words, there are specific links to games on FunBrain that you can play. You canNOT play any old game on FunBrain.

Have fun and expand your brain!

TO-DO LIST

1. About 10 MINUTES: Do the Place Value Study Jam (watch the video and test yourself)
2. TIME? Watch National Geographic: John's Smith's Voyage of Discovery
3. About 10 MINUTES: Do the Expanded Notation Study Jam (read step by step and test yourself)
4. 15 MINUTES: Type to Learn.
5. 15 MINUTES: On portaportal, open the Virginia Studies>VA: Geography Review Games and Quizzes folders. Play the games here for 15 minutes. This will be a fun way to study for our VA Geography test next week! You will, of course, get flashcards as well.
6. 10 MINUTES: On portaportal, open the Geography: Outside the Curriculum folder. Play games and take quizzes in this folder to prepare for Round 1 of the Geography Bee in on December 8th. True contenders for the state and national bees study a little bit every day!
7. 10 MINUTES: On portaportal, open the Author folder. Explore at least two different author folders-- watch videos, read book excerpts, read interviews, etc.
8. 2 MINUTES: Click here to vote on the current Scholastic News poll.
9. About 10 minutes: Estimate Whole Numbers Study Jam (step-by-step and test yourself).

Cool Online Math Test Today: Star Math

Click on the Star Math logo to go to the sign-in page.

Math Olympiad Tryouts Coming Up

Tryouts are on Monday the 24th.

If you are really excited about trying out for this contest, you may want to study using one of the following links, which are also available on portaportal under the Math> Math Olympiad folders.

Math Olympiad Problem of the Month

Math Olympiad Sample Problems

VIDEOS: Judy Blume, one of our favorite Authors

Check out these videos of Judy Blume.

Morning Message: Thursday 10-13-11

The American Math Challenge 2011: Coins, Coins, and More Coins!

Ms. Bragg has set up passwords for you to play The American Math Challenge. It's run by the same company that created the software for World Maths Day, which many classes had fun participating in last year. I'm hoping that it's as fun as World Maths Day. Check it out and we'll find out together! Here is some information on the challenge from the mathletics USA blog:

Here's a pic of where you can sign in on the Mathletics homepage:

 

Here is a direct link: The American Math Challenge

 

Morning Message: Wednesday 10-12

Morning Message: Tuesday 10-11-11

Morning Message: Friday 10-7-11

Read for the Record 2011: Llama Llama Red Pajama

To learn more about Read for the Record, visit their website.

Morning Message: Thursday 10-6-11

Morning Message: Wednesday 10-5

Our Fieldtrip to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum!

Check out this video Ms. Bragg and her assistant, Baby Cora, made last weekend! Together we show you some of the things we'll see and do on our fieldtrip.

In this video the head of the forensics department talks about the Written in Bone exhibit in general. It also happens to have been made by Mr. Bragg! Ms. Bragg is very proud! Note: There is a short commercial before the video begins.

General Classroom Schedule

This is the general plan for each day. Encore, lunch, and recess times follow the set schedule. But in-classroom subject times (Language Arts, Math, Content, Inquiry, etc.) are fairly loose and often change on a daily basis to accommodate learning activities.

The Godspeed Has Sailed Into Port Close By!

Click on the photo below to view more pictures and to find out more about how you can visit the Godspeed while its anchored on the banks of the Potomac. Ms. Bragg plans to visit this Sunday-- maybe I'll see you there!

Web Assignment

Hello 4th Graders!

Welcome to your 2nd Web assignment! Today, your job is to buddy read the following web comic with your partner. This will help us understand what forensic anthropologists do, so that we're ready to do forensic anthropology ourselves on Thursday at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Click on the picture to start the webcomic. Be sure to take turns reading!

Good luck! And have fun expanding your brain!

Morning Message Catch Up

Please enjoy screenshots of Bragg's Class Morning Message for the past several days.