November in Photos

This week in 4th grade...

Wow! What a fun, busy week it has been! Here is a quick recap of a few things that we did this week! 

Mrs. Brown talked to us about empathy in our first Second Step lesson!

The Georgetown Fire Dept came to visit us and taught us about fire safety.

We had a quick dance party Friday afternoon! :)

A handful of students wrote essays expressing their interest in Student Council. We read the essays annonymously and Janessas won the vote! Congratulations to Janessa! 

We started science rotations. We are learning about mixtures and solutions. We are investing mixtures and solutions with trail mix, discovery investigations, salt water, and articles.

Alexis was our Star Student! We loved learning more about Alexis this week! :)

Have a great weekend! I hope to see you all at Fun Night! 

Star Students

Janessa was our first star student! We loved seeing all of her pictures and learning more about her! 

Josh was our next star student! We loved hearing about his love for sports! 

Planner

On our new classroom website I will post planner EVERY day! :)

The website is:

www.mrsduvalsclassroom.weebly.com

I will still post blog updates here!

A Positive Environment

The past few weeks we have spent a large amount of time talking about being positive role models and bringing others up! 

One way we have been talking about thisis through writing. Every Monday is "Motivational Monday". I will play a short video or story and then they will be given a prompt. We started out the year with a Kid President video. The students thought he was funny and inspired them to think about what they should say more often!

Our Kid President wall in the hallway...

We also made affirmation envelopes. The students are allowed to write  positive compliments to one another!

It has been a great, fun 3 weeks! Stay tuned for more!

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!

August 2014

Dear 4th Grader,

I hope you are enjoying your summer break. I have been spending time with my family and enjoying the weather! I have also been spending a lot of time getting our classroom ready for the year. Mrs. Brown, Ms. Dykstra, and I have been getting to know one another other too. We are looking forward to seeing all of you soon. We will have a great year in fourth grade!

Here is a reminder of some things you may want to bring to school:

Recommended:

Markers

Colored Pencils

Crayons

Scissors

Glue Sticks

6- two pocket folders (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)

2- spiral bound notebooks

Box of #2 pencils

Pencil Box

Pencil Sharpener that holds shavings

Erasers

Dry Erase Markers

Highlighters

Requested for the classroom:

Box of Kleenex

Lysol Wipes

Zip lock bags

Hand sanitizer

Don’t forget that Open House will be held on Tuesday August 26th from

6:30-7:30pm. You may bring your school supplies that night if you like. I look forward to seeing you and your parents!

Love,

Mrs. DuVal

Welcome!

Hi Students and Parents!

Welcome to our classroom blog. I hope that you find this blog as a helpful tool for reminders and to see what we are up to in Room 28!

I look forward to the start of the school year! Enjoy your summer!

Mrs. DuVal

Thank you!

I want to personally thank every family for making this school year a great one. I feel incredibly blessed to have had the privilege to be your child's teacher. Every night I leave school, I can't help but to feel so very lucky. Your kiddos will be truly missed by me this summer. If you haven't heard, I will be teaching 4th grade at Bursley next year. I look forward to seeing these kiddos around next year and maybe even being there teacher again in a few years! 

Tomorrow your kiddo will come home with a DVD that has a slideshow of pictures on it. If you would like copies of any of the photos please let me know and I can send them via email! 

Have a wonderful and safe summer! 

Mrs. DuVal

Picnic and Field Day

We have had a very fun and busy week! Here are a few pictures from the picnic and field day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms of Room 5! (To the Grandmas, Aunts, and other special people too!) I hope you all have a great day! :) We had so much fun making your Mother's Day gifts and I'm sure you will enjoy them!

I appreciate all that you do and feel so privileged to work with your kiddos!

Blandford Nature Center

Friday, we spent the day at Blandford Nature Center. The weather stayed dry for us and we had a great time! Thank you to all of the families who came along with us! Here are a few photos from our day:

Isaiah and Sophia were my bus buddies on our way to the Nature Center!

Sophia was a great helper!

Pretending to be acorns!

Growing into trees.

Looking at the water spiders.