Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Field Trip

Saint Cloud Symphony Orchestra field trip permission slips are due on February 5th, along with four dollars.

Thank you!

Monday, January 14, 2008

Inventor's Log

Please have your child bring in their Inventor's Log on Tuesday and Wednesday so I can look them over to see how they are coming along and to answer any questions. Thank you!

Friday, January 11, 2008

"Improvement" Paragraph Example

Improvement

My “Christmas Light Keeper” will improve life by saving families lots of time during a very important time of the year. You no longer have to get frustrated with untangling your lights. Putting your Christmas tree and lights up will be a lot more fun. “The Christmas Light Keeper” also improves life during the Christmas season because you will save more money on your lights since you no longer have to throw the old one away and buy new lights. That way you will have more money to spend in other ways.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

An Example of the "Purpose" Paragraph

Purpose

The reason I chose to invent the “ Christmas Light Keeper” was because I was getting frustrated with the Christmas Lights. It was a week before Christmas and we had just got our tree. I had to get the lights untangled. I was getting so frustrated with the lights that I just had to quit. Then, I got the idea of inventing something to keep the lights from tangling. So, I discussed it with my mother and she said, “Okay”! So I then named it the “Christmas Light Keeper”. The purpose of my “Christmas Light Keeper” is to save time, frustration, and money.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Example of a "How It Works" Paragraph Created by a Fourth Grader

How It Works

My " Christmas Light Keeper" works like this...
First, you need to create the body which is three spools put together. Th spools that I used were recycled. What I mean by that is if I hadn't thought of the "Christmas Light Keeper," the spools would have been trash and so thinking of this invention sort of keeps from adding more trash to the earth. The Crank is sort of like a handle, but we call it a crank. The crank is attached to the axle. The axle goes through the three spools, if I didn't have the axle there wouldn't be a crank, an axle makes things move. Now, I'm going to talk about the base. The base is made out of wood. The wood is hand cut. Before I cut the wood I had to draw out how many pieces of each size of wood would be needed, then I cut the wood. I put felt on the spools so that the felt would protect the lights. There is Velcro to attach the lights to the spools. You could also put beads or garland on the spools. You then turn the crank and it rolls up your lights. Then you just put the whole thing away until next Christmas and the lights don't get tangled, and then next Christmas just pull them off, and that's how easy the "Christmas LIght Keeper" is to use.

Spelling List for the Week of January 7th-11th

Spelling List
Week Three
Test on January 11, 2007
Story---The Case of the Curious Whale Watch
Theme- Vowel sound in great [a], touch and nothing [u], meant [e]

List
great
touch
meant
break
nothing
young
weather
money
ton
breath
month
health
wonder
shove
honey



Challenge Words
treasure
rough
nervous
company
pleasant