Thursday, 4/10/08 Reported By: Asha

At 8:00 am in the morning the school bell ranged and our class went into the school.  Ms. Jensen wrote down the homework that we had to turn in.  After that we had to do our religion and do something good today.  I said I would eat a healthy food. So, I ate more fruit than I usually do.  Then we had reading stations.  Following reading stations was snack and we played tag.

After snack it was time for math.  We learned about dividing by decimals.  This was the same as regular division, but you bring up the decimal.  Then we corrected our math homework.  When math was over we did a reading station before lunch.

Then it was time for lunch. Then we played tag again.  After lunch we read a chapter and worked on our Social Studies questions on page 32.  Then it was time for Language Arts.  We did pages 170 and 171.  Once we finished it was time to work on our art project.  We mixed several dots together to make different colors. I made gold by mixing three colors.  Cool, huh?

Then it was time to go home and we wrote our homework down and packed up our bags.  Then we wiped down our desks.  We packed up and went home.  Yes, another fine day in the fourth grade.

Wednesday, 4/9/08 Reported By: Sofia

Today started when Ms. Jensen picked us up from the playground. When we entered the classroom we did our Daily Schedule for the day. We did two pages in religion, turned in our worksheets, and got ready to start the new day. Then we did our reading stations (one of my very favorite classes). We switched two times and then suddenly, it was snack time!

The bell rang too soon and told us we had to go back inside to do math.  We had a timed math test, and wrote down some notes on the math lesson. Next we had a little bit of extra time to get some of our homework done while at school.  I like this because this way I can have more time to relax when I get home.  After math time came lunch! I had a delicious grilled cheese sandwich and a soda to go with it. After that we had our physical education class [one of my favorite classes]. We were all soon playing “paramedic” which is a very popular game. We had a good game!

After that we came inside and we had our science class.  We had a test today.  I studied hard but was not sure how difficult the test would be.  After the test I felt good about how I answered the questions.  After the test we had history class and read about the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners.  It was very interesting and we also worked in our workbooks. It was soon time to clean up our areas and wrote our homework down in our agendas. After that we heard our teacher, Ms. Jensen read part of a story, Among the Hidden [Yay!] before the bell rang. Finally, when the bell rang we went were ready to leave the classroom and head home.   Just another day packed with a lot of learning and good fun at St. Timothy!

Friday, 4/4/08 Reported By: Reese

Today, everyone came in at 8:00AM.  Today is a half day.  We read our Time For Kids booklet and did the activity that came with it. Then the groups sold Ms. Jensen's stuff for class cash.  Following that, we corrected our Math homework.  After that we started our Math test --boring.  Then we went to snack.  When we came back we finished our test.  Our class went to the grand opening of Pre-Kindergarten.  Ms. Jensen was not happy with us because of our behavior.  Next we had to pay $50.00 to Ms. Jensen in class cash for being disrespectful.  Finally, we turned in our Reading Stations and went home.  Overall, it was a good day in fourth grade.

Thursday, 4/3/08 Reported by: Erwan

 This morning,I was one of the first students in the playground (which is rare!).My class enter the classroom and did some reading stations,and our reading test.  Then, we went to the parish hall to see the books in the Book Fair. When we came back,we continued our reading stations and one by one, we puted money in our class Bank.Then it was snack and follwing that ,we continued with our Bank.

 

          After this, we did Language Art until lunch.Like every day, We did Math time test,we corrected our math homework ,and did Math notes.Once that  was done, we did some science,packed up finally ,DISMISSAl!  That was another Super Duper day in Ms. Jensen's class!

Wednesday, 4/2/08 Reported By: Josh

Today I got to school at 7:40 A.M. and I was the first person in line to get in class.  After 15 minutes, our teacher came outside to bring us to our classroom.  As usual, our teacher made a Power Point that shows us what to do in the morning.  First, we had Religion class and read pages 191-192.  Then we did the Pledge of Allegiance and listened to the morning announcements.  We then did our Reading Stations.  We did reading comprehension and vocabulary for Across the Dark Sea until it was time for recess. 

          Recess started at 10:20 A.M.  During recess I had a job interview with Ms. Jensen for the Grading Assistant position.  The Grading Assistant corrects the tests that we take.  Afterwards, I ate my snack and played basketball.  Recess ended 20 minutes later at 10:40 A.M.

          Next, we had Math class.  We took a timed test on simplifying fractions.  Then we learned how to write mixed numbers as improper fractions in lesson #123.  During our Math lesson we took notes.  After Math, we had Language Arts class and completed pages 152-153.  Some of my classmates were able to go on to pages 154-155.  Then we had lunch.

          Lunch started at 11:20 A.M.  During lunch we ate and played.  Everyone in our class played basketball.  The weather was burning hot outside.  Lunch lasted for 40 minutes. 

          After lunch, we had P.E.  During P.E. we learned how to stretch and we played baseball.  I thought baseball was really fun.  When we got inside from P.E. we had Science class.

          In Science class we learned about force.  We read four pages about force then we did a worksheet.  While we were working on our worksheet, Ms. Jensen handed out our job assignments.  I was so happy because I got my first choice.  I am now the Grading Assistant!  At 2:50 P.M. Ms. Jensen said, “Stop what you are doing, clean up and write your assignments.”  Another fun and great day at St. Timothy School!

Tuesday, 4/1/08 Reported By: Mychae'l

Today is April Fools Day and I don’t know what Ms. Jensen going to do to us. So we came in and started Religion. In we religion we read page: 185-187. After religion we read a two paragraph talking about Bugs Bunny and Spongebob Squarepants. Then listen to the morning announcement. Then Ms. Jensen said we are going to help the PreK teacher clean their new room. Afterwards it was Reading time. In reading we read Across The Wide Dark Sea. This story is about a group of people looking for new land. Following we talked about criterion. Finally it was recess!

Once we came back in it was Math time. In math we did lesson 121-122. Once that was done we did Language Arts. In language arts we did an extra practice quiz. Then it was lunch! During lunch so students did their class job interview. After lunch it was music. Next we did our Tuesday Packet. Then it was Science. During science we read pg: 136-139. Finally we packed up and went home.

Another great day in the forth grade class!

Monday, 3/31/08 Reported By: Brooke

Today was the first day back from spring break.  We had a whole week off from school.  When I got to school, children were playing on the playground, and then the bell rang. All the students rushed to get in their class line.  The teachers came out to meet their students.  My class went up to Ms. Jensen's room.  We looked on the board and saw we should take out our privacy folders. Ms. Jensen said, "there is a test on your desk”, and then we took a religion  test.  When everybody was done, we corrected the test.  After that, we talked about a paper on the board called the "Classified". 

This was a newspaper that had jobs on it.  These were jobs we might think of doing.  One job I thought of doing was the patrol officer.  I would watch for law violators in the classroom.  We picked the 3 top jobs we wanted and then we filled out an application  for the job.  The money that we earned could be used to pay rent each month.   At the end of each month, we get to do a class auction. We buy stuff the class has brought in to sell.  Next, it was snack time.

After snack we finished filling out our applications.   Some jobs needed a letter of reference, so I wrote a letter to Ms. D, my 3rd grade teacher to ask if she thought this job was right for me. Finally it was lunch time. When we finished lunch, we got checkbooks. We learned how to deposit checks and money to the banker.  Since we didn't have a banker yet, we just gave them to Ms. Jensen.  Then we filled out our checkbooks with our first and last name and cut them out.  I think I was the first one to be done, and Ms. Jensen called me up to staple my checkbook.  I wrote my first and last name  on the cover. I wrote "Checkbook" using a marker.  We had $5.00 to spend.  After I wrote Ms. Jensen a check for $2.00, we got this paper to keep track of the checks we write.   Once that was done, Ms. Jensen said there were 5 applications for one job and 4 applications  for another. So we had to do interviews. We took out our agenda to see what day and time we would have our interviews.  Afterwards we talked about rent.

 Our rent would be $500 a month, and if we buy our chair and desk, that is considered our home, that would be $1500.   Later in the day, we talked about reading bingo and the vocabulary word of the week. We picked our words.  My word is "barge".  Then we packed up, got ready to go, and said goodbye to Ms. Jensen.  We learned about our jobs and useful ways to use our money today.  This was a fun way to start the week.