Open House

Klipfel & Kids normally looks like this...

Klipfel & Kid in the morning                                                       Klipfel & Kids in the afternoon

Tonight, Klipfel & Kids looked like this...

Klipfel & Kids at night

It was a pleasure meeting all of you at Open House. The boys and girls will love seeing your picture and reading your notes. Oh and of course they will love that you helped earn them some Klipfel Kash. Thank you for your continual support from home during this school year. I look forward to seeing you again soon!

Pirate Day

Ahoy me 4th grade mateys! Avast, pirate day went off without a hook. Me mateys began our day in the briny deep pod as one giant crew. We read Pirate Pete Talk Like a Pirate to get in the spirit of the day and enjoyed some pirate humor. After we swabbed the deck, we headed for bus evacuation where we all had to "walk the plank". To continue with our geography study we made classroom treasure maps. x marks the spot!

Blimey! Incoming cannons! After lunch, we took on a STEAM challenge. We worked in crews to make our own Jolly Rogers (out of tin foil) and see how many cannonballs (marbles) they could withstand.

Me hearties battened down their ships for one giant game of 4th grade battleship. What better way to practice our longitude and latitude skills than trying to sink pirate ships with a human size grid? No hornswaggling here! Navigation teams, first mates and deckhands all worked hard to try and win the booty.

Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for us! 

Reader's Workshop

Reader's Workshop is well underway in 4th grade. We have been practicing REAL reading (no fake reading here) with STAMINA. Let's just say, I am one impressed and proud teacher! Not to mention there are tons of comfy spots to stick our noses in our books.

We kicked off our first genre study on fiction with a delectable book tasting. Reservations were made and Klipfel Cafe was packed. 

Students were exposed to a wide range of fiction texts. They wet their appetites with historical fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, adventure, and even mystery books. I loved hearing students hunt for these books in our classroom library, school library, and even Flint Public Library. 

Wait, did I mention our noses in books? If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself:

We are well on our way with our love of reading!