Rock Cycle Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5YSedeq6i0

Here is a link for the rock cycle song we are working on in class. It goes through the complete rock cycle and is sung to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat!

Literacy Circles

We have finally started literacy circles after many inventories and tests! We have six different groups and each group gave themselves a name and they are pretty funny! There is everything from the "Spy Kids" to "Wimpy Kids" inspired from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Each student in the group has a job and their jobs change on a weekly basis. They take turns reading in their groups. The books they are reading are based on their interest inventories, so I hope they enjoy reading together!

Student of the Week- Chelsea

For the week of November 7-11, our student of the week was Chelsea! Thank you, Chelsea, for being such a model star in Studio 214!

Proficient and Distinguished Award Students

The picture above was last year's fourth grade students! Way to go!

The picture above is this year's fourth grade students!

Last week, students at CCES were recognized for scoring proficient or distinguished on last year's Kentucky Core Content State Test. We were all so proud of their hard work! Way to go, CCES Panthers!

Traffic is Picking Up On Our Blog!

Traffic on our class blog is picking up- check out those stats! I try to keep it updated as much as possible with new pics, strategies, and information every week. Thank you and stay tuned to Studio 214!

Student Reflection

As one form of reflection, we use this system, where students place their numbered star on one of the three posters hanging by our door. The posters are labeled "lights, camera, action" because we have a movie theme going on in Studio 214, but in the top corner of each poster, there is a 3, 2, 1, which stands for our levels of learning. The 3 stands for mastery, the 2 means developing, and the 1 stands for basic understanding. This is our grading system this year on all our learning targets as well. It's great feedback for me to be able to see how students feel they are doing on a target and if a student feels they do not understand a concept very well, I can reteach the topic during our RTI time in the afternoon. Quick and meaningful feedback!

"School of Rock" Instrument Pics

From our recent "School of Rock" day, here are some pics of some of the instruments students created during our unit on sound!