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Blogs

Our classroom blogs is a place devoted to allowing the students of our class to develop their expression, writing, and to share books they have read. We will share many ideas and items, and we will have an opportunity to comment on each other's work. More Information

Calendar

For upcoming events, field trips, and other important dates, check out our calendar. More Information

Classroom Library

Come find out more information about our classroom library. More Information

Classroom Tour

We are grateful to have such a great room. Check out the spaces, centers, and places in our room! More Information

Daily Planner

Check out our morning routine, daily assignments, morning meeting, and morning work each day. Go to Daily Planner

Highs and Lows

Highs and lows is a reflection strategy. It asks students to identify parts of their day that they are proud of and that they did well on, highs, as well as parts of the day that they see as areas to improve on, lows. This provides good discussion and an opportunity for follow up the next day to focus on ways to improve our climate. More Information

iPod Flash Cards

Do you own an iPod, Miscrosoft Zune, or other personal media device? Check out this awesome tool to help you in your studies. Using the photos feature of your device, these flash cards can be flipped through for some quick studying! Additionally, these files can be downloaded on computers for a quick flip through as pictures. More Information

Links

There are a lot of website that we have found and we use to learn more. More Information

Meadows Book Club

The Meadows Book Club meets once a month and is open to 4th and 5th grade students. More Information

Memorization Challenge

This is an opportunity for extension and enrichment. Find information about our memorization challenge as well as view a list of some of our challenges. More Information

Read Across the USA

One of the important literary aspects of reading is to note settings. A setting is the place and time a story is happening. This is an opportunity to locate on a map those places we find while reading. More Information

Research in Action

Join our educational club and start earning points! Research in Action is an educational club that was created to help Mr. Schrader's students learn research skills by looking up interesting information and trivia. More Information

Rise n' Shine

Rise n' Shine is a great way that we start our days. After we have had time to complete our planners, enter our lunch count, and begin other independent work to get started, we work through our Rise n' Shine as a class. Rise n' Shine is a great way to work though our morning routines as a class and be productive as late comers trickle in. More Information

Schrader Bucks

This form of positive reinforcement is known by many different names. Student behavior, work, and classroom jobs are rewarded with Schrader Bucks. At the end of each nine weeks, the students can purchase items from the classroom store with their accumulated Schrader Bucks. In an effort to make classroom money more real life, students are required to pay classroom income tax on their Schrader Bucks.

Student Work

Have a look at our gallery of all the great projects we have done in class. More Information

Study Casts

Check out and listen to our Study Cast audio podcasts. More Information

YouTube Channel

We're doing some cool things with video! To watch videos created by our class, check out our YouTube channel. Check it Out

Word Wall

Vocabulary is an important part of literary learning. Check our our online word wall full of the vocabulary we have covered this year! Check it Out