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Mrs. Hayter's 4th Grade Reading Page

Resources:
1. Email - [email protected]
2. Remind app - @vanpelt4th
3. Seesaw - www.seesaw.com - Assignments posted DAILY.
5. Access Accelerated Reader here. Find AR quiz codes here

Van Pelt 4th Grade Awards Video: https://youtu.be/SYSxoTswiV4

 

 

Week of May 18 - May 22

 

Since this is technically the "last week of school" we will have one last zoom call for any 4th grader who is interested and to say goodbye for the summer!!

Please join this Thursday, May 21 at 11:00am.

 
Topic: 4th Grade Zoom Meeting
Time: May 21, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 784 8243 0362
Password: 005140

 

 

Week of May 11 – May 15

 

Happy last week of Reading work, fourth grade!!

 

That’s right - this will be the LAST WEEK of schoolwork. However, the last day of school is technically Friday, May 22 so we will still have a zoom call that day!

 

Don’t forget – I will have a Zoom meeting you can join EVERY Friday at 11:00am through May 22. See under “Friday” below for the link. This week we will taking a Virtual Field Trip to an amusement park!! – Can’t wait to see you! 😊

 

I miss you all SO much and I am so proud of all your hard work!

 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know if you have any questions!

 Love, Mrs. Hayter

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Monday, May 11, 2020

  1. Watch Compare & Contrast Flocabulary video.
  2. Complete Seesaw assignment
    • Compare & Contrast – 5/11

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

  1. Watch Character Traits Flocabulary
  2. Complete Seesaw assignment
    • Character Traits – 5/12

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

  1. Play Character Traits game
  2. Play Compare & Contrast Game
    1. HINT: If it's telling you to update adobe flash player, right click and "allow" like we do in powertest!
  3. Take Character Trait and Compare & Contrast Quiz.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

  1. Every Thursday will be “Passage Day Thursday.” For today’s passage and questions, go to www.seesaw.com and find today's activity:
    • Passage Day Thursday 5/14: Main Idea

Friday, May 15, 2020

  1. Login to seesaw.com and find the assignment Free Write Friday 5/15
    • Follow the directions to write.

Due to mandatory scheduling conflicts, Mrs. Hayter and Ms. Murray will not be able to have our zoom call this Friday! We will reschedule for next week. :)

Monday 3/23
  1. Read the passage titled “A Crayon is Born.” - located in your bag of work.
  2. Answer the multiple-choice questions on the back of the passage about the story. Use the story to help you answer questions, highlight your proof.
    • Complete the bonus at the bottom of the page in order to earn a piece of candy when we come back to school! :)
  3. After completing the passage and questions, complete the front and back SOL review questions in boxes on the next page
    • HINT: Remember our rule about prefixes and suffixes.
  4. When finished with today’s work on paper, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Author’s Purpose Sort – Monday 3/23"
    • Please read or listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Tuesday 3/24
  1. Open readworks.com on your computer, listen to and read the passage titled “The Farmer, the Snake, and the Eggs and Bacon.”
  2. After listening to and reading the passage on readworks.com, answer all multiple choice and vocabulary questions assigned. Use the story to help you answer questions.
    • Remember readworks points!!
  3. After completing the passage and questions on readworks, complete today's front and back SOL review questions in boxes included in your ziplock bag.
    • HINT: A synonym is a word that means the SAME and an antonym is a word that means the OPPOSITE.
  4. When finished with 1-3, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Fact & Opinion – Tuesday 3/24"
    • Please read or listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Wednesday 3/25
  1. Read the passage titled “The Real Dracula.” - located in your ziplock bag of work.
  2. Answer the multiple-choice questions on the back of the passage about the story. Use the story to help you answer questions, highlight your proof.
    • Complete the bonus at the bottom of the page in order to earn a piece of candy when we come back to school! :)
  3. After completing the passage and questions, complete the front and back SOL review questions in boxes on the next page
  4. When finished with today’s work on paper, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Compare and Contrast – Wednesday 3/25
    • Please read or listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Thursday 3/26
  1. Open readworks.com on your computer, listen to and read the passage titled “Siblings.”
  2. After listening to and reading the passage on readworks.com, answer all multiple choice and vocabulary questions assigned. Use the story to help you answer questions.
    • Remember readworks points!!
  3. After completing the passage and questions on readworks, complete today's front and back SOL review questions in boxes included in your ziplock bag.
  4. When finished with 1-3, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Prefixes - Thursday 3/26"
    • Please read or listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Friday 3/27

Happy Fri-YAY! 😊

  1. Login to seesaw.com on your computer.
  2. You have TWO assignments due today.
  3. The first assignment is labeled “Fortnite Main Idea & Details – Friday 3/27”
  4. The second assignment is labeled “Write and Reflect – Friday 3/27”
  5. Please read AND listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
  6. When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Monday 3/30
  1. Read the passage titled “Star Trek” - located in your ziplock bag of work.
  2. Answer the multiple-choice questions on the back of the passage about the story. Use the story to help you answer questions, highlight your proof.
    • Complete the bonus at the bottom of the page in order to earn a piece of candy when we come back to school! :)
  3. After completing the passage and questions, complete the front and back SOL review questions in boxes on the next page
    • HINT: A biography is a book written about someone written by someone else. An autobiography is a book about someone written by that person.
  4. When finished with today’s work on paper, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Cause and Effect - Monday 3/30"
    • Please read or listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
  1. Open readworks.com on your computer, listen to and read the passage titled “The Rabbits' Day at Carrot Beach”
  2. After listening to and reading the passage on readworks.com, answer all multiple choice and vocabulary questions assigned. Use the story to help you answer questions.
    • Remember readworks points!!
  3. After completing the passage and questions on readworks, complete today's front and back SOL review questions in boxes included in your ziplock bag.
  4. When finished with 1-3, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Character Traits - Tuesday 3/31"
    • Please read or listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
  1. Read the passage titled “The History of Bubble Gum” located in your ziplock bag.
  2. Answer the multiple-choice questions on the back of the passage about the story. Use the story to help you answer questions, highlight your proof
    • Complete the bonus at the bottom of the page in order to earn a TREAT when we come back to school!
  3. After completing the passage and questions, complete the front and back SOL review questions in boxes on the next page.
  4. When finished with today’s work on paper, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Synonyms and Antonyms – 4/1”
    • Please read AND listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
  1. Open readworks.com, listen to and read the passage titled “Amusement Park Motion.”
  2. After listening to and reading the passage on readworks.com, answer all multiple choice and vocabulary questions assigned. Use the story to help you answer questions.
    • Remember readworks points! 😊
  3. After completing the passage and questions on readworks, complete the front and back SOL review questions in boxes included in your ziplock bag.
  4. When finished with today’s work on paper, login into seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have one assignment due today.
    • It is labeled “Making Inferences – Thursday 4/2”
    • Please read AND listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
Friday, April 3, 2020
 
Happy Fri-YAY! 😊
  1. Login to seesaw.com on your computer.
    • You have TWO assignments due today.
    • The first assignment is labeled “Penguin Passage – Friday 4/3”
    • The second assignment is labeled “Paragraph Sandwich Writing - Friday 4/3”
    • Please read AND listen to the instructions on the seesaw.com assignment.
    • When finished, make sure you click the green check mark to submit the assignment to me. I will check it, and send it back to you if you need to fix something.
HAYTER HOMEROOM Zoom link:
Allison Hayter is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Mrs. Hayter's Homeroom Chat
Time: Apr 3, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 746 114 157

Monday, April 6, 2020 - Friday, April 10, 2020

 

This week is a little different since it’s our previously planned spring break. I’m going to use this as a “catch up” week, so any work you did not complete during the last TWO weeks, please complete them this week – seesaw and readworks. Also use this time to READ as much as you can and take AR quizzes! Please let me know if you do not have access to any books.

 

This week I will also be reading aloud “The Chocolate Touch” by Patrick Skene Catling for you to listen to from home and follow along if you have the book! At the end of our reading, you can take an AR quiz and earn points. Click on the chapter below to LISTEN to the story.

 

The book reading schedule for this week is as follows:

 

Monday, April 6, 2020

Tuesday April 7, 2020

Wednesday April 8, 2020

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Friday, April 10, 2020

FRIDAY ZOOM MEETING:
NEW MEETING:
Allison Hayter is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Allison Hayter's Zoom Meeting
Time: Apr 10, 2020 11:15 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 959 040 647
Password: 0Hn7vf

 

Other news:

I’m hoping to read several different books aloud during the rest of the school year – so let me know if you have any requests!! 😊

 

There are also various books read aloud at this link from some very special people!!

https://www.bvps.org/apps/pages/story.time

Week of Monday, April 13 - Friday April 17, 2020

HELLO my super smart and awesome 4th graders! We have made it to the middle of April! I miss you all SO much, and I miss being in school every day with each of you! Keep up the hard work, you are making me so proud!!

 

Your work for each day this week is listed below. I’ve also started reading another book (YAY!) for you to listen to a few chapters per day – similar to last week’s reading of The Chocolate Touch. Starting this week, I will be reading Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

 

Don’t forget – I will have a Zoom meeting you can join EVERY Friday at 11:00am through the end of the school year. See under “Friday” below for the link. Can’t wait to see your smiling faces! 😊

 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know if you have any questions, or if you just want to talk!!

 

         Love, Mrs. Hayter

Monday, April 13, 2020

This week, we will be reviewing cause and effect.

  1. Listen to cause & effect youtube recording of Mrs. Hayter reviewing what we’ve learned this year about cause and effect.
  2. Login seesaw.com on your computer and complete today’s assignment.
    • Monday Cause & Effect Practice 4/13
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
    • Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (they're very short chapters)
    • Send me an email, teams message or message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

  1. Listen to this cause and effect Flocabulary video.
  2. Login to seesaw.com on your computer and complete today’s assignment.
    • Tuesday Cause & Effect Review 4/14
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

  1. Play practice cause and effect game here – match up the ice cream scoops with their cones.
  2. Take cause and effect quiz here.
    • Quiz code: 379176
    • Make sure you put in YOUR NAME so I can give you credit for taking the quiz!
    • **If you feel like you need to review cause and effect one more time before taking the quiz, re-watch my youtube lesson or Flocabulary video.**
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Thursday, April 16, 2020

  1. Every Thursday will be “Passage Day Thursday.” For today’s passage and questions, go to seesaw.com and find the passage labeled “Passage Day Thursday 4/16/2020"
    • Read the passage TWICE – remember the first time you read something, you are decoding and the second time you read it, you are reading for understanding.
    • Answer the questions on the next page about the passage. Remember to show PROOF by highlighting the passage and marking out incorrect answer choices.
    • Click the green checkmark, submit to me, and I’ll send it back if you need to fix anything, or approve it if it’s all correct! 😊
  2. After you’re finished with the passage and questions, click to listen to Chapters 10, 11 and 12 of Wishtree. Send me an email, teams message, or message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Fri-YAY, April 17, 2020

  1. Every Friday will be “Free Write Friday.” You will have 4 different writing prompts to choose from on seesaw.com.
  2. Choose one prompt from the list and write FIVE sentences about that prompt. You should have a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a closing sentence to tie it all up nicely in a bow!
  3. Remember our rules when writing:
    • When “I” is a word it’s always capital!
    • Complete sentences have:
    • A capital letter at the beginning.
    • Punctuation at the end (. ! ?)
    • A subject and predicate (AKA a noun and a verb)
    • Make your sentences YUMMY for the reader by using strong vocabulary and complex sentences.
  4. Record yourself reading your paragraph – I LOVE hearing your voices!! 😊
  5. Click the green check mark and submit to me!
  6. After you’re finished writing, click to listen to Chapters 13, 14 and 15 of Wishtree. Send me an email, teams message or message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!
Mrs. Hayter & Ms. Murray's Friday Zoom - Theme is Favorite Movie Friday!
Friday, April 17, 2020
11:00 AM
Click THIS LINK to join - password is below! 
Meeting ID: 575 473 383
Password: 031408
 
Have a great weekend!! 

Week of April 20 – April 24, 2020

 

HELLO! Happy new week! Miss you all and hope you’re doing well! You all continue to make me SO PROUD with all of your hard work and dedication, keep it up! 😊

This week we will be reviewing Main Idea vs. Theme, and we’ll also continue reading Wishtree. I hope you like this book, I do!

Don’t forget – I will have a Zoom meeting you can join EVERY Friday at 11:00am through the end of the school year. See under “Friday” below for the link. The theme this week is SOCK PUPPETS! You will take an old sock (with your parent’s permission) and decorate it however you wish! On Friday, instead of your face, you will talk with your sock puppet! It will be so much fun! CAN’T WAIT!!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know if you have any questions, or if you just want to talk!!

                                                                                                                Love, Mrs. Hayter

 

Monday, April 20, 2020

  1. Watch and listen to the Main Idea Flocabulary Video.
  2. Log in to your www.seesaw.com account (or access through clever) and complete today’s assignment.
    • Main Idea Monday 4/20
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.
    • Chapters 16, 17 and 18
    • Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

  1. Watch and listen to the Theme Flocabulary Video.
  2. Login to your www.seesaw.com account (or access through clever) and complete today’s assignment.
    • Theme Tuesday 4/21
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.
    • Chapters 19, 20 and 21
    • Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

  1. Watch this short video of Mrs. Hayter reviewing Theme vs. Main Idea.
  2. Play this FUN millionaires' Main Idea review game.
  3. Take Theme vs. Main Idea quiz.
    **If you feel like you need to review Main Idea vs. Theme one more time before taking the quiz, re-watch my youtube lesson or Flocabulary videos.**
  4. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.
    • Chapter 22, 23 and 24
    • Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Thursday, April 23, 2020

  1. Every Thursday will be “Passage Day Thursday.” For today’s passage and questions, go to www.seesaw.com and find the passage labeled “Passage Day Thursday 4/23”
  2. After you’re finished with the passage and questions, click here to listen to Chapters 25, 26 and 27 of Wishtree. Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Friday, April 24, 2020

  1. Every Friday will be “Free Write Friday.” This Friday is letter writing!
  2. Listen to this Letter Writing Flocabulary to review all the parts of a letter.
  3. Login to your www.seesaw.com account to write the letter.
  4. After you’re finished writing, click here to listen to Chapters 28, 29 and 30 of Wishtree. Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!
Mrs. Hayter's Friday Zoom Call!! -- Any 4th grader who wants to join is always welcome!
11:00am - Be there or be SQUARE! 😊
Theme: SOCK PUPPETS - With your parent's permission, decorate an old sock however you wish and use it to talk in the zoom meeting!
**Click the link below to join!**
Week of April 27 - May 1, 2020
 

Hello my wonderful fourthies (almost fifth graders, WOW)!!

 

Hope you had a fantastic weekend! You did an EXCELLENT job with your work last week, keep it up. You make me so very proud to be your teacher!! I miss you SO much and wish we were together to finish out the school year.

 

This week we will be working on Genre and Dictionary Skills, and we will continue reading Wishtree.

 

Don’t forget – I will have a Zoom meeting ANY 4th GRADER can join EVERY Friday at 11:00am through the end of the school year. See under “Friday” below for the link. The theme this week is Wacky Tacky Friday! Wear your wackiest and tackiest attire to show off to everyone. Do whatever you’d like, and get creative! We will also be having a Zoom Scavenger Hunt! 😊

 

P.S. If you need to see any of the previous week's assignments, they are now located at the bottom of this page!

 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know if you have any questions!

                                                                                        

Love, Mrs. Hayter

 

Monday, April 27, 2020

  1. Watch and listen to the Fiction vs. Nonfiction Flocabulary video. It’s a really good one and we haven’t seen it before!
  2. Log in to your seesaw.com account (or access through clever) and complete today’s assignment.
    • Genre Monday 4/27
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

  1. Watch and listen to the Dictionary Skills Flocabulary video. We haven’t watched this one either – brand new!
  2. Log in to your seesaw.com account (or access through clever) and complete today’s assignment.
    • Dictionary Skills Tuesday 4/28
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

  1. Watch this short video of Mrs. Hayter reviewing Genre and Dictionary Skills.
  2. Take Genre and Dictionary Skills quiz.
    • **IF you feel like you need to review one more time before taking the quiz, please watch my youtube video or Flocabulary videos to review.
  3. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

  1. Every Thursday will be “Passage Day Thursday.” For today’s passage and questions, go to seesaw.com and find the assignment labeled “Passage Day Thursday 4/30”
  2. After you’re finished with the passage and questions, click here to listen to Chapters 40 and 41 of Wishtree.
    • Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Friday, May 1, 2020

  1. Every Friday will be “Free Write Friday.” This Friday is “All About Me” writing!
    • Login to seesaw.com and find the assignment Free Write Friday 5/1
    • Follow the directions to write.
  2. After you’re finished writing, click here to listen to Chapters 42 and 43 of Wishtree.
    • Send me an email, message or video message on seesaw with your answers to the questions!

Mrs. Hayter's Friday Zoom - ANY 4th grader is welcome to join!

Friday, May 1 @ 11:00 AM – WaCkY TaCkY Fri-YAY and SCAVENGER HUNT!!

Click the link below to join! 

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79756366766?pwd=bHNHbFFDcTlscjY3YURSZDZBejJ3Zz09

Meeting ID: 797 5636 6766

Password: 012860

Week of May 4 – May 8, 2020

Happy new week, fourth graders!!

I miss you all SO much and I am so proud of all your hard work!!

This week we will be doing a review of different important skills we have learned this year, and we will finish up reading Wishtree.

Don’t forget – I will have a Zoom meeting you can join EVERY Friday at 11:00am through May 22. See under “Friday” below for the link. This week our theme is PAJAMA DAY and we will be taking a Virtual Field Trip!! – Can’t wait to see you! 😊

Click HERE to vote for which Virtual Field Trip you would like to take!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know if you have any questions!!

 Love, Mrs. Hayter

 

Monday, May 4, 2020

  1. Today we will review Fact and Opinion!
  2. Watch Fact and Opinion Flocabulary
  3. Complete your seesaw assignment.
    • Fact & Opinion – Monday 5/4
  4. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

  1. Today we will be reviewing Idioms!
  2. Watch Idioms Flocabulary
  3. Complete your seesaw assignment.
    • Idioms – Tuesday 5/5
  4. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

  1. Play Fact and Opinion Game.
  2. Play Figurative Language Game. (These two are the same game but two different versions!!)
  3. Take this quiz (Re-watch the Flocabulary videos if you need to review!)
  4. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

  1. Every Thursday will be “Passage Day Thursday.” For today’s passage and questions, go to www.seesaw.com and find today's activity:
    • Reading Poetry Thursday 5/7
  2. Listen to Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

Friday, May 8, 2020

  1. Login to www.seesaw.com and find the assignment: Free Write Friday 5/8
  2. Listen to Wishtree wrap up and review!
  3. Take Accelerated Reader quiz on Wishtree.
    • Quiz # 191418
    • Book level: 4.2
    • AR Points: 3.0

Mrs. Hayter's Zoom Meeting - ANY 4th grader is welcome to join!!

Pajama Day and VIRTUAL FIELDTRIP!! - Wear your coolest PJs and let's take a virtual fieldtrip!!