Merry Christmas!

To all my fourth graders and your parents, 

I am praying for you and I hope you have a wonderful 

Christmas break!  Love, Mrs. Dickens

Food Drive

Lee Christian School

December 4, through December 14.

Please help our school with our annual non-perishable food items.  We will be collecting the good items over the next two weeks.  Students may bring the goods to our classroom.  Let us help our community and give.  Thank you for your support.   Mrs. Dickens

End of First Quarter Fall Party

 

End of First Quarter Fall Party

     Thank you parents for supporting our class fall party.  The students were very surprised and we had a wonderful afternoon.  We have made it through the first quarter and now it's time to focus on the adventures for second quarter.  So much fun in fourth grade!

"Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart". (Psalms 37:4, NKJV)

Dioramas

 Diorama Book Reports

          So much fun in fourth grade!  Students read fiction books and created a diorama along with a written report.  Excellent work and great creations.  We are looking forward to Second Quarter and all the exciting things we will be learning.  Good work Fourth Graders!

"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."  (Philippians 4:13, NKJV)

Support Operation Christmas Child

      This week we were challenged by Mrs. Desjarlais, to help with Operations Christmas Child, and provide shoe boxes filled with things for children.  It is a tradition for our school to help with Samaritan's Purse in providing shoes boxes filled with things to help children worldwide.  Your children were given a brochure suggesting items and detailing the ministry of Operation Christmas Child.  The packed shoes boxes should be returned by November 20th.  Thank you in advance for supporting and giving to Samaritan's Purse.

“He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor” (Proverbs 22:9).

Bugs in Dickensville!

 Imaginary Insect Day

     Fourth Graders finished our Science unit on insects and spiders.  We enjoyed talking about their creations and had a fun afternoon showing off the imaginary critters.  It's fun being in fourth grade!

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.  And God mad the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:  and God saw that it was good."  (Genesis 1:24-25, NKJV).

Reading Task Assignments in Dickensville

 Reading Task in Dickensville

        Fourth Graders used sketching to illustrate a scene from a literature selection.  After reading,  The Cricket in Times Square,  by George Selden, students drew pictures to illustrate a scene from the story. Learning to "love" reading begins with journaling story events.  Journaling does not always mean writing.  The students did an awesome job on their reading task expression.    

Geography in Dickensville

Geography in Dickensville

Our fourth grade students reviewed continents and oceans by completing a blank world map.

Lots of fun learning in Dickensville.

We also discussed God creating the earth and His plan for mankind, to worship Him.  

Dot to Dot in Dickensville

 Dickensville Fourth Graders

Mrs. Harrison taught our students about the Russian Painter/Artist, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944).  Kandinsky is known as the pioneer of Abstract Art.  The students worked with "dots" to replicate Kandinsky's theory of abstract art.  Thank you Mrs. Harrison, we are grateful for your talents and your desire to teach our children about the world of art.   

DICKENSVILLE moving on!

 Dickensville Fourth Graders

Missing from our beautiful smiling faces:  Alissa Mason, Beckett Sloan, Jeffrey Duty, John Minor and Lilah Norton

Parents, Please look for emails for more information about fourth grade events.  

Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." (Philippians 4:13, NKJV)

 Happy Birthday 

to our classmate

Lilah Norton

Lilah is with her brother, Braxton Johnson

 Hello Fourth Graders!

     We are off to a great start to the school year.  I want to remind you about the Scholastic Book Fair.  Saturday, August 29, from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm, families will be able to purchase books.  The book fair will be located in the parking lot in front of the elementary building.  

     Students may bring money and purchase books Monday through Friday, August 31, through September 4.  The book fair will be opened between 7:30 am and 8:00 am.  Students will also have the opportunity to purchase books during out library time.  

     Fourth Graders love to read!

Book Club

Dickensville Book Club

          We have officially started our 2020-2021 Book Club in fourth grade.  Reading Logs are in student homework folders and we will start our reading assignments on Monday.  I want to teach your child to love reading.  Let them share their books with you.  Blessed to be the teacher of this group.

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.  My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. (Psalm 34:1-2. NJKV)

August 20, 2020

Hello Fourth Grade Parents,

     We have had a wonderful start to the new school year.  Please remember to send your child plenty of water to have throughout the school day.  Also, we do have morning snack at 8:15 am.  Thank  you for sharing your children with me.  I am blessed.

Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.

Psalms 147:5 (NKJV)

Attention Virtual Students,

     If you have not sent me an email letting me know you are going to begin your school year live streaming, please do so.  Live Streaming will begin on Monday, August 24, 2020.  I will be sending you an email with information about the curbside pick-up for assignments and materials.  Again, fourth grade virtual students, please let me know.  I look forward to sharing my classroom with you.

Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Today is the big day.....STATES AND CAPITALS!  See you at 10:00 am.

Thank you to Jaxtin and his mom for sharing this science experiment.

Part 1

Part 2

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Good morning 4th graders,

     Zoom time today at 10:00 am. Have history maps ready for review.

     Curbside drop off for all completed work assignments!  This includes Science notebook, Science Activity Manual, History Activity Manual, Spelling Book, and completed assignments sheets.  Please also include Science text book, History text book, and the blue Reading book. Some of you have already turned in the reading book.  Curbside drop off in front of the elementary building at 1:00 to 2:30 pm today.  

      Thank you for your support.  I will see you soon.

Mrs. Dickens

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Good morning fourth graders,

     I sent an email giving you next week's schedules for Zoom and drop-off/pickup instructions.  I will continue to send passwords for Zoom through emails daily.

    Today's Zoom is at 10:00 am.  Please have your History books, and the sectional colored maps available.  See you soon.

Mrs. Dickens

 

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Good morning to my 4th grade peeps!

Zoom time at 10:00 am.  See you soon.

Mrs. Dickens

Zoom time at 10:00 am.  See you then.

Thank you Cash Johnson!  Cash germinated seeds for a Science experiment and is now growing them in his home garden.  Good Job!

Good morning 4th graders,
   
TODAY IS REVEAL DAY!  I WANT TO SEE YOUR SEED PROJECTS!!  Hope you have your names ready and introduce your new live plants to us on Zoom.  See you soon.

ZOOM is at 10:00 am.  Invitations sent to emails.

Thanks,
Mrs. Dickens

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Good morning 4th graders,

     No Zoom today.  Please make sure you are observing your seeds.  Please chart your observations on your sheet.  Be ready to report on Monday.

Mrs. Dickens

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Dear Fourth Graders,

      Get ready for Zoom.  Passwords have been emailed.

See you soon,
Mrs. Dickens

Monday, May 11, 2020

Good morning 4th Graders,

     Zoom time is at 10:00 am.  Plants, plants, plants.  Have you Science experiment materials ready.  See you then.

Zoom begins at 10:00 am.

Love this.

Thank you Caleb Neitenbach!

Good morning fourth graders,

     Zoom meeting passcode sent by email.  Get ready for Science!  All about plants!  I am very proud of you for logging onto "Epic" and "iknowit".  Thanks for the pictures.  Look for more pictures of plants coming tomorrow.  Thank Lilly-Ann for submitting the picture of roses.  See you soon.
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning fourth graders,
     Only 18 days left of fourth grade.  That is week days, not weekends or Memorial Day.  I have emailed you the classroom code for Epic.  I hope you log on soon.  If you have not selected a book by tomorrow morning, I will assign one to you.  Zoom passwords have been emailed.  See you soon.
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning fourth graders,

     Zoom time this morning at 10:00 am.  May is here and we only have a few weeks left to spend together in fourth grade.  I am very proud of all of you.  Have Math, History and English today for Zoom.  See you soon.  God has blessed each of us.  I am grateful for all He has done for our class.
Love and prayers,
Mrs. Dickens

CURBSIDE PICKUP

TODAY, APRIL 30, 2020

2:00 TO 3:00 PM

     

     Please make sure you return the blue reading book, along with all finished paper work.  Do not send activity manuals at this time.  I will be grading all activity manual assignments for the nine weeks.  Please have all completed math assignments, reading and grammar assignments.

Good morning 4th graders,
   
     Zoom session at 10:00 am.  Passcodes have been emailed.  Please have history, science and Math ready.  Thank you for being present every day and participating.  I am praying for each of you.  I miss my fourth graders.  Love and prayers,
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning 4th graders,
     Get your cameras ready!  Please take a picture of a specific flower or plant growing in your yard.  Send the picture to me.  This is for a special screen collage for a classroom project.  Looking forward to seeing your pictures.
   
     Zoom time is at 10:00 am.  Passcodes have been emailed.  See you soon.  Please have History, Math and Science ready.

Love and prayers,
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning to all,
      Fourth Grade Zoom time is 10:00 am.  Make sure you have your math.  See you in a few minutes.
Love and prayers,
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning 4th graders,
     Zoom time 10:00 am.  Please have dry erase boards and math sheets.  Bring your history as well.  Looking forward to our online session.
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning fourth graders,
 
     Zoom time 10:00 am.  Please have white boards, markers and something to use to erase the boards.  Have yesterday's math assignment and today's Math assignment.  You will need history as well.  See you soon.

     I miss each of you very much.

Love and prayers,
Mrs. Dickens

Monday, April 20, 2020

Welcome back fourth graders,
     I apologize for the lateness of this blog.  Internet and power off for a while this morning.  Please note the passcode for my zoom session sent to your emails.  See you in a few minutes.
Mrs. Dickens

Second journal entry:  The amazing Allen Mays “The perfect sandwich”.

Good morning fabulous 4th graders,
     Tuesday morning zoom time is at 10:00 am.  Please have your history books.  I will see you then.  It is going to be a wonderful day.

Mrs. Dickens

Good morning Fourth Graders,

     I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.  Zoom time is at 10:00 am.  Make sure you have your English handout, Reading task "Hyperbole Café: and your history text book and activity pages.  If you can, please read History pages 323-325 before our zoom time.  We will be focusing on Activity manual pages 151.  

     I enjoyed the journal entry videos and I have posted them on two different blog post.  It is not to late to send me your videos.  See you in a few minutes.

Mrs. Dickens

https://youtu.be/muPMmzvk8rA

Aaron, good job on your journal selection!

Good morning 4th graders,
    It is a beautiful Friday.  Please send your videos of your journal readings as soon as possible.  Thanks and have a great weekend.  See you on Monday via Zoom.
Love and prayers to all,
Mrs. Dickens

What a beautiful day to be a fourth grader!  

     It is a beautiful day outside and I hope you and your family will take the afternoon off and enjoy the sunshine.  My challenge for our spirit week:  What games are you playing this week?  I will reveal the game I am playing on f3 connect on Facebook.  I hope you will reveal your games as well.

    Assignments for today.  I hope you are working on your Journal entry.  I already have one video of a finished reading.  I cannot wait to hear your journal entries.  Please have History with you as well.  

Love and prayers,

Mrs. Dickens

Good morning 4th graders,
     Wednesday is here and I am ready to see some of your state bird or state flower drawings.  Have your parents take a picture of your drawings and send them to me.  I have already posted a few pictures from yesterday.  Have your drawings ready to share with us on our zoom time today.

    Zoom time at 10:00, check emails for passwords.  Can't wait to see you.  Please have history ready.  Will also need math.  And of course, grammar sheet "I or ME".  See you soon.

    Please log on to espark soon.  I will need for each student to use this program.  Thanks so much.  Let me know if you are having problems.  Don't forget:  Crazy Hair Day!

Love and prayers,
Mrs. Dickens

Good morning to my fabulous 4th graders!
     Don't forget our zoom time, 10:00 am.  Today we will be talking about Roman Numerals, special places in the southeastern section of our country and your very favorite:  Singular and Plural nouns! (Not really your favorite).  Please look at your writing prompts and be deciding which one you are going to complete before Thursday.  Be ready to video your reading the completed journal.  Can't wait to see which two are going to be featured on our blog.  See you soon!

Love my 4th graders,
Mrs. Dickens

Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
                   (Psalm 106: 1, NKJV)

Spring is here and even though it is cloudy and raining, I love seeing God's creation coming to life.  4th graders, send me pics of what you are seeing outside your house.  Don't forget to put them on f3 Connect FaceBook page!

https://youtu.be/nG16-yNJXaI

Watch the above link for San Diego Zoo virtual tour

Good morning 4th graders,

     This week's instructions included suggestions for google search.  There are a few topics I wanted to make you aware of.

     History research:  Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO.

        The mayflower, the trailing arbutus
   
     Science:  Visit Monterey Bay Aquarium virtual tours,  or the San Diego Zoo virtual tour.  Just google the titles and follow the links.

     Math sites:  eSparks and Splash Learn.  Students have user names and passwords in "Surviving Online Learning" notebooks.

     Reading:  Assignments posted on eSparks.

     Make sure you have today's materials when we Zoom.  Math, History and Grammar sheet.

     Love all of you and I am enjoying our time on Zoom.

Mrs. Dickens

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me."  (Philippians 4:13, NKJV)

PET DAY

      Simon and Lily, my two canine children, are ready to see you online this morning.  Be ready to share you pets with me.  See you for class at 10:00 am

Good morning 4th graders,
    I can't wait for you to see our nature lesson for today. One of you will be sharing a unique animal.  Be online and on time at 10:15 am.  See you then.
Praying for you and I miss you!
Mrs. Dickens

Hello Fourth Graders,

     I enjoyed our classroom zoom session yesterday.  We are meeting today and tomorrow at 10:15.  Please have your materials with you before you join our meeting.  Remember, you are muted when you sign into zoom.  I will unmute your mics when necessary.  It is very important to remember we are working together.  Love and miss you!
Praying for all,
Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

Good evening 4th graders!
    Dickensville Zoom meeting tomorrow morning!  See you there!
Mrs. Dickens

Praying for all of you!

Good evening fourth graders,
     Tomorrow morning meet me in Zoom, 9:30 am.  All about the numbers.  See you then.
Mrs. Dickens

Good evening to all my 4th grade people,
    Please check your emails.  I have sent your child's username and password to log on to eSpark.  Let me know if you have any questions.  Also, remember our online meeting tomorrow at 10:30 am.  Have a wonderful evening.
Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

Good afternoon Fourth Grade Parents,
      Hope you are having a good Monday.  Spent the day sanitizing our room.  Please look for an email with instructions for beginning lessons for our class.  There will also be a website address with your child's password for lesson plans.  Praying for each of you.  God is good in all He does.
Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

Dear Fourth Grade Parents,

     Please make sure your child is reading their biography book and getting ready for the book report. The Wax Museum is scheduled for Friday, March 20, at 3:30 pm.  The event will take place in the gym.  The students seem to be excited about this project and I am looking forward to seeing the results of their hard work.  Thanks for supporting 4th grade.

Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

Attention Fourth Graders!

North Carolina Projects are due

 Friday, March 13, 2020

 

Field Trip to the Capital. Great Trip!

Dear Fourth Grade Parents,

     Fun Run is here!  Please help your child get pledges.  We are raising money to help upgrade our buses.  We need your help.  The Glow Run will be in the gym on Friday morning, February 14.  Thank you in advance for your support.
Mrs. Sylvia Dickens

Fourth Grade is getting ready for our Glow Run (February 14,) and we need your help.  Watch for registration information coming home on Wednesday.

North Carolina Project Information went home on Monday.  Review the information with your child.

Valentine's Celebration, Thursday, February 13,

Fun Run and early dismissal, Friday, February 14.

Monday, February 17, President's Day.  School will be closed.

Hello Fabulous Fourth Grade Parents….

          Please watch for important information being sent home and/or emailed to you.  The following events will be happening very soon!

1.     North Carolina History project information will be sent home next week. 

2.    North Carolina History field trip to Raleigh will be coming up.  More details TBA as soon as possible.

3.    Biography Book report coming up. 

4.    FUN RUN!!! February 14, 2020

Third Quarter begins Monday, January 20.  We will not be in school on Monday.

It has been a great first semester.  Thank you for sharing your children with me.

Mrs. Sylvia Dickens