Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

By Nicko

The best advice I ever got was “Keep everything neat.” Why was it the best advice I ever got?” you ask. It was the best advice ever because if you have everything neat you can always find things. A few of those are in your desk, under your bed, in your dresser and pretty much wherever you have multiple items in 1 place. That is why “Keep everything neat was the very best advice in my entire life.

By Eve

My best advice that I took was to not eat too much sugar or candy. I took that advice from my parents; I constantly asked “Can I please have some more candy?” You guessed it; the answer was “No!” “Just eat one or none each day” they would say. This advice helped my health by keeping me very, very healthy. I started getting into that habit; you know not eating too much sugar. Now that I took their advice I am staying healthy, and strong. I am very glad I listened to my parent’s advice.

By Ali

Whenever I go to my friend’s house she hugs me to death. She is the strongest kid I know. She is also older so that makes her even stronger. Out of the blue I went to a really cool website. They have everything! It also has an awesome Advice Column. I asked then what I should do. They told me to stand up for myself and to tell her to stop. If she didn’t I should not hang out with her anymore.

By Matt

Guess what, I used to be the biggest liar in the world. I don’t know why but every single time I did something wrong I denied it. So one day my mom said to me “lying doesn’t get you anywhere you are just hiding from the problem which will just make it worse”. Those words of wisdom made my life happier and easier. They simply changed my life. By making me closer to God, people can trust me, and I have more friends. Also you get in less trouble, and less trouble mean less grounding that is good for me. So when ever you do something wrong what will you do? You would tell the truth and nothing but the truth and you will live a much better lifestyle. Trust me.

By HG

Have you ever gotten advice that sure did help you a lot? Well that once happened to me .When I was taking a huge test at school which was based on what you had leaned from the past few months and want to see if you are doing well or not.

On the first day in the morning I had gotten butterflies in my tummy and just had to scream. But when my friend had saw my nervous she had asked my” Why do you look so nervous?”

I said back, “Well as you know this test is important and I am worried that I might not know the answer!”

But then she had told me, “as long as you try your best, I bet you will do well.” After the time was up, I felt like I did an awesome job on the test and maybe got all the answers right.

When it was recess time I thought I should say thanks to her because she really did get the nervous feeling shake out of me. Now ever since that day I will remember her advice that she had gave me.

By Betsy

Have you ever gotten advice that you will remember for the rest of your life? Well, I certainly have. My guitar teacher once told me some important stuff about making music. She told me to think about happy or sad things depending on the song. That way, your voice will come through the music and add feeling to the song. Also, my guitar teacher told me not to think about the notes that come next, (because if you memorized that your fingers will simply play, play, play). But she told me to think about whether you should play louder or softer or faster or slower, which are called dynamics, which add more feeling to the song. Playing without feeling is called playing monotone, which defeats the whole point of music, which is to play to go away from everything and use dynamics to show it. This advice changed me by making me a better musician, and I hope you learned something from it, too.

Coming up…

• March 11 Fun Lunch
• March 12 Fourth Grade Choir Concert 11:00
• March 12 Dismissal 11:40
• March 13 End of the Second Trimester
• March 17 Late Start 9:05
• March 22-26 HG&D Lessons
• March 22 Guidance Lesson
• March 25 First Stage AM
• March 26 Report Cards Sent Home
• April 1 Spring Party
• April 2-11 Spring Break
• April 12 Back to School
• April 12-16 and April 29-22 Roller Skating in PE

By Allison

One day before my huge math test my friend told me “Just relax and don’t worry”. So I thought about it for a while and then decided to use the advice and used it and so I every question right! Now I think about it for a long time. So now whenever my friend ask me for math advice I give them the same advice that my friend gave me and they say it was great advice and it  helped them . So that’s the time that my friend gave me the best advice and it changed my life!

As we start the third trimester of the school year, please ask your fourth grader if he or she needs to replace any school supplies.

Please remember to call the Clinic as early as possible to report your child’s absence. Homework needs to be requested before 9:30. If homework is requested, please pick it up in the Office between 3:05 and 4:00.

Report cards will be sent home in Richards Friday folders on Friday, March 26. Please sign the large white envelope to indicate that you have read and discussed the report card with your 4th grader. Keep the report card at home and send the envelope back to school on Monday, March 29. Thank you.

Students are currently reading biographies that they chose for Literature Circles selections for the month of March. The biographies are part of a wonderful series titled “In Their Own Words” that includes journals, letters, newspaper articles, photos, and other primary sources that tell the stories of famous Americans.

Students are learning about the lives of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Betsy Ross, Orville and Wilbur Wright, or Pocahontas. These books will help students to connect social studies topics and themes with reading, writing, and language.

Students are reading two or three chapters each day, then completing written responses to match – either before, during, or after reading. The written responses help students strengthen important reading comprehension skills for nonfiction or informational texts and mirror the expectations of Homework Reading Logs.

Students use their response sheets as they discuss each day’s reading with their Lit Circle groups. Well-written responses make for thoughtful and lively discussions!

Ask your fourth grader to share a few interesting tidbits from the biography he or she is reading during the month of March.

Literature Circle participants will be sharing their knowledge of these well-known Americans through group book review projects when they finish the biographies. The reviews will be shared in the form of podcasts in a few weeks – so stay tuned!

Check out an exciting biography or two at the Richards Library or a public library near you!

By Joslin

Some great advice that I got was from a hockey player.  He told me about how important school was and how it made a big difference in life. He told me about how it was useful to know two different languages instead of knowing one. He said every bit of this because of the way he set a goal to be a known hockey player, but if he hadn’t worked hard and stayed in school all of his life he wouldn’t have reached his goal at all, so because that worked for him he told me to do it too. It made a big, big difference in my life because now I have worked harder than ever before in school.

By Alice

Most people don’t give me advice, but there is one example.

This advice is one that my basketball coach gave me, and the advice was “stand to the side and shoot for the corner. But before he gave me the advice, I was horrible at making shots and making them in. I would usually have the ball hit the rim (not on purpose of course). And if you where wondering the rim is it’s the red or orange part of the basketball hoop. I probably got two out of ten shots in (the same as the other kids). But my coach was coming over to observe our shots and mine was next! My stomach was in a knot. So he asked me to take the shot. But once I did it hit the rim and bounced back and hit my coach in the head! But he was okay (thank you). So he told me to stand to the side and shoot for the corner. But Guess what? I made it I really did! All the kids said “how did you do that”? I felt so good. And know you know how that one piece of advice changed my life forever.

By David

Have you ever been given advice that changed your life? I have and it was go to school and don’t complain. My dad gave me this advice at breakfast one day when I was complaining about school. He told me when you think about it school is actually pretty fun. You can play with friends at school and have fun learning. Subjects are also fun like math because you can learn amazing things and get a job that you want. Sometimes you go to a grocery store and you have a coupon and it doesn’t have that black and white label. The cashier doesn’t know how to find the total amount. School can help you in many things so enjoy it while you can.

By KB

What is the best advice you have ever gotten? Mine is to be nice to every one and to respect them for who they are. I bet you are wondering where I got this wonderful advice from, it was from my mom! But you not only should respect them respect them for who they are not who you want them to be. You should also know you can be nice to every one but they don’t have to be your best friend! If you got this advice how do you think it would affect you? Well for me it not only helped me and changed my life it helped and changed other people’s life around me. If you ever get the chance to have some one give you advice take it! A little advice never hurts!

By Matthew

The best advice I ever received was during a baseball tournament. I got to play on a select team for one baseball tournament. I got really nervous before my first couple of games. I didn’t get a hit in my first or second game. Then I got the good advice, my coach told me to picture myself getting a hit. At first I thought “that will never work” but in my third game I got my first hit of the whole tournament. In my last game I got 3 hits and I regained my confidence. Now when I’m batting I don’t get nervous, even when I’m not batting. That was the story of the best advice I ever received.

By Grace

Have you ever done an act kindness I have? One time my mom asked told me to clean up my room at first I really did not want to clean it but my mom would do it for me. Then I went upstairs and cleaned my whole room. I felt that my mom was really proud of me and she loved me. I did it because my mom is caring, helping, and loves her kids. So whenever someone asks you to do something I would do it because they would do it for you.

By Haley

One time I was outside at recess in the middle of the playground with my friend. My friend and I were play “Spider.” After a few minutes I had notice a girl sitting on the bench all by herself. I felt like I could cry because the girl seemed so sad just sitting there. My friend and I had been thinking the same thing about the girl. So I asked her “Should we ask her if she would like to play like to play with us?” Luckily my friend had said “Yes.” But the problem was I was shy to ask her. So I said “On the count of three go. 1,2,3. Hey would you like to play with my friend and I. She said “Sure.” I could tell she was super happy to have my friend and I to play with. But I had this feeling that felt good, joyful, and wobbly to my body. It felt so good so I just did this little smile. Then I thought to myself “Good job!” Then I went back to play with my new friend.

By Allison

One day my good friend of mine could not figure out a math problem so I helped her and she understood it and she knew exactly what to do! Then she told me I was a great friend when she said that I felt proud of myself and that I helped someone out. And when I felt good I was pretty sure she felt good to well I knew because she had a big smile on her face! And then she was happy the whole rest of the day so know how a just random act of kindness can make a person feel!

By Nicko

One day I thought that “I should clean up so it is clean when mom gets home.” First I made a list of what I should do. The list included put, toys away, line up books, line up boots, clean up snack, hang up gloves, make bed, do homework, hang up snow pants, and take shower. “Hmmm” I thought “I will get the easy things done first then the hard stuff”. First I did all the things that were for snow gear. “3 things done, good”. Next I cleaned up my snack and made my lunch. That was easy. Now for the hard part, cleaning up. This would be hard. Since I made a mess all over it took me 15 horrid minutes to clean up. All downhill from here” I told myself. Next I did my homework. That took me anther five minutes. I ran upstairs made my bed and took a shower. I sprinted downstairs and yelled” I’m done!” But then I realized almost everything I do makes a mess. I had only one thing to do. Read! I had just flopped down on the couch when I heard a knock at the door. I took of in the direction of the door. When I let mom in she asked if the cleaning lady came. (I thought she was joking but she said she wasn’t) as soon as my little brother came home he made a huge mess (as always) and mom said “it was good while it lasted.” We laughed so much my brother asked us what happened and I just said “You wouldn’t understand”

By Eve

When I went to my cabin to help a farmer with work, I was really excited to go. The farmer needed help taking care of the animals and customers for food (the cabin was also a bed and breakfast). I went with my family and we brought our dog Simon, Simon helped a little with getting energy out of the farmers two dogs. We cleaned up the lobby, and fed the llamas. My friend’s family came too, to help out. I had a really fun time helping! I think that the farmer really appreciated our help for him. The reason he needed help was because his wife was out of town and she kind of owned the bed and breakfast. I was very glad to help!