4D is the Place to "Bee"!!
Welcome to DuVall's Digest
Our Class Mission
We, Mrs. DuVall's awesome 4th grade class, are here to learn, try our hardest, have fun and be good people. In order to accomplish this mission, we will work hard everyday and follow the Eagle Way. By working together we will rock the 4th grade and make this the best year ever!!
Who is this Mrs. DuVall?
Hi, my name is Amy DuVall. I have been teaching for sixteen years and a teacher at Pleasantdale Elementary School since 2002. I graduated from Northern Illinois University, and then continued my education and received a Masters of Arts Degree from St. Xavier University in the area of Teaching and Leadership. I have had the opportunity to work with both the enrichment program as well as my current role as a fourth grade teacher for the past 5 years. My passion for teaching is seen daily with the activities that I bring to the class as well as the way the material is presented. I look forward to getting to know all of my students and helping to foster their passions.
As many of you may already know, I am married and have three awesome kids. My oldest is 5,the middle one is 3, and the newest member of the family is 5 months. As a family we love to spend time outside playing football, running around with our black lab Izzy, and making homemade popcorn on Friday nights. I am sure that many of you will hear stories of my family from your own kids, as well as them sharing fun family stories with me.
Class Schedule of 2011-2012
Note from Mrs. DuVall - 
Report cards are done and waiting to be sent home on Tuesday! What a wonderful way to celebrate my birthday :) We will be having our first assembly for Eagle Tickets on Friday of next week. Also, I hope to see many camera's out for the parade on Monday..keep your fingers crossed for nice weather!
Typing Website:
Any practice that the students can do with typing would be wonderful. It is a major focus this year during computer times.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
UPCOMING EVENTS: October
October 3 - Bullying Presentation 7:00 p.m.@ Middle
October 7 - Progress Reports will go home
October 10&11 - NO SCHOOL
October 19 - PTA Special Lunch
October 21 - End of 1st Quarter
October 31 - Halloween - Parade and Party 2:00 p.m.
What's Happening In 4D?
Language Arts -
We have been moving right along with our class novel of Stone Fox. The kids are working on making text-to-self connections with Little Willy. We are also working on inferences within our novel as well as with the IDR books that they are reading.
Spelling Words for the week: 11/7
shoe, should, show, sister, sound
Have you read any good books lately? Your kids are working very hard on their Reading Binders...ask them what they are learning.
Social Studies - 
We are moving into our study of the United States. We will be learning the states that make up each region as well as learning the abbreviations and capitals of each state...get ready for some wonderful songs and chants!
Science - 
Is it getting hot in here? That is what the kids will be saying when we start our discussion of heat! From the transfer of heat, to the concept of thermal energy...we will learn it all!
LOG-ON FOR SCIENCE BOOK: www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
Math - 
Division District Assessment will be on Wednesday, November 2nd. Please make sure that your student is studying for it over the weekend. We will have one more review day in class, but then we are moving onto another topic!
Looking for extra math practice? Check out these websites!
http://www.d107.org/media/Elementary/4thGrade/Crist/_Math%20websites.pdf
LOG-ON FOR MATH BOOK: www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
My little friend here lets you know when a test is coming! His name is Gambit!
It's that time of year again...Golden Tickets!! A few things have changed, but the idea is still the same. Our class can earn both individual tickets as well as whole class tickets!! Each time a student or the entire class earns a golden ticket, I will announce it on the website.
Individual count: Classroom Count:
(updated 10/28/11)