Sept 18-22

Happy Monday!  we hope that you all had a relaxing weekend!  Here is a look at our week ahead:

In math, students are testing over unit one (place value) and starting work on multiplication.  There are links to help with multiplication on the left hand side of this BLOG.

In reading, we will finish up work with literature circles and finish reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.  We have used this book to help us learn about characterization, character traits, and review story elements.

In spelling, we have a new list and we are working on more multi-sensory ways to learn our words.  Remember to practice the rule at home!  The list and rule are to the right side of the BLOG.

Science this week takes a deeper look at certain forms of energy.  There is no test this unit, but there will be a few assignments to check for understanding.

In writing this week, we will finish up our work on our grandparent's day project, and then begin working on expository writing.

As a reminder, progress notes will be sent home with your child today.  Please sign and return those by Wednesday.  Your child should be at 50% of their AR goal as of this week.  Students not to 50% we use their working lunch to read until they get there.  The end of the quarter is October 17!  Please help us make sure they are working on reading at home, as well!

September 11- 15

Dear Fourth Grade Families,

     This week  started off with a look back at our countries history and a moment of silence to honor  9-11. We also had a fabulous book brought in that shared a wonderful story about a hero that helped save others on this tragic day. The students seemed to learn a lot! 

     In math this week we are going to be working on addition and subtraction as well as looking at word problems. In reading we are continuing to look at literature circle jobs, character traits, conflicts, etc. We are doing these things while reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.  In writing we are looking at paragraphs. We are looking at what proper paragraph format looks like and they are going to be focusing on what makes grandparents important. We also started science this week and are looking at motion and energy as well as scientific method. We started today with a pretty cool experiment that you should ask your child about! 

     Don't forget Wednesday, September 13 is Picture Day. Send your student ready to go. We usually go first thing in the morning to ensure they are done before specials at 9:35. If you have any questions or concerns please contact your students teacher.

Our PBS skill this week is Be Respectful to the Speaker. 

Sincerely,

4th Grade Team

September 4-8

Happy Tuesday! We hope that you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

Here is a look at our week ahead:

In reading, we will begin reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Our focus will be on story elements and literature circles.

In writing, we will be reviewing parts of speech and the six traits of writing skill "Conventions". In addition, students will be drafting personal narratives.

In math, the students will be using place value to round and begin working on estimating sums and differences. In the latter part of this week, we will review adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers.

In social studies, we will wrap up our unit on Missouri state symbols. There will be a facts test on Thursday and map test Friday. Each student has a packet to study from.

Our PBS skill this week is on using appropriate language and gestures.