We hope you had a great, long weekend!
This week in math we are beginning to work with estimation. You'll notice on their homework that they are asked to round to a certain place value and then do the math to get an estimate. We will help them relate this skill to the real world and understand different situations where they may need to estimate.
In writing this week we are still focusing on the conventions of writing. We are taking notes and practicing our capitalization rules and using punctuation for affect in our writing. We enforce these conventions by encouraging them to use what they know about these rules in their writer's workshop journal entries.
In reading this week, we are learning about the different elements of a story. We are going to begin reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing as our whole group read aloud. We've also started literature circle groups. In these groups they will have assigned readings and jobs that they need to complete by the next time we meet. This will help us have great book discussions and also aide in comprehension of the text.
In science this week, we are continuing our study of the Earth and the different ways it can be naturally changed (earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, etc). We will do science experiments, watch videos, read, and do activities to help them to learn these concepts. There will be a test over this unit next week. All study guides, notes, and textbooks can be used on this test. We don't ALWAYS have open book, open note tests, but we will start out that way for this one.
Reminder:
Progress Reports come out September 18th (Already!?) so half of their AR points are due that day. This just helps to keep them on track to reach their goal by the end of the first quarter.
Thanks and have a great week!
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