Welcome back! We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break!
This week in reading, we will introduce our new book projects. Please look over these and let us know if you have any questions. We want to reemphasize that you do NOT need to purchase anything for these projects. The items can be things around your house, encourage your child to get creative! We also have wrapping paper at school if you don't have any to use for this project. We will also begin learning about Theme this week in reading. We will practice determining theme in several different contexts with this unit.
In writing this week we will finish up our final drafts of the How To projects. Remember the presentation dates will be December 1st and 2nd (this Thursday and Friday). Your child should have gotten a note about when your child presents. Please help them to remember all the materials they need for their presentation. It also might not be a bad idea to practice at home!
In math we will begin a short unit on patterns. We will review and practice both numeric and non-numeric patters in this unit.
In spelling this week, our words are a review of several of the lists and rules we've studied in the past few weeks. Test Friday!
We will begin a new Social Studies unit this week about The First People of Missouri. The test over this unit is tentatively set for December 12th.
Reminders:
Book project for this month is due December 16th
AR points due December 19th
Have a great week!
Monday, November 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
November 14-18
Reminders:
Book Projects due Wednesday, November 16
1/2 AR points goal is due Friday, November 18
Progress reports will go home next Monday, November 21
Spelling bee (individual classrooms) is Tuesday, November 22 at 1:30
In writing this week, we will begin drafting our "How to" projects and continue working on the trait of Organization in our writing. Please have the notes back with their selected topic by Tuesday, November 16. This note was sent home Friday to explain about the project and help you and your children come up with an idea.
In science this week, we will continue to discuss Ecosystems and the living things/relationships in them. The test for this unit will be next Tuesday, November 22. It will be an open book, open note test.
In math we will continue working on division. We have a test scheduled for next Tuesday, November 22nd. We will do a lot of repetition and reviewing of division this week to prepare for it.
In spelling, our list this week focuses on contractions. The test will be Friday. We will continue on using cursive to practice spelling these words correctly.
In reading this week, we will begin the non-fiction book, Pilgrims. We will use this to study the origin of Thanksgiving as well as work on reading non-fiction text.
Have a great week!
Book Projects due Wednesday, November 16
1/2 AR points goal is due Friday, November 18
Progress reports will go home next Monday, November 21
Spelling bee (individual classrooms) is Tuesday, November 22 at 1:30
In writing this week, we will begin drafting our "How to" projects and continue working on the trait of Organization in our writing. Please have the notes back with their selected topic by Tuesday, November 16. This note was sent home Friday to explain about the project and help you and your children come up with an idea.
In science this week, we will continue to discuss Ecosystems and the living things/relationships in them. The test for this unit will be next Tuesday, November 22. It will be an open book, open note test.
In math we will continue working on division. We have a test scheduled for next Tuesday, November 22nd. We will do a lot of repetition and reviewing of division this week to prepare for it.
In spelling, our list this week focuses on contractions. The test will be Friday. We will continue on using cursive to practice spelling these words correctly.
In reading this week, we will begin the non-fiction book, Pilgrims. We will use this to study the origin of Thanksgiving as well as work on reading non-fiction text.
Have a great week!
Monday, November 7, 2016
November 7-11
Dear Fourth Grade Families,
I hope everyone has their clocks turned back and enjoyed the extra hour this Monday morning. We are headed into a busy week. The students have finished their presidential opinion pieces and we will be voting in the fourth grade tomorrow. The students will create a voter registration card, they will cast their ballot in our voting booth and submit it to our ballot collector. The votes will be tallied and the students will receive the results before they leave tomorrow.
We are still working on division in math, writing and reading we are still looking at opinions and facts as well as using these to compare and contrast topics. In spelling we are on list 10 and will be preparing for the spelling bee on November 22. In science we are looking at living things and matter. Book projects are due Wednesday, November 16. Please check with your child to make sure that their assignment will be ready to be turned in on that day!
Lastly this Friday is Veteran's Day. We will be having a district wide assembly at 9am in the high school gym. This is always a very special occasion where we all come together at Mid-Buchanan to acknowledge and celebrate those that have and are currently serving for our freedom. You are welcome to join us if you would like to.
Sincerely,
Fourth Grade Team
I hope everyone has their clocks turned back and enjoyed the extra hour this Monday morning. We are headed into a busy week. The students have finished their presidential opinion pieces and we will be voting in the fourth grade tomorrow. The students will create a voter registration card, they will cast their ballot in our voting booth and submit it to our ballot collector. The votes will be tallied and the students will receive the results before they leave tomorrow.
We are still working on division in math, writing and reading we are still looking at opinions and facts as well as using these to compare and contrast topics. In spelling we are on list 10 and will be preparing for the spelling bee on November 22. In science we are looking at living things and matter. Book projects are due Wednesday, November 16. Please check with your child to make sure that their assignment will be ready to be turned in on that day!
Lastly this Friday is Veteran's Day. We will be having a district wide assembly at 9am in the high school gym. This is always a very special occasion where we all come together at Mid-Buchanan to acknowledge and celebrate those that have and are currently serving for our freedom. You are welcome to join us if you would like to.
Sincerely,
Fourth Grade Team
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
November 2-4
It's hard to believe it's already November! Let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up!
This week in writing we will finish up final drafts of our presidential opinion pieces. We are so excited to present our opinions next week and do a mock presidential election! It has been a lot of fun and we've had great discussions and debates with this unit!
Since we only have school 3 days this week, we will not have a spelling list or test this week.
In math, we are switching over to division. We will begin by using our basic facts to divide numbers and then build into harder division. If your student will continue working on their basic multiplication facts, division will come much easier to them!
In science, we will begin a unit on ecosystems. We will learn about how each organism in an ecosystem is important and how they work together to survive. We will also learn about different adaptations living things have they help them to survive. There will be a test over this unit, that date is TBD.
In reading this week, we will wrap up our Sleepy Hollow book discussion and move on to election coverage. This will be a fun way to work on reading non-fiction texts, while also learning about something relevant. This will also work well to blend social studies and our opinion writing together.
Reminders:
Character Assembly is today at 2:00 in the multi
BOOK PROJECTS DUE November 16- let us know if you need a cereal box
1/2 AR points are Due November 18th
No School November 23rd-25th
Have a great week!
This week in writing we will finish up final drafts of our presidential opinion pieces. We are so excited to present our opinions next week and do a mock presidential election! It has been a lot of fun and we've had great discussions and debates with this unit!
Since we only have school 3 days this week, we will not have a spelling list or test this week.
In math, we are switching over to division. We will begin by using our basic facts to divide numbers and then build into harder division. If your student will continue working on their basic multiplication facts, division will come much easier to them!
In science, we will begin a unit on ecosystems. We will learn about how each organism in an ecosystem is important and how they work together to survive. We will also learn about different adaptations living things have they help them to survive. There will be a test over this unit, that date is TBD.
In reading this week, we will wrap up our Sleepy Hollow book discussion and move on to election coverage. This will be a fun way to work on reading non-fiction texts, while also learning about something relevant. This will also work well to blend social studies and our opinion writing together.
Reminders:
Character Assembly is today at 2:00 in the multi
BOOK PROJECTS DUE November 16- let us know if you need a cereal box
1/2 AR points are Due November 18th
No School November 23rd-25th
Have a great week!
Monday, October 17, 2016
October 17-21
The end of the quarter is here! We had a great time celebrating with those who met their AR goals today. We got to watch Ramona and Beezus (some of our students had read this book with their Literature Circle groups so it was really fun for them to make connections from the book to the movie!)
Reminders:
Tomorrow is a 1/2 day
Parent/Teacher conferences are next week. If you need to change your appointment time please call the office ASAP!
Report cards will be given out at Parent/Teacher conferences.
In reading this week, we will continue working on vocabulary and inferencing with out story Bunnicula. They are really enjoying this funny story about a "vampire bunny" and the crazy cat/dog pair who investigate him.
In writing this week, we are going to begin working on opinion writing. Ultimately, they will be writing an opinion piece on the 2 presidential candidates (this has made for some interesting conversations already, as you can imagine!) We will discuss using facts to support our opinions. They will present their papers on November 7th and then the whole 4th grade will vote for a president on the 8th.
In social studies, we will continue our unit on government. In this unit we'll study the 3 branches of government. We will also look at federal government vs. state government. This unit and our writing unit blend really well with the election coming up!
In spelling, we're working on the suffix -able and -ible. Please help your student study and understand their rule for this week. This will help them with their test Friday and with other words with this suffix.
In math, we will continue focusing on multiplying multidigit numbers. We will also move on to multiplying 2 digit numbers times 2 digit numbers. We teach and study the "turtlehead method." If your student is struggling with these types of multiplication problems. Here is a link to the video we watch to introduce this method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcKERTnNi0
Have a great week!!
Reminders:
Tomorrow is a 1/2 day
Parent/Teacher conferences are next week. If you need to change your appointment time please call the office ASAP!
Report cards will be given out at Parent/Teacher conferences.
In reading this week, we will continue working on vocabulary and inferencing with out story Bunnicula. They are really enjoying this funny story about a "vampire bunny" and the crazy cat/dog pair who investigate him.
In writing this week, we are going to begin working on opinion writing. Ultimately, they will be writing an opinion piece on the 2 presidential candidates (this has made for some interesting conversations already, as you can imagine!) We will discuss using facts to support our opinions. They will present their papers on November 7th and then the whole 4th grade will vote for a president on the 8th.
In social studies, we will continue our unit on government. In this unit we'll study the 3 branches of government. We will also look at federal government vs. state government. This unit and our writing unit blend really well with the election coming up!
In spelling, we're working on the suffix -able and -ible. Please help your student study and understand their rule for this week. This will help them with their test Friday and with other words with this suffix.
In math, we will continue focusing on multiplying multidigit numbers. We will also move on to multiplying 2 digit numbers times 2 digit numbers. We teach and study the "turtlehead method." If your student is struggling with these types of multiplication problems. Here is a link to the video we watch to introduce this method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcKERTnNi0
Have a great week!!
Sunday, October 9, 2016
October 10- 14
Happy Monday! We hope that all of you have enjoyed your weekend and the cooler weather.
A few reminders before we let you know about the week:
Conference slips should have went home. Please get those back as soon as possible so we can schedule your child's conference at a time that works for you. We will need to have our finalized schedules in to the office by this Thursday, October 13.
Mrs. Kountz will be leaving for maternity leave on October 19 (Hopefully not before then!). She will be back for conference evenings, but if you would like to schedule conferences with her prior to the 19th, that would be greatly appreciated! You never know what could happen, so meeting earlier may be better! Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Now on to the week ahead!
In reading, students will be working on the reading strategy of making inferences- using what you already know (schema) and what the text says explicitly, to make an educated guess about the book or story. We will begin a class read of the book Bunnicula to help us work with this strategy, and also a vocabulary study.
In writing, students will finish working on their expository paragraphs. With these, students should be writing facts about things that they know. We will soon begin studying the elections to work on finding voice and persuasive writing.
In math, we will work on multiplication as well as factors and multiples. We are continuing to work on basic facts, but please try to help your child if they are still struggling with knowing the facts quickly. As this math unit progresses, students will be asked to multiply 2 by 1 and 2 by 2, making basic math fact knowledge important to their success!
We will move students back to social studies this week. In class, we will take a look at how government works on all 3 levels- federal, state, and local.
Look for a new spelling list to the right side of this BLOG and at home.
Have a great week!
A few reminders before we let you know about the week:
Conference slips should have went home. Please get those back as soon as possible so we can schedule your child's conference at a time that works for you. We will need to have our finalized schedules in to the office by this Thursday, October 13.
Mrs. Kountz will be leaving for maternity leave on October 19 (Hopefully not before then!). She will be back for conference evenings, but if you would like to schedule conferences with her prior to the 19th, that would be greatly appreciated! You never know what could happen, so meeting earlier may be better! Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Now on to the week ahead!
In reading, students will be working on the reading strategy of making inferences- using what you already know (schema) and what the text says explicitly, to make an educated guess about the book or story. We will begin a class read of the book Bunnicula to help us work with this strategy, and also a vocabulary study.
In writing, students will finish working on their expository paragraphs. With these, students should be writing facts about things that they know. We will soon begin studying the elections to work on finding voice and persuasive writing.
In math, we will work on multiplication as well as factors and multiples. We are continuing to work on basic facts, but please try to help your child if they are still struggling with knowing the facts quickly. As this math unit progresses, students will be asked to multiply 2 by 1 and 2 by 2, making basic math fact knowledge important to their success!
We will move students back to social studies this week. In class, we will take a look at how government works on all 3 levels- federal, state, and local.
Look for a new spelling list to the right side of this BLOG and at home.
Have a great week!
Monday, October 3, 2016
October 3- October 7
It is October already and it is definitely starting to feel like fall out. We are busy here is fourth grade and the students are working hard. We are currently covering multiplication in math. We have been reviewing their basic multiplication facts 0-12 for the past week. We are now getting ready to move on to multi- digit multiplication starting two digits times one digit and working our way up.
Next, in reading we just finished our class read, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and are continuing with our literature circle groups. The students are also authors. They are working on an expository writing assignment where they are informing about something that they know a lot about.
Since it is October the end of the quarter will be here before we know it. The students have until October 17 to meet their AR Goal for this quarter. Please ask your student about their goal and encourage them to meet or exceed that goal. We want all of our students to be successful!
Science we are studying a world of motion and force. The students are learning about how things like gravity and friction effect their daily life. This unit usually leads to some really neat conversations!
Finally, spelling is a review week this week. The students are not responsible for a rule and the 15 words that are on their main list are ones they have previously had. The other two words on their list this week are Missouri and America. It is important that students be able to spell these since they are the state and country in which they live.
If you have any questions please contact us. We are more than happy to help!
Have a great week,
Fourth Grade Team
Next, in reading we just finished our class read, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and are continuing with our literature circle groups. The students are also authors. They are working on an expository writing assignment where they are informing about something that they know a lot about.
Since it is October the end of the quarter will be here before we know it. The students have until October 17 to meet their AR Goal for this quarter. Please ask your student about their goal and encourage them to meet or exceed that goal. We want all of our students to be successful!
Science we are studying a world of motion and force. The students are learning about how things like gravity and friction effect their daily life. This unit usually leads to some really neat conversations!
Finally, spelling is a review week this week. The students are not responsible for a rule and the 15 words that are on their main list are ones they have previously had. The other two words on their list this week are Missouri and America. It is important that students be able to spell these since they are the state and country in which they live.
If you have any questions please contact us. We are more than happy to help!
Have a great week,
Fourth Grade Team
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