During math, we spent the last week reviewing our concepts from the year. This week we had PARCC testing in mathematics on Wednesday and Thursday. We have 2 more days scheduled next week (Wednesday and Thursday). The children worked hard to do their best work, and many commented that they even enjoyed it!
During science, we have continued learning about Magnetism and Electricity. This week we learned about static electricity. Check out these students who did our extra credit static electricity experiment! Way to go!!!
We have been working hard on all of our poetry, in order to get ready for our Poetry Coffeehouse. This week, we created water color art inspired by poet and artist Douglas Florian. The children are writing free verse poetry inspired by their paintings. Our Coffeehouse time is 9:45-10:30. We hope to see you all there!
We have continued reading Charlotte's Web. This is always a favorite of the children, and a perfect book to read during the last few months of school. The children have been doing some deep thinking around the characters' motivation, and the author's purpose. This week, we also reviewed the concept of foreshadowing and have been looking for evidence of this in the story. We have read this book differently, using a Reader's Theater format. Your child can share more about this!
We used our inferring skills to create birth announcements for Wilbur (the pig).
Our travels across the country have taken us to the West Region of the United States. We are working on Google presentations about different aspects of the this region. There will be no test in this region, however the children may want to practice and learn the states and capitals for the Amazing Race in a few weeks. Here is a link to a Quizlet with electronic flash cards with all states and capitals. This will help when practicing for the Amazing Race!
On Monday morning, we met with the other fourth graders for our weekly meeting. Our mantra this week was "Make it Count." There were lots of ways we did that this week! We wrapped up our week with our fourth grade friends again, learning about tying our t-shirts. We can't wait to see how our designs look next week on Tie Dye Tuesday! Stay tuned for pictures next week!
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