Our last two weeks have been very busy! We have continued to build our community with Monday morning 4th grade meetings. These meetings set the stage for our week, and are a wonderful way to reconnect with our friends after the weekend.
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| Students teaching their peers |
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| Students as teachers |
In Math, we have continued learning about fractions, with addition and subtraction of mixed numbers. Students will take their assessment on this part of our learning today. Fractional concepts can be challenging. Students will continue to learn about fractions up to, and after vacation next week.
We had a guest teacher, Mrs. Richards, to work with us on our word study. Our focus has been about nouns and adjectives.
We are enjoying learning about the adventures of the children of Norway in our Interactive Read Aloud, Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwiggan. This historical fiction novel takes place during WWII, and is full of exciting adventure. The students have been practicing visualizing the story, through identifying the figurative language in the story, and sharing how this helps to get a picture in our minds. We have also been working on writing summaries by finding the main idea, and supporting evidence in chapters. Finally, we have started to discuss cause/effect in this story.
Many of our classmates have embraced the opportunity to give book talks, and share their love of a particular book. What an awesome way to practice speaking in front of an audience! Check with your child to see if he/she has given a book talk this year. If not, please encourage them to do so.
Our essays are coming along nicely. We continue to draft, and hope to publish before vacation!
We have taken our travels across the United States to the Southeast Region. We will be discussing this for the next week. Students should be working on their Washington, D.C. research projects at home, as they are due on Thursday.
A highlight of our morning meetings has been our "Tell Us Something" charts. These do not need any caption.
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| "If you get the answer wrong, everyone gives you another chance." ~ Kevin |
Congratulations to our Wow Note recipient last week! Hard work pays off!
Looking Ahead:
- Washington, D.C. projects are due Thursday (2/16)
- Math ~ multiplying fractions
- Snow Treasure celebration (after vacation)
- After vacation, we will begin our next science unit, Plant and Animal Adaptations
- February vacation ~ 2/20-2/24
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