Our Week In Review

Wow! The last few weeks have absolutely flown by.  I can't believe we have reached Memorial Day Weekend! The last few weeks have seen the start of beautiful spring weather, and the end of PARCC testing.  We are excited and ready for the last month of school!

In Math we have been working on our Geometry Unit.  We have learned about different types of shapes and angles.  We have also been solving some pretty challenging word problems. The children have been working on the math practice of  "Perseverance" and are doing a great job.  Remember that the pearsonrealize.com website is an excellent resource for helping with homework.

These videos from Brainpop Jr. shows some of our vocabulary we've been learning.

Lines/Line Segments

Perimeter

In Reading, we began a new Interactive Read Aloud, Charlotte's Web.  This book is filled with all of the skills we have learned this year.  Students have been working on their read aloud skills through Reader's Theater.  We are also looking at character's actions, what motivates them, and the author's message. Such high level thinking skills for fourth graders, and they're doing great! 

We have continued to publish the many forms of poetry we have written this year.  This week we have been working on free verse poems in the style of Douglas Florian. We even had the chance to paint like him!

We finished our unit on Weather today with our test!  You may have heard about our fun way to review for this test... a KAHOOT! Our next Science unit will be studying Electricity.  

In Social Studies we continue to make our way through the U.S. with a stop in the West Region. 

We were able to use our SS skills once again this week, when we had a Mystery Skype with fourth graders from Georgia!  We were all surprised that they finished school this week!

Looking Ahead ~ 

Our shirts are tied, and ready for Tie Dye Tuesday next week!  We are very excited to dye our shirts ORANGE.

Congratulations to our Terrific Teamwork Teams

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Remember that you need to read 90 minutes before Friday!  I know you can do it!

Our Week In Review

What a week we had!  The weather was fabulous, and the children enjoyed a wonderful week filled with poetry.

In Reading over the last few weeks, we listened to Love That Dog and Hate That Cat, both by Sharon Creech.  We loved these books for so many reasons!  Both books are written in poetry form, and also with only ONE voice in the stories- that voice of Jack, a student writing in his poetry notebook.  We had rich discussions about point of view, and about the relationship between students and their teachers. 

We worked at finishing up our expert pieces, and many different types of poetry this week.  We will be looking through our original poems over the next few weeks, in order to choose the perfect poem for our Poetry Coffeehouse. 

We also were lucky enough to share 3 hours with our Poet in Residence, "Ms. Liz".  Ms. Liz took all of us on a poetry journey this week.  I hope you heard about her from your child.  If not, look for some original poetry in the next few days.  Ms. Liz will return for our Poetry Coffeehouse.  We are always thankful to our Kennedy PCC for funding this awesome program.

Today we said goodbye to our student teacher, Miss Cote.  We gave her a card, some books for her first classroom and some beautiful flowers (thanks Katie).  Miss Cote will graduate from Framingham State University next week.  

We wrapped up our study of the midwest this week with our assessment.  The students did really well!  We will begin learning about the west region next week.

From the Teacher's Desk

Thank you!  This week was Teacher Appreciation week, and boy did I feel appreciated!  What a wonderful week to be a teacher.  From the delicious treats in the teacher's room, to the gift cards, to the flowers, it was a wonderful week. The notes and poems that I received from the students truly touched my heart.  I love to read their words and see myself through their eyes. If you sent something in through the PCC, sent flowers or cards to school, or encouraged your child to write a note to me, thank you.  

Today your child brought home two notes.  One contained important information about Tie Dye Tuesday. The other was a list of upcoming dates for the fourth grade.  You can view these notices here ~

• Tie Dye Tuesday
• Upcoming Dates

Elapsed Time Game

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Prepositions

Prepositions

List of Prepositions

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Preposition Games

Preposition Desert

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Spotlight On....

April Vacation!  Ben and his family enjoyed a trip to Washington, D.C.  It looks like it was a great time!  What did you do over vacation?  (Leave a comment!)