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Big Dates!

BIG Dates Coming Up:

• Fri.,      November 4:     Blue and Gold Spirit Day
• Tues.,   November 8:     Math Test
• Wed.,   November 9:     Veteran's Day Program for 4th Grade and 4th/5th Grade Choir
• All kids must wear Khakis and Choir shirt to school.
• Thurs., November 10:   4th and 5th grade Choir Field Trip:  10:00-1:30
• Choir kids must wear Khakis and Choir shirt to school.
• Mon., November 21:      Books MUST be finished for week 5 book report!!!!
• WE will work on the reports in class!  You just need to make sure your child has finished the book!
• Wed.-Fri. 11/23-25:       Thanksgiving Break!  ENJOY!!!

Things are getting BUSY around here!!

Things to ask your child:

Have you turned in your reading pledge for the week 5 Report???

How far are you in this book?

Do you need help with your math study guide?

What skills do you need to practice for the BIG math test on Tuesday?

Please let me know if I can help in any way!!!

Highlights!

Hey Families!

It has been a super fun and busy week! Here are a few highlights:

Reach for Reading: We were excited to start unit 3 with a new big question: Why learn about other places? Students will get to enjoy cool book club books about some amazing places! The kids are also responsible for picking an independent reading book of their choice to read for the remainder of unit 3. They will use this book of their choice to complete a fun book report after unit 3. They will all sign a pledge on Monday that states the book they choose! This pledge will also come home for a parent signature.

Writing: We have moved on from writing realistic fiction stories to persuasive writing. Our final papers will be in an essay format. The kiddos already learned how to write an essay with a thesis statement, reasons and evidence! They rocked! We are working on developing deeper ideas for their future essays. Mrs. Larkin even came in and taught us a strategy with a catchy song that helps us stick with an idea for a long time! Maybe your child will sing the song to you! J

Word Work: Morphology has been an exciting new journey! We are still adjusting our routine as we figure out what works well. Starting next week, students will bring home their morphology packet on Mondays only. They will be writing words that include the two new morphemes for the week. We will do our first sentence dictation next Friday. This is the new assessment piece that sort of replaced the spelling tests. J I am truly amazed at how I am already seeing the students connect to how this will help them as a reader and speller. It’s amazing to “unlock” the code of the english language. It’s been SO fun to watch!!

 

Enjoy the beautiful weekend ahead!!

Busy! Busy!

We are wrapping up our first reading unit in REACH and are trying out something new this year.  We are calling it:  Week 5.  Exciting, right?  Here is what we are planning on doing during language arts:

During reading, students are selecting a "just right book" to begin on Monday and read during class. We will apply our comprehension strategies, from Unit 1 REACH, with that book and other mentor texts.  Some of the strategies are making predictions, point of view, author's purpose and plot. I will be able to conference independently with your child to check-in throughout the week. I can't wait to see what their preference is!

For word study, we will take a break from REACH spelling lists, but will reintroduce our OG prefix and suffixes that kids have worked on in previous grades.  There will NOT be any turn in homework, but we will send home a list to work on memorizing the beginnings/endings. We have a graded activity at the end of next week to check their mastery.  We will also work on LOTS of grammar topics like types of sentences, relative pronouns, and compound subjects.

In math, we are going to be wrapping up Unit 2.  We are projecting our test date to be Tuesday, September 20th.  Study guide will be worked on next Friday, 9/16.

Students are wrapping up our first two chapters of Indiana history with a Native American project. Students began working in groups to focus on one Indiana tribe.  Each group will make a visual representation of the tribe, a poster, and present to the class.  Any additional support with research this weekend would be TERRIFIC!

Enjoy the weekend!

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Hello fourth grade families! 
I hope everyone had a great week. We sure did!! We are busy getting to know each other and becoming experts in our new routine. We also have jumped right in to our awesome curriculum. Take a look at a few highlights of the learning going on in the first few weeks as fourth graders: 

• Fourth grade math took their first test today for unit 1. They learned a lot about geometry. 
• We are enjoying our first reading unit that all revolves around the big question: How important are traditions? 
• Our first writing unit is off to a good start also. Students will be writing realistic fiction stories!
• We've had fun practicing our cursive letters and spelling words during word work time. 
• We wrapped up our first round of MAP testing this week as well. whoohoo! 

I continue to be amazed getting to know these kiddos! They are just awesome. I can't say it enough!! 

Happy weekend everyone!!!!