Terrific Tuesday!

Everyone had a lot of fun events planned for Thanksgiving break! 

Weekly Happenings 11.27-12.1

Hello! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed some well deserved time off! I am looking forward to a full week of learning!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: Because we are attending two field trips this week, we will only have a few days of writing. We are moving onto a new writing unit. The students will spend a few days this week generating writing ideas.

Word Study: Because of how crazy the schedule has been the last couple weeks, I am postponing the spelling test. Their tests will now be next Wednesday, December 6.

Social Studies: We are moving back to Social Studies this week. The students will learn how and why Europeans came to America. To make the information more exciting, students will work in partners to complete an investigation. They will take on the role of underwater archaeologists to examine objects from an explorer's sunken ship and categorize them as navigation tools, motives for exploration, or new products from the Americas. 

Math: We are still plugging away with long division! We will spend this week reviewing for the test. All of the fourth graders will be split into different groups based off what concepts they need extra help with. Each fourth grade teacher will be in charge of teaching each concept. This will help every student review exactly what they need! The test will be this Friday, December 1.

It is essential that the students know their multiplication facts. Please continue working on these at home (flashcards, QuickTables, use a deck of cards, math applications...).

Reading: Each group will present their slideshows this week. After everyone has presented, the students will begin a new research project. Each group will be assigned a new natural disaster that is related to their original natural disaster. For example, the earthquake group will begin researching tsunamis and vice versa. The students will compare and contrast the two weather events. 

Important Dates:

11.28 - Music Field Trip 9:15-11:30
11.28 - Academic All-Stars 6:00
11.28 - Cookie Dough Pick Up 4:00-6:00
11.29-12.2 - Book Fair
12.2 - Winter Festival
12.6 - Early Release, Buddy Meeting (wear maroon, Concord shirt)

Writing Celebration!

To celebrate our writing, the students were given awards! They worked in groups to decide who would get each award. The awards were for the best lead, best conclusion, best transitions, best evidence, and best supporting reasons. I am so proud of how well everyone worked together!

Brain Break!

After working on some challenging word problems, our brains needed a break! We enjoyed the nice weather by running some laps outside!

Weekly Happenings 11.20-11.21

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! We have a short, 2 day week!

Here is what's happenings this (short) week:

Monday: Students worked to finish their persuasive essays. We also reviewed for the Rocks and Minerals quiz. In math, the students learned how to divide with zeros in the quotient. In reading, the students spent time working on their research presentations. Each reading group will take their natural disaster research and form a Google Slide presentation.

Tuesday: We will celebrate our writing pieces on Tuesday. We will also take the science quiz. In math, we will work on multi-step word problems. With that, we will continue reviewing the steps of long division. In reading, we will continue working on their presentations.

Important Dates:

11.22-11.24 - NO SCHOOL , Thanksgiving Break
11.27 - Wonder Field Trip 9:00-11:30ish
11.28 - Music Field Trip 9:15-11:30
11.28 - Academic All-Stars

Warm Hearted Wednesday

The students wrote thoughtful notes to each other this morning! They had some great things to say about each other!

Rocks and Minerals Lap Book

The students are using all of their knowledge about rocks and minerals to make a lap book! They get to show off what they know and be creative!