We are doing great with multiplication! In addition to the turtlehead strategy, this week we reviewed the distributive property of multiplication. Students can watch the video below to review this great strategy. The Unit 4 Test over Chapters 10-12 will be Friday the 24th. Students will receive the study guide on Tuesday, and we will review all next week.
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| Tyler and Lola solving multiplication problems to unscramble a hidden picture in the activity rotation |
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| Macey and Gianna reviewing geometry in the games rotation |
This week we finished our read aloud, Missing on Superstition Mountain. Next week we will start our next read aloud, No Talking by Andrew Clements. We will also start to prepare for our first book club, in which we will all be reading various Andrew Clements books. We will go over the 6 different book club roles (i.e. predictor, summarizer, clarifier, connector, characterizer, and discussion director). We will also go over questioning to make sure that we will have great discussions about our books. In book clubs, the students will be responsible for reading an agreed upon number of chapters outside of book club time. In book clubs, students will use the assigned role sheet to guide them in having a conservation about the chapters' events and characters. Andrew Clements is a great author for 4th graders to explore, so I can't wait to start our first book club!
Writing/Spelling
We are really learning how to meet a deadline while writing our persuasive essays! The students are doing a great job in taking what they have learned from our personal essays (such as word choice, structure, adding mini-stories, etc.) and applying it to their persuasive essays. From looking at the students' graphic organizers, I can tell that these will be awesome and very persuasive essays. Students thought about their intended audience while writing these essays, so don't be surprised if one lands in your hands! One student is trying to persuade me to not assign homework... we'll see how convincing he is! ; ) In Spelling, students have their test on Friday the 24th.
Social Studies
This week students were excited to learn more about the Louisiana Territory and Lewis and Clark in Chapter 4! We also reviewed circle and line graphs. Our Chapter 4 vocabulary quiz will be Thursday the 23rd. Students can practice the 12 vocabulary words using our online social studies textbook or Quizlet. Our next social studies test will combine chapters 4 and 5 and will be decided at a later date.
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Important Info.
Long has decided to extend the PRISM entry form due date until Wednesday, so there is still time to sign up if your child hasn't already. Remember, PRISM is optional in 4th grade, and required in 5th grade. If you would like more information on PRISM, please visit http://go.lindberghschools.ws/Page/7598. PRISM box order forms went home in yesterday's Flyer Folder for students who have already signed up.
This week's Friday Homework is the Standardized Test Prep Chs. 1-9 (math). However, many students decided to use their homework pass. Instead of biweekly reading response letters (a.k.a. girls' and boys' letters), this semester the students will be completing an end of book activity each month. Students have the description sheet that explains this monthly homework assignment. After finishing an independent reading chapter book each month, students will choose on an activity to complete. Below is the front of the description sheet (it looks yellow, but it is light blue).
Also, Scholastic Book Orders went home in Flyer Folders. They are due Friday the 24th. Click on the image below if you would like to order online.
Finally, I am very proud of our class spelling bee representatives! They did a great job!
As a reminder, there is no school on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Enjoy the extended weekend!
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