Weekly Update

Writing

Students are making great progress with their realistic fiction stories!  Remember, your child can bring their device to school (laptops and iPads are best) to make sure they have access to a computer during writing time.

Engaged in a punctuating dialogue practice activity 

Reading

This week, we will finish "The Tiger Rising."  I am so impressed with how well students are developing big ideas about the text.  Our next read aloud will be "Wonder!"  I know students will love reading and studying this book as well.  It's one of my favorite books! 

Math

This past week we started Chapter 3 with multiplication and division fact families.  We also learned a strategy for division- repeated subtraction.  This week we will resume with multiplication properties and division rules, as well as study factors and multiples.  Again, it is important that students continue to study multiplication (or division) facts at home so they are quicker and more accurate with their computation.   

Science

The Chapter 4 vocabulary quiz is tomorrow. We have started our study of ecosystems and students are currently working on a biome project.  They are working on it during class, and it is due this Friday, 9/29.  The Chapter 4 Test over ecosystems is set for next Wednesday, 10/4.  At home, students can earn extra credit and practice science concepts by completing activities on our online book!  Click on the science textbook below.  After logging in, hover over the "To Do" tab on the right-hand side of the page.  Click on that button, and the activities will pop up.  Hit "I'm done" when finished to get the extra credit!    

Other Important Info.

• Fourth grade students will be headed to Babler State Park on October 11th for Missouri Heritage Days. Please make sure all permission slips and money is turned in as soon as possible.  Our class can take 2 more parent chaperones on this field trip. 
• Picture Day is this Wednesday, 9/27!