Weekly Update
Important Reminders:
- We have Library on Monday - please plan to return or renew your books
- Fix it Ticket Info - these "tickets" will be attached to the tests. Your child is welcome to study the skills and concepts of the chapter again at home, complete the "ticket", return it with the original test, and take a "retake" test on the given date. My goal is for students to show mastery of the standards being taught, not to just get an A on the test. The students can now work to relearn the skills they missed, and then have an opportunity to show mastery by taking the "retake" test. The students will be responsible for deciding whether or not they wish to complete the Fix It Ticket, and do a retake test. I will not be telling the students that they have to fix their tests, or that they have to take a retake.
- Fall Festival is Wednesday, Oct. 31st (see email sent on Sunday regarding the schedule)
- PLEASE practice multiplication facts! The students need to really know them quickly, and without having to use strategies to solve them. We will be starting multi-digit multiplication and long division soon, and having those multiplication facts memorized will be a HUGE help! On Google Classroom (just log in with your child's username and password, then save that to your computer, and you will then have access whenever) I put some multiplication websites and game directions under the "classwork" tab and then under the "Websites" topic. Thanks for your help with practicing these facts!
- Please remember to check, and initial, your child's planner every night. Homework and important notes are written in the planner daily. Thanks for your help with this!
- Please send a snack with your child that is NUT FREE every day, as we do not eat lunch until 12:10. Thanks!
Important Dates to Remember:
- Oct. 29- Nov. 2 - Leader of the Week = Alex
- Oct. 31 - Fall Festival (includes the Pumpkin Run, Class Parties, and more..)
- Nov. 2 - Mystery Reader
- Nov. 5-9 = Leader of the Week - Jillian
- Nov. 5th - Helping Hands campaign begins
- Nov. 6th - Jingle for Jammies
- Nov. 7th - Happy Birthday Alex and Riza
- Nov. 7th - Early Release & Buddies
- Nov. 9th - Veteran's Day Assembly
- Nov. 9th - Mystery Reader
- Nov. 12-16 = Leader of the Week - Peyton
- Nov. 16 - Mystery Reader
- Nov. 18th - Happy Birthday Armin
- Nov. 21-23 - Thanksgiving Break
- Nov. 26-30 = Leader of the Week - Riza
- Nov. 27 - Picture Retake Day
- Nov. 28-Dec. 1 - Scholastic Book Fair
- Nov. 30 - Mystery Reader
Check Out What We Are Learning This Week:
Writing:
We are continuing Unit 2: Personal and Persuasive Essays this week. We will be working on developing reasons to support the thesis statement we wrote last week, as well as writing lists of ideas to support those reasons. We will also work on writing mini-stories to support the ideas we came up with. These mini-stories will help us to elaborate for our essay. ***I uploaded pictures of the Essay anchor charts for this unit under the "Writing" topic on our Google Classroom. ***
Reading:
We will continue our next Reading Unit: Reading Informational Books this week. We will continue to focus on the different Text Structures in informational texts. The students will continue to learn what each of the text structures are, the importance of them, and how to identify them in a text. The students will also spend time this week taking notes using the different text structures. The text structures are - Description, Sequence, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, and Cause and Effect. We will use lots of different texts as we learn these structures, especially texts on weather. We will be doing a PBL unit on extreme weather to tie in our reading, writing, and math curriculum, as well as current events. More info to come on this PBL. ***I uploaded pictures of the text features anchor chart and the text structures anchor chart to our Google Classroom on the "Reading" topic.***
Read Aloud:
I will continue reading the book Out of My Mind to the class. This is an amazing book about an extraordinary eleven year old girl who is the smartest kid in her school, but no one knows it because she is stuck inside her head. This book allows for some very heart warming conversations about acceptance and inclusion. I LOVE this book!
Math:
We will continue working on Ch. 5: Multiply with Two-Digit Numbers. This week we will spend more time estimating, using the Distributive Property to multiply, multiplying by a two-digit number, and problem solving. In this chapter, the students will learn the Turtle Head method to help them multiply by two-digit numbers. I am attaching the link to the video below, and I will also post a link to the video on our Google Classroom under the "Math Study Guides and Anchor Charts" topic. Our Ch. 5 test will be Wednesday, Nov. 7th.
***Knowing your multiplication facts is extremely important as we move forward in math, so keep practicing those facts!
***In order for students to show mastery with a standard, they will be doing "Check-ins" throughout the year to show that they didn't just memorize the skills for the test, but that they retained the skills, thus showing mastery. My goal with the check-ins is to make sure that the 4th grade Math Standards are mastered by all students by the end of the year! ***
Spelling:
We will begin learning the patterns of the words for our next spelling sort in our units. We will also take our Sight Word test on Friday, Nov. 2nd. Remember these are the words that do not follow a pattern, and need to be memorized. Students will need to not only spell the words correctly, but be able to read them in order to "pass" this group of words.
Science:
We will begin our next Science chapter on Rocks and Minerals. This is a fun chapter, with lots of labs and exploration. We will be doing several Mystery Science labs with this chapter as well.
Have a GREAT Week!
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