Hello everyone!
Class is going great, and we are staying very busy! Thank you to the parents that donated Band-aids to the class! Your donations are greatly appreciated!
This week in math, we will be finishing up our Using Numbers and Organizing Data unit. On Thursday, we will begin Unit 3: Multiplication and Division; Number Sentences and Algebra. Last week we began Mountain of Math Facts. Every other day we take four minute timed tests to practice our basic math facts. The Students are enjoying this, and many are progressing each day. Last week, I began sending home challenge problems. I will be sending home weekly challenge problems from now on. The challenge problems will be due on Friday of each week. If your child has trouble with the challenge problems, please make a note on the paper and I will help them at school.
In science this week, we are continuing to observe and learn about different ecosystems. We are looking at an inside ecosystem, our fish tanks, and an outside ecosystem, the garden. The students are enjoying watching the different ecosystems change. This week we will be focusing on the food chain and how living and nonliving things interact within an ecosystem.
In social studies this week, we are learning about lines of latitude and lines of longitude, as well as different types of maps.
Homework for the week: Assignments are due the following day.
Challenge problems- Level tough Puzzles 1, 2, 11, and 12- Due Friday
Monday, 9/27- S.L. 2.7
Tuesday, 9/28- S.L. 2.8
Wednesday, 9/29- S.L. 2.9
Thursday, 9/30- S.L. 2.10 & S.L. 3.1
**Volunteers Needed!!! Ms. Bluemel in the library is looking for a volunteer to come in and check in books. If you are interested let her or I know.
**PICTURE DAY is almost here. Pictures will be taken on October 11. We will be sending home more information soon.
I am very proud of the fourth graders and how hard they are working! Lets all encourage them to keep up the good work!
Have a GREAT week everyone!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Fourth Grade Happenings in Miss Grants Room September 21-24
It was great to see so many fourth grade parents at the Fourth Grade Direct Giving Party. I had a wonderful time talking with you all. Thank you all so much for what you give to Westerly Creek as well as our classrooms.
Recently many fourth graders have not been feeling 100%. Please remind your student to wash his/ her hands frequently, sneeze/ cough into their elbow instead of on their hands, and to wash their hands after they blow their noses or go to the restroom. I would like to keep everyone as healthy as possible, so lets all stay hydrated, well fed, and well rested. Please remind students that they are allowed to bring two snacks a day to school, one for the morning and one for the afternoon.
Students were very excited last week to finally receive our fish and other specimens for our ecosystems. We now have 32 guppies and many snails to go into our ecosystems. For the next few weeks in science, we will be studying these ecosystems and learning all about living and nonliving things that interact to create an ecosystem.
In Social Studies, this week we will be learning about the five themes of geography: location, place, movement, regions, and human-environmental interactions.
In math this week, we are continuing to learn about data. We are going to learn how to organize data in in different ways; finding landmarks in a set of data, creating graphs and charts using data, and solving problems using given data. Also in math this week, some students will be bringing home additional homework. This additional homework will either be challenge problems or more practice on a task if a student has yet to reach proficiency on a goal. We are also beginning to work on our basic math facts. I would like all students to have all facts memorized by December. If you have any extra time, please practice these. In class, we are going to have a Mountain of Math Facts. Every other day we will be practicing facts by doing timed assessments as well as using flash cards. Each child will start with addition, after reaching proficiency in addition a student will move on to subtraction and so on. When all students have met my goal, we will be having a math celebration.
Homework for this week: The following Study Links are to be done on the day given and returned the following day to school.
*Tuesday 9/21: Study Link 2.4
*Wednesday 9/22: Study Link 2.5
*Thursday 9/23: Study Link 2.6
Help!!! The fourth graders seem to use an abundance of band-aids, and we are now out. If it is possible, please send a box of band-aids to school with your child. This would be a huge help!
Thank you for your continued support in and out of school!
Ms. Grant
Recently many fourth graders have not been feeling 100%. Please remind your student to wash his/ her hands frequently, sneeze/ cough into their elbow instead of on their hands, and to wash their hands after they blow their noses or go to the restroom. I would like to keep everyone as healthy as possible, so lets all stay hydrated, well fed, and well rested. Please remind students that they are allowed to bring two snacks a day to school, one for the morning and one for the afternoon.
Students were very excited last week to finally receive our fish and other specimens for our ecosystems. We now have 32 guppies and many snails to go into our ecosystems. For the next few weeks in science, we will be studying these ecosystems and learning all about living and nonliving things that interact to create an ecosystem.
In Social Studies, this week we will be learning about the five themes of geography: location, place, movement, regions, and human-environmental interactions.
In math this week, we are continuing to learn about data. We are going to learn how to organize data in in different ways; finding landmarks in a set of data, creating graphs and charts using data, and solving problems using given data. Also in math this week, some students will be bringing home additional homework. This additional homework will either be challenge problems or more practice on a task if a student has yet to reach proficiency on a goal. We are also beginning to work on our basic math facts. I would like all students to have all facts memorized by December. If you have any extra time, please practice these. In class, we are going to have a Mountain of Math Facts. Every other day we will be practicing facts by doing timed assessments as well as using flash cards. Each child will start with addition, after reaching proficiency in addition a student will move on to subtraction and so on. When all students have met my goal, we will be having a math celebration.
Homework for this week: The following Study Links are to be done on the day given and returned the following day to school.
*Tuesday 9/21: Study Link 2.4
*Wednesday 9/22: Study Link 2.5
*Thursday 9/23: Study Link 2.6
Help!!! The fourth graders seem to use an abundance of band-aids, and we are now out. If it is possible, please send a box of band-aids to school with your child. This would be a huge help!
Thank you for your continued support in and out of school!
Ms. Grant
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Welcome 4th Grade Families
Three and a half weeks have already went by. The fourth graders are doing a great job in my classroom. The students enjoyed making their own classroom laws, class pledge, and flags the first week of school. I am happy to say that almost all students are successfully following the laws that they helped create every day.
Starting today, I will be updating this blog every week. On the posts, I will let you know what we are learning during that week, which Study Links are due for the week, and any important information that you need to know.
Throughout the past three weeks, we successfully completed Unit 1: Naming and Constructing Geometric Figures in math, and we are beginning Unit 2: Using Numbers and Organizing Data. This week, I will begin small group instruction based on the Unit 2 pre-assessments that students completed last week.
In social studies, we have been learning about the different social scientists: historian, political scientist, economist, and geographer. The students are beginning to use their knowledge of the social scientists to learn about different regions of our country.
In science, we are patiently waiting for our ecosystem specimens to arrive. Until the rest of our unit arrives, we are learning about the scientific process as well as looking at the life of a tree. Ask your child to tell you about his/her tree.
Study Links due this week:
Tuesday 9/14: S.L 2.1 due
Wednesday 9/15: S.L 2.2 due
Thursday 9/16: S.L 2.3 due
Friday-Monday: I will be sending home an optional math project about organizing data.
*Your children have also learned a few new math games: High-Number Toss, Addition and Subtraction Top-It, Fishing for Digits, Subtraction Target Practice, and Name that Number. These games can be played with a deck of cards, a die, and a calculator. These are great games to play as a family or with siblings.
Important Dates:
Thursday, September 16- 2nd and 4th Grade Direct Giving Party
Friday, September 17- No School Assessment Day
Monday, September 20- No School Teacher Work Day
Message from the Librarian, Ms. Meghan: What a great start to the year! Students are so excited to be checking out books, and they are doing so at every opportunity. This also means there is a large number of books coming back to the Library, and they need to be put back on the shelves (books are due Monday Mornings). If there are any parents who would be willing to come into the library to help shelve and organize books I would love the help. Please feel free to swing by the library to say hi, there will also be a sign up sheet outside on the bulletin board .
Thank you, Ms. Meghan Bluemel
Have a GREAT week!
Miss Grant
Starting today, I will be updating this blog every week. On the posts, I will let you know what we are learning during that week, which Study Links are due for the week, and any important information that you need to know.
Throughout the past three weeks, we successfully completed Unit 1: Naming and Constructing Geometric Figures in math, and we are beginning Unit 2: Using Numbers and Organizing Data. This week, I will begin small group instruction based on the Unit 2 pre-assessments that students completed last week.
In social studies, we have been learning about the different social scientists: historian, political scientist, economist, and geographer. The students are beginning to use their knowledge of the social scientists to learn about different regions of our country.
In science, we are patiently waiting for our ecosystem specimens to arrive. Until the rest of our unit arrives, we are learning about the scientific process as well as looking at the life of a tree. Ask your child to tell you about his/her tree.
Study Links due this week:
Tuesday 9/14: S.L 2.1 due
Wednesday 9/15: S.L 2.2 due
Thursday 9/16: S.L 2.3 due
Friday-Monday: I will be sending home an optional math project about organizing data.
*Your children have also learned a few new math games: High-Number Toss, Addition and Subtraction Top-It, Fishing for Digits, Subtraction Target Practice, and Name that Number. These games can be played with a deck of cards, a die, and a calculator. These are great games to play as a family or with siblings.
Important Dates:
Thursday, September 16- 2nd and 4th Grade Direct Giving Party
Friday, September 17- No School Assessment Day
Monday, September 20- No School Teacher Work Day
Message from the Librarian, Ms. Meghan: What a great start to the year! Students are so excited to be checking out books, and they are doing so at every opportunity. This also means there is a large number of books coming back to the Library, and they need to be put back on the shelves (books are due Monday Mornings). If there are any parents who would be willing to come into the library to help shelve and organize books I would love the help. Please feel free to swing by the library to say hi, there will also be a sign up sheet outside on the bulletin board .
Thank you, Ms. Meghan Bluemel
Have a GREAT week!
Miss Grant
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