Last School Week of 2010!

Hello all!!!

I cannot believe that it is almost January. This year has gone by very fast. The fourth graders have amazed me with their awesome behavior and hard work! This week, we will be doing some fun activities as well as finishing up our unit 5 in math. The fourth graders are going to learn all about the formation of crystals in science as well.

HOMEWORK: Homework is a little different this week-
In math last week we read How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz. In this book we learn that it would take us around 23 days just to count to one million, and that is without taking breaks. So to show just how big one million is, we are making one million. Each class is creating/ drawing/ making 38, 461.5 objects on 9 and 1/2 sheets of paper. The students will have some time to work on this in class, but it is their only homework for the week. We calculated that around 4,000 small drawn objects could fit on one piece of paper, so each student needs to make small shapes all over the front of 9.5 pieces of paper to represent their part of 1,000,000. We will be putting these all together so that we can see just how much is a million.

Upcoming Dates/ Events:

December 17 from 2:30-3:30- Fourth grade Holiday Party
December 20- January 4- Winter Break- students come back to school on Wednesday, January 5, 2011


I hope everyone has a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Miss Grant

Weekly Update for December 6-10, 2010

Hello 4th graders and Family,

I want to start by saying thank you for helping me celebrate my "half" birthday! That was a wonderful, fun surprise.

This week we are finishing up Interim Exams, practicing for our show on Wednesday, as well as finishing up Unit 5 in math. Because our schedule is so full this week, I am only assigning two homework assignments this week.

In math this week we are continuing to work with estimation and rounding of large numbers as well as comparing data. We are also getting close to my goal of having everyone to the top of the Mountain of Math Facts. The students are working very hard in my classroom!

In Science we are going to learn how to identify different substances by looking at their properties. Today we are going to investigate with water. The students are enjoying this unit.

In social studies, we are going to begin contacting State Chambers of Commerce for information on specific states. We hope to get information sent to us from each state in our current unit. We are then going to use this information to create brochures about each state.

Don't for get this Wednesday is the 4th grade music program "Melton, the Warm-Hearted Snowman". The program begins at 6:30.


Homework this week:
Mon: 12/6- Study Link 5.8
Tues.:12/7- No homework- we are taking the math interim exam this day
Wed. 12/8- No homework- 4th grade music program at 6:30 p.m.
Thurs.: 12/9- Study Link 5.9
Fri. 12/10- Have a GREAT relaxing weekend

Important Dates to Remember:

December 8- 4th grade performance/ Art Show at 6:30
December 20-January 4- Winter Break no school

Have a great week!

Miss Grant