Week of November 5th - 9th

Monday, November 5:  Academic Aspiration Day


Tuesday, November 6th: NO SCHOOL!!!

Thursday: Grandparents' Lunch and Bingo Night

Reading: This week in reading, students are reviewing the difference between first-person point of view and third-person point of view. We call this an author's narration style. For more information and a sample passage click here.

Math: This week in math, students are doing a mixed review of all the concepts we have covered for unit 2: multiplication using partial product and division using the Big 7.
The BIG PICTURE of what we want students to understand is that we can use what we know about multiplication to divide. We are continuing to support students in mastering their math facts so that they can apply these when working with larger numbers. In this way, they can successfully subtract large chunks when dividing. We are also reviewing the meanings of the words partial product, partial quotient, and remainder. 

Friday: Unit 2 Post Test

Writing: After students finish revising and editing their opinion writing pieces this week, they will be pulling out their thesis and working to turn it into a persuasive thesis. This means they have to take themselves out of the equation and stating their thesis as a general statement about life.

Science: Finally, we will be wrapping up our Light unit this week by reviewing the difference between the 3 types of lenses: convex, concave, and prisms.

Students will bring home a study guide this week. They will have a science test the following week.

Week of October 29 - November 2

Check out our blog post to learn what your students will be working on in each subject!

Reading: This week in reading we will be working on comparing and contrasting text. In fourth grade students must compare and contrast the topic, pattern of events, and theme of two stories. Students have finished The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snickets and will be comparing and contrasting this story to The Witches by Roald Dahl. 

Click the link here to look at a sample of how we are teaching students to compare and contrast. 

Math: Next week in math we will continue working on division and multiplication. Students will work on these concepts within word problems. 

How to complete a division problem: 

Step 1:  Draw a big seven and put your numbers in the correct place.
Step 2:  Look at each place value and ask "What can I multiply by 3 that will get me as close to that number without going over?"  Example: 3 X 100=300 is as close to 400 as I can get without going over. 
Step 3: Write the partial quotient on the side.
Step 4: Write the quotient under the number you are dividing.
Step 5: Subtract
Step 6: Repeat the process
Step 7:  Add all the partial quotients up on the side.
Step 8: Write the quotient on the top of the sever.  Include any remainders. 

Here is how to complete a multiplication problem. 

Here is a sample of a word problem students will be working on this week. Students will need to understand how to interpret remainders within division problems. 

Grammar: Students will be learning about relative adverbs.

Writing: Students will continue drafting their opinion piece. Students will focus on organizing their opinion essays. 

Science: Students will continue to learn about light. Students will focus on the following vocabulary: transparent, translucent, and opaque.

October 22-26

Reminder:  Fall Break this Friday October 26.  No school!!!!!

Check out our blog post to learn what your students will be working on next week in each subject!

Reading: Next week, we will continue Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning. Students will continue working on work on comparing and contrasting points of view in fiction texts, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. The reading strategy we will be working on this week is predicting.




Math:  Students will be working on division using partial products.



A helpful example:
Step 1:  Draw a big seven and put your numbers in the correct place.
Step 2:  Look at each place value and ask "What can I multiply by 3 that will get me as close to that number without going over?"  Example: 3 X 100=300 is as close to 400 as I can get without going over. 
Step 3: Write the partial quotient on the side.
Step 4: Write the quotient under the number you are dividing.
Step 5: Subtract
Step 6: Repeat the process
Step 7:  Add all the partial quotients up on the side.
Step 8: Write the quotient on the top of the sever.  Include any remainders. 

Grammar: Students will continue learning relative pronouns and continue working in 2nd unit of Writing on opinion and personal essays.



Science: Students continue learning about light in their science unit this week. Students will use mirrors to observe and understand light. Key vocabulary: Concave and Convex.

Week of October 15-19

Reminder: Parent Teacher conferences are this week! We will have early release at 12:20 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (October 17-19th).

Check out our blog post to learn what your students will be working on next week in each subject!

Reading: Next week, we will continue Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning. Students will continue working on work on comparing and contrasting points of view in fiction texts, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. The reading strategy we will be working on this week is predicting.



Math:  Students will be working on multiplication using partial products to solve multiplication word problems.


Grammar/Writing: Students are working on our second unit of writing, which is about writing opinion and personal essays. Students will continue learning about relative pronouns.



Science: Students are learning about light in their science unit this week. Students will use mirrors to observe and understand light. Key vocabulary: Concave and Convex.

Week of October 8 - 12

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Week of October 8 - 12

Check out our blog post to learn what your students will be working on next week in each subject!

Reading: Next week we will be reading Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning. Students will work on comparing and contrasting points of view in fiction texts, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. The reading strategy we will be working on this week is predicting.

Math: Students will be learning how to find patterns with a given set of numbers/shapes.





Grammar/Writing: Students will start our second unit of writing, which is about writing opinion and personal essays. Students will also learn about relative pronouns.



Social Studies/Science: Students will have a test on the American Revolution on Tuesday, October 9. A study guide has gone home this past Tuesday for students to begin preparing. On Wednesday, we will begin our second science unit on Light.