Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Thank you for sharing your girls with me. We welcomed the boys to our classrooms this morning for some math fun! Check out some pictures here.
It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week! I hope you and your family have a restful holiday with your families. We have some special events happening next week!
Monday, November 25: Our grade will participate in the Turkey Trot from 11:00 - 11:45 around the green. Please join us if your schedule permits!
Tuesday, November 26: We will host the 4th grade boys from St. Christopher’s for our annual Thanksgiving Math Expo. This will take place from 10:00 - 11:30 that day!
Starting Tuesday, the girls need to bring their recorders to music class!
On December 18, we will have a class mug exchange! I will talk with the girls more about this next week. All of the details are here!
In reading, We finished Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail. Facts from the novel were used to work on a mini-project to supplement the westward expansion unit. The girls could choose from creating a wagon with supplies, drawing a 1850 America map, or drawing the Sacagawea coin. We were able to add excellent social studies related facts to our notes for a future, end of unit project on westward expansion in the 1800s.
I've seen tremendous progress the last few weeks in math. The girls are grasping the concept of 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication and are consistently solving these problems correctly. We reviewed important vocabulary with division and went over the basic concept of division with remainders. Please incorporate daily review of basic multiplication and division facts into your evenings.
We are in the thick of our math unit on multiplication and division. The main message I keep reiterating to the girls is the importance of a strong fact recall. Here is the link on our fourthie site to access Google Classroom. They then log in with Google using their school email credentials. I am really asking them to own their learning and mastery of facts, and take the initiative to practice what they need to practice.
We dove into 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication strategies. See if your daughter can explain her favorite method!
Monday, November 25 (Day 5)
Turkey Trot - parents are welcome
3rd & 4th Grades: 11:00-11:45
1st & 2nd Grades: 10:00-10:45
K: 8:30-9:00
EL & JK: 9:15-9:45
Our first lower school outreach project is underway! Thank you for already supplying so many non-perishable items! There is still time to donate. Details are here. Our fourthies will help deliver the cans to the St. Stephen's Food Pantry on Wednesday.
Our writing lab this week brought out a silly side! The fourthies learned about the eyebombing trend and had a little fun spreading the silliness.
Our reading/social studies time was spent diving into life during the Westward Expansion this week. We began reading Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail. This historical fiction book is about a rescue dog who follows alongside a family on their voyage out west. We practiced note taking during each chapter and recorded different notes about the time period as we read them!
During math, we are moving along through our multiplication and division unit. We reviewed different multiplication strategies when multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1.
The girls are bringing home a study guide for an upcoming music theory quiz. Mrs. Ivens let them know it will be on November 18th.
Monday, November 25 (Day 5)
Turkey Trot - parents are welcome
3rd & 4th Grades: 11:00-11:45
1st & 2nd Grades: 10:00-10:45
K: 8:30-9:00
EL & JK: 9:15-9:45
It was a fa-boo-lous week in 4th grade! We met our big sisters, paraded in costumes, enjoyed a grade level Halloween party, and more! I've added many pictures from the week, but here is a specific folder from Halloween day! Next week the girls begin biking during P.E. Please help your daughter remember to pack her helmet on Tuesday.
During math, we reviewed important vocabulary and practiced note taking. Ask your daughter to tell you what the multiple monster and factor ninja help us remember. The girls traveled around the room to solve the multiple monster task cards and worked hard to use their mental math.
Monday, November 25 (Day 5)
Turkey Trot - parents are welcome
3rd & 4th Grades: 11:00-11:45
1st & 2nd Grades: 10:00-10:45
K: 8:30-9:00
EL & JK: 9:15-9:45
I look forward to seeing most of you tomorrow for Conference Day. In case you need a reminder, here is the schedule for tomorrow.
The morning has been a whirlwind with swimming first thing. The girls have adjusted well and we will finish up next week. The girls swim only Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
We finished reading James and the Giant Peach this week. A graded comprehension check and newspaper project came home in their Friday Folders today.
We read many picture books this week about the women's suffrage movement. We did a class "brain dump" of problems in the world the girls feel strongly about. Each girl picked one and created an "I am" poem today. We will use the poems for our next bulletin board project!
Monday, November 25 (Day 5)
Turkey Trot - parents are welcome
3rd & 4th Grades: 11:00-11:45
1st & 2nd Grades: 10:00-10:45
K: 8:30-9:00
EL & JK: 9:15-9:45
We've spent the week learning about Thomas Jefferson and his accomplishments in preparation for our field trip. This field trip will kick off our Westward Expansion Unit in a few weeks! We had beautiful weather and even got to meet TJ himself! Check out some pictures!
I loved seeing all the creativity today on our first Wordly Wise dress up day!
In math this week we wrapped up adding/subtracting/estimating big numbers! We will complete a unit review on Monday and assess shortly after.
During our writing lab the girls wrote about a witch casting a spell on them. The focus is on organizing thoughts, correct punctuation and including strong verbs and descriptive adjectives. Their edited work will be showcased in the hallway for Conference Day.
I've carved out about 30 minutes each week for the girls to explore a "wonder". This time is called personalized learning time and I know it is a favorite. The girls are working hard to strengthen their research skills and have the freedom to share their information however they would like! The girls have started presenting their projects and I'm beyond impressed. Here is a little peak into how the presentations are going. Ask your daughter to share what she wanted to learn more about!
Reminders:
This Thursday, May 22, 4th Grade will have their End of Year Party from 11:00 - 2:30 (just for students). The girls will have free swim in...
