Reading - We are almost finished with our read aloud, The Tiger Rising and will be moving on to Joey Pigza Swallowed a Key. This is a great book for the beginning of the year because the character is hard not to love. Check it out if you are interested in learning more about it. During our read aloud, we will continue to focus on things that good readers do. We will also continue to think about what good readers do during non fiction texts in our PBL unit around regions. Ask you student how they felt about the end of Tiger Rising, which will take place on Monday. We will begin our new book on Tuesday.
Writing - Students worked this week on paragraphing. By the end of the year, 4th graders should be able to write a 5 paragraph paper. We had some success with that this week, but we will need to continue working on that more next week. You can help by giving your student a writing prompt that requires only a paragraph response and walking them through the steps. We used the hamburger paragraph model to highlight this for students. Contact me if you would like a copy of this form to keep at home.
Math - We worked on angles, shapes, and perimeter this week. We will be taking our unit test on Tuesday so be looking for the results near the end of the week. On Friday, the new home links and a correlation chart will come home. Some students are making great progress with fact fluency using Reflex. If your son/daughter hasn't convinced you to let he/she use it at home, you should! It is an invaluable resource that will help with mastering those multiplication facts.
PBL - We began our new Project Based Learning unit this week around regions. Our driving question was "What region would be a good fit for my family?" and we are focusing this work around the fact that 4th graders get a free national park pass. If you noticed that coming home this week, that is the explanation. Many of our former 4th graders took trips over the summer with their families to utilize this great resource. The end result will be your student suggesting which region (and national park) would be a best fit for your family based on your interests and vacation needs.
A few things to note:
There was some confusion with word study this week and I can attribute that to my being gone. I will make sure this is clearly laid out for students and families this week.
Recorder Forms came home this week. Didn't see one? It is available here.
Conferences - a conference sign up will be coming to you on Sunday so please look for that.
A few dates to note:
Student Count Day - Wed, Oct 4th
Bike/Walk to School Day - Wed, Oct 4th
Fall Festival - Fri, Oct 20th
Early Release - Wed, Oct 25th
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