4th Grade
Mrs. Burns, Mrs. Carlson & Mrs. Conley
Friday, January 29th, 2021
Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences are Coming up!
Friendship Party
We will be doing our Friendship Party on Friday, February 12th. If students are interested in exchanging Valentines, they will need to bring one for everyone in the class. Those Valentines MUST be at school by Monday, February 8th in order to give them enough time to sit before we exchange and open them. All students must have a bag or can decorate their own Valentine box to bring their Valentines. If you have any questions, please let us know!
Reading Workshop
Readers are finishing up their LDG work for our Inquiry unit. Students have been working on keeping track of their thinking as they read as well as prompts for their LDG work. Our lessons have been focused on Main Idea and Supporting Details as well as the differences between Main Idea and Theme. Our new unit, starting on Monday, will be INVESTIGATION. We will be focusing on the elements of MYSTERY.
Language Workshop
Language Workshop Learners have been reading books for our Inquiry unit that highlight inventors and their inventions. This week, our focus was on female inventors. Students were surprised at the obstacles that these ladies had to overcome due to their gender and in some books, their race. We are looking forward to our INVESTIGATION unit, with a focus on MYSTERIES.
Writing Workshop
Students recently started our Infographics Writing Unit. We will be aligning graphics, technology, and writing!! An infographic is a visual image used to represent information or data. Infographics are becoming more and more popular as part of online content and also in books or magazines. Infographics can be very appealing to look at, easy to read, and also give the reader a lot of information about a topic. Ask your child what their topic is and what they have learned about infographics so far!! We will be starting mysteries after next week.
Math Workshop
Mathematicians have expanded their knowledge of fractions into adding and subtracting with them this week! They have recognized the rule of common denominators. When the denominators are the same, one either adds or subtracts the numerators. Next week mathematicians will move into adding and subtracting mixed numbers (a whole number AND a fraction). Continue to discuss fractions in your daily lives while eating pizza, cutting sub sandwiches or a cake! If you are recognizing your mathematician is having difficulties with knowing basic multiplication facts, make sure they are completing Matific every night for 15 minutes.
Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety
Social Studies/Science
Students have just finished a unit on Internet safety and how to be a good digital citizen. Lessons were supported with engaging activities that were geared towards our 4th graders regarding their technology use. Our hope is that students will use these lessons to help them to make good decisions when using technology.