4th Grade News
Mrs. Crain's Class: May 9 - 13, 2016
Thank you!
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, May 16: Chick-Fil-A night, PTO meeting & Talent Show (I will be performing!)
- Friday, May 26: Science and Math extra credit due; all library books due
- Wednesday, June 2: EOG reading
- Thursday, June 3: EOG math
- Thursday, June 9: Awards Assembly @ 11:00
- Friday, June 10: Last Day of School
Proctors Needed for EOG testing
From Mrs. Quate, curriculum facilitator:
EOG Remediation
Students will be earning "tickets" in math and reading for correct answers on independently completed assignments. On May 31, we will host our second annual "EOG Carnival" where students will have the opportunity to spend their tickets on various carnival - type games, and of course popcorn! If you can volunteer on May 31 (in the morning) to assist with the carnival, please let me know.
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
~Tony Robbins
Social Studies
Students seem enthusiastic about this project, and several students have gone above and beyond by researching and gathering pictures at home! However, other students have not used their time wisely in class, and are now behind because they have not come up with something about North Carolina for each letter of the alphabet. This project will count as the majority of your child's grade in social studies for 4th quarter.
Homework
Vocabulary for the next three weeks will consist of math terms. This week's words: convert, factor, multiple, area, perimeter, double, quotient, prime number, minimum, maximum
Did you know that some praise can actually hinder school performance?
Children who understand that the brain can get smarter—who have a growth mindset—do better in school because they have an empowering perspective on learning. They focus on improvement and see effort as a way to build their abilities. They see failure as a natural part of the learning process. In contrast, students who have a fixed mindset—those who believe that intelligence is fixed—tend to focus on judgment. They're more concerned with proving that they are smart or hiding that they're not. And that means they tend to avoid situations in which they might fail or might have to work hard. Many studies show that children who have a growth mindset respond differently in challenging situations and do better in school over time.
A growth mindset focuses students on learning, rather than simply performing well. You can see this when you look inside the brain. In one study, scientists brought people into the lab. They put an EEG cap on their heads to measure how active their brains were. While scientists were measuring brain activation, they asked participants a trivia question. Participants gave their answer, and then the scientists told them if they were right or wrong. In other words, they were given performance feedback. The scientists found that the participants with a growth mindset and with a fixed mindset both had active brains when they were told whether they were right or wrong. So all participants paid attention to the performance feedback. What’s interesting is what happened next. Participants were told the correct answer. And again, the scientists looked at how active the participants’ brains were. The brains of people with a growth mindset were significantly more active than the brains of people with a fixed mindset. People with a fixed mindset were tuning out after they found out if they were right or wrong; they weren’t interested in learning the correct answer. At the end of the study, the scientists gave participants a pop quiz with the same trivia questions. Not surprisingly, the people with a growth mindset did better.