Mercer & Nance Peek of the Week
Week of April 25
Wilder Elementary
Email: mnance@alvinisd.net
Website: http://www.alvinisd.net/Domain/1000
Location: 2225 Kingsley Drive, Pearland, TX, 77584
Phone: (281)245-3090
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlvinISD
Twitter: @WilderElem
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
Henry David Thoreau
Language Arts
Poetry and Vocabulary
We will continue with our poetry project. We are working in teams to create a class poetry anthology. We will be looking at different forms of poetry to create our own original poetry pieces.
Each week the students will receive 10 words to study. They will create flashcards in class on Monday's. Have your student study the words each week. We will have a quiz on Friday over the words.
Reading
Testing as a Genre
This week in reading we will be reviewing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. We are working on our reading strategies to help with our comprehension questions.
We look at the title and text features of passages. We then analyze the questions so that we know the purpose of our reading. We do these two steps each time before our reading so we can better understand the purpose.
Math
Metric System
In math we are starting our unit on metric system conversions and elapsed time. Please have your child practice at home.
Fact Frenzy Friday is a blast!! Make sure to practice your multiplication facts every night.
Continue to have your child practice their multiplication and division at home. Please make sure to have your child log into Think Through Math aw well as utilize the online textbook for additional resources.
Science
Pants and Animals
This week we will continue to focus on plants and animals.
Announcements
26 - Headed to High School (wear your favorite high school colors)
27 - College Wear Wednesday
28 - Career Day Presentations
28 - Field Trip money due
28 - GT Product Showcase 6:00-7:30
May
2-6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
6 - Family Dance
9 - Math STAAR
10 - Reading STAAR
16 - 4th Grade Field Trip
20 - Buddy Day & Class Party (Information coming soon)
24 - 4th Grade Awards 1:30pm
27 - Last Day of School (half day)