Ms. Kilar's Class News
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Language Arts
- Battle of the Books: We are in the home stretch for Battle of the Books! At this point students should be finishing their third book. We've had several kids read all and the majority of the students have read four or more books! We will be having classroom book Battles on April 5 and the 4th grade Battle of the winning teams on Friday, April 7.
- Reading: We reviewed main idea and supporting detail and compare and contrast in nonfiction texts. We read a story about the disappearing honeybees.
- Writing: We made iMovies to summarize our Greek myths from last week. We also worked on writing a paragraph with a topic sentences and supporting facts and details.
- Grammar: We reviewed adverbs, adjectives, prepositions and proverbs this week.
Math
This week students continued to work on comparing and ordering fractions. We also spent a lot of time reviewing strategies for finding equivalent fractions and putting fractions in simplest form.
Social Studies
This week, students continued to learn about the Southwest. They worked in groups to solve three main problems that engineers had to overcome to build the Hoover Dam. They read about the Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, and border cities in the United States and Mexico. They role played what some of the challenges are facing Mexican politicians, U.S. business owners, Mexican workers, and American teachers who live near the border. Mr. Walstrom visited again and taught us about natural, capital, and human resources. Please help your child start to prepare their product for Mini Society Market Day on April 19, if you have time to do so over break.
Important Dates
- March 24 - April 3 - Spring Break
- April 4 - School resumes
- April 5 - Classroom book battle
- April 6 - Swimming Lessons
- April 7 - Battle of the Books in the afternoon
- April 10 - 13 - Swimming Lessons
Specials Schedule April 4 - April 7
- Monday - No School
- Tuesday - P.E.
- Wednesday - Music
- Thursday - Art
- Friday - P.E.
Wish List
- Glue Sticks
- Clorox Wipes