The 4th Grade News
Week of May 9th, 2016
A Note from Ms. Deal
Dear Parents,
Thank you for coming out last night to watch the dance show. I thought it was a huge success and the kids were so proud to show you their moves! Also, THANK YOU to the parents that came with us or showed up to cheer us on at Soccer Day. We had beautiful weather and played our hearts out!
Next week will being with Day 4, and the students will have P.E on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The 4th Grade has been scheduled to take our NWEA MAP tests next week. We will take Math on Tuesday morning, Reading on Wednesday morning and Language on Friday afternoon. Please help the kids get enough rest the night before testing and eat a nutritious breakfast the morning of.
Please note that Field Day is on Thursday, May 19th from 12:00-2:30. Our team color will be yellow. If your child has a yellow athletic shirt they may wear it to school that day. If not, the P.E. department has pennies for the students to wear over top of their school uniform. Please send your child to school with a change of clothes. There are many water games at field day.
Grade 4 Market Day is coming up on June 7th. Thank you for taking some time this week to speak with your child about business ideas. Business plans are due next week, so please think about the details with your child this weekend.
Lastly, I know we have many business savvy parents out there. Econ 201 was my worst grade in undergrad (shhh), so I would love for any of you experts to come in and help us out. If you are willing to come in and share your knowledge with the 4th grade that would be wonderful. Relating what we are learning to the real world is so important for kids.
Our Music Concert will be on, Tuesday, May 24th at 6:30. Students should arrive to their classroom at 6:10. Dress for the concert is anything black and white. Please not writing or logos on the tops.
Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Ms. Deal
Upcoming Events:
May 17th - Math NWEA
May 18th- Reading NWEA
May 19th - Field Day - Grade 4/5 12:00-2:30
May 20th - Language NWEA
May 24th - Grade 4/5 Music Concert at 6:30
June 7th - 4th Grade Market Day 8:00-11:00
Math
And moved into more abstract questions like: Where did fractions come from? Who invented fractions? Why should we understand how fractions work?
We have been working as a class and independently to answer these questions and I am excited to learn along with the 4th graders.
We have also perfected our adding fractions with unlike denominators! These kids are math superstars!
Language Arts
Word Study: Students are exploring new patterns of spelling words.
Writing: We have started our poetry unit! The students are really into it and have created some awesome poems. This week we published color poems!