Fourth Grade Parkside Elementary
October 27th - November 3rd
Headphones/Earbuds
Please make sure your child has earbuds/headphones in their pencil pouch. We use the Chromebooks in class daily. When students don't have headphones, they have to turn the volume down on their Chromebooks and get really close so they can hear (so they don't disturb others).
Important Dates..............Parent/Teacher Conferences
Book Fair This Week Oct. 24-28-Monday-Friiday
- Click this link to sign up to help with the book fair http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090945aaaf23a0fd0-book
* Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up
Check agendas for code to use on the link below:
- Monday, Oct. 31- NO SCHOOL-Parent Teacher Conferences
- Parent-Teacher Conferences Link via www.ptcfast.com/reg1 (Don't forget to sign up with your child's 1st Block teacher.)
- Tuesday, Nov. 1- Canned Food Drive Begins
- Monday, Nov. 7-Snow White Performance from the Children's Theater
- Tuesday, Nov. 8-NO SCHOOL-Teacher Workday
- Thursday, Nov. 10-Report Cards go home
- Friday, Nov. 11-NO SCHOOL- Veteran's Day
Math
Next Week.....
- we will continue with our multiplication unit and take a mini-check at the beginning of the week.
- we will begin our division unit
- Strategies include: BIG 7 (partial quotients) & open array https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCKd3C4P6Uk
Make sure your student is practicing their multiplication facts. Knowing their facts will make solving multiplication problems much easier!
Literacy/Reading/Social Studies
This week, we analyzed a Social Studies article about improvements to North Carolina in the early 1700s. We will wrap up this lesson by writing a summary using our "Keys to Unlocking a Nonfiction Summary" anchor chart.
Next week, we will begin looking at the Presidential candidates using Time For Kids articles. Students will write a response using RACE (Restate/Answer/Cite Evidence/Explain) to explain who they think will win the election and why based off of the facts in the articles. This should be a good one!
Science
Our next unit is on light and how it travels in a straight line, reflects, refracts and can be bent. Students will complete work in the Science Book and also rotate to several centers about light.