February 27 - March 2

This Week's Academics
MUR -This week we will wrap up the literature circles that we have been working on the last several weeks.  Students are grouped according to their STEP levels. Mrs. Nett, our student teacher, and I will each be leading two groups of students. I will be reading James and the Giant Peach with my groups, and Mrs. Nett will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie with her groups. We will be leaving the books at school since we have borrowed them from several different resources. If you would like to check out the book from your library to have at home, that would be great!

History - This week we will be finishing reading chapters 9 and 10 and then be reviewing and taking our first quiz on Wednesday .

The at-home project was assigned last week and will be due March 19th, the Monday after spring break. 

Writing - This week we are wrapping up our poetry unit and working on the 2011  Charter School Essays. Every year we write essays that we submit to the Center for School Change. The winners get to read their essays at the capital. We are hoping for a winner in 4th grade this year! 

Read Aloud - We continue to read Sherlock Holmes this week.

MUM - This week we will be reviewing some concepts that we didn't do so well on this last interim assessment which include fractions, decimals, model drawing, and classifying triangles. 

We will also be taking the first round of the math MCA next Wednesday and Thursday. This year our students are allowed to take the math MCA twice. we will be taking it again in the middle of May. The best score will be taken as their final score. 

Valentine's Day

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday, February 14th. Your child can bring in valentines cards and treats if they so choose. Our party will start at 3 pm.

February 13-17

February 13-17

 

This week Mrs. Nett will be teaching full time!

 

This Week's Academics
MUR -We have a week of literature circles under our belts now and things are going great.  Students are grouped according to their STEP levels. Mrs. Nett, our student teacher, and I will each be leading two groups of students. I will be reading James and the Giant Peach with my groups, and Mrs. Nett will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie with her groups. We will be leaving the books at school since we have borrowed them from several different resources. If you would like to check out the book from your library to have at home, that would be great!

 

History - We will be starting our American Revolution unit this week. This unit is rather long, so it will take us several weeks to get through. We will have two smaller quizzes instead of one larger test. I will let you know as we get closer to the quizzes when those dates will be. 

With this unit, we will be doing an at home project. More details to come soon.

 

Writing - Last week we started our poetry unit. Students are learning about all kinds on poems, including bio-poems, haiku, limericks, free verse, shape poems, and many more. Students will be responsible for creating a final poetry book of their final drafts by the end of the unit.  

 

Read Aloud - We are just getting into the beginning of Sherlock Holmes this week.

MUM - We have started our unit on geometry. Last week we worked on area and perimeter of rectangles and squares and this week we will continue to work on those skills. We will also work on finding the area and perimeter of composite figures that are made up of two or more rectangles or squares.

We also have our third interim of the year coming  up this Thursday. We will review all the concepts and skills that we have learned over the first part of the year in order to get ready for this test.

February 6-10

This week and next Mrs. Nett will be teaching full time!

 

This Week's Academics
MUR - This week we will be starting by doing our seminar discussion on The Nightingale. With the Extraordinary Expo going on last week, we didn't have time to fit it in last week!

In other news, we will be starting Literature Circles this week in MUR that will extend through the next few weeks!  Students will be grouped according to their STEP levels. Mrs. Nett, our student teacher, and I will each be leading two groups of students. I will be reading James and the Giant Peach with my groups, and Mrs. Nett will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie with her groups. We will be leaving the books at school since we have borrowed them from several different resources. If you would like to check out the book from your library to have at home, that would be great!

Science - This week we will continue to learn about the human body. We will be learning all about the heart - how blood flows through the heart, blood types, the function of the heart, and how to keep our hearts healthy. We will also learn about the lungs - the function of the lungs, how they are connected to the heart, and the different parts of the lungs. This unit will take approximately two weeks to complete. Students were given a workbook which already contains the study guide at the back. This will make it easy for students to study along the way! 

The quiz is tentatively set for Thursday of this week. Students have had studies guides since the beginning of the unit in their workbooks.

 

Writing - This week we will be wrapping up our ABC Autobiographies and be presenting them to the class. Next we will start our poetry unit.

 

Read Aloud - We are currently reading The Giver. Next, we will start Sherlock Holmes.

MUM - We have started our unit on geometry. This week we will talk about differnt kids on triangles and also get into measuring area and perimeter. The next interim assessment is coming up next week!