Class Updates for the Week of April 8, 2019

Here we go...the last 6 weeks of school.  Let's do this!

Reminders:
Milestones testing for fourth grade are on the following dates:
April 29th- ELA section 1
April 30th- ELA section 2
May 6th- Math section 1
May 7th- Math section 2
During the Milestones, please do not send students with electronic devices.

Tuesday, May 21 is the fourth grade awards ceremony and ice cream social. If your student is receiving an award, parent invitations will go home. The awards begin at 8:15 in the cafeteria; the ice cream social begins at 9:15 on the blacktop (weather permitting) or in the fourth grade hallway. All parents are welcome to the ice cream social. Students are welcome to bring their yearbooks for signing at that time.  After the ice cream social, there will be a special something in my classroom that should only last about 15 minutes.  :0)

There will be a math test on geometry and measurement this Friday.  Between their notes and what has already been sent home (see class dojo for photos), they should be well prepared.  If the students study for at least 20 minutes every night, this will help decrease any anxiety or worries.

Supplies
I know it is late in the year, but allergies are at an all time high.  If you could, please pass on a box or two of tissues.  We desperately in need of glue sticks as we have quite a few activities that require glue.

For a project on Wednesday, April 14th and Thursday, April 15th, we will need old t-shirts sent in for math.  I would love to tell you what it is, but the kids don't even know.  They'll love it!

Curriculum
Math- We are currently doing conversions for measurement. The basic concept that the students need to know is how to convert larger units of measurement to smaller units and vice versa.

Reading- We are continuing to discuss historical non-fiction and how to identify main idea, go back into the text to find information, and our other 4th grade learning targets.

ELA- Oh, we are having fun in writing!  We are developing a class fictional story that will come together in a Mad Lib type of way.  The students will develop their own fictional stories in April.


Social Studies- Reading and social studies will be combined.  We will use are reading standards to discuss the Westward Expansion and our next unit on the Civil War.

Thank you for continuing to support your child and our classroom.  It means a lot to us all!