We had a great a week last week with reading Historical Fiction, planning our literary essay, starting a Revolution project with a partner, and making dinosaur eggs with our buddies!
This week will bring some more fun as well...
All of that review and it is finally time for the math test!!! This week we will wrap up our review and quick study of geometry and take the test Wed, Thurs, and Friday. One book per day.
In Reading Workshop, we will continue our class study of The Matchlock Gun. I hope your reader has told you about it. We are working on reading historical fiction because after our literary essay we will be writing historical fiction. We are working on this unit as a whole class and in small groups.
In Writing Workshop, we have mapped out a literary essay about the picture book The Other Side. After students complete this essay, they will write another one on their independent book as a book letter on the blog.
Our new American Revolution project is a newspaper - we hope to send home "the news" late next week. We hope you enjoy reading about the American Revolution!
On a side note, I think you will really love their next choir concert... I watched some of their practice on Thursday and it was wonderful!
Enjoy the rest of this rainy weekend.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
We're back...
One more official day of vacation until we return for the final stretch of 4th grade! Amazing!
This week we will spend a bit of time reviewing for the math test next week. We will do one full practice test (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3). Extra practice/review sheets will be sent home for homework. Again, please remember that this is one test in your child's year and they shouldn't get too worried about it. They should get a good night sleep, eat a good breakfast, and do their best work.
We will be continuing our unit on Literary Essay this week. It will continue to involve reading as well as writing. We will choose great characters and books to read as part of our study.
In Reading Workshop, we will begin a unit of Historical Fiction. This unit will help us to focus on the importance of setting and time period on literature. I look forward to seeing the great thoughts my readers have on the books they will be reading.
We worked on science centers on Friday before break and did not have a chance to finish - we will work on these this week as well. These centers focused on the water cycle, animal adaptations, food chain, weighing objects, electricity, force, and magnetism.
Please make sure you check your teammates folders before they return to school on Monday... some of them were bursting at the seams last week!
This week we will spend a bit of time reviewing for the math test next week. We will do one full practice test (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3). Extra practice/review sheets will be sent home for homework. Again, please remember that this is one test in your child's year and they shouldn't get too worried about it. They should get a good night sleep, eat a good breakfast, and do their best work.
We will be continuing our unit on Literary Essay this week. It will continue to involve reading as well as writing. We will choose great characters and books to read as part of our study.
In Reading Workshop, we will begin a unit of Historical Fiction. This unit will help us to focus on the importance of setting and time period on literature. I look forward to seeing the great thoughts my readers have on the books they will be reading.
We worked on science centers on Friday before break and did not have a chance to finish - we will work on these this week as well. These centers focused on the water cycle, animal adaptations, food chain, weighing objects, electricity, force, and magnetism.
Please make sure you check your teammates folders before they return to school on Monday... some of them were bursting at the seams last week!
Sunday, April 6, 2014
One more week and break?!!?
It is hard to believe that we are only one week away from April Break!
It is going to be a great week in Team Jones. I am out scoring on Monday but Amy Higgs will be there again (she was there Friday) and I am sure everything will run smoothly.
This week in Reading Workshop, we are going to spend time concentrating on Fluency. My readers will be coming home with short pieces to read aloud three times. Please, do it with them. Have them read to you, you read to them, read it together. The goal is to make these readings flow nicely and smoothly.
We have started our unit on Literary Essay and we will be spending time on reading closely to see what the author is trying to say. Reading is such a big part of writing...
In math, we will be reviewing multiplication, division, place value, and fractions (again). We are in a fantastic place for the math test coming up in three weeks. I will also do a fun (yet educational) project with Jelly Beans. We will count, graph, measure, and calculate many different aspects of one bag of Jelly Beans.
We had a very nice end of the week activity last week watching Frozen and discussing the lessons learned: be in control of your body, your action affect others, and be accepting of your and others differences. To piggyback on this, we will be doing a team building activity where everyone in the class teaches something they are great at. We all have differences and sometimes we just need to get to know each other to discover how amazing each of us are! We will have 4 "teachers" each week until we finish the project.
I hope you get outside today, it is SUNNY! Thank you again for all that you do for our class!
It is going to be a great week in Team Jones. I am out scoring on Monday but Amy Higgs will be there again (she was there Friday) and I am sure everything will run smoothly.
This week in Reading Workshop, we are going to spend time concentrating on Fluency. My readers will be coming home with short pieces to read aloud three times. Please, do it with them. Have them read to you, you read to them, read it together. The goal is to make these readings flow nicely and smoothly.
We have started our unit on Literary Essay and we will be spending time on reading closely to see what the author is trying to say. Reading is such a big part of writing...
In math, we will be reviewing multiplication, division, place value, and fractions (again). We are in a fantastic place for the math test coming up in three weeks. I will also do a fun (yet educational) project with Jelly Beans. We will count, graph, measure, and calculate many different aspects of one bag of Jelly Beans.
We had a very nice end of the week activity last week watching Frozen and discussing the lessons learned: be in control of your body, your action affect others, and be accepting of your and others differences. To piggyback on this, we will be doing a team building activity where everyone in the class teaches something they are great at. We all have differences and sometimes we just need to get to know each other to discover how amazing each of us are! We will have 4 "teachers" each week until we finish the project.
I hope you get outside today, it is SUNNY! Thank you again for all that you do for our class!
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Business Compliment Letters
We heard back from our first business today!
Anya got a letter from Walmart who was generous enough to give us $75 for a class party! WOW! Beyond our expectations. Thank you Walmart!
Anya got a letter from Walmart who was generous enough to give us $75 for a class party! WOW! Beyond our expectations. Thank you Walmart!
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