We had a busy week working on our essays, open response answers, and math nutrition project. We have been trying to keep busy even though holiday excitement is in the air!
In writing, we have been talking about the expectations of essay writing. We have been talking a lot about really focusing during instruction time so that they can take what they are learning and APPLY it to their own writing. This goes for every subject, of course, but we have talked a lot about this in reading and writing these past few weeks. Overall the students have a good understanding of essay writing so they are really taking what they learned in third grade and adding to it with fourth grade expectations.
To reinforce what your child has been learning in school, you could give your child an opinion statement. For example, you could have them agree or disagree with a statement such as "winter is the best season" or "kids should get an allowance." When they agree or disagree they then need to give 3 reasons to support their opinion. Thinking of reasons that support our thinking or thesis will help the kids get into the habit of supporting their ideas with thoughtful reasons.
In reading we worked on answering open response questions. These types of questions are open ended and require the kids to infer about a character, find evidence in the story to back up their thinking, and explain their thinking. It was great to see the kids trying to apply what they have been learning when they worked on the assessment earlier in the week.
In math, we have been busy working on a math nutrition project. The kids are practicing multiplication skills using real world scenarios. The enthusiasm around this project has been fun to watch!
I hope everyone enjoys the snow this weekend!
~Mrs. Lewis
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