I hope everyone enjoyed this first weekend of fall! We had a busy week last week with a book "pass," learning about our 4th grade Super Powers, and celebrating our first full Paw Print chart!
Book "Pass"
We were able to get so many books for our classroom from Scholastic Book Clubs! It was a lot of fun to share the new books with the kids. They did a book "pass" where they had small stacks of books to look at for a few minutes, were able jot down any titles that they liked, and then passed them on to the next group. There was a lot of excitement! We got so many books all of the kids were able to choose a book that they wanted to read!
Paw Print Reward....Newspaper Dance Party!
Fourth Grade "Super Powers!"
The class was introduced to some SUPER POWERS that fourth graders use! They were able to wear their own super hero mask as we practiced our SUPER POWERS. We learned two SUPER POWERS last week. Ask your child what their new SUPER POWERS are!!!
Coming Up This Week....
Math Workshop
We continued to practice place value concepts in math workshop. We have talked about the 3 different ways to write numbers as well as comparing numbers.
This week math homework will be a little bit different. I am going to try a project based math homework for the next two weeks. Instead of getting a math sheet each night for homework, your child will have a mini-project that is based on real world math concepts. I will be assigning the math page tomorrow. One part of the project will be due on this Friday, and the second part will be due by the following Friday, October 7th. My hope is that this type of math homework will be more motivating to students as they see real world applications for the math we are learning, and that you and your child will be able to plan out working on the project little by little or when you have time during the week (or weekend).
Here is the link for the project:
Your child will also be coming home with Multiplication/Division Triangle Cards. These cards are being sent home little by little so that your child can practice a few tables of multiplication facts at a time. Your child will come home with a note explaining this along with a baggie of the 2's and 3's tables. We will keep the rest of the cards in class for now.
Social Studies
We started learning about the regions of the United States last week in Social Studies. We will study all of the regions this year, however, we will start with the Northeast Region. We are learning about the land, weather, resources, and other points of interest in this region. We will be "traveling" to Ellis Island over the next few weeks to learn about immigration!
Well, that was a lot of information to share with you this week! If you have any questions, please let me know. I hope everyone has a great week!
~Jen
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