Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed the vacation week! We are officially in the "home stretch" of 4th grade! The next few months will be filled with lots of fun!
This Week...
Just a reminder that fourth graders will be taking the MCAS test this week. We have testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We have had many positive conversations about testing in class the last few weeks leading up to vacation. I am hoping the students feel confident in themselves! We will be starting at the beginning of the day, so please make sure your child is on time for school! Please let me know if you have any questions.
No Homework...
Since the kids will be working extra hard during the day on the MCAS, there will not be any official homework this week!
Researchers!
We will start our Regions of the United States research this week. Your child will be able to choose one of the regions of the United States to become an expert on! The kids will be reading articles, books, and watching videos to go along with the regions. This project is a culmination of many of the writing genres that we have learned this year as well as taking our learning of reading nonfiction texts and putting them into action in our writing.
Throughout the regions project, the students will research several topics that pertain to their region. Students will also write an essay about the region and write a narrative story about a topic that has importance in the region!
I hope everyone has a great week!
~Jen
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