Hello Everyone & Happy Fall! Here is a peek into our classroom. Right now is one of my favorite times of the year because we're doing lots of integration between academic areas!
In reading we are continuing our study of nonfiction, specifically looking at how readers handle new vocabulary and organize new information. Our science and writing units follow perfectly along with the nonfiction work we've already done this quarter- we will be studying animals and adaptations that help them survive and researching to write and create a slide show about one specific animal.
In math we will begin a unit that has many new objectives. We will start with 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication and end this quarter with division. The 4th grade curriculum requires that students will learn several different methods for multiplication and division. I know this can sometimes feel frustrating because this is not the way you and I were taught multiplication and division. As we look at different methods in class I will share examples of them here in case you need them to help your child complete classwork at home. Our main goal is to make sure all students learn a method that works for them, that they can understand and use consistently and independently.
Next week HES will have our Fall Book Fair. Our class will visit the bookfair first thing Tuesday (11/6) morning.
Next week we will take NC Check Ins for both reading and math. These are standardized tests that are much like the EOG's.
Important Dates:
Nov 6 Book fair
Nov 12 Veteran's Day, no school
Nov 21-23 Thanksgiving Break
Dec 7 Old Salem Field trip
info letter going home Friday 11/2
Dec 14 Last day of the 2nd 9 weeks
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