Week 13

Hi parents!

Only 2 more weeks until Thanksgiving break!!!

This week in…

Spelling: We decided as a team that having a spelling, grammar, and reading assessment on Friday was too much so we are going to switch back and forth between spelling and grammar each week. Mrs. Burns will continue to give her spelling list to a couple of her kiddos each week.

Grammar: We continued talking about capitalization. We took a quiz this morning.

Reading: In reading we wrapped up our discussion on point of view. The kids have done a phenomenal job with this!

Writing: We have continued to discuss opinion writing and how to write strong, persuasive essays.

Science: The kids took the Forces and Motion test on Wednesday. Those were sent home yesterday in the Thursday folders. They took the Simple Machine test this afternoon.

Math: We have continued to discuss multiplication patterns and multiplying with base 10 blocks. As promised, I have  a video explaining how we multiply in 4^th grade. I have also emailed a PowerPoint and a parent letter with more explanations.

Next week in…

Spelling: The kids will get a new spelling list next week. You can find the spelling words under the Spelling section on my blog. 

Grammar: NONE

Reading: We will be discussing questioning and prose.

Writing: We will continue to discuss opinion writing and how to make strong arguments using evidence and examples.

Social Studies: Our new unit on Explorers will begin on Monday. The explorers we will be discussing next week are Christopher Columbus, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, and Ponce de Leon.

Math: We will be discussing multiplication of 1 by 2 digit numbers with models and multiplication with regrouping using base 10 blocks.

Here is the link to the video that I made! https://www.educreations.com/lesson/embed/41207482/?s=h4C4dQ&ref=app

I hope it is helpful!

Don’t forget:

-         - There is no school on Tuesday (Election Day).

-         - We will be selling chicken biscuits on Friday.

-         - I will let you know of the date I will be placing the next order as soon as possible, but it will be around the second week of December.

If you have any questions, please let me know!