This Week in 4th Grade....

Hi Families,

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend weather.  It was great to speak with so many families last week at conferences. 

Math Workshop

On Friday we spent some time seeing how many multiplication facts that we know and facts that we don't know YET.  The kids worked in pairs to see what facts they were fluent with.  We talked about the importance of being fluent with facts and how it will really help when there are tougher multiplication, division, and fraction problems.  After finding the problems that each student doesn't know YET, we will be able to set goals and see how our math brain grows over time.  Ask your child what facts he/she knows fluently right now.  Students will continue to come home with math fluency packet for homework each week.

Writing Workshop

Last week we really focused on the patterns in an essay.  The kids had a chance to flash draft an essay to get used to the pattern in this writing genre.  We will also learn how to push our thinking in our writing this week.  When we push our thinking we will be able to expand on our ideas.  

Reading At Home

It was helpful for me to speak with families this week at conferences to find out how reading at home is going.  This week during Reader's Workshop we will focus on choosing just right books and recommending books for each other to enjoy.  We will also discuss reading expectations at home and work to ignite some passion around the books we are reading!  It is extremely important that if you see your child resisting their reading expectations at home or not bringing home books that they are enjoying that you let us know.  Thank you so much for your support!

Character Trait Book

We will be wrapping up our character trait book for homework this week.  There may be a couple of evenings this week where students will have less homework from Mrs. Leger as we work here at school to launch a new homework assignment.  We always like to make sure that expectations are clear here at school before sending home a new assignment.

Book Orders

Last call for October book orders!  I will be submitting the order tomorrow night!  Our online class code is H3M9C.

We hope everyone has a great week.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

Jaime and Jen