Happy November! I can't believe that we are already TWO MONTHS into fourth grade. What a busy couple of months it has been! We have spent a lot of time building relationships with our peers, discussing what we want our community to look and feel like, we have learned a lot and had a lot of fun in the process! Halloween STEM Challenge....
On Tuesday, the kids were given a challenge....using only 4 pieces of construction paper, 6 inches of masking tape, and a dictionary, create a way to get the dictionary (and a gourd) at least 6 inches off of the ground. We have some very creative fourth graders! Here are some of their creations...
Math Workshop
Last week, the kids were given the chance to look at their Module 1 Math Assessment and reflect on the assessment. Each student was given time to look closely at the assessment and write down something that they were proud of as well as a skill that they wanted to continue to practice. Tomorrow the kids will bring home their assessment. Along with the assessment, you will find your child's reflection sheet, the scoring rubric, and a place for you to sign stating that you have seen the assessment. Please send this back no later than Wednesday. There is also a place for you to request additional practice pages for your child if you would like.
Metric Olympic Games
We started our second module in math on Metric Measurement. After learning about the metric measurements for length, weight, and capacity, we held the very first LL Corner Metric Olympic Games! There was a lot of excitement for the Olympic events which included the Straw Javelin Throw, Cotton Ball Shot Put, Right Handed Marble Grab, and Left Handed Sponge Squeeze. This week we will use the results of the events to help us with ordering and comparing metric measurements.
Reader's Workshop
This week we continued to think about characters by looking for patterns in their thoughts, actions and dialogue. We would then used these patterns to help us grow more ideas about the characters. We looked back at an immigration story we had read and worked in partnerships to find these patterns. I really enjoyed the conversations that students had as they worked with their partners!
We also are continuing to build our passion for reading and did some more book recommendations this week. Sometimes all it takes is one book to turn a reluctant reader around. With this in mind, I began "giving the gift of reading" to students this week. Ask your child what I am talking about!
Social Studies
Students have been learning about Ellis Island and how authors can use their research to inform the fiction they are writing. Next week, they will read about current students that have immigrated to the United States. In the next several weeks we will be starting a cooperative project in the classroom that will involve using what we have learned about immigration to write a fictional account of journeying to Ellis Island.
New Homework Assignment!
Tomorrow, students will be coming home with a new reading assignment. It will be due on Thursday since there is no school on Friday. We practiced this new assignment on Wednesday of last week and will practice again tomorrow during Reader's Workshop. Students will bring both of these practice pages home to be used as a guide of what is expected when they do the assignment. We have also discussed that if there are any difficulties completing the assignment at home, they should bring it to school so that I can support them.
In addition, if your student would like to complete the assignment on google docs and share it with me instead of doing the worksheet version, they may. Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you for your support as we help our students grow and develop responsibility!
Have a great week!
Jaime and Jen
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