Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a restful weekend. Tonight is Nowlin’s Sciencepalooza from 6:00-8:00. There will be stations set up for you and your student to visit at your own pace. Concessions will be for sale by the PTA. It will be a fun evening and I hope everyone can make it at some point, even if only for a little while.

This week:

Spelling- We are focusing on the final /le/ chunk. https://quizlet.com/_4fqw5z

Math- We are working on long division with larger numbers. This unit will wrap up next week with a module assessment to follow. Students also need to be done with Module 3 on Khan Academy by next Friday.

Science- We are working on the changes in the earth’s crust. We are going to be specifically focusing on erosion and weathering this week. We will move into how this impacts the placement of fossils under many layers of the earth.

Writing- We are working on learning about persuasive writing in articles, opinion pieces, and advertisements. The students will be writing an opinion piece about students having cell phones in 4th grade.

Social Studies- The students have been bringing their studies of persuasive writing into social studies as they discuss the rights and laws granted to citizens. We are examining the reasons the government has been broken into branches and how the separation of power works for the people.

Daily 5- We are finishing our DRA reading level testing this week. We are also working on locating specific information in informational text using text features like text bubbles, headings, and illustrations. The students have new reading groups and will continue to have reading each night.

Students have a half day on Thursday and we will have a small Valentine’s celebration. If you wish to send something in, we have 21 students. There is no school on Friday or Monday.

Have a great week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Monday. This week we are wrapping up NWEA testing and moving on with new goals for the second half of the year. The Scholastic $1 books that were ordered last week, should arrive today or tomorrow and will be coming home with the students that ordered one. All after-school activities are cancelled for today (1-29-19). There is a parent information meeting before and directly after school this week.

Our week:

Spelling- https://quizlet.com/_5zytqw

Math- We are working on finding factors through long division and multiplication.

Science- We are working on our Earth unit with a focus on erosion

Social Studies- We are looking at the purpose of the U.S. Government and the services it provides.

Writing- We starting an opinion piece on calling snow days.

Daily 5- We are going to work on genres in literature and the features that we use to identify them. We are working on NWEA testing and DRA testing so our reading groups are limited. The students may not have book club homework but they still have 35 minutes of reading every night.

Have a great week.

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a chance to rest and relax with your family. We are going to be off and running right away. Our second official NWEA testing will start next week. We will be taking all 4 subject assessments. Our next marking period ends in two weeks. Students need to be at 50% of 4th Grade Khan Academy by the end of the second card marking period.

This week:

Math: We are working on Module 3. We are working on understanding division using area models and arrays. We will be getting to long division soon.

Writing: We are finishing our narratives which were started before the break. We are working on writing irregular plurals and spelling them correctly.

Social Studies:We are digging deeper in immigration trends and looking specifically at how immigration is impacted by industry and jobs.

Science: We are finishing our PBL and will taking a unit test in the next week. We will then launch a quick review of our previous science concepts from the year and we will launch the next unit.

Daily 5: We will have our daily reading groups as usual. Each student still has their own reading strategy goal and our class goals are recognizing the theme of a story and using prefixes to determine the meaning of unknown words.

Spelling: We are working on irregular plurals. https://quizlet.com/_4alkpi

Have a great week.

Happy Monday everyone,

We have a packed week ahead of us. We are designing blueprints and building graham cracker homes to scale using square centimeters. We will be focusing on area and perimeter while working within a given budget and size constraint. We will also be having a hot chocolate “paint and pour” activity towards the end of the week where we will have an art lesson focusing on geometry. Our holiday celebration will be Friday afternoon which is a movie and snacks. Thursday before school and directly after school is our parent meeting in the lunch room. The topic this week focuses on internet safety for your students and technology usage. I encourage you to attend a session if possible.

This week:

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Math-We are beginning division and will start looking into long division towards the end of the week

Science- We are finishing our energy PBL and the students will be presenting their plans to the class. We will actually take one of the plans and build it on campus.

Social Studies- We are looking at how immigration into areas around the United States has impacted natural resources.

Writing-We are beginning our narrative unit. The students are going to be writing a narrative that will have a moral or positive message. This matches our study of theme in Daily 5.

Daily 5- We have regular book groups meeting this week. Students will continue to have book club work each night, unless they finish it during our reading rotations.

Santa Grams are coming home today and they cost 50 cents each. They will be delivered on Friday to the students. They must be turned into to me by Wednesday. We also are having a pajama day on Friday. It cost $1.00 for a student to wear their pajamas and this money goes to supporting the current PTA projects throughout the building. Cash only for both of these PTA events.

You can sign up to donate to our class celebration here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F44ADAD2EAAF94-holiday1

Have a great week!

If you are interested in donating items for our activities this week, please click the link below and send in any items of your choice. Have a great week.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F44ADAD2EAAF94-holiday1

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Extended Day tutoring is starting tomorrow for those students who brought back their signed permission slips. STEAM Club is also meeting on Wednesday. We are also still collecting Box Tops and Coke Caps.

Our week:

Spelling: https://quizlet.com/_5q9d07

Math: We are working on multiplication of multi-digit numbers. We are also talking about the using multiplication to decompose numbers through division.

Social Studies: We are looking at the impact immigration had on populations of major cities and the push and pull factors that caused people to go to new places.

Science: We are working our PBL. Students are coming up with their proposals for the projects we have been working on.

Writing: We are finishing our natural disaster informational writing and we will be starting a narrative by the end of the week.

Daily 5: We are working on determining the theme of what we are reading and being able to generate a list of common themes in literature. We are also still using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.

Have a great week!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had at least a little time to spend with family and friends while relaxing. We are going to be off and running first thing today and we have pretty hefty goals to accomplish before our Winter Break in just a few weeks! Permission slips will be coming home for extended day tutoring sometime this week. It will start next week.

This week:

Spelling: https://quizlet.com/_44ktag

Math: We are working on multiplying multi-digit numbers which will lead us to division.  We are starting with 10, 100, and 1,000.

Reading: We are turning text features into questions as we continue “reading with a purpose.” We will be working on constructed responses to answer the questions later in the week.

Science- We are working on our Michigan native animal PBL. We are focusing on looking at our school grounds and deciding what can we do to bring more Michigan native wildlife into the area. We are focusing on the needs of potential chemical energy in the form of food for the animals and we are researching specific Michigan animals.

Writing- We are working on conclusion sentences as we continue working on our natural disaster research writing.

Social Studies-We are continuing on our studies of immigration in the United States and the interactions people have with their environment while immigrating.

Have a great week!

I can’t believe that it is already Thanksgiving week. We have no school Wed., Thursday, or Friday this week. Since we have such a short week, there is no spelling list this week and we will be reviewing high frequency words from past lists.

Math-We are continuing on Module 3. We are focusing on multi-step area and perimeter problems involving multiplication. These have proven extremely challenging for the students so I will send home a few sheets over the break if you wish to help your student practice. These are not required sheets because I want the students to enjoy their time off and their time with the people in their lives.

Social Studies- We are looking at current populations in areas where many immigrants entered the USA.

Science-We are working on mapping our school campus for Michigan native animal habitats. We are going to start building projects including planting, building, and creating safe and sustainable habitats to bring more animals to the campus. We are focusing on bringing in the chemical potential energy in the form of lasting food supplies for animals that stay active during the cold winter months.

Writing- We are still working on our informational writing pieces on natural disasters. We will also be doing a few Thanksgiving writing activities.

Reading- We are starting to look at using text features to locate information without having to read the entire piece. This is an important skill as texts increase in size and time for students work becomes limited.

Have a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving if I do not speak with you before then!

Happy Monday everyone.

This is our second week of conferences. If you do not remember your scheduled conference time, please let me know. This week is our school-wide canned food drive and we started our Box Tops contest. If you wish to donate food for the drive, send it in with your student to the classroom. You can also send in Box Tops or Coke Bottle caps directly to the room as well.

This week:

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Math-We are starting Module 3 which focuses on multiplication and division. The students will start learning their division facts and we will be moving into long division.

Science-We are finishing our unit on energy and waves. The students will have a test on Wednesday on circuits and electrical energy. The study guide will be coming home today.

Social Studies-We are working on our unit on human interactions and movement. We are going to start focusing on immigration patterns in the early 1900’s and the impact it has had on the population in certain areas.

Daily 5- We are working on still working on character traits and words with multiple meanings. The students will continue to have book club work throughout the week.

Writing-We are working on a new informational piece. We are researching natural disasters and focusing on evaluating sources for quality.

Have a great week!

Hello everyone,

This week is the start of marking period 2. Conferences start on Wednesday and conference reminders will be coming home today. Tomorrow students have no school due to Election Day. The PTA is selling baked goods during the election day and a donation/volunteer sheet is located on the PTA Facebook page. Report cards will be handed back at conferences.

This week:

Spelling- https://quizlet.com/_413ygy

Math- We are finishing module 2 which is all about solving problems involving metric measurements. Look for our study guide to come home Wednesday and we will test on Thursday. Students have one week to finish module 2 on Khan Academy as well.

Writing- We are focusing on writing a topic sentence in an informational piece. We are working on writing informational pieces on natural disasters.

Science- We are finishing our energy unit out by learning about electricity and circuits. Sometime towards the end of the week a study guide will come home and we will have a test.

Social Studies- Our first unit on regions is over and we will begin unit 2. Our study guide will come home today and we will test on Wednesday.

Daily 5-This week we are diving into character traits and being able to infer character traits while reading.

Have a great week!