Math: Our unit 1 test is Monday. Next, we will begin our unit on operations in Base Ten. This will consist of adding and subtracting numbers, place value, and rounding. Specifically this week, we will focus on adding and subtracting. Subtracting will probably be the main focus, as the numbers are larger this year than they have been before, and subtracting is usually more difficult.

Language Arts: We will finish our narrative units this week, and we will also conduct our first district writing assessment. On Thursday, we will begin our second writing unit, which is an opinion piece. In Daily 5, we will discuss our new spelling words, accuracy and vocabulary strategies, and continue working on the Author’s Purpose.

Science: We are continuing on with our unit on Matter. This week, we will talk about physical and chemical changes in matter as well as how to measure matter.

Social Studies: We began discussing the Midwest Region (our region), and we will talk about the Five Themes of Geography as we go through the discussions about the region.

This week, I will be sending home and Enrichment Project. This is a voluntary project, but will provide extra credit in both Math and Social Studies. We will begin the project at school, and it will be sent home to finish.

Have a fantastic week!

Our math unit test is Monday. Everyone should have brought home their Study Guide. Please study for the test by practicing the problems and by making your own questions up!

I just know everyone is going to do a great job!

Hello families and students,

It is the last week of September, already! How hard to believe that almost a month has passed!

This week we will be busy after a very short week last week!

In math we will continue with our unit on geometry. We will really dive deep into how to distinguish between shapes, by using the angles and lines we’ve learned about to sort and understand what is happening with the shapes. Our biggest focus will be on quadrangles (four sided shapes) but we will also talk about other shapes, up to ten sides.

In Science, we will continue to talk about solids, liquids, and gases. We will talk about how the states of matter change, and what they are made up of.

In Social Studies, we will go over map skills and landforms before we delve into the regions of the United States. I am very excited to get into regions, this is one of my favorite projects of the year!

In writing, we will continue our narrative stories. We will begin our drafts, and hopefully go all the way into our final drafts. This week is also the district writing common assessment.

Please continue to encourage your child to read every night! This is a major component of the school year and will help in every subject area!

One more thing- we will be starting spelling this week. The spelling list will be found in the planner.

Have a great week, everyone!

Hi parents and students!

This week is very short! Since it is the beginning of the year, still, and it is a holiday for most of the students in the class, I am not assigning a packet of homework. However, you need to read every single day!

I will be giving extra credit to those who write everyday, too, and turn it in to me on Monday!

Have a Happy, Happy Eid! Enjoy your time with family and friends.

Love,
Mrs. Shupe

This year we will be using the iBlog to keep communication open between home and school. Check up on the blog each week for updates!

Open House is this week on Thursday, from 5:00-6:30 pm.

Language Arts:
We will be working on our narrative units this week in writing. We are talking about Author’s Purpose, Visualization,

Math:
We will continue with our geometry unit. This week, we are working on angles.

Science:
The states of matter. We will be looking at how you can tell if something has matter, and what matter is.

Social Studies:
We will be working on Geography. This week we are working on directions and location. We will start to work on how to read a map, soon!

Hi 4th graders! The baby is finally here. It’s a boy and his name is Greyson. 🙂

Here is a picture of him!

Dear Parents and Families,

This week, we are starting our Decimals unit in Math. We are going to try to move quickly to get as much done before the break. Please be sure to talk to your child about what we are doing in math, and use their homework to “quiz” them at night. Also, be sure to continue to practice multiplication math facts with them. Our 4^th grade tournament is this Friday! We will find out who our representative is this week!

In Science, we are beginning our Earth, Moon, Sun Unit. The kids are very excited about this and have a lot of great questions!

In social studies, we have been talking about the Underground Railroad and what it meant for immigration in the United States and migration to Michigan.

In language arts, the students will be taking their second SRI test before break. I will let you know about their growth from the beginning of the year. Remember, at this point in the school year, we want the kids to be around 4.0 for their grade level. Please continue to encourage your child to read every night at home. This is very important in their growth as a reader and writer!!

Thanks,

Mrs. Shupe

shupee@dearbornschools.org

Dear Parents and Families,

This week in Math we will be continuing to work on factors, multiples, and various multiplication strategies. We will also add in multi-digit multiplication problems.

In science, we will be starting to wrap up our life science unit. We will discuss further cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals and traits of all living things. These traits will bring us into animal survival.

In social studies, we will continue to look at how immigration affects the geography of the United States and how the geography of the United States also affects how people live in different environments.

In writing, we will be starting opinion writing. These will range from 2-4 paragraphs, depending on the student’s readiness.

Please be sure to read with your child every night for 20-30 minutes. This is a very important part of the day!

Thanks,

Mrs. Shupe

Dear Parents and Families, 
It’s already the last week of October. This year is really flying by! We are happy to say that MEAP is over. The kids really did a good job of trying hard and doing their best. Thank you for your support throughout testing.

This week we will be back to normal- kind of! On Wednesday, the Pumpkin Patch will be held. Those who brought $4 will be participating. On Thursday, we will have the Halloween Parade. The kids can not wear costumes to school, but they may do their faces at home before school if they will have MINIMAL amounts of face paint. We will still have gym Thursday, so gym clothes must be worn. They will change into costumes before the parade.

For the party- students may bring WRAPPED treats. NO CUPCAKES OR COOKIES, please! Only treats that can be brought home are allowed. They must bring enough for everyone, if you are bringing something. There are 23 students in our class.

In Math this week, I hope to wrap up the Unit on Data landmarks and addition/subtraction. We will continue to practice these things and hopefully will be assessed on Friday. There won’t be a study guide, just what we do in class.

In science, we will continue on with our Life Science Unit. We will talk about traits of animals and how they are helpful/harmful to them.

In social studies, we will continue to talk about map skills and immigration will be coming back into this theme.

In Language arts, we will work on Long i words and patterns. Also, we will continue to work on compare/contrast writing that we started last week. We will also begin an independent compare/contrast writing.

Thanks,

Mrs. Shupe

shupee@dearbornschools.org