I apologize for not updating yet this week! With Remind and Classroom Dojo, I’ve been having great communication with all of the families, so I got behind on the blog.

Here is an update of what’s happening this week in class.

Halloween is Friday, and like I said on the Remind App, no baked goods, but wrapped candy is allowed. Per our district and the national initiatives, we will not be eating sweets in class. Costumes can be brought to school, but not worn all day. We will change into them after lunch and the parade starts at 2:00.

Math: We are taking our unit test on Friday. The Unit that we are wrapping up includes addition, subtraction, comparing numbers, expanded, word, and standard form of numbers, and line plots with data.

Science: We are continuing on with the states of matter unit this week and next week.

Social Studies: The district Common Assessment is on Friday. This will be a paper/pencil test, where usually it is a computer test. Due to technical difficulties, the social studies common assessment will not be computer until next unit.

Writing: Our new writing unit is informational. We’ve researched a specific region of the USA and will be putting it together into an informational essay.

I hope everyone has a great week! And Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Monday!

Just FYI, a new procedure is being put in place. If your child ends the day on yellow, orange, or red, they will be coming home with a note that states why they had to move their name down. This note needs to be signed by a parent or guardian, or they may not have recess until it is signed. Those who do not return it, I will send you a text message personally in the Remind App, if you have it, to tell you it is coming home. Thanks for your cooperation.

In Math, we are continuing to work on numbers in base ten. This week we will work on place value, expanded vs. numeric form, and writing in word form.

In Science, we are continuing to discuss matter. We will be getting deeper into types of changes, physical and chemical.

Social studies, we finished up about the Midwest Region, and we will do one more region together. After that, everyone is going to work on the other four regions in groups.

Writing is a new unit this week, too! We are going to be writing persuasive essays!

Have a great week, everyone!

Please use this link to receive text messages from me.
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This will add you to the class. If you would like, you can download the free app called “Remind” to your smart phone. If you have trouble with the link, I can add you to the group with your phone number. Please just write the phone number in your child’s planner that you would like to receive the text messages, or email the phone number to me.

Thank you! I’m hoping to keep the communication very open this year!

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!