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

The students created Ecosystems of their choice. They added living and non-living things to their ecosystem, then modified them to add all parts of a food chain/web. Last, they used an overlay to mark the different parts of the ecosystem; producers, consumers, second consumers, decomposers, and populations.

Rain Forest

Ocean

Grassland

Tundra

Desert

Dear Parents and Families,

It’s the last week of MEAP! This week we will have our math MEAP on Tuesday, and the Writing Day 2 on Wednesday. Please be sure to have your child go to bed early and to eat a good, healthy breakfast.

In Math this week, we will be starting Data and graphing. We will be talking about maximum, minimum, range, mode, and median.

In Language Arts, we will be starting a writing unit about comparing and contrasting. By the end of this unit, the students will be writing a two or three paragraph essay to compare and contrast two things.

In science, we are continuing our Ecosystem Projects in class. They are looking great! I can’t wait to hang them up and let you see them at Parent/Teacher conferences.

In social studies, we will continue working on Map Skills in geography.

Thank you, Have a great week!

Mrs. Shupe

Shupee@dearbornschools.org

Dear Parents and Families,

MEAP week is here! All of our practice and hard work will be put into use starting tomorrow, October 8. Please stress to your child that all of the tests are about things they learned in 3^rd grade. They know all of the material and have used test taking strategies on the practice assignments.

Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast and is getting at least 9-10 hours of sleep each night! This is both for testing days as well as every day. A well-rested child will be a better learner all year long!

Even though we have MEAP this week, we do have to finish our Unit 1 in math, which means a test this week. It will not be long. It will cover lines and polygons. We will practice and have the exam on Wednesday or Thursday.

In science, we will be doing a project about ecosystems in class, which will be continued on through next week.

In social studies, we will be starting map skills. This includes cardinal directions, and latitude and longitude.

We won’t be adding too much new information to Language Arts this week because of MEAP testing. The tests will be in Reading and Writing, so I don’t want to overwhelm the kids with new information as they are testing.

Thank you, Have a great week!

Mrs. Shupe

Shupee@dearbornschools.org

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