Our first Safety Patrol!!! I'm emailing the schedule out today, and it's posted on the Class Info page.
Trying to save Fred...Fred is a worm (gummy) who's capsized his boat and can't swim.
The kids had to work together to get Fred into his life preserver (a gummy ring),
and back into his boat. The catch is...they can only use the paper clip they've been given!
They can't touch anything with their hands. Success! This team saved Fred!
So did this one! Eventually, everyone saved their Fred, and had a lot of fun doing it! The reward was...gummy worms and gummy rings!
THIS WEEK...
Now that we're settled in and on our regular schedule, I'll be posting on the blog every weekend to let you know what's coming up that week.
Math: We'll be working on using what we know about Place Value to compare, order, and round whole numbers into the millions. Then we'll begin using money to help us understand decimals to the tenths and hundreths place.
Here are some links for activities you could have your children do at home:
Comparing and ordering numbers:
Study Zone
Topmarks The games toward the top of the page are for younger children, but the ones further down are perfect for 4th graders.
Rounding Numbers:
Mathman
Math Millions
Using Money to Understand Decimals:
Lunch Lady
Scottie Nickel's Change Maker
Reading: This week we'll be talking about that inner conversation that we have when we read, and how sometimes it helps us focus on the text, but other times it distracts us. As readers, we want to be aware of when we get distracted so we can refocus and get back to our reading.
We'll also talk about times when we get stuck, and strategies that we can use to help ourselves keep going.
I'll be assessing the kids' reading levels this week so that we can begin meeting in guided reading groups. During guided reading we'll meet in small groups of students at the same reading level to get instruction at the 'just right' level to help us grow as readers.
We're about halfway through our current read aloud - The Indian in the Cupboard. When we finish, the kids will have a project to do at home, and they'll have a week to complete it. I'll be sending home the details at the end of the week, and I'll post them on the Homework page.
Language: We reviewed the Parts of Speech last week, and will focus on the Hard and Fast Rules of Capitalization, Commas, and Apostrophes this week
Writing: This week we'll go over the Six Traits of Writing (Voice, Organization, Ideas, Conventions, Excellent Word Choice, and Sentence Structure), and we'll begin focusing on the Ideas trait. We'll talk about where we get our writing ideas from (and where some authors have gotten their ideas!) and brainstorm some lists in our Writing Notebooks. We'll also begin doing Teacher/Student writing conferences. I'll meet with each student one-on-one every week to talk about their writing, give individualized instruction, and set writing goals.
Social Studies: We'll continue our study of North Carolina, focusing on the Piedmont and Mountain Regions. Then we'll talk about the Native Peoples who lived in each of these regions.
Bible: We'll be studying the book of Acts during most of this school year, and it's FASCINATING!!! I gave the kids an overview last week, and we talked about our memory verse...did you know those were the last words Jesus spoke to His disciples before he ascended into heaven?
This week we'll learn about what happened to Judas after he betrayed Jesus, and how the disciples chose a new leader (Matthias). Both of these events fulfilled scripture written in the book of Psalms (69:25 and 109:8)
Our memory verse this week is:
- But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you - John 14:26
Have a blessed week!
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