Hello Fourth Grade Families!
We've got our Scholastic Book Fair going at MID all this week. Yesterday the kids made wish lists for the books they'd like to buy, and they should have brought them home. We'll be shopping at the book fair on Friday afternoon from 2:00 - 2:30. If you need to figure out the tax that should be added on so you can send a check for the exact amount, you can go to this link and put 7.25 in the tax percent: http://www.calculator.net/sales-tax-calculator.html.
We'll be going on our field trip to Imaginon on Thursday, 4/14 to see Schoolhouse Rock! We've watched many of the videos during our grammar lessons, so it should be fun to see how they present the songs and concepts on the stage. Permission slips are due on Tuesday, 4/12 and $6.50 for lunch at Fuel Pizza is due on Wednesday, 4/13. I apologize for the mix-up regarding the fee!!!
This week in...
Math: We're continuing our unit on fractions. This week we're working on reducing fractions, improper fractions, and ordering and comparing fractions. We'll review and take our assessment early next week. This link has a bunch of fraction games that will help your child practice these concepts:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm#fractions
Reading: We're continuing Discussion University where the kids write discussion questions based on their reading that day, and then begin the next day with a discussion with their reading partner.
We also finished our read aloud, Three Times Lucky, yesterday. We were all surprised by the ending! We'll begin our new book today: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. It's a great story about a young girl named Melody. Here's the book blurb from the back:
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school - but NO ONE knows it. Most people - her teachers and doctors included - don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again. If only she could speak up. If only she could tell people what she thinks and knows...but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk, She can't write. Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind.
Writing: This week we're working on sequence paragraphs, where we focus on writing about a topic in sequence. This could be a sequence of events, the order in which a task is completed, etc.
Language: We're continuing to learn about figurative language. This week we'll talk about personification and idioms.
Science: We're wrapping up our work on atoms, and will begin looking at the Periodic Table of Elements.
Bible: This week we talked about how Paul finally began to head toward home after three long years of travelling to spread the Good News about Jesus.
Our memory verse this week is: My life means nothing to me. I only want to finish the race and complete the work the Lord Jesus has given me. He wants me to give witness to others about the Good News of God's grace. Acts 20:24
Have a wonderful week!
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