I hope that everyone is having an excellent fall! We sure have been busy in 4th grade! Here's some of what we have been up to:
- We had a great trip to the Huyck Preserve in October. The class learned all about wildlife ecology and invasive species. We walked through the woods looking for different organisms that lived in a transect that the scientists had measured. Students then tallied up the total number of organisms to get an idea of the population in the area. We had a lot of fun walking through the woods; we even got to check out an old cemetery! We are looking forward to our trip in the spring. Please see below for photos.
- We had an awesome Halloween party on Friday! Thank you to Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Blanchard, and Mrs. Spencer for their assistance with the party. Students made slime, bit into an apple on a string, and made their classmates into mummies!
- In science, we have been learning about the solar system. So far, students should be able to explain what causes day/night and the seasons. They have also learned about the sun and moon. Today we completed a lab where students created the different moon phases with Oreo cookies! Last week in Science Lab, we scaled down the solar system outside, to see how far the planets are from the sun.
- In ELA, we continue to cycle through the Daily 5 each day. For word work, students have new sorts with new spelling patterns that they are learning. We continue to practice finding the main idea, inferring, close reading, and summarizing. Recently, students were introduced to including text-based evidence to support their responses. We are reading Holes as our read aloud, and are looking forward to viewing the movie in a couple of weeks. In writing, we just started up our next essay about things we are thankful for. We are completing this essay in Google Classroom. I am happy to report that almost the entire class has read 5 books for the 40 Book Challenge!
- In math, we just started up double digit multiplication using the standard algorithm (the old way of multiplying that we all learned). Additionally, students have learned how to multiply using breaking apart and a box chart. We continue to cycle through stations a couple of times a week. Many students are getting frustrated with multiplying double digits because they do not have their multiplication facts memorized. Please make sure they are practicing each night! There are links for math games under the math tab on this page.
- Thank you for all of your support, and have a great week!
