Oak School 4th Grade News: Friday, September 12th

Happy Friday!

In writing next week, students will begin the writing process for their first story. Today, we generated ideas for this story. Next week, we will use the writing skills we have learned thus far to write a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Students will be focusing on adding detail in their writing through the use of author's craft!

In math next week, we will be finishing unit 4. Our unit 4 test will be Tuesday, September 23rd. Students will be coming home with a study guide for this test next Friday.

In social studies next week, students will be digging deeper into the three branches of government by creating and evaluating laws. We will also begin Article Reflections, which will continue throughout the year. Your child will have more information on this next week.

Science this week was very exciting as we planted our Wisconsin fast plants and then anxiously awaited for them to sprout. Before planting, students had to design their experiment with a variable of either less light or a change in the amount of fertilizer. Students then planted both experimental plants and control plants. We'll be measuring, pruning, and pollinating in the next weeks. Stay tuned!

We have began using our iPads during math workshop and are looking forward to using them more next week!

MAP Testing: Fourth grade will be taking their Math MAP test in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 17th and Reading MAP test in the morning on Friday, September 19th.

Coming home in your child's Friday folder...
-Field trip permission forms- due September 12th. We will be taking our first field trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden to study the life cycle of a flower on Wednesday, October 1st.
-Picture day order forms- Picture day is September 30th
-A new reading log (100 min. due by next Friday)
-Your child's login information for all educational databases - please keep this sheet at home in a safe place so your child can refer to it when logging in at home.