Friday, February 6th

Happy Friday!

Reading- This week students continued our science content-area nonfiction reading unit. Students have deepened their understanding of the food chain and how energy is passed among living things in our ecosystem. Students have practiced summarizing the main idea and supporting details, note taking to strengthen our comprehension, and generating questions before, during and after reading. Ask your child how energy is passed through our ecosystem.

Writing- Students are in the prewriting/brainstorming process of writing their fiction narratives. Students have selected a topic and are working on outlining their problem and attempted solutions. Next week, we will be begin drafting our stories.  Ask your child what is going to be the problem in his/her story.

Math- This week we learned how to calculate percents from a class data survey, solve multi-step & operation word problems, and multiply and divide a whole number by a decimal. Next week, we will be reviewing for our Unit 9 math test, which will be on Wednesday, February 11th. Ask your child to tell you the product of 13.6 x 8.

Social Studies- Students learned how the Atlantic coast helps the northeast's economy by providing harbors where goods can be imported and exported. Ask your child to define what a 'bay' is.

Science- Students took a look inside the Earth this week and learned about the crust, mantle, and core.  Then we traveled inside a volcano.  We compared the similarities and differences of Composite, Cinder Cone, and Shield volcanoes and took a look at how viscosity and gas effect the types of eruptions volcanoes have.  Ask your child about his/her virtual volcano in the next week.

**Important:  In order to back up our iPads and update to the latest iOS versions students need to know their apple ID and password.  Please send your child to school with this correct information so that they can preform these updates.**

Coming home in your child's Friday folder...
-Graded nonfiction ibook rubric
-Winter MAP reading & math reports
-Valentine's Day bag to decorate and return on 2/13
-BLAH Buster information
-Northeast states and capitals sheet to start practicing!
-New reading log
-Girls on the Run Information

Have a great weekend!
The Fourth Grade Teachers