Happy Friday!
Here is a look into what's happening in fourth grade...
Reading- This week in reading students identified the big idea of a poem, used context clues and rhyming words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and learned how to detect rhythm within a poem. Ask your child how rhyme and rhythm are different.
Writing- Students began organizing their ecosystem research into a graphic organizer that will be used to help them construct their feature articles. Students practiced creating different attention getters to hook their reader and how to organize each paragraph by using a topic sentence and supporting details. Ask your child what the hook of their feature article is.
Math- This week in math, learned how to divide a whole number by a decimal and how a magnitude estimate is helpful when determining the quotient. We also discussed how to interpret the remainder and how you know when to ignore it, round up, or report it as a fraction. Ask your child to solve
45.8 / 6.
Social Studies- Students finished the Mountain States region. Next week, we will begin learning about the West region. Ask your child to name a natural resource and how it is used within the Mountain States region.
Science- Students experimented with the wheel and axle this week. First they created a wheel spoke using a straw attached to wood. As students turn the straw it acted like a wheel to raise a paper cup with weights attached with string. Next we used gears to look at a special kind of wheel- a wheel with teeth. Students discovered how gears work together to transfer energy. Ask your child how gears move when they are touching each other.
Important Dates:
Monday, April 20th- Math MAP test at 12:30
Tuesday, April 21st- Reading MAP test at 9:15
Thursday, April 23rd- Library field trip at 12:30
Thursday, May 7th- 4th Grade Poetry Slam at 2:00
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