The students had a great time at the Jog-a-Thon! Fourth graders had a chance to run with preschool buddies in the morning and then do the “Big Loop” in the afternoon. What a fun and active day!
This week the students will start the MAP Test. The school was able to move our test date up to begin Wednesday morning. This is great news, because now the students will have a built in make up day! Fourth grade MAP Test dates are now Reading Wednesday, Septeber25, Language Use Friday, September 27, Math Monday, September 30 and Science Wednesday, October 2. Friday, October 4 will be a make up day.
This week for the curriculum:
Reading: Students will compare and contrast two Hispanic American leaders using a Venn Diagram. The use of Achieve will continue at school and the kids are expected to do at least one article at home in addition to our class work.
Math: Chapter One test will happen Tuesday. The test will review the concepts of rounding, addition, place value and numbers in expanded, written and standard form. Over the next two weeks we will focus on multiplication practice using a variety of games, songs and flash cards. We will begin Chapter 2 after MAP Testing
Social Studies: Students created Washington State Stamps highlighting important facts about our state. These will be shared this week and come home to you Friday. We will use the Washington State History book as our guide for learning more about Washington.
Religion: We pray daily and the kids have shown a great amount of respect during contemplation. Students will learn about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit this week.
Writing/Grammar: Personal Narrative writing will be our focus the next few weeks. We analyze example writing as students work on their own masterpieces. Grammar in class will focus on Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs. We also continue to discuss sentence structure: simple, compound and complex.
I am really enjoying getting to know the students! They are a sweet and fun group of kids!
Best,
Annie Martin