Mr. Clermont's 4th grade class welcomed two new students, Nataly Mejias and Jade Bernazzani!
Literacy - We continued our read aloud book, Maniac Magee. Students follow along, answering questions using reading group prompts in their Reading/Writing binders. This weeks focus was on timeline of events and text sequencing. Math - We continue doing daily multiplication drills to try help remember our math facts. Every student is showing progress! Please continue to practice multiplication facts at home. We worked in our interactive notebooks with a focus on multiples and prime/composite numbers. We played math games (factor captor and multiplication war) to help reinforce our math facts. Writing - We finished our timeline of events related our lives. Students chose one event on which to focus, and made that the foundation of their current narrative writing piece. Students are using their self-assessments and goals to help improve their writing. Science - We began our new unit "Living Things Need Each Other" with a focus on ecosystems and plant/animal relationships. Students were interested to learn how animals adapt to their environment and use camouflage to evade predators! Social Studies - We started the next chapter with a focus on Native American tribes from New Hampshire. Many students were surprised to find we now live in an area once home to the Abenaki "Nashua" tribe! Microsociety - Employee interviews took place for all ventures. Managers and CEO's were tasked with conducting job interviews to excited would-be employees! Budgets were developed, and each venture has to put forth a bank loan application next week to get start-up funding! Check our class photos page for some pictures of student-led interviews.
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Literacy - We continued our read aloud book, Maniac Magee. Students follow along, answering questions using reading group prompts in their Reading/Writing binders. This weeks focus was on making predictions and citing cause and effects using evidence from the text.
Math - We continue doing daily multiplication drills to try help remember our math facts. We worked in our interactive notebooks with a focus on factors and factor pairs. We introduced the game "Factor Captor" and played a few rounds to help students practice making factor pairs. I encourage parents to play along at home using this worksheet. Your child can explain the rules! Writing - We self-assessed our Narrative piece of writing that had a focus on plot, setting, and characters. Students used their self-assessments to create goals for their future writing pieces. We began working on timelines of our lives to note important events that have occurred. We will focus in on one life event as the basis for our next narrative writing piece. Science - We completed our Unit on Living Things and Energy. Students had a Science quiz on Friday, and we introduced our next Unit (Living Things and Ecosystems). Social Studies - We finished our Unit and worked through an open-book assessment. We will begin our next unit on Native Americans next week. Microsociety - Managerial interviews took place for all ventures. Managers were hired and were tasked with working with the CEO's to put together a job fair display. The job fair on Friday was a big success! Students had to complete resumes and job applications for positions in which they were interested. Check out our class photos page for pictures from the job fair! Literacy - We began our new read aloud book, Maniac Magee. Students follow along, answering questions using reading group prompts in their Reading/Writing binders.
Math - We began doing daily multiplication drills to try help remember our math facts. We finished Unit 1 in Everyday Math and took a quick assessment on types of angles, conversions, and perimeter measurements. We played math games on Friday to practice array making skills and multiplication skills.. Writing - We began our newest Narrative writing piece with a focus on plot, setting, and characters. Science - We continued to discuss food chains and food webs, with a focus on producers, consumers, and decomposers. Students learned how energy is transferred from one living thing to another. Social Studies - We learned about regions of the United States and NH. We discussed what region NH is located in, and what physical and natural features are located in our state. We discussed renewable vs nonrenewable energy sources Microsociety - Venture facilitators met with CEO's to discuss what materials will be needed to begin their businesses. Students who completed Management 101 classes filled out job applications to interview for available managerial positions at open ventures. Interviews begin next week! |
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