Literacy - We are continuing through our first novel study called The Tiger Rising, one of the titles written by Kate DiCamillo that we will study this year. Students have began using their literacy binders to answer comprehension questions citing evidence from the text. We have been identifying rising/falling actions and comparing relationships between characters. We practice making inferences, which are different than basic predictions. Students are required to use information from the text to make accurate inferences. We will wrap up our first novel unit study with a culminating activity next week.
Writing - As we move through our Narrative Unit, we took a step back to practice making our writing more descriptive. We practiced writing using our 5 senses. Good writers can put a visual in their reader's heads, and we practiced describing objects (hidden "I, Spy" game), scenes, and have completed our Witch coloring pages. Students will write descriptive paragraphs describing their Witch for our "Which Witch is Which" Halloween activity on Tuesday. Math - Unit 1 is complete! We took our assessment last week and I was happy to see the progress my class is making. We started Unit 2 and began reviewing multiplication arrays and areas for rectangles. Each student has been paired up with a math buddy to help practice fact fluency. Every 4th grader has a multiplication goal and they are steadily improving. Stuck in traffic? Give your child single digit multiplication problems to help practice. Also, you can have your child practice on www.xtramath.org at home to help increase their fluency. We have also been doing word problems of the day to help students understand how to EXPLAIN how they solve problems using math terminology. Science - Our Life Science Unit is complete! We had our assessment today and students had to show what they know about all we covered in our first unit. We will move onto Social Studies next week and begin our Civics and Government unit. MicroSociety - Managers have been hired for ventures and agencies. Business proposals that were accepted were announced and we have many new and eager business owners! Students updated their resumes and have been practicing interviewing for positions. Business owners prepared "help wanted" boards for the job fair that starts next week!
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