What's Happening in Room 30..........

Important Announcements:

• This is the last week we are collecting items for Support-A-Family.  This week we are collecting ANYTHING!  Please consider supporting our Crestwood families and send in canned food items, personal care items, cleaning items or paper products! Thank you!!
• The students will be responsible for completing 3 ALEKS topics this week at home for homework.  If you child is assigned an assessment through the program, it must be completed at school.  He/she will have time to work on it in the classroom, so he/she can complete the 3 topics at home.  
• Javonte and Leo are our class representatives for the 4th grade Spelling Bee!  They will compete against other 4th graders on Monday to see who will represent 4th grade during the Crestwood Spelling Bee in January! 

Dates to Remember:  
Wednesday: Science Test
Thursday:  Multiplication Test
Friday:  Spelling Test
Tuesday: Math Test of Division
                  Last day of school!  Holiday Parties at 2:00!!

             

What's Happening in Our Room....

Reading Workshop:

• We will be reading and studying parts of an historical fiction play, "When Girls Ruled Baseball" this week. 
• The students will continue to work with figurative language and create examples of idioms, similes, metaphors and personification.

Writing Workshop:

• The students will write a persuasive essay to their parents or Santa. They will write the essay following the same format they used as they completed their 1st essay.

Math:

• The students will continue to work with long division as they are introduced to dividing by 3 and 4 digits.  
• They will also work with word problems and decide how to use the remainder to answer the specific question.  

Science:

• The students will conduct a weathering investigation on Monday using Skittles.  They will review for their test and will be tested over the unit on Wednesday.   Science Review

Social Studies:

• The students are learning about famous Missourians.