What's Happening in Room 30...

Important Announcements:

• We will have an author visit on Tuesday! Brandon Mull will be visiting with the 4th and 5th graders and share his new book, Dragonwatch.  An order form came home before spring break to order a signed copy of the book.
• On Thursday, Nurse Eva will be presenting the Growth and Development lesson to the 4th grade boys and also to the 4th grade girls.  Be prepared to talk to your child about the topics discussed on Thursday when they come home from school.  If you have any questions, please contact Nurse Eva.

Dates to Remember:

Thursday:  Growth and Development Lesson
Friday: Library

What's Happening in Our Room....

Reading Workshop:

• This week in reading, the students will set personal reading goals as we continue to read and work with nonfiction reading material.  The students will learn the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing an article.

• Every Friday, the students will work with an online reading program called readingtheory.com.  This program adapts to your child's reading level and presents them with skill-building exercises.   Your child is welcome to work on the program at home and it will count towards his/her weekly reading minutes.

Writing Workshop:

• This week we will begin our Poetry Unit!  The students will decide on a topic for our class anthology.  They will begin writing poems later this week after we study look closely at different poems.

Math:

• Please continue to encourage your child to practice facts using flashcards, online games or Quicktables on ALEKS.
• This week, the students will learn about perimeter and area.  We will do some fun activities as the students work with perimeter and area together.

Science:

• The students will continue to explore the power of magnets through hands-on activities from mysteryscience.com.

Social Studies:

• The students will continue to learn about Missouri statehood.