What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

• The students should be creating a Valentine's box at home for their Valentine's Day party on Thursday.  If you have any extra cereal boxes or smaller boxes that you could donate for those who do not have access to one, please send it to school with your child.  I have also supplied the students with construction paper if they need it to help create the box.

• Our Valentine's Day party is on Thursday at 2:00.  Thank you, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Kutrip for planning it!

• The students will be given their spelling list this week.  Depending on when they are given, will depend on the test date.  I will keep you posted.  They will have their spelling in their Take Home folder and should be brought home and to school every day.  This will allow them to practice at home and at school.

Dates to Remember... 
   

           Monday:  Counseling Lesson
           Tuesday:  Math test
           Thursday: Valentine's Day party 
                
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs! 

• Ollie completed 17 topics!
• Nathan completed 16 topics!
• Mila and Isaac completed 15 topics! 

The following students are SO close to finishing their 4th-grade ALEKS pie! 

• Chan at 99%
• Makenna at 95%
• Tony at 92%

 WAY TO GO! Keep up for hard work and determination! 

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will practice finding the main idea of a given passage.  They will support the main idea with 2 supporting details in the passage.

Writer's Workshop:

• We will begin writing our informational writing piece this week as the students complete their research for the 1st chapter of their informational writing piece.  The students have been working on paraphrasing as take notes.

Math:

• The students will review on Monday and be tested over fractions on Tuesday.  We will continue working with fractions as the students learn how to add, subtract and multiply fractions.

Science:

• The students will be learning about the Scientific Method this week and the steps to completing an investigation.  We will be completing a few investigations as they learn the process.