What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

• The students were given their spelling list last Thursday and can be found in their Take Home folder.  They will have several opportunities to work with their words during morning work and during WIN time this week at school, but they should also be practicing them at home. The spelling test will be on Friday.  

Dates to Remember... 
   

           Wednesday:  Library
                                Dining to Donate - Blaze Pizza!  
           Friday:  Cultural Day!
                
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs! 

• Ollie completed 17 topics!
• Samiah & Mia completed 11 topics!
• Lola completed 10 topics!

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

• Chan at 99%
• Makenna at 97%
• Tony & Lola at 95%

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

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will continue to work with finding the main idea of a text and using the main idea to write a summary.  They will also begin working with a nonfiction book club near the end of the week.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students are doing a wonderful job researching and writing their informational writing piece!  This week, they will focus on using the compare and contrast structure to develop their next chapter.

Math:

• We will continue to work with fractions this week as the students learn to multiply a whole number by a fraction (video explanation). The students will review on Thursday and have a test on Friday over adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions by whole numbers.

Science:

• The students will complete an investigation this week following the Scientific Method.