What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

• Parent-teacher conferences are coming up!  If you don't have a scheduled time, please take a minute to sign-up.

• To help prepare for the parent-teacher conference, please take a few minutes to complete this questionnaire.

• Our field trip is on Wednesday!  We will be watching a women's basketball game at SLU.  If you are interested in attending, please let me know ASAP.  The more the merrier for this field trip!  I promise you will have a GREAT time!

• We have been collecting new and interesting words from our read-aloud books and displaying them on our Word Wall, and the students have been having fun using these words in their writing.  They will be tested over 8 of the words next Wednesday.  The students will be responsible for knowing the meaning and spelling of each of the words and will need to use the words in a sentence correctly.  They will be given the words tomorrow.

Dates to Remember... 
   

            Wednesday: Field trip
            Thursday:  Library
            Friday:  Variety Show!
           
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs! 

• Mia completed 23 topics!
• Stella completed 10 topics!
• Ollie completed 9 topics! 

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

• Mia & Ollie 100% (working on their Knowledge Check
• Chan at 95%
• Makenna at 92%

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

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will continue to learn how to identify the type of structure an author used in writing nonfiction. We will look for keywords as they study the different types of structures (description, cause & effect, problem & solution, order & sequence, and compare & contrast).  This will prepare the students as they begin planning and writing a nonfiction piece in writing.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will decide on their topic for their informational writing piece.  They will begin to plan their piece by deciding on their subtopics.  Their subtopics will follow a specific nonfiction structure.

Math:

• We will continue to review equivalent fractions as we begin working on simplifying fractions and comparing fractions.  The students will learn several different strategies to compare fractions. 

Social Studies:

• The students will continue to work on a project with their partner as they learn how the American Indians adapted to their environment. This week, they are deciding how they will present their information to their classmates. 

Trying out our new math stations!

Spending our morning with our buddies...

What's Happening in Room 34....

Things You Should Know...

• Parent-teacher conferences are coming up!  Please take a minute to sign-up for our upcoming conferences.

• To help prepare for the parent-teacher conference, please take a few minutes to complete this questionnaire.

• We have a field trip scheduled for January 23rd!  We will be attending a women's SLU basketball game.  The students participated in this field trip last year and it was a GREAT time!  We are looking forward to it! Permission slips went home last Monday, so please review and return as soon as possible!

Dates to Remember... 
   

            Wednesday: 1st Grade Buddy Time!
                                Early Release
           
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs! 

Isaac completed his 4th-grade ALEKS pie and has moved on to 5th grade!  WooHoo, Isaac!

• Makenna completed 19 topics!
• Lola completed 16 topics!
• Esmat completed 12 topics! 

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

• Mia at 95% 
• Chan at 94%
• Ollie & Makenna at 92%

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

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will learn how to identify the type of structure an author used in writing nonfiction. We will look for keywords as they study the different types of structures (description, cause & effect, problem & solution, order & sequence, and compare & contrast).  This will prepare the students as they begin planning and writing a nonfiction piece in writing.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students are studying a specific mentor sentence each week as they learn grammar rules and parts of speech.  This week, the mentor sentence will include an idiom.  They will also do a fun activity with the use of idioms.
• We will begin planning for our next writing unit, informational writing.  The students will decide on a topic to begin researching next week.

Math:

• We are beginning our next unit, fractions!  The students will be taking time this week to work with fraction tiles to help develop a better understanding of equivalent fractions. 

Social Studies:

• The students will continue to work on a project with their partner as they learn how the American Indians adapted to their environment.  They were assigned a specific region of the United States to research and learn how the American Indians of the region lived and survived.

Our Superstar of the Week!

What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

• Last week, we eased back into school as we reviewed and practiced our classroom and school expectations and routines.

• The students spent time last week picking out a good-fit chapter book that your child should be reading at home every evening for at least 30 minutes.  They are also able to read online on Readtheory.org or Readingplus.com to count towards their reading minutes.

• The students are setting a new goal for this quarter in reading.  Keep a look out for your child's reading goal on Seesaw!

• We are also focusing on finding 1 way to better ourselves.  The students are setting a personal goal for themselves.  It may be academic, a study habit, or an at-home habit. Your child will share his/her goal with you later this week.

• Parent-teacher conferences are coming up!  Please take a minute to sign-up for our upcoming conferences.

Dates to Remember...    

            Wednesday: Library
            Thursday:  Math test
        
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs! 

• Lola completed 17 topics!
• Ollie completed 6 topics!
• Tony & Samiah completed 4 topics! 

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

• Isaac at 95%
• Ollie at 93% 
• Chan & Mia at 92%

Woo Hoo! Keep up for hard work and determination! 

Reader's Workshop:

• We will be beginning our next reading unit, Informational or Non-Fiction writing.  This unit is going to tie in with our next writing piece.  As we learn how the authors of non-fiction writing organize their information for readers, the students will begin to design their chosen topic for their writing piece to reflect the different writing structures.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will be learning about writing prompts this week and learn what is expected from a 4th-grade writer.  They will study and score different 4th-grade writing pieces as they prepare to write from a prompt later this week. 

Math:

• We will be learning about the Order of Operations this week.  They will review on Wednesday and tested on Thursday over chapter 7 (patterns, input/output tables, and order of operations).

Social Studies:

• The students will begin working on a project with a partner as they learn how the American Indians adapted to their environment.  They will be assigned a specific region of the United States to research and learn how the American Indians of the region lived and survived.

We had a great writing celebration today!