Good Morning
I am so sorry I forgot to post the update yesterday! Let me know if you have any questions about our week.
Fourth Grade 411
-Don't forget to turn in $5 for your class t-shirt. We are missing only two kiddos right now.
-Alamo permission slips are going home today. Let me know if you have questions about our trip.
-Wednesday is an early release day.
Reading
We are starting a nonfiction unit. This week, we are focusing on determining author's purpose. Students use sentence stems to determine the purpose of different Scholastic articles. Here are some great resources for students to read online new articles: DOGO News and NewsELA
Writing
We started a new personal narrative last week. Students are writing about a time they had to make a difficult choice. We practiced narrowing down our list of ideas, talking with friends to get our ideas going, and learned some new writing hook strategies. We've done a lot already in just two days! Students will have a spelling assessment on Friday.
Math
We are reviewing time, converting units of time, and determining elapsed time. Elapsed time is usually a difficult concept for kiddos. Please make sure you are practicing at home, along with your math facts! We have not gotten our homework from print services. Your kiddo isn't kidding when they say we don't have any this week. :)
Science
Students took a matter assessment on Monday. This week, we are looking at insulators and conductors of heat energy. We are also learning how to differentiate between different forms of heat energy.