Monday, April 25, 2016

Weekly Update 4/25-29

Good Morning!

Our last round of STAAR testing is just two weeks away. If you're looking for some extra practice at home, please don't forget to use all of our amazing online resources. We wouldn't push them so hard if we didn't think they were great products that will help prepare your child for testing. Please let me know if I can provide any other resources for you.

Math Resources

Reading Resources

This week:

Language Arts
Last week, all the kiddos wrote imaginative stories about what they would do if they were the principal for the day. We will spend some time celebrating and sharing those stories this week. We will also work on our blogs and complete a few reading passages.

Math
We are in review mode for STAAR. We will work through all the TEKS throughout the next two weeks. We will work in small groups, with partners, play games, complete a few independent assignments, you name it - we are gonna do it!

Science
This week, we are going to move on to inherited traits. We will talk about how we inherit our traits from our parents, and look at some common examples. This would be a fun topic to discuss at home! Who can curl their tongue, has a widows peak, can bend their thumb backwards, etc.

Social Studies
War within and without. We will learn how Texas plays a role in the Civil War and the Mexican War.

Fourth Grade 411
- Please remember to get those cans in by Friday!
- Rock-wall permission slips are due ASAP. This is a GREAT experience for all of our fourth graders.
-Don't forget to signup for Camp Invention. You can find the flyer in our online folder.