I cannot believe it's already May! Is it me, or has this year completely flown by? As always, May is packed with a million things to do. Please make sure you are keeping up with our calendar and notes home. We also have our last round of STAAR testing next week. Please make sure students arrive on time, if not early. They will need a snack that doesn't make mess with juices or residue on little fingers. Please make sure you read the fourth grade 411. There is a lot happening!
Here is what our week will look like:
Language Arts
We are going to spend our week reviewing for STAAR. Last week, we played reading bingo to help jazz things up a bit. Don't forget to utilize all our fabulous resources to help prepare at home. Students will also have two reading passages that will go home for homework on Monday and Wednesday. They are due back the following day.
Math
We will spend this last week doing a lot of review and review games. Once STAAR is over, we will start a unit on financial responsibility. It's one of my favorite units to teach and is a topic that is near to my heart!
Science
We are moving on from adaptations and inherited traits. We will start a new unit on life cycles today! We will kick off the unit with some time with baby chicks that just hatched in first grade! Students will compare life cycles of chicks to life cycles of insects.
Social Studies
Now that the Civil War is over, how will America and Texas move forward?
Fourth Grade 411
- Please turn in rockwall, symphony, and Bob Bullock permission slips as soon as possible.
- Wednesday is an early release day.
- Math and reading STAAR are on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
-End of year conferences will be held at various times the next two weeks. I will not be available on Fridays or Monday and Tuesday of STAAR. I will have time on Wednesday with early release. Conferences are not required. I will send home a conference form to everyone in Thursday folders that will need to be returned with a signature. If you feel there is something you need to discuss, send me an email and we will setup a time.