We are having a great time while working hard in room 201! We had a great time at the 8 Square Schoolhouse last week. This week we have our routines running smoothly and have started the real work of fourth grade!
Social Studies and Writing:
We have been studying the Haudenosaunee people. This involved reading an article about The Great Law of Peace and then sections of the document. The students have been developing their abilities to annotate the text or mark the text and write their thinking on the page. The students are building background knowledge and using this knowledge to help us answer our guiding question, "How can our school community benefit from the beliefs and agreements of the Haudenosaunee people?"
We are finishing up our first polished writing piece about the Haudenosaunee and will begin a new text next week, The Iroquois: The 6 Nations Confederacy.
We are very excited about the timing of the First Peoples' Festival in Ithaca and hope that many families can take advantage of this free curriculum connection!
Math:
We will complete our introduction to place value, comparing numbers, and rounding next week. After a week of either review or extension activities (on an as needed basis) we will take a mid-module assessment. The next concepts covered will be multi-digit addition and subtraction in isolation and within word problems. Please be advised that mastery of basic addition and subtraction facts are necessary to keep pace with the program. At this point there are not any students that have passed both addition and subtraction on their xtra math assessments. Please help your child master all basic facts in under 3 seconds at home per the weekly homework packs.
Important Dates:
October 5th- First Peoples' Festival
October 6th- Lansing Firehouse Open House
October 11th- Half Day and October Brunch
October 14th- NO SCHOOL
October 15th- Picture Day
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