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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
PAJAMA DAY!
We will have brunch and Pajama Day
tomorrow, Tuesday November 26th.
Let's get a head start on the Book Project!
Friday, November 22, 2013
November 22nd
ELA:
We finished Eagle Song this week. The students enjoyed learning about a Mohawk boy in modern times. So far we have learned about the traditional beliefs and agreements of the Haudenosaunee, we have read Eagle Song and discussed how the fictional character Danny used the beliefs and agreements of the Haudenosaunee to handle a bullying problem in his school. This week we studied bullying data collected from several schools in New York and New Jersey. Next week we will look at how our school community can benefit from the beliefs and agreements of the Haudenosaunee.
Math:
We have begun a rather lengthy module on multi-digit multiplication and division. This week we related the multiplication arrays and the formula for the area of a rectangle. Next week we will continue this work in word problems and then move into multi-digit multiplication.
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us about your child!
Upcoming Book Projects:
- Proposal Sheets due Tuesday November 26th
- New Homework pack will come home on November 26th outlining the project that will be due December 13th
- Students read the book over the break and following week
- Book completion due Friday December 6th
- Book Project due Friday December 13th
Friday, November 1, 2013
Hello November
ELA: We are excited to start a new book next week, Eagle Song. We will be working on the following learning targets:
- I can connect what I already know about the Iroquois to the ideas in the beginning of Eagle Song.
- I can discuss answers to questions with my group and provide evidence to explain my ideas.
Math: We will continue our work with tape diagrams:
- I can create and solve multi-step word problems from given tape diagrams and equations.
- I can use place value understanding to add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm and apply the algorithm to solve word problems using tape diagrams.
Thank you to Kaydin's, Aidan's, and Abby's families for donating snacks and/or supplies. Thank you to Dominic's family for sharing his new baby brother. Thank you to Kaydin's and Dominic's family for helping us set up for our Halloween party. Thank you to everyone for sharing your wonderful children with us everyday!
Please call the main office to sign-up for a conference!
Friday, October 18, 2013
October is Flying
We have been working hard and having fun.
We just finished a favorite read aloud, A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. The students really enjoyed the characters, especially Grandma. And now we have moved onto Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo.
In math, we finished the mid-module assessment. After a quick glance we were proud of all of the students. Because this is a new assessment the fourth grade teachers will need to grade the assessments as a team and we will pass along more specific information about your child's performance at that time.
Fact fluency continues to be a struggle for most students. We will need to set aside more classroom math time for fact fluency work. Please be sure to have your child practice math facts for approximately 10-15 minutes a night. Next week we will incorporate a place to track math minutes on the homework pack.
We will begin working with Bar Models (tape diagrams), the standard addition and subtraction algorithm, and continue our with place value by relating the addition and subtraction problems to representations on the place value chart. We will also work as a class to develop an organized process for approaching word problems.
In ELA/SS we will continue our in depth study of the Haudenosaunee. We have been taking notes while reading in order to develop well organized paragraphs about our reading. Now we are working on writing powerful concluding sentences by asking ourselves, "Why does this matter?" We are taking notes on a new graphic organizer and will incorporate the new graphic organizer into next week's homework pack.
****The reading paragraph in the homework does not need to be a summary. The students may make any reasonable claim about their reading that can be supported by specific details or examples from the text.
We just finished a favorite read aloud, A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. The students really enjoyed the characters, especially Grandma. And now we have moved onto Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo.
In math, we finished the mid-module assessment. After a quick glance we were proud of all of the students. Because this is a new assessment the fourth grade teachers will need to grade the assessments as a team and we will pass along more specific information about your child's performance at that time.
Fact fluency continues to be a struggle for most students. We will need to set aside more classroom math time for fact fluency work. Please be sure to have your child practice math facts for approximately 10-15 minutes a night. Next week we will incorporate a place to track math minutes on the homework pack.
We will begin working with Bar Models (tape diagrams), the standard addition and subtraction algorithm, and continue our with place value by relating the addition and subtraction problems to representations on the place value chart. We will also work as a class to develop an organized process for approaching word problems.
In ELA/SS we will continue our in depth study of the Haudenosaunee. We have been taking notes while reading in order to develop well organized paragraphs about our reading. Now we are working on writing powerful concluding sentences by asking ourselves, "Why does this matter?" We are taking notes on a new graphic organizer and will incorporate the new graphic organizer into next week's homework pack.
****The reading paragraph in the homework does not need to be a summary. The students may make any reasonable claim about their reading that can be supported by specific details or examples from the text.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Picking up the Pace in 201
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
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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