I can't believe it is already February! We have a big week ahead. Tomorrow we will watch our classmates shine as the cast and crew members of Frozen Jr. We expect this to take most of the afternoon. On Thursday we will take our Earth Science assessment. A study guide was sent home yesterday. We are looking forward to our physical science unit beginning next week.
Yesterday our class launched the Flat Wizard project to promote acts of kindness. Your child will receive the wizard for an evening (I will be going in alphabetical order, last name) sometime during the months of February or March. We ask that you email a picture of your child (to me) performing an act of kindness with the wizard. I will compile all photos in a class slideshow that I will share with all of you before spring break. I look forward to hearing about all of the wonderful and kind things our students will do!
The February book order is coming home today. Please have orders returned by February 13th! Our class code is HB4N7 if you're interested in ordering online.
Next Tuesday we will begin winter MAP testing. We will take the MAP-Reading on February 11th and the MAP- Math on February 25th.
I hope to see you on February 14th at 2:20 for our Valentine's Day party! See my last blog post for more information.
This week in fourth grade:
In reading the students were split into two groups: loyalists and patriots. We are preparing for a debate that will use claim and evidence to support each side. Later this week we will hold a mock Second Continental Congress where we will take turns sharing our claims and debating the merits of each side.
In math we have been enjoying adding fractions with a common denominator. This is a brief break from some of the more challenging work we've done in math recently. Keep up the hard work on homework!
In science we wrapped up our Earth Science unit with an oil spill. Our scientists worked together to clean up the spills in an innovative way. Check out the pictures below.
Some of our students were brave enough to share their legend (from social studies) with our kindergarten reading buddies. The students are becoming impressive storytellers!
