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Third and Fourth Grade News
November 8,
2013
Hello! It has been another busy week in our classroom! As the kiddos have probably shared with you,
we have been very focused on finishing our Earthworks unit before our visit
next Tuesday! So, this week, we have
integrated math, reading, spelling, and science into one great unit! It has been fun! It
was very nice to see so many of you at our Donuts with Dad/Special Person this
past Wednesday! I took some great photos that I will upload soon!
Religion- This week, we talked about life after the first
Passover, and how God led His people through the wilderness.
3rd/4th grades deliver the Chapel message on
Wednesday! We will be talking about the
8th commandment. Please come and join us if you can! Chapel is from 8:45-9:15.
National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is
approaching soon – November 18-25! We have some classmates who are really
having some fun with this and sharing the love of Jesus! Thank you SO
MUCH for showing kids around the world a little extra love…
Spelling- This week, our spelling words were all
Earthworks vocabulary! They were tough,
but we learned so much!
Science- We learned a lot with Earthworks this week!
We learned about the hydrosphere, the water cycle, and how water
evaporates. We made mini-recyclers and
recycled the water out of orange-water, plain water, salt water, dirt water,
and soda. We checked the pH balance of
each too. We learned so much! We also studied the atmosphere and learned
that it is slowly disappearing because of our actions. We formed groups and made pretend PSA
announcements telling the public why we need to preserve our air. We studied the lithosphere, and examined
dirt. Thanks for your samples from
home! We found all kinds of interesting
things in these samples and documented them all. We also shook our dirt samples with water,
let them settle, and then saw the different layers of dirt that we have in our
habitats. We talked about how dirt makes
our food and are making poster depicting this process. Ask your child about how “Dirt Makes My
Lunch!” Today we learned about the
biosphere and about why and how some habitats get overcrowded. We were coyotes today trying to survive and
feed our families! Many of us forgot to
get water and died!!! Next Monday, we
will study our animal that we will be focusing on at Earthworks on Tuesday. For Tuesday’s trip, Earthworks asks that each
child bring an Ecological Lunch. In essence, they want your child to try to
bring lunches that the waste can be composted, recycled, or used again. They will have containers for glass, plastic,
compost, aluminum, etc. They then will
weigh our trash and then see how we compared with the school that attended the
day before us. It is pretty fun! …and the kids are SO excited to go! I love
all the learning that has been going on!
Social
Studies- We will begin our special Thanksgiving unit next week, where we
learn about the first Thanksgiving, and the lives of the Pilgrims and Native
Americans. We will have a Thanksgiving
Feast on November 26th. I
will be sending a sign-up genius home soon asking for food. Thank you in advance for your help!
3rd/4th
Grade Home-school Students will not have school on Tuesday, as
we will be gone on our field trip. I do
apologize for this, as I know it may put you in a bind. This was the only day that Earthworks could
fill us in when I registered early in the school year. Thank you for understanding! We will miss you and see you on
Thursday!
P.E. - This week, we began our basketball unit. We learned the chest pass, the bounce pass,
the overhead pass, and learned how to correctly dribble.
Music- This week,
we began learning the songs for the Christmas Pageant on December 15th.
Writers’ Workshop- This week, we had a fun writing
project! We each received a picture of a
child. (Kiddos we did not know.) Then we
had to make up things about this child…his or her name, city and state, type of
home, family dynamics, hobbies, favorite subject, fears, things in their
bedrooms (that was fun!) , etc… Afterwards, students were paired with a
classmate, and their child met the other one’s child! Next week, they will begin planning an
adventure together and write a story using both of these characters. We had so much fun and are looking forward to
next week!
Art- We made
warm and cool 3D hand line drawings. We
will finish these up next week.
Upcoming Events:
November 12th-Earthworks field trip (No home school 3rd/4th
graders that day)
November 13th-3rd/4th grades lead chapel
November 25th-Thanksgiving Feast...more details to
come...
November 26th- mid-quarter grades come home with full-time students
November 26th- mid-quarter grades come home with full-time students
November 27th-29th-Thanksgiving Break...No School
December 13th-School of Economics
Have a great weekend!
Please enjoy time with your families… J
Blessings,
Kim
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