Hello, 4th Grade Parents! It has been a BUSY, but fun, and
learning-filled week!
* Next Wednesday, October 9th, is DONUTS WITH DAD! Dads, or special loved ones, please come at
7:45, grab a donut and some coffee, and enjoy some time with your kiddo before
school. (We will finish up at 8:20).
There will be some fun activities for you to do together, or you can just sit
and visit while you eat! We will be back
in the gym by 8:45 for Chapel. We welcome all special guests to join us for
chapel at 8:45!
*We have lap totals from the Walk-A-Thon last week, and our classroom
winners were Alex, Colton, and Levi with 28 laps! Woohoo!
We finished collecting money today, and will count next week. Once counted, I will let you know those totals! THANK YOU for all of your support!
Here is what we have been doing in the classroom:
RELIGION- This week, we focused again on being good leaders
in our classrooms, homes, and in the community.
We learned the story of David and how he called upon God’s name to help him
in his times of trouble. We also talked
about how he showed so much love and kindness to Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth. We discussed ways to use the gifts that God
has given to us to bless others around us.
Today, we began talking about Solomon!
MEMORY for Next Week:
10/8- A mighty fortress is our God,
A trusty shield and weapon;
He helps us free from ev'ry need
That has us now o'ertaken.
10/11-The old evil foe
Now means deadly woe;
Deep guile and great might
Are his dread arms in fight;
On earth is not his equal.
LANGUAGE ARTS- We shared our Newbery/September book reports
this week and picked out books and got information for our Animal as the Main
Character/October book reports. The
students, although nervous, did a GREAT jobs sharing them—making eye contact,
projecting their voices, and sharing what they learned in their
selections. I am so proud! We read a new genre of a story this week: a
fractured fairytale! It is titled, “Once
Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude.” It was one
of those stories that was a blast to read, and really just gets kids on fire
for reading! They loved it! I also found two other stories written by
Kevin O’Malley that I shared with the class today! We had some fun. We learned how to compare and contrast using
Venn diagrams and how to make predictions.
We reviewed suffixes and hyperboles.
We also discussed different types of verbs—action, helping, and
linking.
SPELLING WORDS for the Week of October 11th:
Story: “Coming Distractions”
bloom, cookbook, tool, shampoo, put, wool, stool, proof,
prove, group, brook, foolish, bush, crooked, booth, raccoon, hook, groom, roof,
soup, bulletin, cocoon
Challenge Word: omnipotent
MATH- We have been working SO hard on multi-step word
problems this week! This is quite a
skill to develop as we work through real-world problems and decide how to solve
them. Today, we finished up this chapter
with a review and will test early next week.
I am proud of their “nose to the grindstone” kind of mentality! We are working through fives in mad
minutes.
MISSOURI HISTORY- This week we talked about the compass
rose, the cardinal directions, the intermediate directions, the continents, the
oceans, and learned what the different hemispheres were, as well as the Equator
and the Prime Meridian. We will continue
learning about maps next week.
SPECIAL CLASSES
ART- We drew pictures of eastern bluebirds on flowering dogwoods.
:) We began water coloring these, and
will add oil pastels next week.
MUSIC- We learned some classis songs and began learning
songs for the Veterans Day program.
COMPUTERS- We are using Google Docs to write a fractured
fairytale with a friend! It is fun for
me to overhear the conversations about these!
WRITING-We began planning and drafting personal narratives
this week. We are excited to write all
about our personal experiences!
P.E.- We learned how to play regular Dodgeball and Pin Dodgeball
this week.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kim
Feeling humbled and blessed today,
by our Heavenly Father,
and by my wonderful family and students...
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