Hello Parents,
First of all, thank you so much for the love you and your children showered me with this week- the candy, gift cards, gifts, flowers, and most special of all – the heartfelt words they wrote to me on the cards. I absolutely treasure their sweet words. Thank you so much for everything!
As you know, next week is the STAAR test. On Monday students will take math and on Tuesday students will take reading. Please make sure your child has a stress free weekend and especially, stress free mornings before school on Monday and Tuesday. Make sure they arrive on time and have a good breakfast. Please send a snack, if your child would like one. However, make sure it is not messy or drippy (no Cheetos, strawberries, yogurt, etc). Also, please transfer all snacks into a Ziploc bag. The crinkling of packages bothers students who are working.
For the remainder of the week we will work on the following:
Writing Workshop- We will begin fiction writing. We’ll review fiction story elements and students will create a story map before beginning their story.
Grammar- Our grammar focus will be reviewing all major parts of speech and basic spelling patterns/rules.
Social Studies- We will begin week 24 in the Texas Studies Weekly where we learn about life on the frontier- ranching, cattle branding, barbed wired fencing, etc. We’ll discuss the growth of a nation as we expand Westward.
Science: We will learn and review several science concepts next week, including weather/climate and the moon and its phases. We’ll learn how weather is predicted, how the earth, sun, and moon interact, and what the moon phases are.
IB Unit of Inquiry: We are really loving learning about the Gods/Goddesses. Next week students will choose to work alone or in pairs to research a God/Goddess of their choice and create a poster. We will also learn about the Olympics starting in Greece and give students the opportunity to create their own Greek monster.
On that note, if you haven’t done so yet, please click on the Sign up Genius below and help out where you can.
Thanks in advance!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c49afac2fa4ff2-4thgrade
First of all, thank you so much for the love you and your children showered me with this week- the candy, gift cards, gifts, flowers, and most special of all – the heartfelt words they wrote to me on the cards. I absolutely treasure their sweet words. Thank you so much for everything!
As you know, next week is the STAAR test. On Monday students will take math and on Tuesday students will take reading. Please make sure your child has a stress free weekend and especially, stress free mornings before school on Monday and Tuesday. Make sure they arrive on time and have a good breakfast. Please send a snack, if your child would like one. However, make sure it is not messy or drippy (no Cheetos, strawberries, yogurt, etc). Also, please transfer all snacks into a Ziploc bag. The crinkling of packages bothers students who are working.
For the remainder of the week we will work on the following:
Writing Workshop- We will begin fiction writing. We’ll review fiction story elements and students will create a story map before beginning their story.
Grammar- Our grammar focus will be reviewing all major parts of speech and basic spelling patterns/rules.
Social Studies- We will begin week 24 in the Texas Studies Weekly where we learn about life on the frontier- ranching, cattle branding, barbed wired fencing, etc. We’ll discuss the growth of a nation as we expand Westward.
Science: We will learn and review several science concepts next week, including weather/climate and the moon and its phases. We’ll learn how weather is predicted, how the earth, sun, and moon interact, and what the moon phases are.
IB Unit of Inquiry: We are really loving learning about the Gods/Goddesses. Next week students will choose to work alone or in pairs to research a God/Goddess of their choice and create a poster. We will also learn about the Olympics starting in Greece and give students the opportunity to create their own Greek monster.
On that note, if you haven’t done so yet, please click on the Sign up Genius below and help out where you can.
Thanks in advance!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c49afac2fa4ff2-4thgrade