Update October 12th

Announcements:

• Report Card Presentation. Tuesday Oct. 14^th 8:45-9:45 in FAC
• EAL Parent Meeting. Wednesday 2-3 in 4^th grade EAL room.
• Diwali Assembly. Thursday Oct. 16^th 8:45-9:45 in FAC
• Realistic Fiction Writer’s Celebration. Wednesday Oct. 16^th 10-11 in 4E, following Diwali Assembly.
• October Break:  October 18th-26^th
• Halloween Party and Parade. October 31^st.

Realistic Fiction Celebration: Thursday following the Performance

Please come to our writing celebration following the Diwali performance.  Students have been working for weeks on their stories and this is our opportunity to share them with each other, and with you. The celebration will be in our classroom, 3136.

Please read below to learn what is happening in the units this week:

Literacy:

Students will be working hard this week to make revisions and edits to their realistic fiction stories.  Meanwhile, it is time for us to assess the students reading comprehension, as well as the evidence of “thinking work” they’ve been recording in their reading notebooks.  Ms. Lauren and Ms. Chris will meet with each student to perform running records, as well as to review Reading Notebooks with the students.  

Math:

We continue to work conceptually with multiplying, dividing, and solving word problems.  Students will:

• Multiply or divide to solve word problems by drawing models, writing equations and solving for a missing number.
• Represent word problems by using equations with a letter standing for the unknown number.
• Find all factor pairs for a number 1 to 100.

Social Studies:  The Geography of South Asia

Students have finished their geologic landform vocabulary slideshow. They will present their slides to their classmates Tuesday morning. This week, students will make videos to show what they know about the formation of the Himalayan Mountains.  These videos are being uploaded to the e-portfolios.  We will then start to look at the “Daughter of the Himalayas,” the Ganges River. We will be watching a movies from the BBC, that connects the fabulous landforms in India and how the effect the life and culture in the surrounding area. The first segment, Daughter of the Mountains, is available on Youtube.  If you are interested in The Ganges, this is a beautiful film.  

We hope to see everyone this Thursday for the Diwali Performance and the Realistic Fiction celebration.

Sincerely,

Ms. Chris and Ms. Lauren