Thursday, May 2, 2013

4th Grade News

Hello Fourth Grade Families,

One test completed! The kids completed their expository writing MSP today. Great effort, fourth graders!
Goal for the Week: :   Keep my focus and pay attention to pacing on Thursday's writing MSP

Announcements:     
Announcements:   MSP testing continues next week (Tuesday - Reading).  Good sleep, healthy breakfasts, and lots of encouragement would be great for testing days.  If at all possible for these next two weeks, please try to avoid taking your child out of school for vacation or medical appointments.  I am working hard to prepare them for the MSP tests and want them to do their very best.  Thanks for your support!

Wax Museum: Students should be reading their biography books, seeking out internet resources (with adult guidance and supervision as needed), and taking notes in their packets. Examples and information page on the website coming soon!

IXL:  May Goal: We’ll be working on L and/or V skills this month, with goal and reward TBD.   
This Week:

We’re finishing our Lewis & Clark reading journey and using writing, art, and research to explore the impact of their expedition. Our Wax Museum project continues with kids reading their biographies, completing internet research, taking notes, and starting to plan/work on their posters. Math classes are completing Topic 18: Equations (algebra), working on Topic 19: Geometry, and reviewing topics from earlier in the year.  We also conferenced individually on the all-day practice expository piece and used station activities to review common/proper nouns, apostrophes, and specific/general nouns.

With thanks,
Emily Larson