August 24

What a great start to school 4th graders have had! This blog is a place where I will post our classroom happenings. The first week we spent reviewing, learning about our classroom, and getting to know each other. We will start out learning about space in science and going to the  Space and Rocket Center for our first field trip!  In math we will begin by making sure we have all of our multiplication facts 0-12 fluent and memorized! We will review multiplication concepts in our first Investigations unit and sharpen up our computation skills. As writers we will begin collecting ideas for stories  We will also begin to write personal narratives and study how to “zoom in” on the most important parts so it will sound like a story and not just a retelling. We read and enjoyed lots of picture books the first week of school, Like First Day Jitters and Thank You Mr. Falker. Now, we are about to begin our first read aloud, The Hundred Dresses. As we discuss the book, it will encourage us to empathize with others and to treat them how we would like to be treated. We will also begin by talking about mental images and making connections to our reading in order to better understand our books.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all Thursday, August 29th for our parent meeting. Please bring your smart phone, tablet, or good old fashioned pen and paper.