We've had a great start to the fourth grade, and this week was no exception! Students have been working hard to set goals and achieve them and I'm proud of what they are accomplishing!
In math this week, we took our Topic 2 assessment on Monday. 87% of the class passed at 80% or higher and there were a couple more people who were really close! Students took a look at their scores and refined their action plan to see even greater success in Topic 3. Next week they will take that assessment and I will keep you posted about their progress!
In reading this week, we wrapped up Unit 1 Week 2 and began Unit 1 Week 3. An information page was sent home on Wednesday that outlines all of the things that will be covered this week. For example, our comprehension skill that we're working on this week is comparing and contrasting. Students will do this in a variety of ways: comparing and contrasting texts, characters an events in a story. The genre we are working with this week is Expository (Informational) Text. Our essential question for the week is: How do people respond in a natural disaster? The students find this topic very interesting! Next week, we will be able to compare what we are learning to the real world and talk more in depth about what is currently happening on the east coast with Hurricane Matthew.
This week in science has been fun! Students have had the opportunity to experiment with using a battery, a wire and a light bulb to see if they could figure out a way to get the bulb to light up! A few of the teams were able to create a circuit for this to happen and they were very excited! Ask your child to explain the difference between a conductor and an insulator! Our field trip to Clark Public Utilities, where we will take everything we've learned about electricity and put it into action, is coming up on November 9! I will be asking for volunteers for chaperoning in a couple of weeks!
As a reminder, next Friday there is no school and the week after that is conferences! I will send out the conference times on Class Dojo messaging in case you needed a reminder of your time.
Also, please make sure to check your child's planner each day! They should be having a conversation with you about their day that is guided by the stuff we right in the planner each afternoon. Each day they will also be writing down their homework for the day. In Topic 2, we only have 63% of students turning in all of their homework and we've set a goal to have 75% of it turned in for Topic 3. Please support this as much as you can! Daily reading and math facts should also be occurring!
Thank you for your continued support!
Have a great weekend!
Ashley Beck
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