Updates and News

Good Afternoon Parents,

Only 3 more days to go until break! In these three days we have a whole lot of fun, and informational activities planned.  Here is our activity schedule so that you stay up to date on what is happening in our 4th grade classroom.

Monday

8:00-9:05  Winter Celebration (information came home in RED ENVELOPES today)

      HUGE shout out to Ninma Logan, and Tina Spencer for helping me plan our breakfast (they did most of the work and I don't know what I would do without them!).  We met earlier this week to come up with a delicious menu, and some fun activities for the kiddos to do in our short window of celebration.  We will be jingling into the new year together. For our celebration, students in our class have received permission to dress elegant.  We would love to get a class picture where everyone is dressed to impress.  This is a dress up day, NOT a dress down day.  No jeans, or graphic tees.  students can still wear standard attire if they so choose.  You may send in a treat with your child, but it is optional not necessary.

9:10-9:40 Encore performance of the 5th grade holiday show in the cafeteria.

11:45-12:45 Students will take their final unit test for division using the area model, and checking their work.

Tuesday

10:45-2:00  Field trip to the Youth Museum (wear standard attire for 1/2 day field trip)

      On Tuesday, we will be learning about the American Revolution through readers theaters.  All students will have the opportunity to participate.  This interactive learning experience is one of the BEST field trips that we go on this year!  We will eat lunch in the classroom at 10:00 on Tuesday.  Students may bring a lunch or buy a sack lunch from the cafeteria.

Wednesday

      throughout the day, students will be learning about a variety of holidays that are celebrated during the winter months.  Students will learn about what different cultures and countries do to celebrate one year coming to a close and another year starting.

If you have any questions about next week, please let me know.

   

Updates

Science Fair

REMEMBER!!!!! Science fair participation forms are available NOW and are due on December 12^th (forms can be found in the Media Center or online at www.cobblearning.net/erinmsumners)

Projects are due on Friday, January 13^th, 2017 (Turn in to the Media Center)

The judging will begin on....

Tuesday, January 17^th, 2017

Winter Celebration
Our Room Mom is currently working with a few other parents to put together a wonderful winter celebration for our class.  The celebration is scheduled for December, 19th from 8:15-9:15.  More information will be given out as soon as we have it.

Learning Targets for Next Week
Reading - in reading we will be working on standard 4.RL.4 which discusses how to determine the meaning of words and characters in Greek mythology.
Math -  We are going to continue to work on common core division next week.  In fourth grade students DO NOT USE STANDARD ALGORITHM.  We teach students how to divide using place value strategies.  Below you will find institutional videos for the area model, and partial quotients.
Writing - We are currently working on opinion writing, this will continue through the holidays and most likely into January.
Social Studies - There is a 13 colony unit test on Monday 12/12/16.  Students have had a study guide in their social studies journal since 11/29/16.
Science - We complete a web-quest on simple machines today, we will continue to work on simple machines next week and students will have a test on simple machines on 12/20/16.  Here is the webquest we completed that has all of the pertinent information about simple machines. 


Division

Box Method

Box Method video

Partial Products

Partial Products Video

Partial Product Video