A Few Reminders:

We will need a couple volunteers to help tie skates! Please contact Ms. Potter if you would like to come. 

Ski Day is coming up! Grade 4's will be skiing on January 29th and March 5th. These are full day ski days! We also need volunteers for skiing! Please contact Ms. Potter if you would like to come. Chaperones are responsible for purchasing their own lift ticket and transportation. 

Reading: 
This week, students have taken some time to catch up on their reading passports and work through reading comprehension activities.

Grade 4's passports are based on genre, where students are working to read a book from each genre each month. So far, they were to cover mystery, historical fiction, picture books and this month is realistic fiction! The reading of these books is meant to be done at home, or during quiet reading time. Once they have complete a summary on their book they receive a passport stamp!

Grade 3's passports are a bit different. Each month we read a fairy tale or folk tale from another country, discuss some connections we can make to other texts, and summarize the story. This month, we read the Egyptian Cinderella. While we read, we took time to discuss and compare this version to the Cinderella story we know.

Writing 

Coming back from the break, its nice to do a bit of a review of things we've learned this year. This week, we took an in depth look into the writing process and followed the steps to create our Tweet About our Holidays Project! 

The Writing Process includes all the steps we take as writers to create a final product. First, we discussed what types of things writer's write! 

We worked together to create some visual posters for the classroom to show the writing process. 

Our writing project is Tweet About your Holidays! This is where the students create a Google Slide, that looks like a twitter page, and tell all about their Holidays!

As a class, we discussed who our audience would be. This was a little way to discuss social media as well, and the impact of what we would say online if this was real. 

Next, we brainstormed through discussion! During snack, students spent time with their peers catching up and talking all about their holidays. 

Then, we worked with Graphic Organizers to create our tweets! 

This is a big step, and big learning curve! It is so important we go back and revise out work! Students got out their red, black and blue pens and read over their tweet. This was also a good time to remind them of Sentence Stretching. 

This is where they add more details, or change out overused words with more interesting and exciting words. I was really impressed with how every student went over their own work!

Finally, our Finished Product!

Math 

This week, we finished up with our subtraction unit. Some students still need lots of reminders and reinforcements when it comes to carrying. Lots of practice at home will help, and I will be working with small groups to reinforce the concepts. 

Next week we are beginning our Multiplication Unit! Grade 3's will be learning how to multiply through various personal strategies, and the Grade 4's will be reinforcing the facts they already know and applying it to new concepts. 

Science 4 

We have worked on two different, slightly long term, experiments this week! Our big focus is materials in our waste that are biodegrable, or decompose. Waste that is able to decompose, and break down it better for our environment. 

Experiment 1: Toilet Paper 

Which Toilet Paper brand breaks down the best?

Experiment 2: Lettuce in Dirt

What will happen to Lettuce when its been buried in dirt for a week?

STAY TUNED!

In one week, we'll dig up and check out our experiments!

Social 4

We discussed how communities in India work together and make decisions. Next we will be looking at the land and regions of India.