Dear Families, Fourth graders did such a wonderful job sharing their work at their student-led conferences. I was impressed by their ability to reflect on the strengths and goals from the fall and identify areas they want to work on for the remainder of the year. Thank you for your continued support from home! Below are a few curriculum highlights: Social Studies Students have started learning the states and capitals for the states of the midwest. Each child has chosen a different topic to research for all of the midwestern states. Some topics include: food, flowers, mottos, birds, etc. Students will draw a small representation of what they learned on a map. Language Arts Fourth graders continue to publish stories during writer’s workshop. Once they finish a story they will pick a new one to work on because publishing is an ongoing process. Students will have a choice of publishing a fiction or non-fiction story for their next piece. Book clubs are finishing up their books during reading workshop. Once the book is complete, students will complete two different activities to represent their understanding of the story. Possible activities include: writing a letter to the author, identifying the story theme(s), completing a graphic organizer of important story elements, writing about a favorite part, or picking character quotes that stand out. They will then use the activities to discuss their book club book with members from different groups. Math We have continued to work with data and graphs during math class. Students learned how to read stem and leaf plots as well as insert data into a stem and leaf plot. Students practiced using phrases such as certain, more unlikely, less likely, equally likely, impossible to describe possible outcomes. We have not had much snow this year but fourth graders took advantage of the little we did get! Check out some pictures below! Have a wonderful weekend!
Warmly, Brigid Comments are closed.
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