Dear Families,
Happy November! It has been a busy couple of weeks in fourth grade. We had our field trips to Gillette Stadium and the Mystic Seaport, Student-Led Conferences, and Halloween. All of this while preparing for Whaling Day on Friday, November 9th. Pictures from the field trip are now posted in the photos section of this website. Be sure to check them out! It was a true pleasure meeting with each of you during our conference. The students did a wonderful job reflecting on their work, while sharing their goals for the school year. Having the students attend the conference and be a part of the goal setting process gives them a sense of ownership of their learning and helps develop a growth mindset. Whaling Day is rapidly approaching! Whether it has been through our class novels, mix it up time, or during a field trip, fourth graders have learned a tremendous amount about whaling and are eager to share with you. During language arts, students are writing a letter from the perspective of a person on a whaling ship. They have used a graphic organizer to identify the important information that will be included in the letter. They must include their role on the ship, ship name, place of origin, among many more facts! The letters is just one assignment they have been working on to be shared at Whaling Day. In our Mix It Up groups, students are creating an educational whaling game. Students have chosen to either work with a partner (which was randomly assigned to them) or on their own. Fourth graders will also be singing sea shanties learned in music and displaying scrimshaw created in art. We hope to see you at Whaling Day on Friday, November 9th from 9:30-10:30! In math class, students continue to solidify their multiplication facts through various games and by using IXL. Time has been devoted this fall to strengthening the multiplication foundation to prepare for our next steps in math. Now that students are multiplying 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping, it is important that the can easily recall basic facts. Students will also be practicing more complex long division problems, which require one to apply partial division, basic multiplication, and subtraction. Have a wonderful weekend! Warmly, Brigid Comments are closed.
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